I packed when I was young around the age of 8/9. (this was in 1973/1974) I had never heard or read anything about being 'trans' I just knew I was in the wrong body. That is what being trans is. It is not 'sad'
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Replying to @charliekiss @4th_WaveNow
and by god, I wish puberty blockers had been prescribed then. Though I am aware that they are extremely difficult to come by and that the average age of attendance at a GID is 14!
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Replying to @charliekiss @4th_WaveNow
Most children who think they need to transition desist at puberty. Though not if they take puberty blockers. There is no way of distinguishing those like you who needed to transition and the majority who don't. Much more research needed. Much more support needed.
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Replying to @GertieGreen2 @4th_WaveNow
I disagree with your first premise. Also cultural social roles are something apart from a fundamental disconnect with physicality.
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I don't think it's damaging or disturbing. Parents should let children be, let them play with any toys they want & wear what they want. (in terms of gender) If they want packers, then why not? It's not permanent. They will ?change if they want. Isn't that right?
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What I wouldn't oppose, is more study in this area. I have no problem with that. but I think it really isn't as scary as people think it is. We are all brought up to understand that heterosexuality and being cisgender is the norm and people are scared of this being challenged.
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What about studying whether a child wearing a plastic penis from the time they're a toddler increases the odds they will not happily desist (and thus avoid hormones/surgeries in the future)? The control group would obviously be children who did not wear such devices.
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They'd remove it if they didn't want a penis. Desistance is very rare. but I know we'll disagree on this point. Roll on more evidence.
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A very young child may want the penis, just like they want many things. The research question is whether such transition measures increase persistence beyond what it would have been otherwise. Surely no one wants false positives, given how high the medical stakes are?
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How many desist/detransition is unknown, since most cease attending gender clinics (& aren't tracked). But why does it matter how rare it is? Someone has to care about false positives, & affirmative practice is already resulting in a movement of detransitioners, particularly FTMs
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I would say the opposite is happening in GIDs. not affirmative at all. I know of only two Trans men who de-transitioned (both in late 20s) but interested to know more about 'this movement' send me details.
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Looks like you're in the UK, where pediatric practice is much more conservative than in the US, where affirm-only and faster access to med intervention is the norm. Start with
@lacroicsz who co-moderates a Reddit detransition forum. She likely has other links too.2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes - Show replies
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