1. A father announced on Twitter some months ago that he had his 4-year-old child's birth certificate changed to the opposite sex. Today on Twitter, he explained his rationale to ppl who tried to argue with him.pic.twitter.com/lmxafQuKFN
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1. A father announced on Twitter some months ago that he had his 4-year-old child's birth certificate changed to the opposite sex. Today on Twitter, he explained his rationale to ppl who tried to argue with him.pic.twitter.com/lmxafQuKFN
2. One questioner asked why they couldn't wait until the child was older--at least puberty--and just allow the child to be GNC without doing something so permanent.pic.twitter.com/4uQfBVq604
3. Dad says (more than once) that the preschooler liked wearing dresses, so they made the legal change to protect the child from a teacher's nasty questioning. Also "almost every developmental psychologist" says a kid's gender ID is set at age 3.pic.twitter.com/VVmNSENLOf
4. Also (more than once) Dad says they tried to "force" the child to do "boy things," which upset the child "she got really mental"). According to the many professionals they consulted, transitioning the child was the right thing to do.pic.twitter.com/8ALquya2X2
5. The dad reiterates the birth certificate was changed so the child could "wear whatever" and not be bothered by teachers. It's not surprising that the string of professionals he lists endorsed this, because in the United States, this is the state of "affirmative" care.
6. It's easy to blame this dad, but parents wouldn't be assuming their gender-atypical tiny boys who want to wear dresses are really girls, without the stamp of approval from other adults in authority who should know better.
Like the adults from the Brown University School of Public Health who just wrote this letter: https://www.optionsri.org/post/a-letter-on-rapid-onset-gender-dysphoria …
Those people at @HealthyBrown don't give a damn about formerly trans-identified people. Not one whit.
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