Important. If you grieve the loss of your daughter's long hair, or her lack of interest in dresses and makeup, you are sending the message that her (temporary or permanent!) gender nonconformity/atypicality isn't ok with you. And how might that affect her desire to transition? https://t.co/9Wmknp8UyD
yes for some it's "proof" they are really trans, a signal. But pathologizing it doesn't work. Better message is how cool/ok it is to be a gender-atypical girl; even how she could be a model and inspiration for other such girls.
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I agree w sentiment. But gender atypicality is new. Praise any new cool female atypicality expression is still taken as affront. Thinks outward steps taken=male.
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I get where you're coming from. My then 15 year old daughter wore figure-hugging clothes. She seemed especially proud of her long hair & consistently rejected getting a shorter, easier-to-take-care-of hair cut. But that changed radically when she became convinced she was trans.
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