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
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow
Interesting topic. I say nothing abt it. No history of GNC (which would b easier to understand). It's one thing if just a girl w/a short haircut (no prob), but another thing when the haircut is passing requirement. Compliment of haircut feels complicit in lie...hard to navigate.
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Replying to @briejnm @TakeLuckSerious
Yes, but the new population of adolescent-onset gender-dysphoric (mostly) girls is not the same as in the past. The key is the DYSPHORIA that doesn't appear until adolescence. Most past research was on children obviously unhappy and gender-atypical at a younger age.
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Replying to @briejnm @TakeLuckSerious
Right. It's just that the complexity nowadays is SOME (not all) kids aren't just being GNC because they "feel like it" but because they think they need to to prove they're trans. But we totally agree that, either way, they shouldn't be shamed for it or told it's not cool.
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And then plenty others just ARE gender-atypical as they get older, and for one reason or another take on the notion that means they are "really" the opposite sex. It's a mess all around, with gender-atypical youth getting crap from all sides.
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