Honestly, yes I think they do. They realize that not every kid is the same and not every kid will turn out to be trans. I've talked to Helen
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Replying to @LauraNP
Then why are they advocating for early transition?? This is awful.
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Replying to @LilyLilyMaynard
They are advocating for blockers for children. I don't know what I think about that but there's no hormones and surgery happening on kids.
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Replying to @LauraNP @LilyLilyMaynard
1. Social transition/blockers are a step on the path to hormones/surgeries, not benign intervention; they increase odds of persistence. ALSO
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2. US gender docs report nearly 100% of kids on blockers persist. Kids endorsed in notion they are in "wrong body" are very impressionable.
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3. Mermaids is a pro child transition lobby. They show ZERO concern for false positives. Better off listening to concerned researchers:pic.twitter.com/PIj7DIGHGx
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4. All kids put on blockers are "gender nonconforming."Statistically most would grow up LG. Mermaids NEVER talks re: protecting LG youth.
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5. Laura, are you aware medically transitioning minors is very new? Unknown only a few yrs ago. Now pushed by adult trans activists, many
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6. ...of whom lived successful lives and even had children. They now advocate "treatments" which permanently sterilize underage people.
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7. Why should anyone "transition" as a minor? To "pass" better? Ask why that is necessary; why transitioning kids is now an emergency.
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8. Is it rational to thiink some people's bodies are "wrong" apart from a notion in their head? Ethical to encourage that notion in a child?
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @LilyLilyMaynard
Not disagreeing with you. All I am saying is they aren't handing out blockers to every kid. The kids who getting them are felt to need them.
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Replying to @LauraNP @LilyLilyMaynard
Of course they believe only children who "need" blockers receive them. Has anyone actually suggested blockers are "handed out" to all kids?
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