2. Until we have studies with a control group, which follow youth in both groups longitudinally for at least 10 years, there is no proof pediatric transition is superior to full support for gender-atypical kids without endorsing drastic medical treatments.
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3. Trans activists like to cite a few short-term studies (usually, Kristina Olson at U. Washington), showing "affirmed" trans kids are happy. Those studies do not compare less-drastic alternative approaches taken by loving parents who don't shame gender nonconforming behavior.
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I do wonder if that would help.
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Gender non-conforming is complicated by being governed by fashion. Never has it been so difficult for girls to fulfill social expectations of beauty and feminity without resources of money and time. No tan, nails, tresses, make up, heels? Must be a boy!
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Not all trans youth are non-conforming in the ways you're thinking. Indeed with some, good luck figuring out how they're non-conforming. Yet they're still trans.
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