... I voiced my concerns about current practice on a trans community of practice listserv & was blacklisted & smeared. Youth and families aren’t being well supported by the informed consent model. There’s no safety net and we’re lying to them about what gender dysphoria is.../
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I had some girls in my practice leave my office excited to go back to being girls. It hadn’t occurred to them that there R different kinds of girls. I didn’t do “conversion therapy”. I provided honest education & loving support for who they R. It was their free choice.
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I honestly think I would have changed my mind about transitioning too if someone had been honest, if I’d really understood the full implications, and I was affirmed and supported as a butch dyke. That’s the truth. Those who silence me can piss off.
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The activists who are pushing for the informed consent model are being selfish at the expense of vulnerable kids, mostly girls.
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Unfortunately, it needs to be added that, no, I wasn’t practicing with zero education or knowledge prior to the year I spent digging into the research. There was nothing unusual at all about my practice. I was well within the WPATH standards.../
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I loved working w/ the youth. The problem was, something wasn’t adding up w/ my experience & all the trans people I’ve encountered. I have the kind of mind that if something isn’t fitting together, it nags at me. So I went looking for why it wasn’t adding up...
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I spent a year digging for answers. I’m still digging. I’m a horrible person to lie to. I love the truth, even when it hurts like hell. Let’s stop being mean and just fix this.
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So glad you’re not afraid anymore.
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Thank you so much for speaking up.
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Wow. Thanks Aaron... lots to unpack there.
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