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What happened in 2013? A rising number of teen girls started presenting at gender clinics to address gender dysphoria. Girls - who weren’t dysphoric as kids and instead developed dysphoria *after* hitting their teens – suddenly believed they were boys born in the wrong body. 1/8
We’re told the soaring number of dysphoric girls is due to an increase in awareness and acceptance of trans people. I’ll return to that in a minute. But first, another question: why are more and more detransitioners popping up? 2/8
The concept that one’s body is inherently “wrong” and in need of fixing can only intensify the likelihood that dysphoric kids will detach from and/or harm themselves. Affirming trans-identified kids, who may not even *be* trans, is a risk we shouldn’t be taking. 3/8
Currently, we have no way of knowing whether or not a dysphoric kid will grow up to be trans. We hand them over to pro-affirmation clinicians and hope for the best. I mean, it’s not as if HRT is irreversible. 4/8
Ever notice how remarkably similar gender dysphoria is to the average teenaged experience? As a teen, did you dislike your body? Feel uncomfortable with your looks? Struggle with insecurity? Feel unsure of who you were? Defy gender norms? Suffer from depression or anxiety? 5/8
Normal instances of kid’s play (dress-up), can be exaggerated and used as proof of one’s transness. A tomboy who disliked girly things suddenly *hated* being female. Trivial non-conforming traits, once not given a second thought, are now “proof” you’ve been trans all along. 6/8
I believe the soaring number of dysphoric girls is not due to an increase in awareness and acceptance of trans people – but that an increase in awareness and acceptance of trans people is *causing* soaring numbers of girls to identify as trans. 7/8
Why are so many girls now “realizing” they’re trans? Before widespread internet access, boys outnumbered girls at gender clinics. A coincidence? Or insecure, gender non-conforming and, often, gay girls feeling they *must* be trans because they’re not like “normal” girls? 8/8
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