If social contagion or unaddressed mental health issues are driving the surge, we need to know so A) those who'd benefit from transition aren't waiting years for an appointment B) those who'd be harmed by transition don't go through it 2/3
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It's not transphobic to question why so many people - especially girls and young women - are suddenly identifying as trans. They won't all benefit from transition, in fact most won't. We need to know why this is happening, for everyone's sake - including trans peoples. 3/3
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I've said this many times. Each time I've been told I'm wrong.
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So have I and I just got a response about how all those were definitely just people who needed to transition
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The seeming lack of investigation into young people with Aspergers, particularly girls needs to be looked at to. By simply being told that asking questions is transphobic does harm to the whole community.
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People with ASD are not confused about their gender, they’re just more likely to identify as queer overall. Data shows this. They’re not being tricked or anything. As a trans person with ASD, it feels infantilizing to imply we don’t understand our own gender identity.
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This is very misleading. If more people being referred leads to long waitlists, maybe we should change the system to accommodate greater numbers. Don’t act like people questioning their gender is the problem rather than the lack of support? Also, being referred to—
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If they could extrapolate into the future then they wouldn't be pushing for injecting off-label hormones into large numbers of children.
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Makes perfect sense to me.
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