Every single trans adult, whatever the details of their journey, was at some point a trans kid When people argue over whether trans kids really exist they're saying they don't really believe trans adults exist either This should be obvious and yet we let them pretend otherwise
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Replying to @arthur_affect
I don't think it's ever been about "whether trans kids exist". It's about how easy it is to diagnose that in a child before making permanent changes to their bodies. You only have their word on it and have to consider their understanding of concepts like gender at young ages.
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Replying to @JennChristian1 @arthur_affect
Having anxiety or depression doesn't make you trans.
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Replying to @JennChristian1 @arthur_affect
They are also symptoms of having depression and anxiety, amongst other things. It's not a reliable method. This is all besides the initial point, which is he has mischaracterising the argument.
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Replying to @meddle_some @JennChristian1
It's funny that I keep going back to stuff I haven't really seriously thought about since college, must just be my mood, but did you miss the highfalutin references to Foucault and Lacan and shit The "mischaracterization" is the whole fucking point
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Go look up the Cliff's Notes for Discipline and Punish A prison is a kind of hospital in the same way that a hospital is a kind of prison It's the same social function dressed up in different chrome
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"I'm not trying to *punish* you, I'm just trying to responsibly diagnose and treat your illness" Oh, stop, you devil, you use that line on all the girls
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