Fuck you no, because it further stigmatizes those of us for whom it doesn't go away, and potentially makes us deal with decades if dysphoria. The medical professionals I have interacted with around transness have been so shitty, with only a few exceptions.
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Replying to @polerin @MichaShrine and
And don't act like doctors "professional opinions" on matters like this aren't strongly affected by the transphobic society they are a part of. Transness isn't the fallback plan, there is not only nothing wrong with being trans, it can be pretty dang awesome.
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Replying to @polerin @arthur_affect and
Dr Erica Anderson says otherwise. Every patient is a unique case. Sometimes doing nothing is the best course of action for certain people. I don't understand why this upsets you.
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Replying to @MichaShrine @polerin and
If someone wants to "do nothing" about their gender then of course "doing nothing" is the right course of action The vast majority of all people today are in fact "doing nothing" and no one is objecting to that
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Replying to @arthur_affect @MichaShrine and
If someone WANTS to transition and you put up resistance, you're not "doing nothing" Framing this response as "doing nothing" is fundamentally transphobic
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Replying to @arthur_affect @polerin and
What if that someone is 7 years old? I assume you agree with age of consent laws in other contexts.
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Replying to @MichaShrine @polerin and
Does a seven year old generally have the right to pick out their own clothes and be addressed by the name and pronouns they prefer when they're the "correct" ones?
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Replying to @arthur_affect @MichaShrine and
This is why TERFs are fundamentally dishonest, they try to keep the horror of puberty blockers and "cross-sex hormones" in the front of your mind when talking about little kids undergoing no medical interventions at all (there's no puberty to block)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @MichaShrine and
The only thing "affirmative care" means for a kid that age is respecting what they want to be called and how they want to be treated socially, which ought to be a general principle for how ALL children should ALWAYS be treated
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Replying to @arthur_affect @MichaShrine and
And someone like Ken Zucker's definition of "doing nothing" ("watchful waiting") in this circumstance is *taking away their favorite toys*, *making them wear clothes they hate* When they get mad at you refusing to use the name they prefer just be like "Well you're just a kid"
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That's not "doing nothing", that's doing a lot of things, specifically because you're terrified that if they're trans now they'll still be trans as a teenager (on a "pathway to medical intervention") It's obviously transphobic and it's obviously abuse
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