I'm not going to write another article, but for the record I also think it's dicey to write about young trans kids with too much certainty.https://twitter.com/welovetheswitch/status/863831465511014400 …
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Replying to @e_urq
I don't think we know how stable early parentally-affirmed trans identities are. It's too new as a phenomenon to know.
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Steensma is one of the group at the Dutch clinic who pioneered puberty blockers. He does not think social transition of kids is a good idea
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Replying to @LadyMolly736
I think there are a lot of factors that still need to be weighed, & the opinions and interests of late transitioning adults...
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Replying to @e_urq @LadyMolly736
...may not be as relevant or as important to what's best for kids as those adults understandably feel and intend them to be.
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Replying to @e_urq @LadyMolly736
However (big caveat), any perspective that starts from a belief that having a cisgender identity is inherently better/more desireable...
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Replying to @e_urq @LadyMolly736
...or kids are harmed by exploring gender and better served by not doing it if possible...
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Replying to @e_urq @LadyMolly736
...that's a set of starting assumptions based in prejudice. Presumably there are answers, and we should look for them without fear or bias.
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Are there other treatments for gender dysphoria that work for some people? Can we decrease the number of teens who need hormones & surgery?
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I think we're close to agreeing on most of this. There is an underlying potential for tradeoffs that make me as a trans person nervous.
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Replying to @e_urq @LadyMolly736
Hypothetically, if some approaches work for most kids but harm trans ones, how much harm is acceptable?
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Replying to @e_urq @LadyMolly736
How much of a benefit to cis kids is necessary before harm to trans ones starts seeming acceptable?
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