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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...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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However (big caveat), any perspective that starts from a belief that having a cisgender identity is inherently better/more desireable...
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...or kids are harmed by exploring gender and better served by not doing it if possible...
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...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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Hypothetically, if some approaches work for most kids but harm trans ones, how much harm is acceptable?
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How much of a benefit to cis kids is necessary before harm to trans ones starts seeming acceptable?
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But that's all down the line/in the weeds.
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My holy grail would be having genetic or other bio markers that predict whether transition is likely to be helpful. But that may never come.
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Another quick thought on "are there other treatments that work for dysphoria?" As someone who was unemployed & in eating disorder treatment
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and other psych treatment, anti-depressants, etc for over a decade, I feel strongly that a decade of trying other things is way too long.
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