Evan Urquhart

However (big caveat), any perspective that starts from a belief that having a cisgender identity is inherently better/more desireable...

...or kids are harmed by exploring gender and better served by not doing it if possible...

...that's a set of starting assumptions based in prejudice. Presumably there are answers, and we should look for them without fear or bias.

Are there other treatments for gender dysphoria that work for some people? Can we decrease the number of teens who need hormones & surgery?

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.

Hypothetically, if some approaches work for most kids but harm trans ones, how much harm is acceptable?

How much of a benefit to cis kids is necessary before harm to trans ones starts seeming acceptable?

But that's all down the line/in the weeds.