Amazing work by @jessesingal on ethically treating trans kids — accounting for both the risks of forgoing early interventions & the risks of forging ahead too quickly during a period of identity instability & exploration https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/when-a-child-says-shes-trans/561749/ …
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Jesse’s piece is incredibly measured & well-researched. At no point does he remotely imply that trans kids be ignored or discouraged from exploring their identity — to the contrary, that clinicians really need to understand the extreme complexity of this experience for many kids.
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Replying to @webdevMason
the entire article is objectively ok. people are mostly reacting to the cover, and the first few paragraphs (which frame transness vaguely as a cult that you can be seduced into by a "charismatic" youtuber) -- 95% of readers will bail then with their "trans is a trend" priors up.
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Replying to @KivrinAiun @webdevMason
the general point that most of my twitter noosphere is making about how dozens of trans writers could have written even better-researched pieces is also valid; said writers wouldn't have allowed their well researched articles to be marketed as if they were terfy clickbait, though
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Replying to @KivrinAiun @webdevMason
besides, there's a broader point here -- online rage can't make doctors of trans teens less or more cautious. doctors are gonna doct.
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what the atlantic's cover narrative *can* do, however, is make parents less likely to ever drive their kids down to a gender clinic to get evaluated at all, which is a step that (i hope) we would agree parents *should* take if their kid says they're trans
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That would be really sad. IMO the overarching point is that *more* is needed in that dept, not less, and there are some really excellent clinicians profiled. It’s a valid concern — it remains a very human thing to ignore issues that are particularly challenging & high-stakes
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