There are a handful of quite hateful people out there. But they are very much a tiny minority. There are few legislators out there that worry me. But a lot are mostly just concerned with the huge rise in childhood cases.
I think that is partly true. I’m not convinced it’s entirely true.
As there absolutely is a subpopulation for whom early intervention is incredibly helpful I honestly think it just needs to be dealt with on a case by case basis.
But it’s hard. There is that other vocal minority that is against transition in all its forms.
It is dealt with on a case by case basis. There is no one size fits all solution for being trans at any age.
I will say We are in a weird situation at present where people’s lack of acceptance about trans people is the cause of making the choices harder than it need be. In an ideal world gender non-conforming people are accepted and you make choices based purely based on your own comfort. But at present there are a lot of people out there trumpeting to the rooftops that if you look trans you deserve to be misgendered or segregated. If people can clock you as a trans person at a distance there is a cost in the form of getting hassled by bigots, higher chances of assault and possibly of being detained by security in airports, discriminated against for housing and job applications and there becomes more places in the world where it is not safe to go. The pressure to conform more neatly to one sexual phenotype’s presentation is at least in part a safety issue… One that can driven by the existence of transphobia in the world at large not strictly by personal desire. In any case the risks of the issue complicated as they are are for individuals to navigate case by case. Nobody forces anyone into surgery or horomones it is ultimately the choice of the paitent and if they are 16 (the minimum age for HRT and top surgery) their legal guardians.
Yeah I’m glad someone has said it.
There are a handful of quite hateful people out there. But they are very much a tiny minority. There are few legislators out there that worry me. But a lot are mostly just concerned with the huge rise in childhood cases.
It’s like autism. There hasn’t been a huge rise in autistic or trans kids; people just know what to look for now.
I think that is partly true. I’m not convinced it’s entirely true.
As there absolutely is a subpopulation for whom early intervention is incredibly helpful I honestly think it just needs to be dealt with on a case by case basis.
But it’s hard. There is that other vocal minority that is against transition in all its forms.
It is dealt with on a case by case basis. There is no one size fits all solution for being trans at any age.
I will say We are in a weird situation at present where people’s lack of acceptance about trans people is the cause of making the choices harder than it need be. In an ideal world gender non-conforming people are accepted and you make choices based purely based on your own comfort. But at present there are a lot of people out there trumpeting to the rooftops that if you look trans you deserve to be misgendered or segregated. If people can clock you as a trans person at a distance there is a cost in the form of getting hassled by bigots, higher chances of assault and possibly of being detained by security in airports, discriminated against for housing and job applications and there becomes more places in the world where it is not safe to go. The pressure to conform more neatly to one sexual phenotype’s presentation is at least in part a safety issue… One that can driven by the existence of transphobia in the world at large not strictly by personal desire. In any case the risks of the issue complicated as they are are for individuals to navigate case by case. Nobody forces anyone into surgery or horomones it is ultimately the choice of the paitent and if they are 16 (the minimum age for HRT and top surgery) their legal guardians.
Yeah well said. I don’t agree with absolutely everything in there, but I certainly do with most of it.