How many minor transitions do you know ow

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Anonymous wrote:2, one in each direction. In both cases, it's definitely not something done lightly or as a fad.

This. I know 1 and suspect another. I don’t care. And I worry for them right now.

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Anonymous wrote:None in our circles. Which says a lot. You’d think it would be across circles but it is definitely not.

Those kids don't feel safe with their families.

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We know many. Several girl to boy, two boy to girl (in same family), and several nonbinary. I think they were all done after lots of consideration and a fair amount of pain, honestly. It's also not inexpensive (hormone treatment). None of these people seem anything but happy with their transition.

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4; 2 each way.

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Transition? None.
A child who decided they were a different gender than the one assigned at birth? Yes, one.

I'm like you, OP, I couldn't care less. Live and let live. I also don't care who is in the stall next to mine in the bathroom.

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Anonymous wrote:Transition? None.
A child who decided they were a different gender than the one assigned at birth? Yes, one.

I'm like you, OP, I couldn't care less. Live and let live. I also don't care who is in the stall next to mine in the bathroom.

DP.

I care about all the gains we have made under Title IX.

Do you?

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Anonymous wrote:I know one family with a teenage girl who is transitioning to male, surgeries already in progress. That’s it.

This is false. Doctors do not perform those surgeries on people under 18. They may be on puberty blockers, but the data on surgery is very clear it almost never happens under 18, and even then only in very specific circumstances (such as a 17 year old going off to college).

We met Rebekah Bruesehoff at a religious event early last year.

Rebekah is 18 today, but was 17 or so at the time. On the one hand, her medical decisions are private and between her and her doctor. Meaning: I don’t know.

On the other hand, she wore tight tops and she clearly has breasts, meaning she decided to take high enough doses of estrogen to alter her biological sex at birth (male). She is also likely sterile, and irreversibly sterile. She will never have a uterus and is incapable of giving birth.

Allowing a 17 year-old (or likely younger than 17 in Rebekah’s case) to chemically-castrate themselves seems irresponsible to me.

But you’re right; you’re right:

- it is not my business what these kids’ parents decide to do to their kids medically.

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Realizing that every family in our boring upper middle class suburb has a child that is gay. Every family in my extended family has at least one child that is gay. That just seems really high compared to previous generations and it does suggest that a fair amount has to be social contagion or something. There seem to be as many gay weddings as straight weddings in our circle and we are fairly conservative, church going folks. I don't believe there has ever been another time in history where half of the population was homosexual. It certainly seems odd and like some sort of historical anomaly.

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Anonymous wrote:Realizing that every family in our boring upper middle class suburb has a child that is gay. Every family in my extended family has at least one child that is gay. That just seems really high compared to previous generations and it does suggest that a fair amount has to be social contagion or something. There seem to be as many gay weddings as straight weddings in our circle and we are fairly conservative, church going folks. I don't believe there has ever been another time in history where half of the population was homosexual. It certainly seems odd and like some sort of historical anomaly.

it’s the crap in our food and water supply.

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Anonymous wrote:Realizing that every family in our boring upper middle class suburb has a child that is gay. Every family in my extended family has at least one child that is gay. That just seems really high compared to previous generations and it does suggest that a fair amount has to be social contagion or something. There seem to be as many gay weddings as straight weddings in our circle and we are fairly conservative, church going folks. I don't believe there has ever been another time in history where half of the population was homosexual. It certainly seems odd and like some sort of historical anomaly.

it’s the crap in our food and water supply.

Are you really this ignorant? Gay people have ALWAYS existed. But, when mainstream culture tells you that you are going to hell, are a danger to society, are a pedophile etc. you will do anything to NOT be seen as gay. So, people hid their true identities. With more acceptance, more people feel comfortable coming out. It has zero to do with our food/water. How do you not know this?

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I only one. And the mom has always been “alternative” and claims to be Bi, sex positive and all that. If any kid ended up trans, it was no surprise it was hers.

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Anonymous wrote:I have 5 friends who have children who have transitioned and am completely supportive of them. I don’t understand why MAGAts are so obsessed with this.

same.
I'm a teacher. Those transitioning are so much happier than they were previously. Why can't we allow this to happen without MAGA and their dirty hands.

Because:

1) there's no biological evidence to support the concept of being born the wrong gender, so it's a question of truth.

2) minor transitions can involve prepuberty blockers and more drastic surgery, which is irreversible and with drastic consequences for things like adult sexual enjoyment. This is why European countries have enacted laws and policies blocking such treatments of minors.

3) As time goes on, more and more of the "trans" have detransitioned back to their birth sex/gender, making #2 particularly problematic.

4) There is a clear overlap between kids who claim a trans identity and autism. Which does open up a whole set of questions around appropriateness of supporting transitions.

5) one of the leading pro-trans doctor received a $10M grant funding research into the well-being of kids who transitioned following usage of treatment and suddenly, after nine years of collecting data, refuses to release her finding because she's afraid it will be "weaponized." Can we guess what the findings were? You can google her easily.

6) many have noticed that girls who transition share similar characteristics of girls in previous generations who were came out in adulthood as lesbians, and are worried that sending these "kind" messages promoting and encouraging transitions to these girls is harming them and their growth of sexual maturity.

7) however your stances on trans, it's undeniable that the Biden administration and the progressive groups were proactively redefining the meaning of men and women, particularly women, to accommodate trans. Who can forget KBJ's famous utterance that she can't define a woman because she's not a scientist. For many women in real life, this was a serious affront to them and their existence, especially following a strong generational long feminist movement that sought to remove male dominance of women's existence only to turn around and effectively give men the back door back into women's spaces.

8) Some people certainly abused the concept of trans to get privileged treatment/placement in venues like prisons, so you saw prosecuted violent rapists in women's prisons.

9) Certain school districts/states passed laws banning schools from telling parents if a kid wanted to transition and didn't want the parents to know. This had major implications for the rights of parents over their children.

I could go on. But the idea that you can't understand why people are so "unkind" about trans is burying your head in the sand. And I will also say I remember a post on DCUM sometime ago that commented it's never the country club Republican families that have trans kids, it's always something that seems to happen in Takoma Park type places. And while a simplified statement, I do think there's truth to it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have 5 friends who have children who have transitioned and am completely supportive of them. I don’t understand why MAGAts are so obsessed with this.

same.
I'm a teacher. Those transitioning are so much happier than they were previously. Why can't we allow this to happen without MAGA and their dirty hands.

Because:

1) there's no biological evidence to support the concept of being born the wrong gender, so it's a question of truth.

2) minor transitions can involve prepuberty blockers and more drastic surgery, which is irreversible and with drastic consequences for things like adult sexual enjoyment. This is why European countries have enacted laws and policies blocking such treatments of minors.

3) As time goes on, more and more of the "trans" have detransitioned back to their birth sex/gender, making #2 particularly problematic.

4) There is a clear overlap between kids who claim a trans identity and autism. Which does open up a whole set of questions around appropriateness of supporting transitions.

5) one of the leading pro-trans doctor received a $10M grant funding research into the well-being of kids who transitioned following usage of treatment and suddenly, after nine years of collecting data, refuses to release her finding because she's afraid it will be "weaponized." Can we guess what the findings were? You can google her easily.

6) many have noticed that girls who transition share similar characteristics of girls in previous generations who were came out in adulthood as lesbians, and are worried that sending these "kind" messages promoting and encouraging transitions to these girls is harming them and their growth of sexual maturity.

7) however your stances on trans, it's undeniable that the Biden administration and the progressive groups were proactively redefining the meaning of men and women, particularly women, to accommodate trans. Who can forget KBJ's famous utterance that she can't define a woman because she's not a scientist. For many women in real life, this was a serious affront to them and their existence, especially following a strong generational long feminist movement that sought to remove male dominance of women's existence only to turn around and effectively give men the back door back into women's spaces.

8) Some people certainly abused the concept of trans to get privileged treatment/placement in venues like prisons, so you saw prosecuted violent rapists in women's prisons.

9) Certain school districts/states passed laws banning schools from telling parents if a kid wanted to transition and didn't want the parents to know. This had major implications for the rights of parents over their children.

I could go on. But the idea that you can't understand why people are so "unkind" about trans is burying your head in the sand. And I will also say I remember a post on DCUM sometime ago that commented it's never the country club Republican families that have trans kids, it's always something that seems to happen in Takoma Park type places. And while a simplified statement, I do think there's truth to it.

You need to include citations for your BS if you want to be taken seriously, particularly for bullets 3, 4, 9

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None.

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Anonymous wrote:Realizing that every family in our boring upper middle class suburb has a child that is gay. Every family in my extended family has at least one child that is gay. That just seems really high compared to previous generations and it does suggest that a fair amount has to be social contagion or something. There seem to be as many gay weddings as straight weddings in our circle and we are fairly conservative, church going folks. I don't believe there has ever been another time in history where half of the population was homosexual. It certainly seems odd and like some sort of historical anomaly.

I agree with you about the social contagion. It is definitely SOMETHING driving all this.

My guess is that: social media is having a far more powerful and profound effect on society than anyone truly understands. But that doesn’t explain the motive here.

It’s something but I honestly don’t know what / who or why.