Stop transgender kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I kind of agree with the PP. I think that there are probably some kids who really should be reassigned but there are probably also some kids who could have been happy, if accepted, in their original gender but liking nontraditional things. And some kids would outgrow it. As a parent, I would have no problem calling you a different gender nickname or letting you dress as you wish, but I would do nothing permanent or with side effects.

And as the parent of your child, you would get to make those decisions for your child. But not for other children. It takes some real chutzpah, in my opinion, to tell other parents what decisions they should have made, related to their children whom you have never even met.

[Anonymous]

It takes some real chutzpah, in my opinion, to tell other parents what decisions they should have made, related to their children whom you have never even met.

Is this a new experience for you as a parent? Is your child two days old? Has no one ever told you to breastfeed, or wear the baby, or use cloth diapers, or send to montessori, or Brent, or only feed organic milk? Sulfate-free shampoo? Are you so sensitive on this topic that another parent's OPINION causes you this much anguish?

I don't give a SHIT what you do with your children. Chop off their boobs, their testes. Give them lupron, testosterone. Put them on birth control when they are ten. Make them wax when they hit puberty. Dress them in pink, in blue. Whatever.

But I have the right to disagree with you. And I do. All I am doing is expressing that. As a parent, one of your jobs is to have the balls (literal or otherwise) to stand up for your choices. Maybe you should do that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

It seems to me a kind of neoconservatism- girls like pink, boys like blue- if you dont like these things, we will change you to make it fit correctly. Because the idea of a GIRL with short hair, walking around in boy pants and a men's button down- THAT would be the real shocking thing, in most of these ultra conservative areas.

Another thing that happened on my facebook feed, which I guess is my window into the youngs perspective on this... was someone posted about the "looks" they got shopping in the men's section. I know, kids. They want to push boundaries, be transgressive, have attention, be special. But the creepy and sad thing is, I remember shopping in the men's section in 1984. While wearing boxers. And there was nothing transgressive or particularly eyebrow raising about it then. Nor was it a political statement. As a girl, I was "allowed" to have short hair and wear mens shirts. Sometimes ties and blazers. (This might have been a 1984 thing, I am sure some of you recall.) I also grew up in the seventies playing with toys that were almost NEVER pink. That were trucks. And gender neutral. And listening to Free to Be You and Me.

We've taken steps backwards since then. All of this gender acceptance is creepy gender conformity and it is fucked up.

Oh, please. Every young person thinks they are are special and edgy and that everyone is looking at them. Stop pining for the good old days of the 80s. Life is a lot better now for LGBTQ youth, even if conservative areas are still way behind. You are the one that sounds completely obsolete with your obsession with the bathrooms.

[Anonymous]

ife is a lot better now for LGBTQ youth, even if conservative areas are still way behind.

Yes. It is. And that is wonderful.

But life being better for the LGBTQ youth, in my opinion, should not require them to have plastic surgery or take drugs that will give them cancer. I know! Crazy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

ife is a lot better now for LGBTQ youth, even if conservative areas are still way behind.

Yes. It is. And that is wonderful.

But life being better for the LGBTQ youth, in my opinion, should not require them to have plastic surgery or take drugs that will give them cancer. I know! Crazy!

I guess you and I can't understand what life must be like for these kids if they and their parents are willing to go to such extreme measures. If you can't be empathetic, try not being so judgemental.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

ife is a lot better now for LGBTQ youth, even if conservative areas are still way behind.

Yes. It is. And that is wonderful.

But life being better for the LGBTQ youth, in my opinion, should not require them to have plastic surgery or take drugs that will give them cancer. I know! Crazy!

What do you think the T stands for, in LGBTQ?

Nobody has to have plastic surgery or take medication.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

It takes some real chutzpah, in my opinion, to tell other parents what decisions they should have made, related to their children whom you have never even met.

Is this a new experience for you as a parent? Is your child two days old? Has no one ever told you to breastfeed, or wear the baby, or use cloth diapers, or send to montessori, or Brent, or only feed organic milk? Sulfate-free shampoo? Are you so sensitive on this topic that another parent's OPINION causes you this much anguish?

I don't give a SHIT what you do with your children. Chop off their boobs, their testes. Give them lupron, testosterone. Put them on birth control when they are ten. Make them wax when they hit puberty. Dress them in pink, in blue. Whatever.

But I have the right to disagree with you. And I do. All I am doing is expressing that. As a parent, one of your jobs is to have the balls (literal or otherwise) to stand up for your choices. Maybe you should do that.

Who is talking about anguish? I don't second-guess other parents' decisions about breastfeeding or diapering or preschool philosophy or shampoo. And I also don't second-guess other parents' decisions when they follow medical advice about how to handle the gender identity of their children. Why do you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

ife is a lot better now for LGBTQ youth, even if conservative areas are still way behind.

Yes. It is. And that is wonderful.

But life being better for the LGBTQ youth, in my opinion, should not require them to have plastic surgery or take drugs that will give them cancer. I know! Crazy!

What do you think the T stands for, in LGBTQ?

Nobody has to have plastic surgery or take medication.

Actually, they do, in order to complete their transition. You know, pretty much what that T stands for.

Also, many in the LGB community are petitioning to have that T removed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

It takes some real chutzpah, in my opinion, to tell other parents what decisions they should have made, related to their children whom you have never even met.

Is this a new experience for you as a parent? Is your child two days old? Has no one ever told you to breastfeed, or wear the baby, or use cloth diapers, or send to montessori, or Brent, or only feed organic milk? Sulfate-free shampoo? Are you so sensitive on this topic that another parent's OPINION causes you this much anguish?

I don't give a SHIT what you do with your children. Chop off their boobs, their testes. Give them lupron, testosterone. Put them on birth control when they are ten. Make them wax when they hit puberty. Dress them in pink, in blue. Whatever.

But I have the right to disagree with you. And I do. All I am doing is expressing that. As a parent, one of your jobs is to have the balls (literal or otherwise) to stand up for your choices. Maybe you should do that.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you actually KNOW any trans kids? My DD is friends with two kids in her grade who want to be the gender opposite the ones they are. Neither are encouraged. Neither has come out as gay/lesbian.

You don't find this a little strange? Not OP, but I wonder about the frequency of this. Two kids in 1 classroom? I'd actually be shocked if it was even 1 kid per school! Why is it so much more prevalent now than 30 years ago?

Agree. This is highly, highly unusual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

It seems to me a kind of neoconservatism- girls like pink, boys like blue- if you dont like these things, we will change you to make it fit correctly. Because the idea of a GIRL with short hair, walking around in boy pants and a men's button down- THAT would be the real shocking thing, in most of these ultra conservative areas.

Another thing that happened on my facebook feed, which I guess is my window into the youngs perspective on this... was someone posted about the "looks" they got shopping in the men's section. I know, kids. They want to push boundaries, be transgressive, have attention, be special. But the creepy and sad thing is, I remember shopping in the men's section in 1984. While wearing boxers. And there was nothing transgressive or particularly eyebrow raising about it then. Nor was it a political statement. As a girl, I was "allowed" to have short hair and wear mens shirts. Sometimes ties and blazers. (This might have been a 1984 thing, I am sure some of you recall.) I also grew up in the seventies playing with toys that were almost NEVER pink. That were trucks. And gender neutral. And listening to Free to Be You and Me.

We've taken steps backwards since then. All of this gender acceptance is creepy gender conformity and it is fucked up.

So damn true. I feel like we've even regressed from when I was a little kid in the 90s. Most of my (girl) friends wore t-shirts with jeans, and no one raised any eyebrow or thought "You must be a boy."

It's sad, cause I can definitely remember being a teen in the early 2000s and I'm SURE many of the kids would have been ushered the road towards being "Transgender", instead of the wonderful LGB or just unique straight people they turned out to be today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

ife is a lot better now for LGBTQ youth, even if conservative areas are still way behind.

Yes. It is. And that is wonderful.

But life being better for the LGBTQ youth, in my opinion, should not require them to have plastic surgery or take drugs that will give them cancer. I know! Crazy!

What do you think the T stands for, in LGBTQ?

Nobody has to have plastic surgery or take medication.

Actually, they do, in order to complete their transition. You know, pretty much what that T stands for.

Also, many in the LGB community are petitioning to have that T removed.

Nobody is forcing anybody to do that. People who do that are doing it willingly.

Also, petitioning whom, exactly?

I can't decide whether it's encouraging or depressing to have it confirmed that non-straight people can also be bigots.

[Anonymous]

I think that it's become so taboo to even speak of mental illness in the same breath as transgender, yet it's something that needs to be studied for sure. I believe that most people who go ahead with sex reassignment surgery regret it. That should give us all pause.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

ife is a lot better now for LGBTQ youth, even if conservative areas are still way behind.

Yes. It is. And that is wonderful.

But life being better for the LGBTQ youth, in my opinion, should not require them to have plastic surgery or take drugs that will give them cancer. I know! Crazy!

What do you think the T stands for, in LGBTQ?

Nobody has to have plastic surgery or take medication.

Actually, they do, in order to complete their transition. You know, pretty much what that T stands for.

Also, many in the LGB community are petitioning to have that T removed.

Not all transgender people transition, but maybe you already knew that.

LOL at petitioning to have the T removed. No more acceptance for those freaks, amiright? Only REAL men and women allowed!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

So damn true. I feel like we've even regressed from when I was a little kid in the 90s. Most of my (girl) friends wore t-shirts with jeans, and no one raised any eyebrow or thought "You must be a boy."

It's sad, cause I can definitely remember being a teen in the early 2000s and I'm SURE many of the kids would have been ushered the road towards being "Transgender", instead of the wonderful LGB or just unique straight people they turned out to be today.

Do you have a child? If so, how old is your child? I have two tween/teen daughters. Nobody is saying "You must be a boy" to girls wearing T-shirts or jeans now, either.

And don't worry about a shortage of future lesbians or bi people -- I've been assured many times right here on DCUM that all the girls these days think they're lesbian/bi.