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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid went through this. She asked for a binder, and I got her one. It was just a more muscular version of a sports bra. She wore it for a couple of years while coming to terms with the garbage fire that is femininity today-- through puberty, basically. Once she became more comfortable with her new body, she stopped.

I think it's great that kids today--whether they end up trans or cis-- have the option of postponing becoming capital-w Women, rather than being thrown into the deep end, complete with sexualization they're not ready for. I was told to "enjoy the attention, it won't last" when I was a body-conscious adolescent. [/quote]

A little off topic but as an adult lesbian looking back at my tween/teen self’s life you are onto something with some girls using this as a way to postpone and/or avoid unwanted attention and sexualization and the other negative things that can come with being an adult female in our society.
I do wish there were more open conversations about that instead of the pressure to affirm non-female identities sometimes leading to medical transition. 
There is a generation of young females that have been led astray with this stuff.[/quote]

You really need to question the harmful assumptions in what you just wrote. Maybe you were “led astray” by the lack of support for transition in your generation. This kind of statement is damaging to trans kids who deserve to be supported on their journey. Affirmative care is the medical standard for a reason. [/quote]

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