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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've seen my friends' kids use neo-pronouns and change them as the years go by. Like...fairy-gendered. Seriously. One neo-pronouned kid has gone back to the original she/her as an adult.

Kids should not be transitioning. It's toxic and dangerous...and unlike pronouns, irreversible. And many of these kids ARE being influenced by peer pressure.[/quote]

My kid is 20 and has been questioning his sexuality for a while.  Knows a number or trans kids through LGBTQ supports on campus. His comment:  “at least I’m not questioning my gender.  My friends who are, it’s just… mom— there is so much hate out there”

He grew up attending a pretty liberal NOVA HS and says it’s they first time he’s seen people go out of their way to make sure people whom they have never met know they are hated.

My best friend’s middle kid (out of 3) is non-binary, gender neutral name, “they” pronouns.   They live in a moderately blue area of a red state.  My friend was busy divorcing an addict and caring for 3 kids. And tried to respect her non-binary kids name and pronouns in an “it’s a phase” sort of way.  But, she had a lot on her plate, and didn’t followup with the school or take her kid seriously   Then,  the child downed a bottle of Tylenol last year and in the resulting scramble, she found writing about their gender dysphoria and suicidal ideation.  Now that she realized how serious the situation was, she is  willing to do anything she can for her kid.

I don’t know what the right answer is.  I know that my friend loves her child.  That she has time, money, education and a willingness to do whatever it takes to get this kid to 18– alive.

I know everyone has an opinion about whether this is a “real” problem— even though it could literally kill the child (congrats, you died of a not real phenomenon. That  But solutions are few and far between and contradictory.

I know she has no idea what to do.   She started a therapist for her, one for the kid,  and family therapy after divorce and addiction. An Al-anon.

I do know that removing this child from the household would cause long term to harm the child and their siblings. And I can’t even imagine for my friend.

I do know the cruelty of kids has gone from normal bullying to purposeful misgendering and using prior name to while explaining how the kid is going to hell, God hates them, that they don’t have to pretend she’s not a girl

I know the issues they are dealing with at school aren’t surgery and hormone blockers. It’s dress code, pronouns, bathroom access and her name.

And I know that this situation is way too complicated and sensitive for the government to be within 1000 miles of it.

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Oh— and ai know my friend more than has her hands full with her own kids.  She has less than no interest in grooming yours.   And it feels insulting to her to even write that she’s not a pedophile.   But apparently you think she might be and… just no. [/quote]

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