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[quote=Anonymous]I feel like combining could make a lot of kids more sympathetic to the opposite gender. If someone has something happening at school, any kids who notices would hopefully know what’s happening and be sympathetic. On the flip side it could cause some kids to be immature and make jokes about tampons or wet dreams or something… idk.. and when it comes to trans kids at least if things are combined they won’t have to feel any awkwardness about going with the group that matches their anatomy.

When it comes to adding gender to the curriculum or something I am honestly against that. I know a trans adult and I think they made the right choice for themself bc they seem happier, but I just think that’s a lot for kids to think about. And I am honestly against surgeries to transition in kids. They aren’t old enough to understand how that can impact their health and finances in the future. Many people do transition back to their original gender that matches their biological sex. If someone is really suffering from gender dysmorphia I think the parents will realize and can get them counseling. But to just tell kids they can change their gender just seems like too much and too confusing to me.

As a kid I could see myself wanting to transition to a boy bc I was afraid of getting a period. I know that sounds crazy but I remember we were told girls get their period once they hit around 100 pounds and for some reason periods scared me so I exercised a lot. I got my period at 13.5, so a normal age but on the older side I think ? But that wasn’t healthy and I wasn’t diagnosed with an eating disorder but my doctor essentially made me gain weight bc I didn’t gain much one year during puberty. I feel like I would’ve asked my parents to block my puberty bc I was afraid of it… I know that sounds ridiculous… but I had no idea people even transitioned when I was a kid in the 90’s/early 2000’s. And my parents are super conservative and would’ve never said yes to that anyway but I think that’s just a lot for kids to even think about. Those with gender dysmorphia will. Those who don’t have that really shouldn’t spend too much time thinking about how one can transition IMO. I just think it’s way too much for kids. I know that may be an unpopular opinion and my thinking might seem weird…. But I’m just not for it.

I have a friend who is a nurse in NY and she said there’s a school where they can give puberty blockers without parents permission. I’m not sure where or if she was right, but that’s insane to me. Once you take those your body never fully goes back to how it was before. I think one should be an adult who had extensive counseling to be able to get hormones and surgeries to transition. Some people who detransition are upset doctors never warned them enough about how it would change the rest of their life. I think that’s way too much for a kid.[/quote]

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