This might be naive of me, but I honestly wonder....what is the difference between the body dysmorphia (that's the technical term) that an anorexic or a body builder might have and someone who feels they have been born the wrong sex?
If an anorexic says "I need to be thinner" we don't enable them we attempt to help them. If a body builder says "I need more steroids/HGH because I need to be even bigger" again we don't enable them, we attempt to correct their views of themselves. If a CHILD says "I think I'm a boy trapped in a girl's body" or "I'm a girl trapped in a boy's body" the situation is somehow different and society tells us "We have to help this child become what they think they are inside so if they need their privates cut off or they need to go on hormone therapy we should help them with that transition"....honest to God, why is it any different?
I think if you're an adult it's one thing, but children are being put on hormone blockers, CHILDREN! I don't think it's a very good idea and honestly looking at the suicide rate of post op trans people I ASSURE you it's a bad idea.
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