I tried to go looking for answers and got more confused. This article (all mainstream magazines are now under Trans Demands control) tells me I am not allowed to even ask the obvious. If your son acts more feminine, or your daughter acts more "like a boy," and you're sure it's more than just kids being kids and playing and it bothers you to the point it's an issue, then isn't "he/she will probably grow up to be gay/lesbian" a FAR more reasonable and simple answer than "my child was born in the wrong body because seriously that's an actual thing, that really happens, not science fiction at all"???
So I went looking to see what these Parents of the Genderspecial (and sorry, but it's usually Mothers of the Genderspecial) had to say. First article I find tells me I'm not allowed to even ask. Then it has this bit that made my head hurt.
<What if your kid is actually gay, not transgender?
Why this is inappropriate to ask: Gender identity is not the same as sexual identity. There are transgender and non-binary young people who are gay and there are cisgender young people who are gay. One's gender identity does not determine their sexual preference.>
So a feminine boy might grow up to pursue women or to pursue men. Ok. So why does he need his body mutilated? "He's acting feminine because he's actually a girl in the wrong body" --- is he not allowed to act feminine in a male body? What does "feminine" mean anyway? Does every girl child have to act feminine?
Is my skull so thick that I just can't grasp their argument or is it simply insane that any child needs a full body transplant because of the clothes they like?
https://www.parents.com/parenting/dynamics/things-not-to-say-to-the-parents-of-a-transgender-child/
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