Transing ChildrenA Reuters Special Report: "Why detransitioners are crucial to the science of gender care"

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[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries"[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I've been noticing more nuanced coverage of trans issues in the mainstream, including recognition of the potential conflict of interest between LGB and TQ:

For this article, Reuters spoke to 17 people who began medical transition as minors and said they now regretted some or all of their transition. Many said they realized only after transitioning that they were homosexual, or they always knew they were lesbian or gay but felt, as adolescents, that it was safer or more desirable to transition to a gender that made them heterosexual. Others said sexual abuse or assault made them want to leave the gender associated with that trauma. Many also said they had autism or mental health issues such as bipolar disorder that complicated their search for identity as teenagers.

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Lazzara told Reuters she now realizes that gender treatment was not appropriate for her and that it took a toll on her physical and mental health. “I do wish my doctors had said to me, ‘It’s OK to feel disconnected from your body. It’s OK to like girls. It’s OK to be gender non-conforming.’"

[–]Virginia_Plain 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Slowly but surely, the "this never happens" wall is chipping away. It is definitely surprising that a transmasculine person is involved in this research, and I respect that Mackinnon confronts some of these realities head-on. Still, it was considered TERF demagoguery for years and years, with blogs such as 4thWaveNow, Feminist Current, and Gender Trender extensively documenting phenomena such as stalking of detransitioners. Rowling gets told to eat a bullet for stating many of the same things that have come up in the article. It appears that several university professors in the UK and North America of the old-guard feminist variety have had their livelihoods destroyed for suggesting such things as well.

[–]automoderatorHuman-Exclusionary Radical Overlord[M] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

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