> How about all the kids suddenly becoming trans?
Please do not repeat this right-wing talking point. It is a moral panic, and it causes real harm to kids who need genuine mental health support who are instead being dismissed as being part of a trend.
"all the kids" are not suddenly becoming trans - the incident rates in society are still extremely small.
All rises in incidents of transgenderism are easily explained by a more tolerant society accepting it. The same appeared when we stopped pathologizing left-handedness - all the kids didn't suddenly become left-handed, but the ones that were felt comfortable no longer hiding it.
And by and large, with some exceptions that get consistently magnified by those with an agenda, it is not something you can just do on a whim, and generally requires a lot of counselling and a lot of effort to pursue hormonal or surgical changes.
There are incidents of detransitioning and those that regret it. Those rates are lower than those that regret knee replacements.
Happy to answer any other questions if needed.
Please do not repeat this right-wing talking point. It is a moral panic, and it causes real harm to kids who need genuine mental health support who are instead being dismissed as being part of a trend.
"all the kids" are not suddenly becoming trans - the incident rates in society are still extremely small.
All rises in incidents of transgenderism are easily explained by a more tolerant society accepting it. The same appeared when we stopped pathologizing left-handedness - all the kids didn't suddenly become left-handed, but the ones that were felt comfortable no longer hiding it.
And by and large, with some exceptions that get consistently magnified by those with an agenda, it is not something you can just do on a whim, and generally requires a lot of counselling and a lot of effort to pursue hormonal or surgical changes.
There are incidents of detransitioning and those that regret it. Those rates are lower than those that regret knee replacements.
Happy to answer any other questions if needed.