The most illuminating discussions in online trans communities center on issues of questioning and doubt. Take this r/asktransgender post: “Can a CIS person fool themselves into believing they are trans? Is it possible for a CIS person to trick themselves into being trans, for reasons such as 'the memes', or peer pressure, or even otherwise?”
At first, I was going to write, “This should be required reading for anyone in the in the field of gender health care,” but then I was going to expand to anyone in adolescent health care, since those people are referring kids to these clinics. But really, we need the entire medical and psychological community to find a spine and take a stand against affirmative care. And parents need to see how their kids are arriving at this self-diagnosis. And everyone needs to understand what our leaders are supporting when they promote medicalization of young people. So really, this should just be required reading, period. So much simpler.
Very interesting, I note that the 'Advisor', is using the word 'gender', where I think that word 'sex' should be used....."..a common transphobic argument is that you cannot change your gender.."......
Kathleen Stock addresses use of language issue so eloquently in her book, where she explains the 4 different meanings which the word 'gender' can stand for. Also, looking at a couple of terms which come under the "trans" umbrella, eg 'gender fluid' and 'non-binary', I would have thought those 2 terms indicate that these "identities" are not constant.
"The number of people currently claiming to have a gender identity is less than the number who were claiming aliens were probing their bumholes 20 years ago. Just because a phenomenon has been studied doesn't mean it exists outside a belief in it" @ Shatterface (Twitter) 3:02 PM May 9, 2021
At first, I was going to write, “This should be required reading for anyone in the in the field of gender health care,” but then I was going to expand to anyone in adolescent health care, since those people are referring kids to these clinics. But really, we need the entire medical and psychological community to find a spine and take a stand against affirmative care. And parents need to see how their kids are arriving at this self-diagnosis. And everyone needs to understand what our leaders are supporting when they promote medicalization of young people. So really, this should just be required reading, period. So much simpler.
Very interesting, I note that the 'Advisor', is using the word 'gender', where I think that word 'sex' should be used....."..a common transphobic argument is that you cannot change your gender.."......
Kathleen Stock addresses use of language issue so eloquently in her book, where she explains the 4 different meanings which the word 'gender' can stand for. Also, looking at a couple of terms which come under the "trans" umbrella, eg 'gender fluid' and 'non-binary', I would have thought those 2 terms indicate that these "identities" are not constant.
"The number of people currently claiming to have a gender identity is less than the number who were claiming aliens were probing their bumholes 20 years ago. Just because a phenomenon has been studied doesn't mean it exists outside a belief in it" @ Shatterface (Twitter) 3:02 PM May 9, 2021