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Puzzle Therapy's avatar

I came here to comment, “this should be mandatory reading for every doctor, therapist, or any other professional involved in transitioning people.” But then I wondered, “I what if most of the professionals have also been trained to think this way?” What if reading all the doubts and convoluted thinking people are really having - in contrast to the certainty and confidence they portray when they come into their offices and that they tell the world in their public online personas - would instead of giving them a more honest picture of what’s really going on and cause them to pause and rethink their approach, cause them to dig in even more and feel it’s their duty to also treat the “imposter syndrome,” “intrusive thoughts,” and “internalized transphobia” while also inspiring them to increase their own “work” on banishing any doubts or concerns about all this that they may have? Are we already seeing this?

What happens when differential diagnosis is not allowed by anyone ? It’s not even an unwritten rule. It’s spoken out loud clearly and policed harshly. It’s not a bug in the system, it’s an open and enforced feature.

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T. Lister's avatar

Thank you for this thoughtful treatment of the fiction of 'trans' and those trying to navigate its pernicious 'siren song.' Specifically concerning the demographic of lesbians and gays who get sucked into the 'trans' cult I am both infuriated and saddened that it happens--that it is allowed to happen. I reference those who 'gay convert' themselves by submitting to the construction of a mutilated 'heterosexuality' when instead they could have remained their truly authentic selves as whole and healthy same-sex attracted people w/ whatever 'masculine' or 'feminine' traits they had. My hope is that more LGs will stop being gaslighted and will listen to their doubts about the 'gender identity' 'trans' absurdity that they were 'born wrong' and need to be fixed. And I hope they can find LGs who will support them in being their genuine selves. And for the lesbians specifically, find a supportive lesbian community that will keep the pervy and predatory, male, heterosexual, cross-dresser sexual fetishists out of the community.

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