Delicious Anathema said:
You know what's child abuse? Parents giving 12 year olds hormone therapy.
Citation needed. Because I class child abuse as abuse of parental responsibility, like denying a child medical treatments for a diagnosable condition that is presenting comorbidity with aspects of depression? Also it's clear you haven't actually researched the subject to determine the difference between something like hormone blockers as a minor and actual HRT.
But hey... why let ignorance get in the way of a narrative?
What kind of regret? When they regret changing because they didn't feel a woman/man when transition was over, and some even come around to accept their original biological sex.
Some, not all... and frankly that's why better diagnostic models are in place. Not that transitioning is somehow uniformily horrible. Because we have proof it helps trans people who seek that option. Also, what does biological sex have to do with it? Who actually identifies with their
genome when genetics isn't even all that reliable?
I call myself a mutant for having an additionsl chromosome, but I don't wear it as if a fucking badge. Mostly I use it as a Marvel commentary joke. Still waiting for my superpowers, yo.
I'm sure there are happy trans people that transitioned, but the ones that have depression/regret/suicide are often overlooked when talking about this subject. Youtube is littered with videos of trans people warning about transitioning, there are two sides of the coin and we shouldn't accept transition as the only "cure" to this.
You're speaking to one. And transitioning isn't merely HRT and surgery ... HRT and surgery wasn't thrust upon me. Not all trans people want surgery, or the same surgeries.
Also, I'm not pretending trans people don't exist. They do and they have a disorder, and I'm of the opinion that they should try to accept their sex/gender. It's okay to disagree.
Saying it's a disorder or illness is not censoring, I'm not stopping anyone from speaking or doing anything. You, me and anyone should post their views in a civil way, as different as they may be. When people start self-censoring because they're afraid then there's a problem.
Being trans is not being ill. It can be a disorder if it is improperly treated. This is why options exist. Also, sex is not the same as gender. That garbage attitude belongs to the Middle East, where Iran forces you to transition for being homosexual, for how else can you explain a man wanting to fuck another man if they didn't want to be a woman ... or vice versa?
And you'll forgive me, but it is censorship. The whole point of freedom of expression is the libertarian ideal that self-construction and happiness comes from regulating one's own social vehicles in the engagement with others in a common exchange. Scientifically speaking, sex is not gender (not that we need science to point this out), trans people exist, and they have an equal right to have that common vehicle of social engagement recognized as valid.
Same way you seem to identify with your genome that you don't seem to know much about, you'll forgive trans people their identification beyond it because both common sense and science backs up this as a valid phenomena of being. If your only objection is your personal ignorance, then own that fact and don't pretend it's "policing" when people call you an idiot.
Turns out being gay and being left handed have more to do with womb conditions than genetics. So should I tell lefties and probably half of all gay people to stop lying about their "lifestyle choices"?