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J.S. Kasimir's avatar

The other day, a young man and I were speaking to a teen who called herself a boy. (The three of us are part of an academic peer group.) The girl was lamenting about her body and biology, and how no one understood how she felt. The young man and I told her we both understood.Turns out, he and I were both formerly trans-identified. It seems fate had brought us all together.

The young man and I told her about the potential dangers of transition, and how we both had hidden under the trans banner because of our own self-denial at being gay. The girl especially grasped and related to the latter point. She said she planned to start transition at 25. She's currently 17. The young man and I--only two years older than her--told her that's the best course of action, as we both know she'll grow out of it one day.

I'm going to keep an eye on her as long as I can. Her mind's too valuable to be ravaged by this cult.

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When I was pregnant with my son, all I hoped for was that he was healthy and had all is body parts. How stupid do I feel for being grateful? He is now spitting in the face of his good fortune to have been given every advantage at the start of life. It seems we just can't win. Mother's are once again blamed for "doing it wrong". Their delusion of "being born in the wrong body" is now something I should feel guilty and responsible for? NOT ON YOUR LIFE.

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