I wanted to like your post, Mark, but I object to calling these kids "young trans people" as if they really do have an inner gendered soul or something. I feel that any such language supports the now so prevalent and unquestioned belief system we are trying to fight. Maybe "confused young people" or trans "identified young people" pleas…
I wanted to like your post, Mark, but I object to calling these kids "young trans people" as if they really do have an inner gendered soul or something. I feel that any such language supports the now so prevalent and unquestioned belief system we are trying to fight. Maybe "confused young people" or trans "identified young people" please? I totally agree that they are too young to have any perspective. Have you seen this Steve Levine paper?
"Reconsidering Informed Consent for Trans-Identified Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults Stephen B. Levine,E. Abbruzzese &Julia W. Mason Published online: 17 Mar 2022"
I wanted to like your post, Mark, but I object to calling these kids "young trans people" as if they really do have an inner gendered soul or something. I feel that any such language supports the now so prevalent and unquestioned belief system we are trying to fight. Maybe "confused young people" or trans "identified young people" please? I totally agree that they are too young to have any perspective. Have you seen this Steve Levine paper?
"Reconsidering Informed Consent for Trans-Identified Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults Stephen B. Levine,E. Abbruzzese &Julia W. Mason Published online: 17 Mar 2022"
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0092623X.2022.2046221