Oh lord, the comments. The plain fact is that so-called gender-affirming care for minors is risky and poorly researched. Mona mentioned that some European countries have become much more cautious about recommending it. What's more likely: that those countries' health departments are led by hateful bigots, or that their concern is justified?
Oh lord, the comments. The plain fact is that so-called gender-affirming care for minors is risky and poorly researched. Mona mentioned that some European countries have become much more cautious about recommending it. What's more likely: that those countries' health departments are led by hateful bigots, or that their concern is justified?
Do you know any gender-fluid or trans-curious kids? Do you know any families with a child that questions their birth-assigned gender? Do you know any trans people? This isnтАЩt even abnormal. There have always been people who questioned their gender. ItтАЩs just that now we have more knowledge about gender dysphoria and we have a way to help people who donтАЩt feel that their assigned gender is who they really are.
If someone is diagnosed with diabetes, doctors know how to help them stay alive. The same should apply to gender dysphoria. We know how to тАЬtreatтАЭ it but because gender dysphoria involves gender identity and some religions are emphatic about gender identity, it becomes a morality issue, not a medical issue. Maybe if we werenтАЩt so hung up on sexual тАЬmoralityтАЭ we wouldnтАЩt judge people who donтАЩt accept their birth-assigned gender. Some indigenous peoples have more than two genders as part of their culture. Maybe the problem is with our cultureтАЩs insistence on only one idea of sexual norms. Try to imagine a society that accepts every personтАЩs gender identity as normal. Maybe we wouldnтАЩt have to тАЬfixтАЭ people who donтАЩt identify with their birth-assigned gender. There would be no need for gender reassignment. We would accept all people for who they really are and benefit from a truly diverse community.
Oh lord, the comments. The plain fact is that so-called gender-affirming care for minors is risky and poorly researched. Mona mentioned that some European countries have become much more cautious about recommending it. What's more likely: that those countries' health departments are led by hateful bigots, or that their concern is justified?
Do you know any gender-fluid or trans-curious kids? Do you know any families with a child that questions their birth-assigned gender? Do you know any trans people? This isnтАЩt even abnormal. There have always been people who questioned their gender. ItтАЩs just that now we have more knowledge about gender dysphoria and we have a way to help people who donтАЩt feel that their assigned gender is who they really are.
If someone is diagnosed with diabetes, doctors know how to help them stay alive. The same should apply to gender dysphoria. We know how to тАЬtreatтАЭ it but because gender dysphoria involves gender identity and some religions are emphatic about gender identity, it becomes a morality issue, not a medical issue. Maybe if we werenтАЩt so hung up on sexual тАЬmoralityтАЭ we wouldnтАЩt judge people who donтАЩt accept their birth-assigned gender. Some indigenous peoples have more than two genders as part of their culture. Maybe the problem is with our cultureтАЩs insistence on only one idea of sexual norms. Try to imagine a society that accepts every personтАЩs gender identity as normal. Maybe we wouldnтАЩt have to тАЬfixтАЭ people who donтАЩt identify with their birth-assigned gender. There would be no need for gender reassignment. We would accept all people for who they really are and benefit from a truly diverse community.
What's the definition of "gender"?