Stop worrying about what happens if we let kids transition. Worry about what happens if we don’t.

[Rube Reaper]

The conversation about trans kids right now is fundamentally broken. Because it is led, by and large, by cis people, it focuses on the potential regret children and adolescents might have after transitioning, and ignores the social, physical, emotional, and psychological costs of not transitioning. It ignores the reams of studies that underline the need to support trans kids. It ignores the lived experiences of many trans people, who despair that they were kept from transitioning as youths.

Stop worrying about what happens if we let kids transition. Worry about what happens if we don’t.

What’s so scary about a transgender child?

www.vox.com

 

[IAmDamagedGoods]