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[CW: Transphobia] hot take: trans kids should have normal childhoods, actually
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A 4 panel comic. In the first panel, a character stands on a cliff, addressing an audience, and says "trans kids should not get puberty blockers". In the second panel, the audience, armed and labeled "cis people", looks content. In the third panel, the character on the cliff says "they should get hrt so they can go through the right puberty at the same time as their cis peers". In the fourth panel, the audience, still labeled "cis people", looks angry at the character.
if you're cis and seeing this: keep your concern trolling to yourself.
I think puberty blockers should be an option for those with genuine uncertainty, but trans kids should definitely be allowed to start hrt early.
I heard someone say that puberty blockers are for the parents. Think about that a lot actually.
This is also true. At the end of the day, the kid should have 100% percent of the decision making power, being able to get HRT without their parent's consent. On the other hand, not everybody is sure about what they want; I certainly wasn't. I just think the option shouldn't be taken off the table because parents pressure their kids.
It's literally "I don't want my kid to be trans but I don't want to alienate them by saying that so I'm just going to put the decision off so it's no longer my problem to worry about" IMO
Just slightly better than outright bigotry and phobia by screaming at the child they're "wrong"