It's crazy that people believe this shit. They just run with it, and don't even do cursory research on what they're going after. Trans minors literally receive medical care to prevent unalterable changes. Hormones triggering changes in the body is the whole damn point!

When I tell people I lost 3 inches to the shifting of my pelvis and spinal curvature, they're mystified. Like, maybe they knew that estrogen could cause breast growth or changes to your body hair or your skin, but I don't think I've met a cis person yet who was aware of the spinal curvature changes.

I think if people realized just how much hormones change, they might not only see that there are a lot of changes someone might want to avoid during puberty if they're trans, but it might help them see that the most substantial changes to a person's body that may happen as part of transitioning may have nothing at all to do with surgery.

It seems as though a lot of the thinking around trans bodies is focused on surgery, to the point that they don't really necessarily know what else might even be involved. Which I suppose is why it's so easy to lie about it for political gain.