Thoughtful article calling for compassion & reason on all sides. The problem (& why groups like ours exist in the 1st place) is the refusal by too many activists & clinicians to even consider that a new group of youth are being influenced by social contagion. Why is that so hard?
Instead of engaging/respecting parents & others who ask for more careful handling of gender-dysphoric teens, we get compared to white supremacists, even by leaders in "affirmative" therapy. @samuelveissiere this sort of dismissal is pretty much all we hear
You should also know @samuelveissiere that the trans activists who vilify us the most are adult-transitioning MTFs, whose experiences of gender dysphoria are simply not the same as our (mostly) female teens.
The social contagion we've witnessed (& that some detransitioners have begun writing about) is real. That these (mostly adult transitioning MTFs) insist #ROGD doesn't exist or is a "hoax" makes us question whether they are honest brokers. How do you dialogue w/such people?
"There’s a very specific kind of mental mind-fuck that went on on Tumblr during this time that cultivated the perfect atmosphere for confused, self-hating teens." This was written by a formerly trans-identified teen. Does her viewpoint count?
4thwavenow.com/2018/01/18/i-h…
4thwavenow.com/2018/01/18/i-h…
We've published other such accounts by desisters, & have never received a single positive (or even a reasoned critical) response to a piece like this from an activist or gender clinician. They just continue defaming us as "hate group/bigots."
4thwavenow.com/2018/03/12/bap…
4thwavenow.com/2018/03/12/bap…
