I find it difficult to work out what is “best” on trans issues because the noise & aggression surrounding it makes it hard to find a wise way through.
I am not trans but can understand the pain of feeling like you don’t belong in your body.
Indeed I suspect many non-trans could
I am not trans but can understand the pain of feeling like you don’t belong in your body.
Indeed I suspect many non-trans could
https://twitter.com/drsimonashworth/status/1446889455911116809
I have no wish to tell someone else about the “right” way to dress or present - or (something deeper and less easy to express verbally) how to “be”
But I worry a lot about decision making for kids (who may be in quite a plastic stage of physical/emotional/psychological development in particular) being rushed into irreversible processes.
I can also see that delay can also cause pain.
I can also see that delay can also cause pain.
A sense of being “out of joint” with yourself in the world.
I do know someone who has made the change with a profound sense of integrity along the way.
But she had a lot of time to do so and did not make big, life changing decisions until adulthood.
I do know someone who has made the change with a profound sense of integrity along the way.
But she had a lot of time to do so and did not make big, life changing decisions until adulthood.
Which of us really wishes to impose unhappiness on another human being trying to find their authentic way in the world?
Not many I would hope.
If this thread attracts abuse or aggression I shall block because I regard that an unhelpful, unwise and not deserving of interaction.
Not many I would hope.
If this thread attracts abuse or aggression I shall block because I regard that an unhelpful, unwise and not deserving of interaction.
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