Transphobes did not 'predict' anything about transage people. Age incongruence has been documented since 1948, when Magnus Hirschfeld described 'infantile' patients with 'attributes which are normally found in children' and who are 'averse to regarding themselves as grown up'. 
https://twitter.com/Evie_Magazine/status/1610688767752376345
Like many psychological researchers, Dr Hirschfeld made a number of inaccurate assumptions, but some descriptions of his patients are remarkably similar to those seen in communities for people with age dysphoria today and undoubtedly refer to the same condition in some cases.
There have also been other researchers and journalists throughout the past century who have referred to different variations of age incongruence using terms such as 'adult–baby syndrome', 'age identity disorder', 'autopaedophilia', 'childlike self-concept' and 'age dysphoria'.
Many of these terms describe different ways to experience age incongruence and are littered with biases from various bigoted, assumptive researchers. The only requirement to identify as 'transage' is to feel a sincere incongruence between your age identity and chronological age.
All of this to say that I am quite tired of transphobes acting like they predicted some kind of slippery slope. You (transphobes) do not get to steal credit for the decades of research that is behind the concepts of age incongruence and age dysphoria.
If any future journalists would like to report on #transage identities or #agedysphoria, please feel free to contact me. My DMs are open to all people with respectful enquiries. I will answer any questions you have to the best of my abilities.
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