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Re:They Paused Puberty, but Is There a Cost? by AussieWog93 on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @03:48AM (#33606817)
>No one knows about the deception at the heart of the trans cult better than the cult members themselves.

Did you used to identify as trans?

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Re:They Paused Puberty, but Is There a Cost? by hobbitstan on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @03:53AM (#33606839)
No but I work with teenagers who flip flop on it like crazy. It’s a cult. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Re:They Paused Puberty, but Is There a Cost? by AussieWog93 on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @04:12AM (#33606968)
Interesting you say that.

I occasionally chat with a person I know IRL about the potential destructiveness of a politicised approach to trans issues, and they're in education too. Used to self-harm, actually, and noticed that a lot of (mostly FTM) trans kids fit into the same demographic that they did as a kid.

I'm on the spectrum and had some pretty serious mental health issues myself as a teenager, so I see a different side to the same coin (mainly emotionally dysregulated MTFs).

On the flip side, Gender Dysphoria is 100% real and transitioning is an incredibly helpful medical option for those who happened to be born this way.

It's an incredibly hairy issue, and I don't think simply dismissing it as a "cult" is the right way to deal with it.

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