hey parents, if your kid is showing signs of dysphoria at a young age you are OBLIGATED to put them on puberty blockers. you should nurture and encourage your child’s transness instead of rejecting it. and even if they change their mind (highly unlikely) you can just take them off and they’ll develop as intended, no harm done. but just letting your trans kid develop secondary sex characteristics they don’t want is only causing them unnecessary pain and it’s abusive.
You are lying and endangering children.
Puberty blockers are not safe and children don’t know what they actually want or need.
I put no boundaries on my son’s exploration of all things “masculine” and “feminine”. He is only two, but from the beginning his second mama and I have let him choose between pink and blue. Our home is filled with pink toys because of this (pink is brighter and children when allowed naturally flock to it). He has a head of full curls and people always assume he is a girl. I roll my eyes. Even at pride where everyone is supposedly all “open about gender” they assumed incorrectly the sex of my child. He is being raised by two strong women and is surrounded by many other women and girls. Naturally he has picked up some of our mannerisms, so I get it. I intend to offer him dance lessons because the entire world will tell him that he should play sports. It’s my job to make sure he knows he has other options. On top of this we will encourage the love of his own body and teach him how special he is exactly the way he is.
If he chooses to be gender non conforming my wife and I will support this. He can be whoever he is and like whatever he likes and love whoever he chooses. He has our full support in that. We will not however, in any way, shape or form allow him access to puberty blockers. They are dangerous and can cause life time damage. You can label me as transphobic for this, though his Aunt who is a trans woman would argue that considering I support her in her decisions and respect where she is and who she wants to be. But there is a fucking huge difference between an adult transitioning after they have explored every other option to help with dysphoria and loading a child up with dangerous medication and medical intervention.
It’s not my “obligation” to treat my child’s dysphoria with dangerous medical intervention should he get it. It’s my obligation to be his mother and love him no matter what. It’s my obligation to encourage him to challenge painful ideas and nurture him as he explores who he wants to be. It’s my job as his mother to do him no harm and transition harms. I pray he never gets invested in the idea that his body is wrong and that he should have been a girl because he is endlessly perfect the way he is. It’s my obligation to teach him that.
If you think that makes me a bad parent then that’s on you. Because my little boy has a wealth of acceptance and love. And that’s what a child needs to battle any hardship they get thrown at them, identity confusion included.
I wish my parents were more like you.
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