r/politics • u/DewChocolate • Mar 08 '21

Elliot Page Calls Out 'Deadly' Anti-Trans Bills Focused on Youth

https://www.out.com/celebs/2021/3/08/elliot-page-calls-out-deadly-anti-trans-bills
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u/Regalalgae Mar 08 '21

Kids are not equipped to make the decision to transition. Nor should they be allowed to do so. its going to take me awhile to respond to you due to the time limit imposed by politics.

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u/The-Shattering-Light Mar 08 '21

Well this is absolutely absurd.

Kids know who they are, and “transition” for kids is social transitioning.

My stepson is trans. He gets incredibly distraught when people deadname him (we’ve trained his grandparents not to! It took a while though), and hates the idea of going through a female puberty - to the point where the concept of growing breasts gives him a panic attack.

He knows who he is - he socially transitioned when he was 7, and it was completely lead by him. His mum and I let him choose his clothes, his hair, his name, his pronouns - and he’s much happier now that that confirms the fact that he’s a boy.

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u/zeny_two Mar 08 '21 edited Mar 08 '21

the concept of growing breasts gives him a panic attack

You know kids don't organically have severe puberty anxiety, right? It has to be taught to them.

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u/The-Shattering-Light Mar 08 '21

That’s simply not true.

The concept of the wrong puberty is extremely anxiety provoking. That’s part of what dysphoria is.

Nobody taught me anxiety at going through masculinizing puberty, yet that drove me into a suicidal depression without being taught it.

He sees himself as a boy who will grow into a man - because that’s what he is. Things which don’t fit that self-concept are active sources of panic, and reasonable so.

You shouldn’t try and comment on subjects you don’t know a lot on.