I never said that. I said many of the arguments used by activists are based on feeling and rhetoric, not science.
Moreover, had you actually read up on Dr. Zucker, you'd see he was in no way "anti-trans". Quite the opposite. He was interested in actually helping trans people utilizing various methods that were more or less tailored to the individuals needs. It just so happened that he found that when children were given the time and space to figure out their identity on their own, with support, they often settled into their birth gender.
I didn't say he was anti-trans? I said there are those who are anti-trans who want to see his dismissal as a rejection of science just as others see him as a "bigot" who rejected new science in favor of his past position.
He also worked to address the co-morbidities that very often are associated with gender dysphoria, such as anxiety and depression. In fact, he found that in some cases, treating the co-morbid conditions actually relieved the feelings of gender dysphoria.
I'm all for this. As I said in my past post, I see recommending transitioning for children as the least-worst case only to be taken after other reasonable methods have not alleviated the feeling of being trapped in the wrong body.
Instead, society is hell bent on transitioning children based on what a child thinks. They want to fully immerse a child in trans culture instead of providing a supportive atmosphere that allows them to mature before making such drastic, life altering decisions.
It seems to me this describes a small minority of people? Even pro-child transitioning researchers note such a recommendation would apply in a small number of cases, at least from what I've read.
As I recall even ThinkProgress noted this, but I can double check.
I've said it before, I wouldn't allow my children to decide what to eat for dinner at 8 years old (since it would largely consist of cookies and ice cream) much less determine definitively what gender they are going to live as for the rest of their lives. Don't call CPS on me or anything, but I actually made my kids eat zucchini, and they hated it! I know, borderline child abuse. I should have made them banana splits instead.
It seems to me this is a caricature? I doubt many parents jump at the chance to put their kids through transitioning?
So what we understand as the emotional and cognitive stages of development that children go through are being ignored to push some kind of agenda. Which is odd, because no one has been able to answer me what "rights" transgender activists are fighting for. What rights don't they have? I'm genuinely confused by this. So what ARE they pushing for, and why?
It seems the rights associated with trans being recognized as a genuine medical reality is the primary concern?
Admittedly there does seem to be extreme groups who want to allow even pre-op persons into spaces meant for women, and even condemn lesbians who don't like "female penises". I would be against such things, as noted in a prior post I don't think the refusal to date trans persons is a form of bigotry.
I cannot help but wonder if this really does have something to do with normalizing sexuality in children; which is not even something children can fully understand.
I don't think anyone is saying even children who are going through transitioning should be having sex?
They do not have the cognitive capacity to understand the full implications of sex and gender. They think gender means dressing in pretty pink dresses and playing with barbies, when the truth is there is far more to gender than mere superficialities.
Some may think this but it's not clear this applies to all the cases of children insisting they are in the wrong body. I've come to lean toward the side that says waiting out youthful gender dysphoria is the recommended course, though on reading about the debate I think it is possible that sometimes in rare cases it might be right to recommend earlier transitioning.
This is what I mean by the notion that we live in a society that worships scientism but is very unscientific. It's not about truth, facts or following the data. It's all about what sounds nice and feels good.
The data so far seems to indicate there are, in at least some cases, physical differences where the brain of a trans matches the brain of the gender they insist they are?
Though I would agree that we shouldn't rush to label every case of gender dysphoria as trans.