Not trans related but gender identity. When I was seven there were concerns I might have some neurological damage. I was constantly walking into walls, falling down stairs, if there was anything on the ground I tripped over it. I had missed measles vaccine by a few weeks and had a severe case of measles, which can cause lasting damage. My parents took me to this asshole who was a leading pediatric neurologist. The first thing Dr. Asshole did was tell me I had to strip to my panties. I threw a big fit, cried, because I was a girl and he and my father were not and I didn't want to strip in front of men. I was years from puberty, had no real knowledge of sex as a thing but knew I was a girl and they were not. Well, grownups can force a seven year old to do damn near anything so eventually I stripped and this asshole made me run, skip, hop in just panties. I was horribly humiliated doing all those things undressed in front of men. I knew my gender quite well at age seven. I was cis. No one questioned that I knew I was a girl. Why would anyone question a trans child knowing their gender? BTW, Dr. Asshole proclaimed I was neurologically normal even though I walked into walls etc. but although both my parents wore glasses it never occurred to him to check my eyes. I was constantly scolded for reading with my nose touching the book and for getting up out of my seat to read what the teacher wrote on the board but no one put it together until a new school nurse arrived, brought in all the children for routine eye test and discovered I have 20/200 vision. Nothing wrong with my neurons, I just couldn't fucking see.
Texas has begun investigating parents of transgender teens for child abuse. ACLU and Lambda Legal have filed a lawsuit. Literally wanting to take child away from parents and try to force her to be a cis boy. That IS child abuse.
If that question was directed to me, my solution is families and medical personnel work with trans youth on science based solutions that start with the young person's needs.
Solution to a bad law or solution to stupid people thinking seeking medical help for a child that has questions about their gender identity is child abuse?
Really? You rhapsodized over Rick Scott's 11 point platform that denies trans people exist. You have fawned over DeathSantis while Florida and Texas vie with each other to see which state can pass most vicious anti trans laws. Some love.
You said Rick Scott's program was so great you wanted to post it twice. How many times have you praised DeSantis? You can't sing praises of transphobic haters and then say you don't mean it.
Nobody opposes that solution. But it's tough to embrace your child and overwhelm them with love when that child is removed from your care, is being denied medical care and/or your family is being tormented by government agencies... Government just needs to get out of it all together.
