OT "I'm Dealing With A Few Transgender Issues"

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    I kinda understand what she's saying, though I think she's going to an extreme case (and the quote is misleading a little).

    On the one hand, I think there ARE cases of kids who are unsure about things and make rash decisions about what they want to be or are (etc). BUT (please hear me out), that # is very small.

    And maybe a better reaction to your daughter (or son) being suicidal (etc) is to get them the help they need, not talk to them (or about them) as if they're just being whiny about life. The last thing someone who is suicidal needs to hear is someone saying, basically, "you're wrong about this, and I'm going to make the choice for you".

    Maybe listen to your kid, and take the steps necessary for them to be happy. And if you're correct, and it is a "phase", guess what? They'll still be able to be a healthy adult and have a successful life even if they are convinced at 14 they are in the wrong body and find out they weren't correct (or whatever).

    One of my best friends has a son who is totally goth and dresses up goth...ish? like? not sure what the term is....and his parents are fine with it. They want their son to be who he is, even if that isn't what they were growing up.

    Instead of pushing away their son, they let him know they accept him for who he is and they love him regardless. Granted, he's not making choices to change his gender (and dressing as goth isn't the same), but the point remains. Don't push away your kids because you're a stuck up bitch.
     
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    No one transitions on a whim. Everything Beagle can talk about all the hoops to jump through, and that's for an adult.
     
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    Nobody is walking into a doctor's office and getting estrogen or testosterone same day. Even here, where it's one of the easiest processes in the US, I had to get an appointment to see a doctor (which took weeks to wrangle) to get a referral to see a gender psychologist, do four sessions with the gender psychologist (which took weeks to wrangle and a month to do) before I could get a letter for my doctor so she could prescribe me HRT. Then and only then was I able to start on HRT. I started the process in February and had the hormones by May. I didn't see any results until July, and all of them were still reversible basically until the next February. That's an entire fucking year. These adults just don't want to be inconvenienced. They say they want their kids to have an easy life but really they don't want to be the parents of trans kids because it'd be inconvenient to them, so they just don't let their kids transition.
     
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    Because there tends to be this arrogance and intellectual superiority from liberals. They think Republicans are dumb, which is foolish because that massively underestimates their enemies. These people did the patriot act. They launched two wars. They took over the Supreme Court. They’re trying to outlaw abortion and equal rights for everyone. They steal our money. They steal our rights. To underestimate them is the fatal flaw of liberals. Democrats are paralyzed by fear. Fear of offending others. Fear of losing. That’s why we have Biden. They’re more afraid of losing than they are driven to truly win.
     
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    We know the loving kindness Nazis show towards children.
     
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    Not losing is Dems only real goal, from my perspective.

    They aren't for us. They're just against Republicans.
     
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    Nope.
     
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    Honestly at this point that's a feature not a bug
     
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    cool. cool cool cool.*

    *this is extremely not cool
     
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    Extremely not.
     
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    Which is exactly how my wife and I voted last time. Haven't regretted it one bit. My teen kids didn't have to wake up to hate speech being tossed around every single fucking day of their lives. For 4 years at least. I'd pay $50/gallon for gas to not have to live thru that again.
     
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    Agree 100%
    It's unfortunate, but it's reality.
     
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    As long as the Republicans don't run a sane, rationale and non fascist candidate, whoever, (and I mean WHOEVER) the Democrats put up will get my vote.
     
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    I’ll just leave this here
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    Does this mean you want to move to California?
     
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    I'm not sure this is the flex you think it is as all those blue states span both ends of the political spectrum when it comes to voting patterns, but again this is a guy that doesn't know effect from affect and still struggles with his there/their/they're!
     
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