- Joined
- Mar 5, 2023
I do genuinely believe that the majority of TRAs are advocating for the cause because they believe it to be right, and they see most opposition from the other side as hostile, mean-spirited bigotry. Thats how I used to see it, but I've since changed as I've opened myself up to learning new information. Even though that perceived hostility pushed me away at first, I gradually shifted my views.
With my experience, I think that setting a good example just by being nice and going into discussions with trans people with an expressed intent to do good would help more people step back and realize that putting hormones into angsty teens is, in fact, the wrong thing to do. What do you think?
From what I can tell based on my search history, Barnaby Dixon's video about transgender kids was the main turning point for me. Before that, I had made the connection between body integrity dysmorphia and realized it was a serious mental illness rather than something to unconditionally affirm. And before that, I had peeked into the r/lgballt subreddit and saw how many kids were taking this gender discovery stuff completely seriously, and to ridiculous extremes. The hostility about the Harry Potter game + me joining kiwi farms were what finally got me to throw away my bias more or less completely, and ive just continued learning from there.
With my experience, I think that setting a good example just by being nice and going into discussions with trans people with an expressed intent to do good would help more people step back and realize that putting hormones into angsty teens is, in fact, the wrong thing to do. What do you think?