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The conservative movement has built its case against gender-affirming care on the authority of anachronistic, faulty clinical research.

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[–] knightly@pawb.social 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The other point I made in my first comment is that we live in a democracy and we know that if there’s one thing that most people are still not on board with is accommodation of transgender people beyond what is already afforded by current civil rights, which is what transgender activists ask for.

Hence the slogan "Trans rights are human rights". We don't need "accomodation", we just need the same right to bodily autonomy that's afforded to everyone else. Opposition to trans rights is just the tip of the same spear currently stabbing at women's rights, gay folks' rights, and minority rights in general.

Whether or not other people are "on board" with the individual right to self-determination is entirely irrelevant. Either trans kids can get the medicine they and their doctors agree is best, or our government has pulled a China and taken the right to make your own medical decisions away from you. There is no middle ground.

Sorry to say but in this matter you are at the mercy of the masses, so you’ll need to convince them and I think that finding the root cause of transgender identity is key to that.

Just like how finding the gay gene was going to bring equality to gays, right?

No, I'm afraid I can't take you seriously. You're "just asking questions" and about issues that were settled over 40 years ago and pretending at reasonable dissent based on nothing more substantial than 90's talk radio talking points.

Again, please read an actual research paper from a reputable medical or psychological association. Take your time with it and google all the $5 science words that aren't familiar to you. You'll learn a lot more that way.