Like, so genders are social construct and different from biological “sex”, but identifying as a different “gender” requires surgery to change your “sex”? Is “gender” just personality? I’m so confused
Edit: also, the idea trans-affirming surgery and hormones is also absolutely horrifying to me for some reason; just, ouch
But are children able to properly consent to these sort of things, even if it is of their own initiative?
You may want to read this comment by comrade @afellowkid@lemmygrad.ml about what can be the options for a transgender teenager, I found it very informative: https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/249005
TLDR, they’re not doing surgery on literal children for this, more common is apparently to hold off puberty and let them decide on further options when they’re older. (Disclaimer that I’m summarizing the comment, I’m too old to have any personal experience with this.)
Ah, I see. That’s actually pretty interesting. Would undergoing the opposite sex’s puberty make becoming transgender impossible? If you block puberty and become an adult, would you still be able to undergo it?
1 it wouldn’t make it impossible because you don’t need hrt to be trans and 2 people also undergo it as an adult after they have experienced the affects of the puberty of the sex assigned at birth
Ah