I thought we were talking about sexual dysphoria, not a medical condition or birth defect.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait...............wait
So, before you knew about the gene mutation, it's ok to call me out for a "mental illness", but it's fine because this is a medical condition now. In essence, it's A-OK to judge someone before you know all the details, but as soon as the details are known, you get to backpedal. Wow!
BTW, I didn't know about this mutation until 11/2022. I got to go my entire life freaking out because I had no idea what the heck was going on with me. Now I know. Now you know. There are legit people with altered genetics and/or gestational development that leads to gender dysphoria. These are the people who deserve appropriate medical care. Gender dysphoria also exists in simple puberty, social circles, autism, schizophrenia, frequently in young women, PTSD, abuse, depression and anxiety. There are also others. Many of the above conditions just need counseling. I agree. But they will not go to any counselor or doctor who does not see them for who they are now. Let me say that again - if we ridicule people and tear them down by calling them a mental illness, they will be too afraid and scared to see the people they need to see. We have to start with where they are at.
You don't tell a person with depression to "just get over it." Or just "walk it off." This doesn't work that way.
Is there a "social" movement. That would be a partial "yes." This is why gender affirming clinics exist! So we can weed through all the anxiety, depression, social movement, genetics, trauma, PTSD, autism, schizophrenia and so on. Guess what we also find in these clinics? Undiagnosed disorders of sexual development. Like me.
I have a friend with a child with gender dysphoria. Spent the past 5 years being ridiculed and called a bad parent for affirming this child. This child was born female and went through puberty and menstruating and everything. Just found out last month, through genetic testing. This child is XY with complete androgen resistance and failure of regression of the Mullerian ducts from another mutation. Hence the "normal" female anatomy. This would be a variation of Swyer syndrome.
What's the lesson? You don't know people's history and/or genetics by looking at them! Even those at a young age.
So, all these laws did was just make it harder to find the real cases and also did a good job blocking people from getting care.
Oh and in response to "to young to make these decisions." That's what parents are for. Children are also too young to make decisions about transplants, chemotherapy and amputations. Osteosarcoma? Needs an amputation. Sounds like a life long scar to me (rolls eyes). Testicular cancer is also common in young people. Another scar and potential sterilization. Parents make that decision too.
I joked a little I was working to pick a fight. A lot of what I'm doing is teaching the people willing to listen. I'm a doctor of internal medicine. I love genetics. I diagnose and treat patients all the time with genetic mutations. My favorite patient's are Down's patients. By far the coolest. So far my favorite genetic diagnosis I worked on with a patient was ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency.
Have a nice day