sgip
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No one participating in this thread will convince the other side about trans/queer/lgbt+ being a mental illness or not. I used to wonder about that but witnessing children grow from birth to adulthood among my friends/relatives without any type of external pressure it does not seem like it to me.
As I said before, the fact that you can so blindly accept it as mental illness when there are just as many articles and studies that cite biological causes that you ignore could be evidence of your own mental illness... Or at least bias.
And I say that out of love.
Blindly accept our side, said out of love, isn't accepting of fact. You are correct, that both sides of this question are firmly entrenched, but it can still be rationally discussed. As a note I've not included queer or lgb+ in any discussion about mental illness. These are separate questions unrelated for the most part from gender dysphoria.
Curious, do you find it acceptable for children to earnestly believe in Santa? (Most do. It's harmless.) Do you find it acceptable for a 40 year old to earnestly believe in Santa? (Most don't) Would "Buddy The Elf", full costume, same mannerisms be an appropriate personality working at the desk next to you? (Probably not) How about the serial rapist in prison who has "discovered" he has always been a female, only to be transferred to a woman 's prison - a "target rich environment" (There are many who have done this ). Do we accept and acknowledge their new identity? If not, why not? You can't blindly disrespect their choices now can you?
You see where this eventually ends. That's why this President is doing what's possible to reinforce objective truth: that no amount of surgery or drugs will ever turn a man into a woman, or a woman into a man. There are only two sexes, and gender identity is an artificial construct. What affirmation and or acceptance does is temporary sooth the troubled mind only to wear off quickly, and often turn into a tragedy. Love should do everything possible to keep this from happening in a factual, truth guided, science proven method
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