Gender Recognition Act

Vito Andolini · Apr 26, 2024

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FranniesTache · Apr 26, 2024

SamB_SCFC said: ↑

I think the issue that many people are raising is the issue of young children, particularly young pre-pubescant children, deciding to embark on this path without having any way of truly understanding all the very complex and potentially serious psychological and physical issues that decision may cause them in adolescence and adulthood. And whether it's right that a young child's choice at that age should be taken as gospel and action taken to start leading them down that path, such a social transitioning and using new pronouns etc. Or whether a more cautious approach should be taken with psychological support and counselling to allow that child chance to grow and find out whether that decision is still right for them when they reach adolescence and are in a better position to understand the complex and very adult issues that they will be faced with if they decide that's the permanent path they wish to take.

I think the problem I have with this is that there are a huge array of very sensitive and complex adult issues around transitioning, particularly involving fertility, their sex life and sexual preferences etc that a young child will obviously be unable to understand and it would be completely inappropriate to try and explain to them. And I'm not sure that this is a path that you could begin to lead a young child down in good conscience before they have reached an age where they can start to understand these things, have the honest adult conversations and have their eyes fully open to the path ahead of them should they choose to continue.

It's not a case of trying to put children off transitioning or talk them out of it. It's just such a complex issue that I don't think primary school aged children should be able to make when there isn't any way they could possibly have a full understanding of the implications of what they are doing. And by enabling the soft early stages of transitioning like changing pronouns and names etc it's potentially setting a child down a very difficult path that is very difficult to change course from once you've started and have made the big step of introducing your new identity to everyone you know at school.

As you say, no sensible, non-bigoted person should have any problem with the existence of transgender people and should fully respect the choice they've made which will probably have been very difficult and come with a huge number of challenges. But I do think that caution should be exercised when it comes to primary school aged children and things should be kept as neutral as possible with their thoughts talked through professionally and sensitively at that time so that a full understanding can be gained as to why they feel that way. And delay taking affirmative action with any formal transitioning process until they are at least in secondary school and they're in the position to begin the much more difficult and complex adult discussions about transitioning and the issues they may face as they grow up and begin their later adolescent and adult lives.
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Great post and fully agree

Taffy · Apr 27, 2024

FranniesTache said: ↑

I know quite a few trans people, both male to female and female to male. I also know from them the stress and damage transitioning takes, the mental burden, the psychological toll and monetary cost.

From knowing these people and knowing what they’ve been through I know it’s none of my business to decide for them what they want to do.

So if an adult decides it’s their path, and they are causing no harm to anyone my (and your) opinion on their bodies is irrelevant.

It’s their body their choice
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A phrase i like to use.......each to their own.

Do what makes you happy and if making your life better is a sex change then go for it.

If it doesn't impact on an individual then mind your own bloody business.

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