Thanks for this Jamie! It’s clear that finding out about the attack-helicopter meme caused you to lower your level of alarm about the kid who “identified” as one. However, there were still legit concerns about advancing a kid through a medical transition when their statements of identity were based on following trendy trends or striving to be hip and ironic. More time to think was needed!
I’ve heard you say in interviews that some of the girls seeking FTM transition expressed no desire to “masculinize” in real life. Not only did they have no prior history of choosing stereotypically boyish activities or clothing, or of being attracted to other girls. They also showed up at the clinic looking distinctively “girly” in high heels, makeup, pink pastels, maybe all of the above. And they were just as attracted to boys as before. (Saddest of all are the young women who believe they will join the community of gay men after transitioning, and have plenty of cute boys to pursue. Oh lord, no.)
Knowing this, I think, would shake up a lot of assumptions about "trans kids." We’re often told that the RODG teen with no prior history of gender non-conformity was simply keeping their feelings inside due to stigma or lack of trans awareness. Lots of people accept that. (Of course, any girl should be free to reject girly stereotypes of whatever kind without being told she is really a boy, and that being her authentic self means changing her body.)
But a girl without any *current* desire to look or act more masculine?? Most likely she is either responding to peer group trends, or seeking transition as a solution to some distress of a totally different nature. And I think most people would understand that instantly.
I’ll admit, I haven’t kept close track of the official Debunking of your testimony, so I don’t know if the Debunkers have taken up this point. Nonetheless, I wish more people were aware of it.
I'm seeing the worst element out there attacking those that desperately need help, and the right has now used this for a deadly, sick agenda... THAT SICKENS ME.
I'm a Canadian Metis, who had to, and still AM, fighting Mental hurt par in part caused by the most horrible, dysfunctional environment possible that was under the shadows of Pierre Trudeau's Canada... I BARELY SURVIVED. It meant that like Juete in Steve Perry's THE MAN WHO NEVER MISSED and THE OMEGA CAGE, did whatever it took to survive. But it was the kindness of the owners of the boarding school in Hamilton, ON that I was dumped at, plus a near-almost "archangel" of a British Daddybear that I was able to see
1) I was a talented illustrator and artist
2) I had something to give to not only Canada, but in a way, The Pacific Northwest as a whole at a future time.
3) a powerful FORCE OF WILL that wouldn't let me die or end up in prison or a mental institution.
Today, I live in Tumwater, Washington and am virtually beginning to use my talents to the use that folks SAID I be doing with TRUE, MEANINGFUL PRIDE. And to honor those who encouraged me, and have left this Sphere, I am putting my talents to extreme progressive use. Plus those who gave a damn, and wanted to know about me, they're STILL my favorite friends, and are continually LOYAL!
Even though I have to fight not only the darkness in my OWN mind, but THOSE out there who would want to cause harm, I won't give up. For even with thorns, you STILL have that beautiful Rose...
And in a way, Anne Frank was right, "There ARE people out there who are still GOOD, inside." For what it's worth, I HOPE SO, TOO. An' I want to see those folks live their lives to the fullest, and in PEACE.
Thanks for this Jamie! It’s clear that finding out about the attack-helicopter meme caused you to lower your level of alarm about the kid who “identified” as one. However, there were still legit concerns about advancing a kid through a medical transition when their statements of identity were based on following trendy trends or striving to be hip and ironic. More time to think was needed!
I’ve heard you say in interviews that some of the girls seeking FTM transition expressed no desire to “masculinize” in real life. Not only did they have no prior history of choosing stereotypically boyish activities or clothing, or of being attracted to other girls. They also showed up at the clinic looking distinctively “girly” in high heels, makeup, pink pastels, maybe all of the above. And they were just as attracted to boys as before. (Saddest of all are the young women who believe they will join the community of gay men after transitioning, and have plenty of cute boys to pursue. Oh lord, no.)
Knowing this, I think, would shake up a lot of assumptions about "trans kids." We’re often told that the RODG teen with no prior history of gender non-conformity was simply keeping their feelings inside due to stigma or lack of trans awareness. Lots of people accept that. (Of course, any girl should be free to reject girly stereotypes of whatever kind without being told she is really a boy, and that being her authentic self means changing her body.)
But a girl without any *current* desire to look or act more masculine?? Most likely she is either responding to peer group trends, or seeking transition as a solution to some distress of a totally different nature. And I think most people would understand that instantly.
I’ll admit, I haven’t kept close track of the official Debunking of your testimony, so I don’t know if the Debunkers have taken up this point. Nonetheless, I wish more people were aware of it.
I'm seeing the worst element out there attacking those that desperately need help, and the right has now used this for a deadly, sick agenda... THAT SICKENS ME.
I'm a Canadian Metis, who had to, and still AM, fighting Mental hurt par in part caused by the most horrible, dysfunctional environment possible that was under the shadows of Pierre Trudeau's Canada... I BARELY SURVIVED. It meant that like Juete in Steve Perry's THE MAN WHO NEVER MISSED and THE OMEGA CAGE, did whatever it took to survive. But it was the kindness of the owners of the boarding school in Hamilton, ON that I was dumped at, plus a near-almost "archangel" of a British Daddybear that I was able to see
1) I was a talented illustrator and artist
2) I had something to give to not only Canada, but in a way, The Pacific Northwest as a whole at a future time.
3) a powerful FORCE OF WILL that wouldn't let me die or end up in prison or a mental institution.
Today, I live in Tumwater, Washington and am virtually beginning to use my talents to the use that folks SAID I be doing with TRUE, MEANINGFUL PRIDE. And to honor those who encouraged me, and have left this Sphere, I am putting my talents to extreme progressive use. Plus those who gave a damn, and wanted to know about me, they're STILL my favorite friends, and are continually LOYAL!
Even though I have to fight not only the darkness in my OWN mind, but THOSE out there who would want to cause harm, I won't give up. For even with thorns, you STILL have that beautiful Rose...
And in a way, Anne Frank was right, "There ARE people out there who are still GOOD, inside." For what it's worth, I HOPE SO, TOO. An' I want to see those folks live their lives to the fullest, and in PEACE.