JK Rowling: Hormones are conversion therapy for young gay people

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[–]Aquadog 68 insightful - 4 fun68 insightful - 3 fun69 insightful - 4 fun -  (16 children)

Does anyone else think it is absolute insanity for a parent to be so homophobic that they would rather give their children harmful puberty blockers or hormones just so they can be in "straight" relationships? Your child isn't even likely to "pass" for the opposite sex, so you're forcing them to put a half-hearted costume that will cause years of emotional and physical damage.

[–]SpatOuttheKoolaid 44 insightful - 1 fun44 insightful - 0 fun45 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It seems to be there are 2 groups of parents who put their minor children on blockers/hormones--the ones whose kids have fallen into the ideology and then they're told by professionals that their child will kill her or himself if not started on this regimen (which is "totally safe!"). They truly believe they are supporting their kid and are falling for the cult ideology. Some of them are also in communities where it is seen as child abuse to NOT trans their kid. The others are narcissistic parents who have found this particular way of exploiting their kids, especially if they can make their kid famous and/or get a lot of local community attention for having a trans kid.

[–]ThisSiteIsUnusable 20 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 0 fun21 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm sure it's partly because I live in a very liberal city (which I generally appreciate) but most of the people I've seen in my area who trans their kids are white liberal upper middle to upper class professionals who are genuinely anxious to do the "right" thing re: social justice. Which, again, I generally appreciate. And if you're a normal parent looking for information about puberty blockers all of the authoritative-sounding advice is "They're safe, they're reversible, they're necessary for the child's mental health." And once you've started down that path it would be devastating to admit that you've done something harmful that your child will have to deal with medically, socially and emotionally for the rest of their life. How do you explain to your 24 year old child that you made the choice to sterilize them at 12 because you thought they would be happier?

[–]les4les 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Some parents probably find it easier to deal with there being something wrong with their child (i.e., "born in the wrong body" and so on) than to admit that their child is gay. Homophobes have always treated same-sex attraction as a personal fault