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[–]BEB[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I have an old friend whose son, in his early 20s, decided he was trans after going to an Uber-Woke college. There had been no indication beforehand: the son was hypersensitive, extremely intelligent, and seemingly heterosexual.

My friend and his wife are very loving, very tolerant people, so it's not as if the boy grew up in some kind of repressive environment. But when he went TiM, he demanded that all of his pre-trans life be erased, including all photos, etc., destroyed.

Needless to say my friend and his wife, both wonderful people, are confused, hurt and struggling to help their son. They want him to be happy so will accept him in whatever way he wants to be, but the whole thing was inexplicable to them.

[–]Femaleisnthateful 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Wow. Reminds me of the Quillette series about boys transitioning, particularly the latest installment:

https://quillette.com/2021/04/21/when-sons-become-daughters-part-iv-parents-of-transitioning-boys-speak-out-on-their-own-suffering/

[–]BEB[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes - when I read that I thought of my friend and his son because one article in that series closely described their situation.