Transing ChildrenDo you think if older GNC men & women talked to younger GNC kids/teens, this would help combat the whole "Trans Kids" situation?

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[–]Kai_Decadence[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I was still bent on the idea of being dead because I couldn't imagine any future for myself as a woman. Everyone around me was gender conforming.

See it's this and it's so understandable. When growing up, we don't usually see gener nonconforming people so when a kid is gender nonconforming, they feel even more confused because they don't see any older gender nonconforming people and this is what can make some of these kids think that the only way they can be themselves is to be trans or commit passive suicide like you said (glad to hear you didn't go through with it).

[–]worried19 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Me, too. I wouldn't trade being GNC for anything, but I wish I had had those role models so I didn't feel so hopeless. I knew tomboys were a thing. Even though I was the only girl "passing" as a boy in my small town, I understood tomboys existed. But I saw no representation of adult GNC women anywhere. I assumed tomboys had to change to become feminine when they grew up, and I decided I'd rather be dead than do that.

I was also lucky I was born a little too early for the trans teen craze. I was starting to feel hopeless around 2008, and that was before there was widespread public support for teenage girls calling themselves boys and taking testosterone. If someone had given me an out to become an actual boy, I would have jumped at it, even though I never disliked my body.