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    Thanks for your comment and for sharing your backstory. I've been following Abagail Shrier's work, which partly inspired me to make this post to begin with. I do strongly believe that much of the increase in trans identification is social contagion.

    However, the trans phenomenon has so many dangerous drivers that self-harm, anorexia, or counter-culture movements like emo and punk didn't have. That schools and nonprofits are actually affirming these tendencies and behaviors. Especially after gay marriage was legalized, activists and non-profits had to shift their focus to a new cause, and that shift was largely towards trans issues.