ColonizationJo Bartosch on why intersex people are fed up with their medical conditions being repurposed as a transgender identity

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[–]SuperGayIsOkay 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I can't get on board with the premise that it's possible to tell the future sexuality of a child just from styles of play and dress

Literally nobody has made that claim here. Try again.

[–]usehername 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

the possibility that children who would grow up to be LGB

In fact, you're making the claim here that it's possible to tell which children will grow up to be LGB, presumably while they are young enough to not have an orientation/haven't experienced puberty.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think the most important part is what’s going on in the parents’ head and they’re suspecting their toddlers/children will be gay based on toy and clothing preferences, and many are actively seeking to prevent that through transition. I agree as a general matter with not projecting sexual orientation of any kind on kids, but it can’t be denied that there are certain patterns that are much more common among kids who will grow up to be gay and it’s these patterns that people are picking up on and simultaneously seeing as signs their kid will be gay and a sign their child is supposed to be the opposite sex.

For Jazz, hasn’t Jazz made it pretty clear he likes boys? Or at least dates them? Or are we going by the fact that his sexuality itself seems to have been neutered?

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

I think the most important part is what’s going on in the parents’ head and they’re suspecting their toddlers/children will be gay based on toy and clothing preferences, and many are actively seeking to prevent that through transition.

I agree that that's very important, and I did address that.

it can’t be denied that there are certain patterns that are much more common among kids who will grow up to be gay

I'm not convinced.

For Jazz, hasn’t Jazz made it pretty clear he likes boys? Or at least dates them? Or are we going by the fact that his sexuality itself seems to have been neutered?

He will never experience arousal, so he's just playing at what he thinks a girl should do (date boys).