For me the TQ storm is a result of cultivating a generation of narcissists absorbed by insta selfies and cultivating online identity.

Most people are just not that interesting so something needs to be created for most people. Que ocd, mental illness, "introvert", autism and social anxiety becoming trendy to these narc kids. Perfect to get sympathy points and attention. But then everyone got "anxiety" so more needed to be created. And voila , gender bullshit was created.

Now everyone can be oppressed, have a weird flag, and freely call people bigots while toxically venting their narcissistic rage

LGB orgs jumped on it because they didn't have much to do anymore. Companies jumped on it because saving the rainforest worked so well so it was the new cause. Influencers are narcs so duh. Politicians jumped on board because they are all fucking morons disconnected from the real world. And big pharma, well ka tching!

As for the mental illness part, I mean it's not hard. The entire premise of transexuality was extreme rare severe mental anguish of young gay boys and a last ditch attempt to help them after years of therapy. Thats all changed now but one thing remains the same, that in studies looking for other mental illnes than "dysphoria" there is an unusual high percentage of transgenders that have narcissistic personality disorder (this is psychopath territory not just being narcissist), borderline personalit disorder, bipolar, and a sea of others.

It's become a clutch for mentally ill people to grab on, for attention and some think they must be trans because they feel weird and all their problems will be solved if they become a new person. A lot of teenagers are victim of this too, this demographic feels the most out of place and weird.

It's honestly quite sad.