This is a really sensitive topic; the absolute wrong thing to do would be to leap to conclusions and start making decisions about a child before the child has. Just love them, no matter who they want to be.
EmmyJewel @Emmyjewel
28 Dec 2019
Im adding myself to the growing list of women who are revealing being a tomboy as a child, and a feminine straight woman today. To think that my former 10 year old self would today be labelled as a trans child is terrifying. Leave kids alone.
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I think the person you’re replying to uses a straw man argument. I find it unfathomable that anyone would label a child as trans just for not conforming to stereotypes, let alone pressure them into any more serious consequences. Sounds like fear mongering to me.
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That may be, but at the same time, such arguments need to be deflated at once. I dunno how biology and psychology combine to decide who is trans and who isn't, and frankly nobody else does yet, either, so we need to just back off a little before we decide anything.
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Replying to @tedneward
All I’m saying is: We don’t need to “back off“ because absolutely no-one is actually making a decision lightly and without the child’s consent (explicitly not talking about intersex infants, where that used to be the case but hopefully isn’t anymore)

Dec 30, 2019 · 9:48 AM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov
I know of at least one case where a family is making some choices that aren’t about the child. I doubt this is isolated. Also, governments have been known to take “pre-emotive” measures without fully understanding the problem or situation fully. Hence, my exhortation.