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Cake day: September 28th, 2023

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  • Seems like there’s a stigma against “just asking questions” folks. Could you explain that? I don’t think a compromise is needed so I may be being miscategorized?

    For the record I’ve always been pro trans across the board and just want to understand things a little better and present some of the opposition I understand. It’s a bad look when I don’t fully understand the things I advocate for.

    Are the DIY internet kits relatively safe?


  • Not worried about accusations haha. Yeah I’m really guilty of infantilizing children. I also haven’t broken the connection in my brain between gender and sexuality so I’m thinking there’s something in my head saying that kids don’t know their gender until they know what they’re attracted to (which you really don’t know much about before puberty) which is just incorrect probably. Thanks for illuminating that for me, actually.



  • That’s a great answer. Thank you. To answer your question: I find that I can locate a lot of neat and informative stuff online but I’m being a little selfish here. I learn better when asking questions and having people answer in their own words. I know a lot but it helps cement things I’ve already read or heard. Also a lot of what I’m thinking about contains subjective matter. It helps with objective fact to read articles but even armed with a bunch of facts (some conflicting and some from bad sources) I feel my understanding really shines when I’m communicating with real people. I’m also using it as a temperature check for if I can ask these questions normally and how people take it. I don’t mind downvotes or negative reactions online but I mind if I piss off a group of people I know. I really am just kind of an old dunce stumbling around a world I was never familiar with in the past. I’m way better at not deadnaming or misgendering but this kind of discourse really tells me a lot even if it’s all negative.



  • molten@lemmy.worldtotumblr@lemmy.worldBUT THE CHILDREN
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    23 days ago

    This is something I know little about and want to be better informed on by anyone willing. Web searches don’t pull up much and I’m hesitant to ask people in my IRL community.

    So most kids don’t regret it right? But it seems so iffy to let developing people make decisions like that. I had a three year phase from around 13-16 where I desperately wanted to remove my nose. Completely. (It’s an ugly nose and I was an especially dumb kid). I think I would have done it/had it done if it were easier. And less painful. And maybe I’d still be chill with it if I had but man was I a strange kid. But I’m kind of glad there wasn’t a good way to do it. Is this a false equivalency? And why? What age should they be allowed to begin HRT? What impacts does it have if reversed? Should kids also be allowed stuff like tattoos and alcohol? I don’t like the argument that you can give kids amphetamines or make other life changing decisions for them as I’m pretty against the system that allows it and so I don’t think if that’s the justification I’m on board on that basis necessarily. I’m genuinely asking as I usually don’t engage on this topic because it can get spicy. I’m open to opinions from anyone with one.