Is the trans kids trend over? Aibu to wonder what happened to the kids caught up in it in the 2010s?

I would flip it, rather than the health condition affecting mostly people with a certain look it doesn’t seem that hard to believe that people with health conditions are more likely to choose one subculture than another. If you have a difference like a disability you might well find you feel more at home among the blue haired woke kids than the sporty kids or (where I live) the Young Farmers.
plus it’s also possible that it’s another factor such as autism which correlates with particular health conditions.

At what age did they transition? My bet is that they wouldn't have been given puberty blockers as a young teen back then.

There were a lot in dd’s year at school. They were all in a group at primary school (to be blunt, the “odd” kids) and then all became non- binary at secondary school. Dd said she thought they were loving having an identity, a special room at school, awards for mental health awareness - attention basically.

I also saw the Pride March in my local city. Well, apart from a few drag queens it was Spot the Gay Man. Or the Lesbian. It was 95% at least young women, many with sticks, in wheelchairs and dressed in their specific style.

Its totally misogynistic and needs to be banned.

I have nothing against religion whatsoever but any misogynistic practices need to be banned.

I worked in engineering and hated being treated differently because I am female. Its now banned to treat people differently in the world place but this needs to be for religion too.

And they also need to stop this selective application process too. 20 people applied to an engineering job. 2 female. They interviewed the two females and I males and then gave one of the females the job to increase their female engineer numbers. Ffs!! Give it to the person who was best for the job!

I dont want to be given opportunities because I'm female. I want them because I'm the best candidate!!

Yes I always think that as we evolve we should get less bothered about labels, but certain demographics seem very keen . It does or did seem for a while that if you didn't like dresses and make up then you were obviously in the wrong body - rather than just being a woman who didn't like dresses and make up which is more of a social conformity isn't it, not biological.

I saw a group of women on Instagram, short hair no make up all in their 50's and they were being asked were they male - err no I am what would have been called a tomboy.

The GRA was 2004. There's no backlog after 22 years.

Can I suggest that anyone interested in where the trans spike came from listen to the Dr Soh & Chloe Cole podcast.
This is a FTM de transion American person.
It was a game changer for me.

I think non binary is more on trend now. You still get to be alternative but don’t have to
commit in the same way as trans. I teach a lot
if 18-24 y olds and there’s many a they them. Having said that my 8 y old has a mtf trans kid in his class. Parents work with LQBTQ youths- which seems quite the conincidence.

I work in health and I have no problem with provision of appropriately designed aids for whatever age group needs them - but the only YP I see in my area who use walking sticks invariably dress a certain way, have their hair a certain way, it’s very distinctive …is there a good reason why a particular health condition will only afflict people who look a certain way? It’s similar to being a goth or a New Romantic back in my youth.

Yes, for whatever reason there have always been cross dressing men.

Shiloh Jolie never transitioned and was never transitioned by her parents. I remember interviews where Angelina said that she wanted to be called ‘John’ and wear the same clothes as her brothers, but it was presented as a cute quirk of Shiloh’s personality. It was a long time ago now.

Here's the KCSIE thread:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5574190-secondary-school-policy-updates-post-kcsie-2026-with-regard-to-single-sex-spaces-trans-identifying-children-etc-have-you-seen-any

This is horrific!!

It was a trend, same with being non-binary. It's sad because transsexual people have been born since the beginning of time, it's a legitimate medical condition and a great personal tragedy, cause of suffering. It got turned into a part of the culture war and a trend, so that the actual trans people weren't taken seriously anymore. Same with non-binary, some people are born with both sets of genitals (usually neither of them fully developed) and don't feel like either man or a woman. Again, a medical condition that has always existed. Then a bunch of teenage kids decided they didn't feel any gender that day and ridiculed the people who are genuinely intersex. I feel really sorry for all those trans and intersex people who had to suffer even more because of the trend

The YouTuber Edge of the Matrix discusses transgender ideology by visiting towns and inviting the public to talk to him. My opinion is that he has carefully researched his opinions and talks from an educated position. It generates good (and often heated) debate amongst those that approach him.

In particular look for his videos with Philippa. She comes across as a lovely, balanced person who listens to opinions from others whilst explaining her life experience as someone who had previously transitioned to a man. In fact, her story gives one example to answer the OPs original question.

Worth a watch to hear debate from different perspectives.

I suspect the variation between schools is down to whether it’s tolerated vs celebrated.

Still going on and not a 'trend' as you call it.
I was surprise by a trans person I knew side stepping anytime i saw them until I said hello and got a big grin..it made my day
Be whoever you want to be...be a decent person is my motto.
My adult trans friend never bores me or is difficult unlike a friend with ocd whos hard bloody work and so quick to be offended at anything...trans any day than clean freak behaviour somehow seems more normal to me.
Bite!

Of course trans people still exist.

It's only a "trend" on MN and parts of Twitter (X).

Surely the decrease can be attributed to stigma, prejudice and isolation (the pile on from politicians etc).....so the feelings are still there but hidden. As they were in the past

KSCIE 2026, in force from 1 September, makes it quite clear that schools should not be mindlessly "supporting" this ideology for children in their care.

Some schools are already trying to get around the statutory guidance (enforceable under law) by adding "extra" guidance to their literature on KCSIE. (there's a thread on FWR about this, I'll see if I can find it)

Reminds me of Stonewall and their "getting ahead of the law" BS.

I don’t think AJ’s child transitioned. Indeed I think she handled it in a very light-touch, let them just be an individual without labelling them type way.

That is true, but pre-2016 I’d barely heard of trans barring the occasional trans woman working in my local John Lewis!

I was working in a school then (although not a teacher) and there was maybe 1-2 trans kids in a school of 1000 or so pupils. Now they’re legion (I still have friends who work there).

Its possible to believe that there are a tiny number of people who feel something we can call ‘gender dysphoria’ which causes them huge distress, which may be alleviated by ‘transitioning’ (although opinions will differ and may change) and also believe that there are larger number of, particularly young, particularly ND people who got caught up in a period of social contagion.

Look at the celebrity kids; Jennifer Lopez daughter now son, Angelina Jolies daughter now son, and that blond famous actress who had a son now daughter who models. Those are just a few. I hope there will be a backlash...

I think the reality is that it's taken such a hold on institutions, policy, the arts, media and polite discourse (ie what the media class deems is ok for the plebs to talk about) that it's going to take a long time to get this shitty ideology out-
That doesn't mean the trend isn't over- it's clearly lost a huge amount of traction, but there will be those clinging on- parents who've transed their kids- AGPs who need to wank into women's clothing in M&S and many of these are powerful people with big platforms (actors, for example- looking at you David Tennant, Olivia Colman et al and a variety of almost exclusively "progressive" politicians).
And thank god for the pushback from places like MN feminism board.