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

This disorder is a) staggeringly rare and b) not about having both types of genitals, but genital tissue from the opposite reproductive pathway.

None of these individuals have anything close to two sets of functioning genitalia and the dominant reproductive pathway is still discernible - that is to say they are all either male or female.

Quite what that has to do with identifying as trans is anyone’s guess as there seems to be no over represention in trans identifying individuals.

It would be amusing if all the few hundred individuals with this condition got together and signed an open letter asking not to be lumped in under the trans umbrella please, wouldn't it.

After all, how do you change from one sex to the other if you are already both? (Which, I know, they are not, but it seems the quickest way to put it.)

But, could it be that children who are from non middle class or non white backgrounds find it harder to open up to family?

I know so many trans people, which considering the apparently tiny percentage of trans people, and my not very wide social circle, is quite amazing. My family member - autistic. My child's partner - autistic. A friends 3 (yes, 3!) children - autistic. Another friends 2 children- autistic. Another friends child - autistic. Plus many teens that are friends with children of my friends. Autistic.

I see a theme here. How better to get a a group you finally fit into than declaring yourself autistic and spouting the script to everyone. All these parents say the same thing, repeated from what their children have told them, repeated from what I've read over and over online.

I'm autistic myself, never been gender conforming, alway struggled to find a group to fit into. My God, would I have done the same thing as a teen? Quite probably.

I just can't imagine agreeing with my child (or multiple children) that their body isn't perfect, and is wrong, and must be damaged with drugs and surgery. My children are perfect as they are in my eyes, that is their authentic self. Anything that make your remove or add body parts is not authentic.

I really hope this phase is over. And it is a phase. Because I only know teenagers and old men that are trans. Despite the claim that just as many middle aged women are suddenly declaring themselves trans I have seen no evidence for this. You'd think I'd know loads, having been to a girls school, but we're all still boring actual women.

Non binary is more of a trend where I live. The key look is short hair but after that, any colour is acceptable, and any style. Pronouns are they/ them. If teaching, the kids are to call them Teacher instead of Miss/ Mrs/ Ms. Most of the non binary individuals I've come across are in their early to mid 20s.

There was a mtf trans kid in the same year as one of my DDs (now 30). I saw this person (definitely dressed in masculine clothes) very much the worse for wear/ drugs begging on a train a few months ago. This was a kid who had mh issues even as a 10 year old. Very sad.

You've seen the boys section of clothes shops. Wall to wall Boring Beige. Dresses in school dressing up boxes tend not to be ordinary dresses- they're extra-colourful and extra-sparkly dresses. It's no surprise that small children are drawn to them, especially if their normal clothes are all shades of sludge. Perhaps he'll grow up to be a fashion designer, or like that tailor who makes all his own clothes and dresses entirely in 18th century fashions. Or an artist. Or perhaps he's just a child who likes sparkly things and will grow out of it.

I'm Spanish. The NB movement has fortunately made very little progress there, despite repeated attempts from the left, because Spanish has grammatical gender – pronouns, nouns but also adjectives all are masculine or feminine. So you have to use made-up forms for all that.

E.g. "los niños" means "the boys". "Las niñas" means "the girls". A former Minister gave a speech talking about "les niñes" (a made-up form in Spanish) to refer to so-called trans and non-gender-conforming children, and we're still laughing about it. It makes the ridiculousness of it self-evident.