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This is Mermaids advice for professionals working with children in care who may be trans. It is mind boggling shallow in the way it deals with the topic (not unusual for the trans lobby).
There is no trauma based analysis whatsoever. No consideration why a child who has experienced very difficult circumstances may well want to self identify into something else.
It makes no comment that a child in care is, due to neglect and other factors, likely to be emotionally less mature than peers.
It has little understanding of the legal technicalities that would arise if a child in care (not adopted) was making these kind of decisions.
This is the affirmation model -
"If you transition, what if it’s a mistake? This is a scary myth that many trans people face day to day. If a young person tells you they are trans and want to transition it’s safe to say that they are pretty sure about it. This myth actually tells a young person ‘being trans is a mistake’ which is a very distressing thing to hear. We must be open and curious about a young person’s gender identity and support them through their transition in whatever way we can. Only 0.1% of people who transition have a reversal."
At the end it gives information about how to help the young person change their identity to have a new name and "gender marker".
How fucked up would that be for a child who has gone from their family of birth, probably through multiple placements and then to have the opportunity to have a whole identity of your own. It would be so tempting
Irresponsible and so obsessed with their own agenda imo it is harmful.