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Would a fleeting childhood thought about being more attractive as a boy be interpreted differently today?

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Waheymum · 17/09/2026 19:19

When I was about ten (over twenty years ago), I remember briefly thinking that I'd make a really attractive boy. (I'm a straight, cisgender woman). I don't think I'd heard of transpeople (only drag queens) and certainly didn't mention it to anyone.
I'm just thinking that if I was ten and that thought crossed my mind today, would it be different? Would my train of thought be "I'd make an attractive boy. I must be a boy born in the wrong body"? Would I feel like I should tell an adult? Would the adult then tell me I must be trans?

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alcovecupboards · 17/09/2026 19:49

Why on earth would it? Ask yourself if this is so prevalent then where are the thousand families who a few years ago were set to take legal action against the gender identity clinics? They haven't materialised despite a huge effort to find them and convince them to sue.

Echobelly · 17/09/2026 19:40

No, because it was fleeting and not persistent. The same with small children who say they are the opposite sex sometimes. No one is 'transing' kids at the slightest sign of gender non conformity.