To wonder if she is jumping the gun a bit?

[Lunchtimeburrito]

My cousin has a 7 yr old dd.
The dd has never been girly, she absolutely hates anything pink or sparkly and refuses to wear girls clothes or play with dolls and the like and prefers things like Spider-Man & Batman.
Because of this my cousin has decided that dd must be transgender and wants to take her to the gp to get her hormones etc tested!
Now, imo, if the dd is transgender then having a mum who is supportive is fantastic but I can't help but think that my cousin is jumping to conclusions and maybe making something out of nothing and surely the medical profession will not test a 7 year old for transgender issues but cousin is adamant her dd will probably want to be male in the future?!

This used to be called being a tomboy and rightly, no one thought anything of it. Just perfectly normal. Now people are trying to get small children "tested" to see if they are transgender!

This is a worrying effect of the trans trend. Increasingly over the last few decades people have believed that boys can play with dolls and girls can play with trucks and it's all fine and normal. Except now there's the idea of being trans because you like to dress and play with things traditionally associated with the opposite sex. The trans trend is reinforcing the idea that girls like pink and dolls and boys like cars and football. Instead of saying "of course girls can play with cars and action man" people are saying "she plays with cars she must be trans."

And yes I know that the majority of parents still say "of course girls can play with cars/boys can play with dolls". But an increasing minority are deciding that their perfectly normal, healthy child must be trans because they don't fit gender stereotypes.

Being transgender is to face numerous difficulties throughout your life, the physical effects of hormone therapy and surgery are not to be underestimated. And all their life they will feel different and "other than". There are people who feel they have no other choice but to take this difficult path because their gender dysphoria is so severe. And of course in those cases their parents should be supportive. But I cannot understand why any parent would choose that for their child.

What's wrong with having a boy who likes princesses? Or a girl who likes football? Why do you need to turn them into a trans girl or a trans boy?

Kids will go through all sorts of phases of liking and disliking different things while they work out who they are. Parents should support their children and let them explore their identity. Not impose adult sterotypes and suggest that anyone who doesn't fit those stereotypes must be trans.

I agree with you all, hopefully with enough persuasion from the family, cousin will drop this and let dd enjoy her childhood. Whilst growing up I knew a few 'tomboys' who were just allowed to be who they were and no-one questioned anything, but that was the 70/80's, how things have changed!

Poor kid

Your cousin is a fucking idiot

If you can try and discourage her from seeking advice from Mermaids. That site is toxic and dangerous.