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Teen wants to dress as a girl

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wongy · 08/03/2020 10:35

Need some reassurance on this subject.
While away with DH last weekend 13yr old Ds was staying with grandparents.
He is chats on Discord ( gaming chat room)and the app is also my phone, as he used to have it on my phone till he goot this own. He is fully aware that I see his chat log.
He started chatting with a female friend and asked her to say, that he wanted to be a a girl, so he knew I would see it. The convo continued in that vain for a while,he was saying things like he wanted to tell us etc.There has been no indication of this previously. When we came home, I did speak to him about it and he was a bit confused.
He is very much into Japanese anime and I feel this may have something to do with it . Recently hes being chatting on discord about trap clothing ( googled it and its about dressing female to trap males.)hes doesn't go out on his own ( home educated) and he is on the autistic spectrum, think hes confused about his body changing.
Im trying to support best I can outwardly but my husband and I are panicking inside. Im not homophobic, just concerned of whats hes getting involved in
If anyone experience of this sort of behaviour, id appreciate some advice

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MrsWooster · 08/03/2020 10:40

Look at Transgender Trend for support. Let him dress as he pleases while carefully holding the line that he is a boy. Kids with autism are horribly susceptible to some of the excesses of trans activism so try to keep him o away from the wilder corners of the internet or groups which demand “affirmation” rather than watchful waiting or acceptance of his gender non-conformity as his way of being his own version of himself and avoiding stereotypes.

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