I am an identical twin so articles featuring twins tend to catch my eye, like the one posted here. I came across the Independent article about the twin girls who both transitioned to boys a while ago. Though they say they both felt uncomfortable as girls their physical change didn't begin until they were 18, which at least gave them time to go through puberty.
This extract is significant I think:
As children, the twins often dressed in boy clothing and felt attraction towards female classmates. But their strict upbringing and religious schooling kept them from expressing their true feelings
The article in the Washington Post describes adopted twin boys, one of whom felt as if they were a girl from an early age. There are things in that article I found exasperating, such as this:
And in the years when Wayne was dodging and withdrawing, Kelly Maines was largely on her own, searching for answers that would explain the enigma of a little boy who was drawn to tutus and princess costumes, a boy who was waiting, he said, for his penis to fall off. “Transgender” had not been in Kelly’s vocabulary, but once it was, it seemed to describe Wyatt more accurately than “gay” or “transsexual,” additional words Kelly discovered when she queried the Internet, asking for example, about “boys who like girls’ toys.
Kelly and Wayne are the parents.
The article on the lifesite news website discusses gender dysphoria from a critical viewpoint. It noted that the idea of both twins wanting to transition would be unusual, which is why I put on the link to the Independent article.
I can't help thinking that in both sets of twins there could have been other outcomes which didn't lead to medical or surgical intervention, though I daresay the twins themselves would disagree. All in all I remain perplexed by the whole issue of gender dysphoria, but I do feel that those doctors who would keep a watching brief until after puberty should be supported.
www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/five-things-to-know-about-gender-dysphoria-in-children
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/transgender-twins-girl-boy-transition-jack-jace-grafe-monroe-georgia-a8597621.html
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/when-one-male-twin-identifies-as-a-female/2015/11/12/871c8038-83e8-11e5-a7ca-6ab6ec20f839_story.html?utm_term=.65d365f89f20