There are many repeated arguments "gay/trans people are unsafe to be around children", "lesbians/trans women aren't safe in women's toilets", "gay contagion, ROGD", it's "unnatural". At it's heart, it's a mix of wanting to uphold the patriarchy and using hate against these minorities as a wedge issue to further political goals
"gay/trans people are unsafe to be around children"
There are absolutely no evidence or studies that show transitioned males to be any less of a safety risk around any other male. Is there any that has separated out gay men? I don't know. In any case, males in general commit 98%+ of all sex crimes. The fact is that ALL males need to be treated as a risk for children for safeguarding purposes and go through the same processes to attempt to lower that risk. ALL males. No special males.
Your assertion lacks any credibility and falls back on forced teaming gay men with transitioned males when there is no proof that either should be treated any differently for safeguarding.
Your assertion is hyperbolic.
"lesbians/trans women aren't safe in women's toilets"
Here you force team lesbians with transitioned males. This is actually homophobic. Because lesbians are females are ARE treated slightly differently under safeguarding protocols. Because FEMALES, and ALL females, are known to commit sex crimes at a significantly lower rate than males. ie if males commit 98%+, females commit 2% or less of sex crimes in the UK and in many other countries around the world.
Well done though in saying lesbians are just the same as transitioned males in that statement.
"gay contagion, ROGD"
I linked the Cass interim report before. I suggest you read it.
Here are some highlights
5.9. As previously indicated, the epidemiology of gender dysphoria is changing, with an increase in the numbers of birth-registered females presenting in early teens. In addition, the majority of children and young people presenting to GIDS have other complex mental health issues and/or neurodiversity. There is also an over-representation of looked after children.
5.10. There are several implications arising from the change in epidemiology:
● Firstly, the speed of change in the numbers presenting means that services have not kept pace with demand.
● Secondly, the cohort that the original Dutch Approach was based on is different from the current more complex NHS cohort, and also from the current case-mix internationally, and therefore it is difficult to extrapolate from older literature to this current group.
● Thirdly, different subgroups may have quite different needs and outcomes, and these must be built into any service design, so that it works for all children and young people.
5.11. At present we have the least information for the largest group of patients – birth-registered females first presenting in early teen years. Since the rapid increase in this group began around 2015, they will not reach late 20s for another 5+ years, which would be the best time to assess longer-term wellbeing.
page 58.
In the list of things they will look at next:
The important role of schools and the challenges they face in responding appropriately to gender-questioning children and young people.
The complex interaction between sexuality and gender identity, and societal responses to both; for example, we have heard from young lesbians who felt pressured to identify as transgender male, and conversely transgender males who felt pressured to come out as gay rather than transgender. We have also heard from adults who identified as transgender through childhood, and then reverted to their birth-registered gender in teen years.
Basically, Dr Cass is just one of the now many clinicians who recognise that there is something different about the current cohort of young transitioners who are in the majority, female. Since, you Elaine, have fuck all to contribute as to why this phenomenon is occurring, maybe stop saying that something is not happening, when you have nothing, absolutely nothing' to show that it is not happening.
So, basically, you have no credibility and are using children and teenagers to what, call out people who are actually their parents or other concerned people who have been following very closely.
Yeah? Good job.
"unnatural"
Really? Who says this? Show us who makes this claim?
Your 'repeated arguments'? Polarising overgeneralisations are highly represented here. And a few seem based on trying to portray concerns as being baseless and those making them, ignorant. When in fact those cognitive distortions being fed by your own prejudices show just who is being ignorant here.