I'm late to this thread, so first of all some good news, and wonder what has been happening to Wes Streeting in the last few weeks, that he has felt able to almost be GC. Well not really, but able to speak publicly against the TRA narrative.
Slightly off topic but related, some one up thread talked about gender non conforming children.
This is how far we have been pushed into a "reality" that is just bananas.
Gender non conforming is what people for centuries have done. So going all the way, and some just adopting clothes, interestes, etc., that society tries to say are the "natural" behaviours, dress etc., of people based on their sex.
It is ridiculous that society has retreated so far into such a rigid notion that for a girl to have short hair, or a boy to like pink is seen as the start of moving towards transition.
Somehow, what was just a casual personal expression only a few decades ago is now not even recognised.
This space, not just for children and adults needs to be opened up again. Not in any way connected to sexuality, actual body dysmorphia, or fashion trends.
Unless this trend, life style, or whatever you want to call it, is opened up again then children wont see that it is quite possible to be an every day member of society.
The world didn't fall apart when women started wearing trouser suits, and (some) men stopped wearing ties (in western consumer societies).
We are supposed to be better educated, with acess to a far large range of information via the internet, but instead seem to have reverted to some sort of strict Victorian idea of how you fit into society.
I think there have been threads about this on FWR, but until this is seen, once again, as being not only natural but also desirable, it is all too easy for children to feel they must fit into the reactionary straightjacket of queer trans arguement.
Just felt this so strongly (again) when seeing that what seems such a sensible low key response has kicked off the usual outcry.