This is so astonishing, thanks for sharing.
I am always amazed by how things seemed to suddenly pivot. I adopted two children in 2001 and have had years of dealing with social workers, therapists, medical professionals, youth workers, disability teams etc.
No way before about 2016 was any of the trans stuff mainstream. My younger daughter went to a specialist asd secondary school where one girl identified as a cat, but that was just seen as quirky and the school didn't tolerate it. No one was trans.
Same in my adoption support group. None of us had trans kids. None of us were trans either.
But now, the school is full of trans kids and the adoption groups are full of parents with trans identifying young people.
My elder daughter used to go to a disabled young people's youth club. During covid i reslised it focused hugely on trans issues - they dropped activity bags off and they were full of trans word searches, trans colouring in pages, rainbow stuff. I couldn't believe how huge it had become.
These are the most vulnerable young people and children and if you are in any of these worlds you are showered with this stuff all the time.
No wonder they gravitate towards it. I can imagine how happy the professionals are when a child from one of these groups says they are trans, because they will think they led them to their truth, and it's something practical which will have an impact of some sort. These children are so hard to "fix" but here is a real outcome.
It is awful.