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Thanks for the heads up. I was already quite convinced. I’m sad for this generation but maybe the next generation with gender dysphoria will get TRUE SUPPORT for their condition. Millennials try to shame me for my position today but I know I am right. I’ll be proven right one day.

My position is for the psychology/psychiatry world to start young, as young as possible, and counsel and support kids with gender dysphoria to accept themselves as they are. There is no need to take hormones or surgeries. So you feel like [the opposite gender]? That’s ok. You can’t help it. Love yourself the way you are. Live how you like. Wear what you feel comfortable in. And we must get society on board. Let your loved ones play with the toys they want, like other kids can. They can’t help the brain disorder. Don’t tell them they need or should “transition.” Let them be the gender they will always be and have always been, but accept that they feel like the other one. That is just how it is. Your child with Down Syndrome will not come up with new math theorems. Your blind child will not be an air traffic controller etc. And your little boy might feel like, and act a bit like, a girl. It’s all good. People with disabilities need love and acceptance. That is our job as psychologists and as fellow human beings.

I believe one day most cases will be prevented by a better uterine environment. But I can’t back that up with solid science. Yet.

I’ll be proven right one day.

My position is for the psychology/psychiatry world to start young, as young as possible, and counsel and support kids with gender dysphoria to accept themselves as they are.

Come on now. Behaviors are complex. We are not ameobas with the same exact response to the same stimuli.

A good share of gay/trans/whatever is the latest fashion craze among youth. it is “Hey, look at me!” And we look at them and encourage more of the behavior.

I repeat, start with recognizing what it is, a behavior. Causes are multiple and complex.

We do not leave a down syndrome child to his own devices. We do not say you poor thing. We work with him to improve his way in society.

I agree with you. I'm sure the causes are many, some genetic, some possibly intrauterine and epigenetic - as you say, and some based on psychological trauma/stress as a child. That said, we should love and help these children, as they are truly tortured or they wouldn't want to end their lives. They should not become political pawns for the left (particularly at the expense of getting the help they need to cope), nor should they be condemned and judged by conservatives. But by the grace of God there go I.