We need to focus on the underlying mental health issues that children and teens experience instead of handing them life-altering drugs and surgeries.
We’re lucky to live in a country where transgender people are able to be validated in their identity and accepted for who they are. Nevertheless, transgender discussions dominate politics and social issues, with recent debates being raised around the age hormones and surgeries can be conducted, transgender competition in sports, and parental notification regarding students socially transitioning.Looking back, ages 12-16 were meant to be something I just had to push through.
I was a tomboy. I was isolated and bullied. Teachers didn’t help. When I hit puberty, the differences between myself and my peers felt exacerbated. Calling myself transgender made sense: why I didn’t have much in common with other girls, why I felt uncomfortable in my body, why I was a tomboy. Middle school was a tricky balance of trying to pass as a boy while everyone knew I was a girl. Some people were accepting, some weren’t.
I was angry and disassociated from my body. I had made an irreversible mistake; my 12-year-old self’s idea would haunt me for the rest of my life. By the end of junior year, I stopped taking blockers and hormones.
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