Confession Bear

Why not just go for the real thing? Being for a non reversable chemical and or medical transition for children seems a little selfish if just to supply you with sexual partners.

I would ultimately like to experience both penile and va**nal sexual intercourse, but I have zero interest in cis gay men.

I personally would feel far more comfortable dating a cute transgender girl than many types of bio women.

But transitioning after puberty is a genetic gamble as to whether or not a transwoman will pass (for transmen, they virtually all pass after testosterone regardless of their age). I've only met one transwoman IRL, and they didn't present as a female in any manner whatsoever, and sported more facial hair than I do. This person was only 19, and they probably have no chance of ever passing as a woman. I went to high school with cis het boys who looked far more feminine than this person.

I think the puberty blockers may be a necessary evil if it means less Gamestop Ma'ams and Riley Dennises and more Emma Ellingsens and Siri Lehlands... at least until we figure out a way to reverse the effects of male puberty in adults.

The heck are you smoking?

I'm saying I have conflicting feelings on the subject. Am I not allowed to keep my political views and who I'm attracted to separate?

To each their own on who you're attracted to. Except pedophiles. My belief is children shouldn't be given puberty blockers. They're too young to understand fully what they're doing. If my son wants to wear a dress, I won't stop him. But I'm not going to chemically alter him because it might just "be a phase" and then his choice would be taken away.

I'm 24, and there are shift leaders at my current job who are under 18. Why is it ok for high schoolers to be the bosses of adults, but preteens and teenagers are not old enough to understand what gender they'd like to be?

Because there are young people that can have good work ethic, and excel in training. I've been the boss over those twice my age. However, I haven't met a ten year old that could give two shts if their socks match.its not right to take away the option of staying male of female just because their parents think that they want to be something else. If my son wants to change his status when he's an adult, then I will support his decision, but he is NOT knowledgeable in that aspect for me to chemically chop off his nuts and call him a girl.

I respectfully disagree. Gender identity is a core part of a person's identity. If you believe that only the magical age of 18 gives a person the ability to understand what gender they'd like to be, then it's absolutely unethical to put teenagers in charge of adults in a workplace setting. Why should I have to listen to people who apparently can't even understand what gender they'd like to be? And by that logic, we should ultimately just call everyone under 18 "they" or "it" since they are too young to fully grasp gender.