I look at a random study about trans people and this is in the abstract, blech (Ada: EIGHT?!)

Guys it says socially transitioning

survior bias :(
yeah but i feel like 8 is too young.

It says SOCIALLY transitioning

whats the difference? like. they knew already and now publicly are transitioning? or a i way off the mark.

It means going by different pronouns and maybe different name

so publicy transitioning.

Yes exactly

When you were eight years old, did you know what gender you were? Pretty much everybody does.

and does this pose a counteragruement? orrr is it like, a "yes and"? im not sure where im looking here.

This is a child who cannot consent. A damn child. Not a teenager or someone who's been sure for years that they're trans. This is ridiculous.

It says socially transitioning

That's still really weird

How? It’s just pronouns and maybe name. Also it’s just a kid experimenting with gender, I don’t see how that’s weird. Also a kid can consent to someone calling them he/him ffs

Why is a kid "experimenting with gender" at an age that young, and not when they're like a teenager
They can't actually know what their gender identity is that early, and kids often say stuff like "I'm a firetruck" or "I'm a dinosaur"... yet you don't see any kid experimenting with people calling them either of those

You don't think a kid can understand who they are?

At 8 years old? Nope.

Maybe it’s because the kid has been exposed to transgender people, maybe a sibling/parent or even a friend is queer, and it’s perfectly ok for a kid to be cis but not trans? Also being identified as a fire truck is not normal and probably not ok

The power of WHAT?

This was back when 41% was a dogwhistle and not a meme