There's a lot of evidence to believe that those who work in the area of guiding young people through the process of gender transitioning—getting ready for a sex change—have been a little too enthusiastic in advocating for it. Often, these strongly pro-transition advocates are reported to not offer more options to the young people they're counseling. Bear in mind that the youngsters who come to be counseled concerning their gender dysphoria—discomfort with their assigned gender—often have other psychological burdens than just unhappiness with their gender. But too often, the professionals who are assigned to counsel them are (reportedly) too focused on the route of gender transitioning. This trend is confirmed by a substantial number of cases in which, the transitioned individuals request reversal of the process: de-transitioning.
I am not an expert; I have just been unhappy with presenting very young children with the option to transition gender. Kids often don't know their own minds, and other psychological problems they're facing complicate and interfere with the situation. I don't think writing about gender transition can be left to the experts.
Political conservatives have opposed any gender transition for a long time. For that reason, anyone who raises concerns about the ethics of gender transition are often accused—by pro-transition people—as being politically motivated conservatives. No, I'm not raising a GO SLOW flag here because I'm a Christian conservative, or Tea Party-type Republican; I just think there are far too many people who want to support and affirm the interest in a youth who is merely interested in gender options, to follow through with actually transitioning. Transitioning is difficult and painful, but detransitioning is even more painful. This is far too delicate a problem to allow politics to interfere with it.
Please read up on the matter yourselves:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/opinion/transgender-children-gender-dysphoria.html
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