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pneumictoday at 1:28 AM1 replyview on HN

Yes. Psychiatric care, counseling for past abuse, treating difficulties from ASD and/or ADHD, and acceptance of their feeling different or scared or confused, and that there is nothing wrong with who they are or the body they were born with.


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crotetoday at 6:41 AM

So what about the kids who already get all of that and still say they are transgender? Should they perhaps be treated like they actually are transgender, or do you propose forced conversion therapy - like we tried in the past with gay people and left-handed people?

Puberty blockers aren't being handed out like candy. There's a rather intense psychological diagnostic process before it.