Re autogynephilia (AGP) in addition to clinicians sacrificing LGB kids through wilful ignorance, another issue is coming into view…boys with AGP should be getting help to manage their sexual orientation (but most clinicians enthusiastically transing teenagers would not know about it.) On the one hand compassion is needed so AGP can come into the sunlight - especially important for boys who, in this networked surge for trans identification, might launch into body modification they later regret. On the other hand the sexist stereotypes and frankly awful behaviours of some (not all !!) men with AGP need to be understood and described. This thread unpacks this, with quotes cited by Anne Lawrence:
Another great piece. Thanks for your dedication to this important topic. I know, based on your previous comments, it is often an emotional burden. I hope to balance that with affirmation you are helping my family, and I’m sure many others.
Love it. Lisa, I am writing a book and could use some suggestions? I started it many years ago when I discovered women after being married over 10 years. I would be glad to pay you for any advise or editing?
What is a good rebuttal to: "kids who had GD in early childhood and then 'turned out to be gay' really have been trans all along but learned to live with it when it wasn't available. They didn't transition as adults, when transition had become accessible because even though they might have been more comfortable in their bodies, the social costs were felt to be too great in an "established" life with spouse, kids, career etc.
Excellent piece. Thankyou. Keep writing!
Re autogynephilia (AGP) in addition to clinicians sacrificing LGB kids through wilful ignorance, another issue is coming into view…boys with AGP should be getting help to manage their sexual orientation (but most clinicians enthusiastically transing teenagers would not know about it.) On the one hand compassion is needed so AGP can come into the sunlight - especially important for boys who, in this networked surge for trans identification, might launch into body modification they later regret. On the other hand the sexist stereotypes and frankly awful behaviours of some (not all !!) men with AGP need to be understood and described. This thread unpacks this, with quotes cited by Anne Lawrence:
https://twitter.com/hatpinwoman/status/1466071208970137616?s=21
Another great piece. Thanks for your dedication to this important topic. I know, based on your previous comments, it is often an emotional burden. I hope to balance that with affirmation you are helping my family, and I’m sure many others.
"boys who were so naturally feminine that they felt like girls,"
FWIW here's how I think about it: Boys who were so naturally feminine that they felt like *they imagined* girls feel…
Thanks for this excellent article.
Love it. Lisa, I am writing a book and could use some suggestions? I started it many years ago when I discovered women after being married over 10 years. I would be glad to pay you for any advise or editing?
So it is impossible for a homosexual male to be masculine and feeling inside and acting like a man?
A very interesting related essay: https://bprice.substack.com/p/tiktok-tics-and-mass-sociogenic-illness
What is a good rebuttal to: "kids who had GD in early childhood and then 'turned out to be gay' really have been trans all along but learned to live with it when it wasn't available. They didn't transition as adults, when transition had become accessible because even though they might have been more comfortable in their bodies, the social costs were felt to be too great in an "established" life with spouse, kids, career etc.
"Who" because it is predicate nominative.