Yknow maybe putting a teenager through a rigorous series of tests, psychologists, psychiatrists constantly implying they dont believe you and that you dont know your own body and mind is very bad

But then they couldn't publicly vilify trans people as irresponsible for choosing to self med over 'the great care the government provides'. I remember those articles pissing me off so much a while after a clinic sent me a 'yeah maybe sit in queue for a year first'

one of the g's in "ggz" stands for "gaslighting"

"What if, hear me out here, what if instead of treating these people in ways that help... we just make them think they're crazy?"

I went through the extreme end of child mental health services at about that age, and it's depressing how similar it sounds

Just so fucked how not believing trans kids is the standard and they have to fight to get listened to

Globally we have somewhat better access to treatment but we still have a long way to go when it comes to care around transgender issues. When I was a kid my teachers identified my adhd I got soo much ritalin but god forbid we have the same safety nets for trans people as we do for adhd.

it's so inhumane