Talk of transphobia 

So I have seen a whole *lot* of people (not here, just in general) say that children are too young and immature to make big decisions about their lives so they should not be affirmed as trans.

Ignoring the whole "decision" aspect for now - it's just who we are, not a decision:

I remember being thirteen and in school. Several teachers made us try to decide on a career path.

So you're saying that at puberty I was old enough to decide the entire course of my life, but not know how I feel about the way people treat me?

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re: Talk of transphobia 

@ziphi Gender is basically a decision in as much as jobs, family or religion. Your extended childhood world (family plus school etc) officially love you, officially want you happy and officially want you do to anything you possibly want. EXCEPT that actually means there's a RIGHT decision you're supposed to make, please do not veer from it and decide you want HRT, childlessness, a humanities degree or career in the arts, and that you're actually an atheist or Buddhist or whatever.

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