> At the lowest extreme in age, there are lots of kids and teenagers who are simply puzzled by the whole notion of gender roles, or the prospective changes of p

> At the lowest extreme in age, there are lots of kids and teenagers who are simply puzzled by the whole notion of gender roles, or the prospective changes of puberty, and will happily tell you that they kinda-sorta don't feel like they belong in their gender, especially if so influenced by unscrupolous trans-activists. While it is true that other maladies of adolescence can be miscategorised as gender dysphoria, it's also well-understood that gender dysphoria is something that is not absent in children and adolescents. When genuinely dysphoria, this is something that is strongly evidenced to occur absent any external influence. A simple example here is older adults reporting dysphoria extending back to childhood, in eras where the existence of the condition was simply unspeakable. > One might think it obvious that pursuing transition in these cases is ethically unconscionable given that the vast majority of those kids will be totally fine afterwards, but this is a surprisingly controversial POV in the 2010s. Because one must be careful not to be biased against inaction or toward natural design. The consequences for ignoring the issue in children can be as devastating as inappropriately treating the issue. Diagnosis here can admittedly be a serious challenge but thankfully there are options in-between "ignoring it" and "full permanent transition", which is why my personal opinion would lean toward reserving anything permanent for the most serious cases (i.e. ones involving self-harm), and allowing gender-dysphoric children to "socially" transition, which amounts to little more than allowing them to pick out their own easily-reversible name and clothing style.