I find it deeply concerning that even considering a parallel betweem the situations is deemed "anti-trans". This hits close to home because there's a reasonabl

I find it deeply concerning that even considering a parallel betweem the situations is deemed "anti-trans". This hits close to home because there's a reasonable likelihood I would have attempted a transition if the social climate were like this when I was a teen. How I am now as an adult I am happy with my sex, and I'm not sure how that would have went. Obviously there's no way to know, but I'm primarily concerned with how easy and how common it is to shut down discussion surrounding the issue. Especially with how volatile teens are, and how high the suicide rates are for these demographics, I feel like these issues deserve to be explored. Should all this really be hidden behind "show dead"? I happen to have a very stigmatized mental health issue with an absurd suicide rate (5-10%?), and I'm happy to come across people discussing it, even if a few of them regard everyone afflicted with it as incorrigible. Back to the topic, I also went through a phase of convincing myself I had DID/schizophrenia, and did expend my mom's and a doctor's time with it, then just clammed up. In my case one experience was a lot more "real" than the other; I strongly felt closer to another gender, it was never about attention or identity, it was just a mild internal struggle. On the other hand I might have latched onto being severely neuroatypical purely for it seeming "cool", wanting it to be part of my identity, as well as garnering attention from my parent. Now that I'm older, I'm blessed to be happy with my body and my sex/gender, despite the stronger feelings I had when I was younger. That came with time and perhaps from landing in a loving relationship. Of course not everyone will be this fortunate, but I do worry about people like me who might be directly or indirectly encouraged to make drastic changes they might not be ready to make. I also of course recognize that severe mental disorders can be very impairing, and aren't something to wear as fashion. (However I would be lying if I said I didn't think schizophrenia is a beautiful form of suffering.) In conclusion, I guess I think transgenderism is rarely cut and dry--despite people often seemingly treating it that way--and I can't speak from experience but I assume fashion sometimes plays a role. I find it a bit absurd to label that notion as anti-trans, so long as it isn't accusing an individual or writing-off the entire phenomenon. Even when fashion does play a role, does it invalidate anything? I reckon it would just muddy the already-muddy water that is identity. It's up to individuals to sort through it if they choose to. Forgive the novel.