Yes. Sadly, these days there is a ton of social pressure to affirm first and foremost. For example, a parent who doesn't affirm a child can easily get into hot

Yes. Sadly, these days there is a ton of social pressure to affirm first and foremost. For example, a parent who doesn't affirm a child can easily get into hot water [1] Along with that, the constantly repeated claim of puberty blockers being totally reversible (They are only in the medical sense, as in hormone production goes back to normal, but that claim still misses the fact that the time spent with reduced hormones has a measureable effect on the development of the child, as in, you won't "catch up" on puberty) is leading to more and more kids being treated with puberty blockers without a proper evaluation, because "there is no harm in it". Yes it ought to happen between a professional and the person. And the real world is still a messy place where you can be influenced by non-professionals. [1] https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/02/11/new-canadian-law-could-send-parents-to-jail-for-not-affirming-gender-identity/ https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/02/11/new-canadian-law-coul...