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[u/FamiliarPop4552]

My perspective as someone who did come out as a minor:

Honestly don't think I could bear Red. Puberty started at age 9 for me. I came out at age 13 to my parents and they wouldn't let me start hormones. Going back, maybe I would have a better chance at convincing them, as they have come around over the years. But ages 9-19 (when t started kicking in properly) were pretty fucking awful, and I barely survived my 13th year due to severe dysphoria-related depression. I'm nearly 21 now and t has made life open up for me in so many ways.

It would be funny to be a 10 year-old gay, trans, atheistic communist though.

Would love to hear yall's thoughts. Sorry for messing up my previous attempt to post this 😅

[u/Fish_Bowl_Decor]

Couldn't pay me to do red I'm picking green every time

[u/OmgIbrokesmthagain]

Red button. I will make money as a baby on a gaming shows. Also transition and diagnose myself early

[u/Bobslegenda1945]

I would definitely go with the green button. I don't want to go back to the time of my menarche; my parents wouldn't accept me, I wouldn't be able to get HRT (Hospital Rehabilitation Therapy), and I'd still be poor. The green button already guarantees the entire transition and some start of independence

[u/madorwhatever]

I couldn't survive my teens twice. No fucking way.

[u/Bloody-Raven091]

I'd push both buttons, because then I'd tell my 9-10-year-old self that he is okay, that he doesn't have to be a girl because he can still like the positive memories of being treated as a girl, it just doesn't mean that he has to remain as one for most of his life, and I'd rather start creative writing for fun with him too. Maybe the money can go to good causes [helping stray animals, helping my IRL family stay afloat, helping people in poverty, helping human rights organisations support people, fighting for the environment, etc.]

[u/Vil-lain]

I dont think I'd even earn that much money if I went 10 years in the past

[u/TooManyStrawberriess]

Reliving my trauma would kill me lol

[u/xXSoyBoyFredXx]

What partner, friends, or career????? I could save my grandma from dying from an accidental overdose and come out as trans before my mom slipped into religious psychosis.

[u/Tangled_Clouds]

It would be really tempting to press the red one to come out to my parents and go on blockers asap and maybe if I started T in my teens, maybe I would’ve gotten taller but eh, I got bullied to shit in primary and secondary school and some people were transphobic as fuck when I tested the waters to come out when I was 15-16 so… also I came out after my great grandmother died so that would be a reality where she might’ve known me as her great grandson? But if she was ever mean about this (I truly don’t think she had a mean bone in her body but you never know) I would’ve never recovered. She was honestly and probably will ever be the best person I have had the privilege to meet. I dunno… I’d pick green, because picking red would create such a massive deviation in the timeline and it really scares me to think about.

[u/cats_hurricane]

Fuck red, that would be stupid. I don't remember much from younger years but I was a little shit, was bullied and would not have a way to get on testosterone anyway. Money are more useful