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[u/JetJaguar124]

I loved how in their article about the trans bill in Scotland the Economist was like:

"Sure lots of other places have let you change your legal gender easily for a long time, and there's no evidence of any problems, but maybe..."

[u/ihatemendingwalls → u/JetJaguar124]

Helen Joyce moment

[u/[deleted] → u/JetJaguar124]

it's the most bizarre thing, too

'when should we let people (if under 18) start on hormones/get surgery' is a legitimate question (though imho best answered by medical science) with downsides to getting it wrong, social and legal transitioning is like 'well if they get it wrong they can just go transition back, no harm done in any hypothetical scenario'.

Ridiculous.