Myths/transgendrity

a social media comment containing a number of false beliefs about transgendrity

Myths about transgendrity and transgender people include:

• Puberty blockers are dangerous for children.
• Transgendrity is
  • tyrannical
  • delusional
• You cannot change your gender.
  • This is technically true, but not the way they mean it; in reality, it's why "gender conversion therapy" is a form of abuse.
• Encouraging transition is bad for transgender people.
• Gender fluidity is dangerous for children.

Factual References

• National Center for Transgender Equality: Frequently Asked Questions about Transgender People
• 2016-10-25 Harvard University: Between the (Gender) Lines: the Science of Transgender Identity

Notes

• 2019-04-22 Thinking back to when I was a little kid, they sure do start the trans indocrination early... "So when transphobes rant and rave to you about "indoctrinating our children and forcing them to take hormones", remember that, while this does happen, it's not because of trans people, and it's not done because kids say they're trans - quite the opposite. OP is right in a completely non circlejerk way: they (cis people and a cis-centric medical system) do start gender indoctrination young :)"