Quick response to just part of this: kids DO, quite often, grow out of "trans beliefs." Many desist after a few years. That bears no relationship to "praying away the gay" or believing that they will grow out of being gay. One thing that needs to be challenged is this idea that gender self-reporting or identity is equivalent to sexual preference. They are far from being the same or even similar. Sexual preference is remarkably stable over time while gender identity is now known to be quite variable before adolescence, the very period the gender radicals would like to throw into turmoil with hormones. I think we need to consider that the conservatives may have a better take on this issue than the left, even if it is for very bad reasons. |