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▲ Thorentis 4 days ago

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▲alxjrvs 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

> what for almost all of human history, is something so far beyond the imagination as to be bordering on the grotesque.

Citation needed

▲LadyCailin 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You mean grotesque things like artificial insulin for making type 1 diabetes not a death sentence? Don’t confuse your own personal bigotry and small mindedness with what should be considered “grotesque”.

▲Thorentis 3 days ago | parent [-]

Artificial insulin is akin to medicine, potions, etc, I don't think anybody would consider this grotesque at any point in time

▲thrance 3 days ago | parent [-]

Jehovah's Witnesses?

Transition is also a medical treatment, it is used to treat gender dysphoria, as the only remedy we know to be effective.

If you feel like documenting yourself out of your ignorance (I doubt you will but who knows), here are some pointers. You can check each claim I make against the numerous studies and metastudies on the subject.

* Gender dysphoria is real and touches a non-trivial part of the population.

* Gender dysphoria poses significant hazard to mental health and can lead to suicide.

* Gender dysphoria almost never goes away, and when it does, it's mostly from external pressures on the individual (religious, political). In which cases, the individual keeps most symptoms (depression...).

* Transition effectively cures gender dysphoria.

* Very few people regret transitioning (<1%).

▲thrance 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

What historical "truth" are you defending? Flat earth? Racism? You're being a bit vague.

If you couldn't tell, that was a jab at your appeal to tradition.

▲Spivak 3 days ago | parent [-]

I always find it fascinating where people draw off the line at natural given modern life is closer to "life in plastic" than anything resembling nature. We stole fire from the gods, domesticated ourselves via agriculture, reshaped the world in our image, and have literally slain two of the four horsemen.

▲thrance 3 days ago | parent [-]

Thank you, you worded an idea I carried in my head for a while. Our world can hardly be considered "natural" anymore.