All this started because I objected to the way the author framed their argument. The quote below, which II quoted iin my initial response, was the example I pointed to:

"It’s been a successful tactic for pushing anti-trans legislation that would be obviously discriminatory if aimed at adults"

My point was, and is, that a law aiimed at children would be discriminatory if it were aimed at adults is basically the definition of age consent law. Forget the comparison to vasectomies if you want, children are also prohibited from taking a variety of medications because they're too young.

I'm not saying parents CAN'T make an informed decision, just that it's misguided to say that "parents are always the last word" as if that means that parents will always make the right decision. I included the comparison to pedophilia not to be melodramatic, but to point out that concern about children doesn't always have the hidden agenda you seem to think I have here. Besides, you compared a law about whether children can take puberty blockers to Jim Crow. I hope you can see a pattern here, is this always how you make your case?

Maybe I am coming across as arrogant, I'm sorry if I am, I'm not trying to. You are too by the way. It's hard to judge a person from the way their words come out on a screen. It honestly makes me sad how difficult it is to have a conversatin with a trans person online without being accused of some degree of transphobia when you have a different perspective. You write:

"are you going to keep believing that your ideology is based on protecting the children or are you going to dig deep and understand there is probably some implicit biases you are still holding on to"

because you're seemingly incapable of believing that anybody who disagrees with any degree of what you're saying isn't wholly against you. This is a lonely way to go through life and one that too many of the trans people I've come across online share.

I'll probably never convince you of this but I'm genuinely on your side. I've come to the defence of trans people numerous times, as I would for anybody being unfairly attacked or bullied. I wish you could walk a day in the shoes of many cis people so you could realise how few of them actually hate you.

Anyway, I'll drop it. It seems like we're just talking past each other. Take care. Happy holidays.