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>why are you trying to force genders and sexualities onto children?
I'm not, I'm not telling little Timmy that he's a girl because he likes to play with dolls and I'm not telling little Tammy that she's a boy because she likes playing soccer and I'm sure as hell not telling either of them what their sexual preferences are, because their gender expression and sexuality aren't something I can dictate for them.
Their biological sex is irrefutable though, so I will refer to them as the boy and girl that they are, while accepting whatever benign masculine or feminine traits that they have, no matter how atypical they might be when compared to the behavioral norms of their sexes.
I of course think that whatever mental issues they might have should be addressed. But in the case of identity issues where they feel that their behaviors and feelings are incongruent with their birth sex, I prefer the approach of supporting them in accepting those traits that they were born with as something that is just naturally part of their personality, which doesn't in fact conflict with their sex, because there are no hard rules on how masculine or feminine the sexes are allowed to be.
The norm isn't a rule, it's a data set describing how the majority behaves.
Now if someone grows up feeling trans, go through all of the type of help that I describe above and still feels the need to transition once they have turned 18, it is their right to make that choice. Before then I consider any trans treatment of kids as adults meddling with their lives before they are old enough to give informed consent to that stuff.
Your whole accusation about my views on freedom of expression is a straw man, so I'm not going to dignify it with a response.
