PSYCHOTHERAPIST: The “trans” movement is “a near-dictatorship being foisted on everyone.”

The author makes some interesting observations. First, there’s pressure on professionals and parents to unquestioningly accept the “trans” identity of children:

As professionals, if we don’t loudly prioritize their identities as being the most important thing about them (and identities do shift constantly in kids and teens), we risk coming across as unsupportive and even immoral. . . .

Children are being trained to think their parents do not love them if mom and dad don’t jump aboard the trans train. To me, this is a brutal aspect of a near-dictatorship being foisted on everyone.

Second, the children themselves are being played by the movement, which is “actively recruiting young, psychologically undefined and frightened people to push their agenda”:

One common trait I’ve noticed in nearly all the trans kids I’ve met has been their profound sense of being different, and too alone. They often have had little success with making friends . . . They are prime targets for group think narratives. . . . They are also craving protection and the stamp of legitimacy . . .

Now that the government and medical communities are involved in the creation of who trans folks are, this class of individuals have finally found their safe havens.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, “trans” people themselves have not matured enough to the point of not trying to control completely their external environment, which includes other people:

In her recent blog post, “My Disservice to My Transgender Patients,” Dr. Kathy Mandigo talks about feeling threatened by some of her MTF patients. Many of the trans kids I’ve worked with will joke about how they and their friends are dictators, “masters of the universe!” I find that clinically significant. This is something toddlers do when they are first discovering they are separate from their rulers (parents). Rather than fear the parent, they seek to control the parent . . . Ideally, the child will gradually outgrow this urge to control . . . We say it is a sign of maturity. . . .

Unfortunately some people have a hard time making this shift. They get stuck or addicted to manipulating their external environment, and will continue to create inner safety through the constant and relentless work of controlling others. . . .

We–people who don’t identify as trans–are the external realm that must be controlled to bring the trans community the inner peace they now lack. But they don’t get that they will never find calm or strength this way. . . . The trans community must face their own fears, face themselves and their own demons. They can’t wipe out their fear that they are not really transitioning by censoring the thoughts and expressions of others. If they believe they are trans, they shouldn’t need to spend so much effort foisting that belief on others.