Where we are now

The meeting last night was to update us on the Paris presentation which was very well received. Apparently not all in the clinical field from the different nations present were as up to date as they should on the detransition phenomenon which surprised many of us. We all agreed that there is a problem on both ends of the issue with criticals like Helen Joyce virtually preaching eradication of transgender people while a radical faction believes that no guardrails are ever warranted. The latter group sometimes even sees individuals threaten clinical specialists if they aren't approved for advancing in the hospital-run gender identity program.

We are at a societal junction where the confusion will take time to clear up. After slowly letting the genie out of the bottle over decades we want people to be themselves but not at the expense of the overall public good and the fact that these young transitioners see it too proves that some basic gatekeeping is indeed warranted if we are to help some find the right formula.

A common sense middle is always the best way but the loudest voices are always on the extreme ends and, as I said before we hung up the call, in spite of the current challenges I prefer things now than when I was their age. If nothing else for the transparency.

Much of the world is uncomfortable with any kind of ambiguity about gender identity and some of that may never be fixed. Striking a balance between the right to self determination and the overall public good is often a recurring theme in life and this topic hits a nerve regarding something thought previously to be so fundamental, that we were taught to never question it.