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I’m trying to ask this in as good faith as possible, but is it really possible to diagnose a three year old with gender dysphoria? That seems a little early to decide on locking a child into one of two gender norms.
Maybe not, but the"treatment" at that at age is simply treating them as the gender of their choice. If 8 years later, when they're about to start puberty, they still maintain their gender identification then yeah, that's probably a pretty good sign it's for real.
almost everyone gets locked into one or the other before they're even born. this is yet another thing that goes completely unquestioned if its done in a cis way but gets the highest possible level of scrutiny if its done in a trans way. besides, to focus on the age the child was when they started being allowed to live as they want to is to ignore the fact that the child is 12 and happy living as they want to now. this isn't about a three year old, that three year old doesn't exist anymore. this is about politicians with an agenda overriding the will of a child, that child's parents and the entire medical community to fulfill that agenda.