My problem with @Xzi’s stance is very simple - he seems to be arguing two points that contradict each other. When it’s a medical decision that he agrees with, that’s good because the parents said so, but when it’s the school curriculum, or the content the children ingest, that’s bad because the parents are not qualified to make such decisions. Well, which is it then? I’ve been quite consistent so far - we do what’s good for the child 100% of the time until the child can decide for itself. I’m not interested in what special interest groups or magical space books have to say on the matter, I have a big problem with shoving medication into otherwise healthy kids because of how they “feel”. Statistically speaking, the gross majority of kids simply grow out of any gender confusion they might be suffering through, and it’s not an unusual symptom. Said symptom is *normally* relieved by puberty, but not always. Seems to me that the path to do least harm is not to block puberty for the benefit of the edge cases, but rather to reaffirm children in their identity and *try* to help them feel comfortable in their own bodies for the benefit of the majority. I don’t think pumping kids full of hormones is a reasonable answer to something that may or may not be a genuine health condition.
How is it hyperbole? It happens in American emergency rooms every single day - people die for no reason whatsoever. I’m no atheist myself, but even I don’t allow a space book to dictate when I’m supposed to die. Forget the valve, give me three pig hearts and a transfusion of goat blood if it’ll work - never seen a priest successfully perform cardiac surgery, but I have seen doctors do that.