New poll finds strong majority opposes gender-affirming care bans for trans minors

Double negative confused me for a second and I was sad. Opposes the ban! Want gender affirming care available. Excellent.

Then morally don't do it yourself and leave everyone else to make their own decisions.

Why do so many people care about what other people do to their own bodies?

That's so nice! I'm so happy for US folks! Here in the UK only 12% support Gender-affirming care for trans minors, most want it banned, most actually don't support it for adults either 😢

https://yougov.co.uk/society/articles/43194-where-does-british-public-stand-transgender-rights-1 (you need to see the full results to see that)

Gosh, it's almost as though most people aren't hateful bigots. Hateful bigots should take note, but they won't. In fact, if they do it'll only be to point out how they're being persecuted. I dislike hateful bigots.

Ok, then don't get your kid gender affirming care. Why is it so fucking hard for people to mind their own business?

The average person has no business controlling the bodies of others. Women have the right to an abortion just like how trans people have the right to gender affirming care.

I don't care what you want to do with your body, but I do care if a child is making those decisions, and everyone is just like "okay!" I mean, let's be honest here, did any of us REALLY know what we wanted and what direction our lives were going when were young teens?

I'm going to say something utterly repulsive:

Did you recoil when you read that? It was hard to type. Why are we letting a child / young adult make a decision that has no undo buttons at such a young age? Do we not agree that our sexuality and minds are brutally unstable at a young age?

If you are of age and consent to a change... you do you. It's your body: nobody can tell you what is right for you. Prior to that? It's the job of the parent to protect them from harmful choices... and in the event they are not of sound mind: the job of the government to step in. This is non negotiable.

Let me be perfectly clear: I get that early on sexuality is confusing, painful, and reality warping. That's universal - regardless of /how/ you identify. We need to teach, guide, and protect our youth at that age... until they are old enough to make those choices themselves.

Now if you flip the script as an adult? We should be adults and respect that choice. Care should be universal.

Edit: Use your words folks. I wrote this to be conversational. Internet points won't change reality. I'm pretty sure I made some sound points.