> Any deviation from a strict all or nothing approach is silenced through bullying and harassment.
I don't agree, so let's test my hypothesis right here!
I come armed only with a single, short article about trans desistance that was aimed a general audience, let's have a short but real discussion. Before that I was tabula rasa.
IIRC the researcher Thomas Steensma quoted in the piece produced both of these results in the same set of published papers:
1. There is a high likelihood that some number of patients in his clinic will no longer identify as trans when they are older
2. There is a set of predictors which can be used to help identify minors in his clinic who will persist as trans when they are older
Reading between the lines, it also appears this is one of the more conservative researchers-- i.e., his clinic waits to socially transition kids longer than other clinics do.
Even so, what I read is that a) the guidelines for diagnosing gender dysphoria have become more stringent/accurate over the past few decades, and b) more research will reveal more predictors for persistence.
Given that, your position at the very least is under-specified. You could be saying that you favor waiting to do social transitioning per this clinician's guidelines. Or, you could be arguing that you want the predictors and indicators fleshed out more before you'd be comfortable with the kinds of treatments these clinics provide. Or, you could mean that you reject (out of hand or otherwise) the research on these predictors and/or the accompanying body of research.
All of those positions invite differing qualities of argumentation. And again, I've only read a single article here, so you may very well be privy to knowledge that would sway me in a different direction. But unless that single article was complete bunk, it appears that both the diagnosis of and treatment for gender dysphoria has improved over the past few decades, and that at least a part of the treatment is social transition where the costs and benefits of those who persist and desist need to be weighed.
With my incredibly small amount of knowledge in this area, zero of this particular treatment option for everyone who is a minor certainly seems excessive. If that is indeed your position, then what is the evidence for it and why aren't experts in the field taking that evidence into account?
In any case, I believe I have fulfilled the requirements for at least a single anecdatum that shows lack of bullying/harassment for your stated position.
[1]: https://www.kqed.org/futureofyou/441784/the-controversial-re...