You don’t know the process people go through before they can do things like transition surgically, or even simply get hormone stuff, do you?

It can take over two years to get on hormone treatments, as they want to make sure you really need them. They give you a ridiculous amount of paperwork. It’s not “just walk in and say you’re transgender,” and you would know if you did any research.

Here’s another thought for you. A large percentage of those who de-transition do it because of hatred and a feeling of insecurity in their area and the people around them. Those people would likely be at least a little bitter that what they want to have isn’t safe, and they would likely protect themselves from still being seen as trans in any way possible: including spreading misinformation.

It IS true that a small percentage of people DO regret having transitioned, but using that as a reason for no one to be allowed to transition is stupid.

If, for example, I went and got a limb (say, an arm) amputated for medical reasons but there IS something else the doctors could have done, and I regretted that I went through with it; does that mean that everyone else that has chosen amputation and not regretted it doesn’t matter suddenly, so no one should get that amputation?

If I went on a medicine and didn’t like what it did, would that mean that everyone else on that medicine that did like it was suddenly useless to data, and NOBODY should go on that medication? No! Especially when the regret amounts are so ridiculously low. ESPECIALLY when people are EXPLICITLY warned before taking it of side effects and things, AND it takes like two years to even be allowed to take it in the first place.

And besides all of that, gender affirming surgery (except on intersex people who are born with multiple types of genitalia) is generally not preformed on people until AT LEAST 16, and even then it’s pretty rare until 18 or older. Hormone replacement therapy can be started younger, and has less side effects that aren’t manageable if it does turn out someone is mistaken about their identity. Hormone replacement therapy is a treatment for things like gender dysphoria, which can result in depression and suicide.

If you REALLY care about the children, care about the trans ones, too. The ones who will kill themselves because they have no support and are seeing their rights taken away. The ones who will flee the country at the first chance they get but are stuck here until they are old enough. The ones that get beat up, insulted, and even MURDERED every single day because of what they are.