I had three older brothers so played with Meccano, Scalectrix, those little green soldiers, Corgi toys and anything else I found. I also always wore trousers, climbed trees, played more with the boys than the girls, and envied their ability to write their names in the snow sometimes. I never wanted to be one, though.
I think children these days are being pushed into ridiculous situations by parents that would be embarrassed if their child was gay. I'm sure a kid like me that played with boys and their toys would have been considered potentially gay so would be pressured into being trans instead. I'm neither.
Let kids be kids and support children that may be confused about their sexuality. I'm still disgusted by the fame-hungry parents that declared their 2 year-old child to be trans.
More of us need to speak up like SusieSue but please be careful. If there's one of those unpleasant people as in the Piers Morgan interview, it could get quite nasty.
Men are now able to give birth according to the training Scottish midwives are currently being given, Catzrcool. I can understand trans men wanting to be referred to as men in a maternity ward but I can't for the life of me understand why time and money is being wasted on teaching midwives that men can give birth through their penis! Womb transplants into men are on the way, too. There's a doctor in India trying to do it.
Ah, Brissles. The Meno Brigade (of which I am a proud member) is getting hammered left, right and centre. How dare some of us ask for HRT or measures in the workplace to help when we have a flush. At 20 I did a year in a government department as my parents wanted me to work in the 'real world' before starting in the family business. I couldn't understand why the middle-aged ladies would stand in the ladies loos holding their arms under cold water or dabbing cold, wet paper towels on their necks, especially as it was a dank, stuffy room. I understand now, though!
We're also under attack. From what I've read, only 20% of women suffer quite badly with menopause symptoms and for those (me included), it's quite a nightmare. I'm one of those pesky women who asked for HRT before the 'slabs started campaigning. I came across ignorance and discrimination in my quest - all from female doctors that either hadn't gone through it or were obviously the lucky ones that didn't suffer debilitating symptoms.
Once again, we're being considered from a male viewpoint. HRT shortages abound but men who take triple the amount of hormones to 'feminise' themselves are also complaining loudly enough that they're not going short. They should walk a mile in our real bodies not just our high heels before complaining about cosmetic effects rather than real life-threatening effects (I'm not the only woman who would not be here without the help of HRT).
Have a read of this article from the BMJ:
https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021-069369 The responses are interesting.
We're all crying wolf apparently. Well, if there was ever a shortage of little blue pills (bought by men in their 30s at my partner's place of work and used as a kind of bragging rights recreational drug), can you imagine the fuss? I'm waiting for men to discover that they don't really need a sports car or a new girlfriend to make them feel young again. All they need is a visit to a manopause clinic like this:
https://www.mariongluckclinic.com/what-we-treat/men/testosterone-replacement-therapy-trt
I wonder if they'll be told they're hysterical or it's all in their heads when more men discover testosterone therapy and start asking the NHS for it!