Sadly, two people (not related to each other, probably don’t know each other) I knew during my childhood, have “transgender” children, both living in St. Louis area.
One is female to male (and she seems to go from one girlfriend to another with no considerations of long-term relationships), the other is male to female (he has a “girlfriend” and I cannot decide what gender the “girlfriend” is).
I look at both of their twitter accounts occasionally, and 90% of the remarks are about their emotional issues, victimhood, just needing “time for myself”, time to recover, commenting on the unfairness of society, etc., etc. These transgender young people are both around 30 years old.
I am not sure about physical health issues, but both are extremely affected by emotional issues, that cannot seemingly be resolved.
One actually has a “real” job, likely with health insurance and other benefits. The other one, I would be surprised if she has any health insurance (maybe free 0bamacare)?
My theory is that these “transgender” kids are today’s “Moonies” from the 70’s and 80’s. They are/were just sad, lonely people looking for help and looking for acceptance - - from anyone.