Part of this is based on the LIE that kids will kill themselves unless the delusion is confirmed.
I’m a Pediatrician. How Transgender Ideology Has Infiltrated My Field and Produced Large-Scale Child Abuse.
https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/article/im-pediatrician-how-transgender-ideology-has-infiltrated-my-field-and-produced-large-scale
Bumping myself to your thread - and to you. I am at the point where whenever I speak of therapists or doctors I refer to most of them as “experts”. Glad that there are some like you out there - thank you!
I am on the search for any studies that the “Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria” (ROGD) which often occurs in clusters at schools, among friends, etc. might be more than a social contagion - but an actual virus or biological contagion.
Imagine my surprise when I discovered that many researchers believe/proven that strep throat can cause rapid onset OCD! (PANDAS). Many transgenders were previously diagnosed with OCD, and that probably plays some role in their gender dysphoria.
But what if, like OCD, gender dysphoria can be caused by a physical illness? (And then perhaps treated!!!????)