In every generation there are a group of youths which don’t fit into society and they try to find something to fit in with. When I was young it was Punk Rock, then it was the Goth scene (and if any of those “Goths” had seen an actual Visigoth they would have turned into a puddle of tears and eyeliner). Now, for whatever reason, transsexuality is the weirdness of the day. The difference is that punks or goths could get their hair cut, change clothes and go on with their lives. You go get replumbed and you aren’t coming back from that.
You won't always have a Wizard to invoke "Drizzle Drazzle Druzzle Drum, Time For This One to Come Home"