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Trans youth describe what gives them gender euphoria in massive new study (www.lgbtqnation.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The kids are alright when they're treated like themselves...

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is more than "a name that they want to be called". Sometimes people don't fit in the social constuct that was assigned to them without their choice. What you describe is someone affirming themselves by themselves. When we are denied the right to define ourselves, that can be devastating.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I know that the name is not all that belongs to building a self image