Counseling, not hormones
Thinking about 4thwavenow’s post about suicide, much of the focus on suicides among trans youth seems to be veering toward: If you don’t give us what we want, we’ll kill ourselves. Some trans activists say as much to women who disagree with the axiom: trans women are women.
And, frankly, that’s really unacceptable. It’s unacceptable from a political standpoint, and it’s unacceptable from an individual health care perspective. Suicide should never be used as an implicit or explicit threat. If a trans teenager is claiming suicidal ideation, the response should be to get him/her necessary treatment to prevent suicide, and I’m talking about psychiatric counseling, not hormones.
