• Squizzy@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Im following here, I am getting that there islikely overlap in anti-lgbt and antivaxxers but what has one to do with the other in terms or people living their lives?

    One is a diagnosis, the other is definitively not

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      2 days ago

      Because trans people’s brains are literally wired to be the gender they transition into, not the body they’re born in.

      Every transgender person I know, including the one I’m married to, knew from a very young age their brain didn’t match their body.

      Finding out and accepting you’re trans is the diagnosis.

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        2 days ago

        Cool. I dont get what this post is saying as it relates to autism or trans people.

        I dont get how what you are saying ties to the post.

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          2 days ago

          The comparison they are making is that there was a stage where all of a sudden a bunch of people were claiming to de-transition and people believe it was a kind of co-ordinated thing to “prove” that transgender was just some kind of fad. OL is saying now that they are doing a similar thing with autistic people going back on their diagnosis and that the strings are being pulled by those who want to “prove” that autism is being over-diagnosed.

          Essentially, it’s the “strategy” being used that’s comparable. It’s designed with an agenda.

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            1 day ago

            Ok cool thanks I can see that. Diagnosis can change though, thats refinement and research a work. The autism scare mongering is ridiculous

    • Leon@pawb.social
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      3 days ago

      Honestly, wouldn’t be that surprised. There’s like 30-50 people who are pushing the anti-trans narrative. Seems like you don’t need a whole lot of people to build a conspiracy like this.