In fact, the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-5 (2013), the definitive manual psychiatrists and psychologists use to diagnose gender dysphoria (and everything else), specifically addresses your concern: Well good news! Lisa is completely wrong. You would almost get the impression that the advent of transgender awareness and activism had resulted in a plague of false positives! Children transitioning left and right because their well-meaning parents hadn’t considered the possibility that a kid was “just” a tomboy (or the reverse – a janegirl?), resulting in tragically, permanently transitioned kids who certainly regret their decisions as adults. She promises: “Let’s be clear: If my daughter does begin to feel that the gender in her mind and the sex of her body don’t match, I will be supportive.” Oh and don’t worry! Because if her child decides that they are transgender, she’ll totally listen. Lisa would like us to know that she is super tolerant and loves it that her daughter is gender-nonconforming – but you’d darn well better stop asking if she’s trans because not every child who dresses unladylike is a trans boy gosh darnit. Her daughter is a tomboy thankyouverymuch. Lisa Selin Davis would like us to know that her daughter is not transgender.
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