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Hippiesq's avatar

In no world is the failure to stop natural puberty or the failure to cause unnatural side effects from chemicals or loss of body parts from unnecessary surgeries a cause of suicides. On the other hand, LYING to children, teens and vulnerable young adults and telling them they MUST alter their bodies to appear the opposite sex and MUST be treated and referred to as the opposite sex in order to have any semblance of happiness or peace of mind (or to not be constantly tormented) - and that they are fairly likely to kill themselves if they don't immediately get those things - IS certainly a cause of suicides (although thankfully rare). Actually causing physical harm to these vulnerable individuals through use of chemicals and scalpels is another (rare) cause of suicides, as is removing young people from the support of loving families.

The bottom line is that these organizations, such as Trevor Project, are responsible for pain and suffering, and, yes, they have blood on their hands.

If any of these organizations truly wanted to help vulnerable, non-conforming, sensitive individuals, they would be promoting acceptance of such unique people for who they are rather than chemically and surgically altering their bodies to make them less healthy and pretending they are the opposite sex.

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EyesOpen's avatar

Thank you for writing this. I can now share this article with those on Facebook who are posting about suicide to help inform them.

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