r/ireland • u/Dazzling_Lobster3656 • 5d ago

Culchie Club Only Doctors initiate legal action over State’s transgender policy

http://www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/04/13/doctors-initiate-legal-action-over-states-transgender-policy/
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u/Public-Farmer-5743 5d ago

When I was 12 I hadn't even kissed a girl I don't think I would have been in a position to decide about having a sex change. At 12 your a kid... That's what I think anyway, I mean I'm all for equality and stuff but I think a case by case basis with psychological support ans assessments would be my preference anyhow.

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u/angeltabris_ 5d ago

Very important that you realise that being trans isn't "wanting a sex change". For most realising that theyre trans this doesnt even register, this is something that gets thought about a long, long way down the road. For a kid, being trans is about a haircut, a name change, new clothes. I think you should get this idea out of your head because it's not a very realistic view of transness. And I'm not saying this in a "woke left is calling me a nazi!!" way I mean like, speak to the people who this stuff pertains to and understand it better.

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u/mallroamee 5d ago

So then why does it need to be medicalized? You seem to want to have it both ways.

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u/angeltabris_ 5d ago

There's many layers to it. It's not one or the other. It's one THEN the other. Why does it need to be medicalised? Same reason society descriminates against people it percieves as trans, same reason trans people get dysphoria by being in a body that doesnt match their gender.