My 14yo son has said he thinks he might be trans. This is a big shock to us, his parents, as there has been nothing in his past behaviour, or thoughts he has expressed that give any clue to this. He has siblings (23 yo sister recently returned home, 26yo brother living not far away) he is very much like an only child. Now, we are very much at the stage of not being convinced it is real. - this is sudden - spent most last year with a girlfriend (but not able to do much with Covid) - recently passionately argued the men's rights guff that he spent time exposed to on gamer forums -changed friendships groups at school at the end of last year, one of whom is a trans girl outside of school (but not at school - has been seeing a psych through last year dealing with anxiety and other issues ostensibly related to some bullying in grade 7. So...we're aware of the much reported social contagion effect and, knowing he spends a lot of time online (more than we want) we really want to sure of things before he goes down this path. I do want to be clear that if we are convinced that this is genuine then of course we will be supportive
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