It’s real: https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billintroduced/House/pdf/2022-HIB-6454.pdf

    • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Kids have no gender identity and also I will force my kids to have a specific gender identity.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I mean they're being disingenuous. They're going to ban transitioning when you're an adult, too.

      • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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        2 years ago

        Barely even a prediction, given that Florida used handwringing over children to ban transitioning for adults on Medicaid

          • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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            2 years ago

            FWIW this isn't final yet, they're still pushing it through. And also, it's not legislation, it's an executive order to change the way transition is classified.

            That last part is actually worse IMO

    • AssadCurse [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      I still hold that kids don’t have any sort of identity until they are 11-13 or so. At least I didn’t. Complete sponge without a single opinion or position of my own

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I've heard from a lot of people that they knew their gender identity by the time they were like six. Obviously not everyone, but it happens. Same thing with knowing if you're gay or not, a lot of kids figure out who they're attracted to well before puberty.

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          • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            Yeah, I think I was like 7 when I had my first crush, on one of my sisters friends who was like 19 at the time.

            Obviously nothing sexual about it at all at that age, I just knew she was the best thing ever lol

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        • kristina [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          I had an inkling of an idea I was trans before I was 11 but it didn't matter at all to me until puberty started then I turned into a suicidal zombie

        • Mardoniush [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          Yeah, I was pretty clear who I was attracted to by then. Just wanted to be around the girl in my class who always wore the pretty purple bow all the time.