
Reluctant smash, I think that it can be done in a much better way than how it is in the US, (look at the Nordic countries). In an ideal world, I wouldn’t choose capitalism, but I think that reforming it is the only realistic option that we have in the US at the moment.
1. That’s a tough one. I think it should primarily be up to the child themselves and their physicians, with some parental involvement. Ideally, I think that things like actual surgeries should be reserved for adults, but if the child’s physicians believe that they are at an increased risk of self-harm or other serious adverse outcome if they don’t receive surgical intervention, I believe that they should be able to receive surgical gender affirming care.
2. I don’t have any issues at all with non-surgical options as long as they’re approved by a physician. I also think that the whole thing is massively overblown by the media to fuel a culture war considering the relatively tiny amount of children that seek out gender affirming care (especially surgery) in the first place. Sorry for the long answer lol
if i had to place you on a spectrum where 1 was far left and 10 was far right i would put you at 2.5-3. you have quite a few leftist views on things like gun ownership, billionaires, and capitalism, but are realistic in the sense that you recognize systemic changes are hard to achieve. i don’t think you consider yourself a democrat but you still mostly vote dem because it’s the best we can do at the moment