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"I keep going back to kids I knew growing up who were gender non-conforming or queer. Who got kicked out of their parents' houses, who cut themselves or drank or got routinely high starting in middle school, who tore themselves apart, who, in some instances, did not survive." -- Jude Ellison S. Doyle (sadydoyle), 2021-03-29 (start of a thread, included for context; see below)

"In the UK the 'debate' often poses 'validation' as if it's just narcissistic nonsense, and that's easily done because cis people don't even notice they get it every day for free. But this is what it actually is. Children without basic validation suffer, it's a human need" -- Katy Montgomerie (KatyMontgomerie), 2021-03-30 (quote-tweeting Doyle, above)

[I'll be quoting more of that first thread later, BTW.]