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"Imagine there's a pill you could've taken when you were 12 years old, that meant you would have been ten times more happy, attractive and mentally stable than you are now.
"And now imagine being told you're not allowed it because less than 0.1% of the people who take it regret it.
"Because that's what's happening to transgender teens right now.
"And this is probably the only way I can get many non-transgender people to understand this concept."
-- Caitlin Spice (CateSpice), 2022-02-23
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I wish I believed that line of argumentation worked. But it relies on the listener valuing the happiness of others, and I think a lot of the problems of our society come from the non-trivial population that feels, "Well, nobody's ever cared about my happiness, so why should I care about yours. Nobody ever offered me a pill to feel 10 times happier growing up. I suffered, so you should suffer too."
Sigh.