You’ve probably noticed how obsessively they talk about trans youth — not with compassion, not with any real understanding, but with that faux-concern tone, as if they’re the last line of defence against ‘irreversible damage’. Fertility, brain development, and future regret. All the buzzwords. All designed to sound medical, moral, and necessary.
We’ve heard it all: puberty blockers are dangerous, hormones are irreversible, and somehow, somehow, these people have all become deeply invested in the fertility of other people’s kids. It’s not creepy at all, apparently.
But let’s be honest — this isn’t about concern. It’s about control. Always has been.
They don’t actually believe the nonsense they spout. Many of them are educated. They’ve read the studies. They know full well that puberty blockers are safe, that HRT is carefully managed, and that regret rates are low. But facts were never the point. Outrage is the point. Because outrage wins funding, followers, column inches, and votes.
And underneath all the noise, all the press conferences and parliamentary committee performances, there’s a much quieter panic bubbling away.
They’re terrified we might pass.
See, when trans girls get puberty blockers at the right time and go through the right puberty, no deep voice, no facial hair, no testosterone-driven features — they grow up looking like, well, girls. Not a political talking point. Not a cultural battlefield. Just a girl in her school uniform texting her mates about maths homework and Love Island.
And that, for the anti-trans crowd, is a nightmare.
Because their whole ideology depends on visibility. They need to be able to tell. They need to point and shout, to say “there! That’s one of them!” Because if they can’t do that, how do they justify the fear? How do they keep selling the idea of trans people as some looming societal threat if, awkwardly, we’re blending in and minding our business?
They know that trans women who transition in adulthood can and do pass. They might claim, smugly, “we can always tell” — but that’s projection, not reality.
Because here’s the real issue: if trans kids are supported, affirmed, and given access to healthcare, they grow up without the trauma we’re supposed to carry. No identity crisis, no shame spiral, no scars for them to weaponise.
And when those kids grow up confident, happy, and yes, indistinguishable from their cis peers, the whole anti-trans narrative falls apart. You can’t wage a culture war against people you can’t even identify.
So no, it’s not about the children. It never was. It’s about losing the ability to control the frame — to decide who counts, who belongs, and who gets left out.
They’re not scared we’re making mistakes.
They’re scared that if no one can tell, no one listens to them.