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My girlfriend's kid considered the possibility for a time that he was trans, and identified as female for a few weeks. Eventually he decided that he wasn't trans; so be it.

Here's what I'm seeing in that: it's not like GenZ admits to being trans only after they have no choice; they are accepting enough of the possibility that they explore it. Sometimes, like my girlfriend's kid, they'll decide that they aren't trans at all; but on the other hand, those kids who actually ARE trans will find a great deal of acceptance is already there for them, no battle required. Not everywhere in America, not every family, but a lot of them and more and more by the day.

I grew up GenX and I'm cishet. The thing is, in GenX days, there was enough pressure to be cishet that you WERE cishet unless you absolutely could not be. That's not how this should work. People should be free to explore without shame, discover who they actually are. I feel very comfortable as cishet, but I can't deny the possibility that it was simply so hammered into me that any non-cishet tendencies I otherwise might have had are no more.

One other random rambling thought: one thing we should prepare for, is the possibility of fluidity. Like, people may go through periods of being cishet but then they're gay or lesbian; or they may identify as male but then as female; and it's not a matter of rejecting identity, so much as fluidity is part of their experience. Keep an eye open for that and be accepting when you see it, because I suspect we're going to collectively realize it's a thing.