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Jay's avatar

Thank you so, so much for standing with trans people and presenting actual evidence. I appreciate it very much

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Paul Wilson's avatar

My pleasure, Jay. I have trans whānau so this is personal for me too. 👊🙏

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Zoé's avatar

Thank you, Paul, this is much needed and helps to redress such harmful rhetoric that is out there. My son was suicidal before the medical world started listening to him and supporting him to be himself. He still has his up and down days, but I want my son to be alive and thriving. Your words help this.

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Julez's avatar

Great article! Really good, I'm very tired of the 'Jan's of the world. Thank you for doing the hard work👏👏👏

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Paul Wilson's avatar

My pleasure. I so hear you.

I confess I often wonder whether they actually believe the false statements they share (that's misinformation) or if they know it's false and just don't care, so long as it serves the 'cause' (that's disinformation).

But then there can be a lot of motivated reasoning and internal splitting in the most relentlessly homophobic and transphobic individuals so the two options are not so cleanly demarcated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivated_reasoning

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splitting_(psychology)

Don't get me wrong - it's not OK, either way. But the desire to understand people's inner worlds makes me endlessly curious. Occupational hazard as a psychotherapist, mea culpa!

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rainbow brute's avatar

Excellent work Paul

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Paul Wilson's avatar

Thanks. 👊🙏

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