I&#x27;m kind of disturbed by this and think that we will eventually look back on it as a sign of the primitive barbarism of today&#x27;s society [0], but for nearly opposite reasons from the usual right-wing transphobic reasons: I suspect a substantial source of gender dysphoria -- if not the dominant source -- isn&#x27;t a fundamental incompatibility of internal identity with biological sex features, but a fundamental incompatibility of internal identity with imposed social gender stereotypes where socially-perceived gender is tied to outward biological sex characteristics.<p>To the extent this is the case, this approach amounts to making children conform their outward sex characteristics to society&#x27;s gender stereotypes that most closely correspond to their internal identity. Which may be less barbaric than trying to force them to conform their behavior to the gender stereotypes that most closely match their outward sex characteristics, but not <i>much</i> less.<p>[0] I do want to emphasize that, in saying that, I am <i>not</i> arguing against the idea that its the best approach we have available now, or that parents and clinicians shouldn&#x27;t choose this approach; I&#x27;m saying that I strongly suspect that the <i>reason</i> that it may be the best approach we have available is a much more fundamental problem with our social approach to gender.