There is an alarming growth in cases of adolescents with sudden-onset gender dysphoria (DGIR), without authorities and specialists addressing the issue with the prudence and seriousness that it requires
The testimonies are repeated: girls who played with dolls, happy childhoods, problematic adolescences (Mattel via AP)
The endless pandemic, with more than a year of closed classrooms, left sequels in adolescents with psychological difficulties and shot up the cases of DGIR (file image – EFE / Paco Campos )
Another constant in the stories is the penchant for manga and anime.
Self-diagnosis in networks: girls who, from one day to the next, declare that they feel like men
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Celebration in Mexico because the Oaxaca Congress approved the change of gender identity in children (Photo: @Magaly_LopezOax)
Teenage girls hide their breasts and seek information on mastectomies (Getty Images)
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The pandemic isolated adolescents who saw their social lives reduced to networks (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)
The permissive Gender Identity Law, voted in 2012 in Argentina
From teddy bears to finding out about hormone therapy and mastectomies: patterns that are repeated in adolescents with DGIR (REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo)
Gender identity theory posits that there is no link between biology and gender (Bloomberg / Daniel Acker)
Idea for candidates: reform the Trans Law, as Norway has done to protect minors
Gay pride for children in Chascomús: the municipality organized a workshop to “rethink childhoods”