I've been flicking through
Pediatric Gender Identity which is written/edited by a bunch of 'affirmative' clinicians. It includes a very interesting chapter written by some Dutch clinicians on the autism-troonism connection including an utterly horrifying and insane "vignette."
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Like what the fuck? How does something like this even happen in a clinical situation and how did the clinicians think that they were doing The Right Thing? Also keep in mind that the authors admit that ASD patients may have lower levels of psychological functioning than ASD individuals in general:
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This is, as is the case throughout the entire chapter, not taken to imply or suggest that maybe their gender dysphoria or cross-sex desires are caused by underlying psychological issues. But the real kicker is that right after the Sam vignette they write:
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Excellent. So, Sam, an undeniably autistic youth, was given a "treatment" of multiple drugs with no supporting evidence - not even poor evidence - on a basis - that he has a 'female' gender identity - which almost certainly has zero diagnostic validity. Very good and ethical medical practice this is.
The chapter earlier also cites the "maybe autism is a symptom of being trans" paper by Turban which is basically "retarded thought-bubbling" the paper:
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