AlwaysThere, I just want to be clear about what you mean here. You’ve made comments on this thread that state or imply that my existence, my identity, and even my family, are not valid. You’ve implied that just by parenting my children I'm guilty of child abuse, and DHS should remove me from my family.  You’ve stated or implied that you don’t need to know anything about me or my condition to know that it is invalid. But you want me to validate your opinion? If that is what your asking, aren’t you asking me to say that my own existence, experience, and medical diagnosis are invalid? That the suffering I’ve experienced, and that I’ve caused my family, is just a mistake?

I will defend your right to hold your opinion, but please, don’t ask me to validate it. I want my family to be safe; but it is the opinion that transgenderism isn’t a valid medical condition – despite the evidence that it is – that most endangers us.

And by the way, thank you for your kind response to my son.