Dr. Phil McGraw argues that the recent spike in transgender identification among young women is evidence of a social contagion rather than merely increased freedom to come out.

“they say but we don't think it's a contagion effect well of course it is it's it's got to be contagion effect people are seeing that they say well it's they just feel more free to come out uh about it well well it's the pop yeah that's such rubbish”