The current movement has moved away from viewing gender dysphoria as a severe mental health issue and now treats it merely as a matter of choice.

“one of my concerns around this is that we really have gotten away from hey we are treating people of severe mental illness like someone was going through this has severe pathology happening now it's just if you choose”

He suggests that an adolescent's confusion regarding gender identity may be a manifestation of psychological contagion rather than an inherent truth about their identity.

“it struck me as highly likely that confusion about gender identity on the ideological end and categorical front would translate itself into confusion about gender among adolescents in particular who were just starting to catalyze their gender identity”

Konstantin Kisin characterizes the current model of rapid pediatric gender medicalization as a potential large-scale medical malpractice scandal.

“it sounds like what you're saying is this is a medical malpractice Scandal on a large scale that is going to blow up in people's faces very soon in your opinion or at least should blow up in people's faces very”

Jamie Reed claims that pediatric gender clinics are often rushing children into medical interventions without adequate mental health assessments or long-term caution.

“It was getting to the point where we were harming more patients that we were helping just by the Numbers”

Rose supports the necessity of detransitioning children if their gender identification was a mistake or an emotional defense mechanism rather than an innate identity.

“what I realized in those two plus years of Anguish was that I had led my child into it and therefore must lead him out of it it is my responsibility”

Gender dysphoria is not a mental illness according to modern medical classification, but rather a valid aspect of human identity.

“the World Health Organization said, "We're sorry that we listed it as a mental mental illness. It's not a mental illness."”

Gender dysphoria in children and teenagers is a form of social contagion that has been exacerbated by gender-affirming ideology and the lack of differentiation between male and female in schools.

“so it seems to me that what we are seeing in the Gen on the gender dysphoria front which is a form of social contagion and a psychogenic epidemic is an extension of boundary pushing Behavior”

Harrison believes that affirming a child's belief that they are a different gender is equivalent to indulging a delusion rather than an act of compassion.

“she would have conversations with me and ask me like oh what if our kids trans and I would say like not going to affirm a delusion with my kid I don't think that's compassionate or loving”