text: Well, there's quite a lot to answer there! I'll ignore the global warming red herring at the end (nice try, though, petal). 1. Genetically, there are 2 SEXES, not genders. "Sex" refers to biological differences (hormones, genitalia etc), whereas gender refers to sociocultural norms associated with sex. (See WHO's website for details; see also Pavlov 2014). Conflating sex and gender really is a schoolboy error (or is that expression not considered PC enough?) 2. The science isn't settled that being transgender is a mental disease. You're either deliberately misinterpreting the facts or have misunderstood them. 3. Johns Hopkins has recently reopened its gender clinic, and now performs gender reassignment treatments after re-evaluating McHugh's findings. 4. Citing McHugh alone ignores the scores of other psychiatrists whose findings differ greatly from those presented by McHugh (for example Colizzi et al, De Cuypere et al., and so on). 5. The methodology in Hopkins research was criticised for being flawed almost immediately after its publication. It judged patients to be "poorly adjusted" if they were involved in relationships with someone of the same sex post-transition. 6. Thepublicdiscourse is run by a far-right think-tank, and can thus be discredited due to ideological interference. Present a more neutral source and you might have an argument. 7. McHugh's findings can also be discredited based on ideological conflict; in 1992, he admitted that his goal was to have the gender clinic at Johns Hopkins shut down after taking it over in 1975, 4 years before his "findings" were made public. Isn't that a swell coincidence? (See McHugh, 1992). 8. Gender dysphoria (arguably an offshoot of ego-dystonic sexual identity disorder) certainly exists, but not everyone who is trans suffers from it. 9. You don't "enable" a mental disorder. They occur. Reassignment therapy can be seen as a form of treatment for those who suffer from gender dysphoria. 10. I actually agree that children should not undergo reassignment therapy, for the simple reason that their development has not finished, and thus it's possible that they may change as they advance through their teenage years. 11. Hopkins is but one hospital. Their policy is not representative of other hospitals where reassignment therapy has proven to be a success over a prolonged period. 12. You cite McHugh yet do not provide the name or coauthors of his work, nor do you explain the methodology. You're simply regurgitating the information that you found on a far right website. 13. Johns Hopkins were quick to distance themselves from McHugh, contending that his research doesn't represent their views. I'm sure that your life would be more fulfilling if you didn't waste it trying to make others miserable, babe. Oh, and "liberal" isn't really an insult, given that it means "free", although it speaks volumes about your own ideology and outlook. You take care now xoxoxo