I’ve had a lot of conversations with cis people about the trans experience and most of these have been cordial, if not enjoyable! While most of the points raised when discussing the struggle for trans liberation elicit sympathy from these people the topic of minors transitioning tends to get the strongest and most oppositional responses. They seem to believe that the possibility that someone may regret transitioning for identity or reproductive reasons justifies blanket bans on transitioning for minors. I’ve also heard concerns about gender affirming care being used as an avenue for medical abuse, of which I am unaware of any verified cases.
How does one approach the topic of trans liberation for trans minors? Obvously debatelord antics aren’t going to win hearts and minds but there has got to be some narrative angle that resonates with cis people or otherwise dispells their fears of cis children coming to harm.
I don’t promote the trevor project necessarily but for the kind of people you are talking about this fact sheet would be helpful: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/facts-about-lgbtq-youth-suicide/
basically my argument would be “trans kids who don’t get gender affirming care are very likely to kill themselves, would you prefer that to them getting the evidenced based care that is recommended by the relevant experts?”