When my son wanted to be a dumptruck at the age of four, I guess I should have strapped a bucket of dirt to his back and called him "Mack" or "Kenworth" instead of ignoring his self-determination. I'm all for exploring who you are and who you can become and certainly don't want to see anyone harmed physically or psychologically by intoleranbce but there are sure to be problems down the road that won't become evident for years until this generation of self-determiners grow into adulthood. I just can't applaud this as a total-good with the future (and unintended) consequences being unknown.
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