Too many "Progressives,” groups I used to identify with, are trying to shame and quiet anyone who has doubts about the wisdom of letting children undergo procedures like hormone replacement and surgery to change the gender they were born with.  The words used are also dishonest, in my opinion.  If children can’t get hormone replacement and surgery, they say they’re being denied “medical care.”  They also call the gender they were born with “assigned” as if someone at their birth declared without looking “You’re a girl” or “you’re a boy.”

Today there was a letter to the editor from a mother of a transgender girl saying “Having questions doesn’t mean I’m anti-trans.”  She spoke of her love for and pride in her transgender daughter.  But she says ”I still have reasonable concerns about medical transition—safety, risks, and benefits. I’m not alone in my questioning, but I find it difficult to speak up without coming under fire or being …labeled.”

https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/letterstotheeditor/article/transgender-questions-18130495.php