A transgender psychologist fears many teens are making life-changing decisions about gender because it’s trendy and pushed on social media.
Erica Anderson, 71, told the “Los Angeles Times” she is horrified by 13-year-old kids getting hormone treatment without meeting with psychologists first.
Dr. Anderson identifies herself as a transgender woman after decades of life as a man. The psychologist began with hormone treatments and eventually had gender reassignment surgery at the age of 61.
“To flatly say there couldn’t be any social influence in formation of gender identity flies in the face of reality,” Anderson said. “Teenagers influence each other.”
Social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic included children becoming more isolated and many leaned on social media networks, according to the Times report.
“What happens when the perfect storm — of social isolation, exponentially increased consumption of social media, the popularity of alternative identities — affects the actual development of individual kids?” asked Anderson.
