# Are teenagers who claim to be trans just acting out?

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**Created:** [September 8, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-teenagers-who-claim-to-be-trans-just-acting-out/1006960 "2024-09-08T16:28:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-teenagers-who-claim-to-be-trans-just-acting-out/1006960/27 "2024-09-09T03:17:02Z")

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> [@nearwildheaven](#):
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> Do I think a child would “come out as trans” out of the blue for attention, when they really are not? You better believe I do; these are kids who, a few years ago, would have gotten pregnant on purpose or done something equally drastic for attention

So you don’t know that it happens, or if it does, how often. Do you know a single one?

Because you stated that

> [@If conservatives think being gay is a choice, what do they think are the benefits of being gay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-conservatives-think-being-gay-is-a-choice-what-do-they-think-are-the-benefits-of-being-gay/1006014/14):
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> Now, teenagers who claim to be trans? I really think that a huge percentage of them are indeed saying that for attention, or they think they can get away with assorted misbehaviors if they hide behind the “trans” curtain.

How much would you say is “a huge percentage”?

> [@If conservatives think being gay is a choice, what do they think are the benefits of being gay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-conservatives-think-being-gay-is-a-choice-what-do-they-think-are-the-benefits-of-being-gay/1006014/14):
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> This is making things MUCH harder for people who really are trans, or they are intersex.

You know what’s _really_ making things MUCH harder for people who really are trans? People who go around stating that a huge percentage of them are doing it for attention.

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