Person questions gender transition of young people, others convince that person it is okay

This was posted on Reddit:

If you are too young to consent to sex then I think you are too young to start physically transitioning your gender.

I have a nephew who decided that he wanted to transition to be a female when he was 10 years old. His mom started him on medication that stopped him from producing testosterone. He is now 12 and is taking medications to grow breasts. He is scheduled to undergo surgery in a few years to change his penis to a vagina.

As a kid he always acted like a boy in all ways except he liked the color pink. His aunts and mom kept telling him he was acting like a girl because of it. I think them telling him this as a kid got in his head that he is supposed to be a girl. He never had a boyfriend or girlfriend and I asked him what he was attracted to and he told me he wasn't interested in having a boyfriend or girlfriend. He hasn't really thought about what he's attracted to. It bothers me that his family is having him go thru the physical changes to become a girl when he is so young and doesn't even know what he likes yet sexually.

He is considered to young to have sex but it's okay to change his sex organs before he when understands sex, gender, or who he is. I don't care if he is gay or straight, and if he wants to be a girl or a boy. But I think he is to young to know these things about himself at 10 or 12 years old. I don't think drastic changes should be made until he is old enough to go through puberty and get to know himself. I've never said this to him, I just support what he does because he's young and sensitive about the whole thing. But I told my sister I thought it was wrong and now she is mad at me and says I'm being judgmental and transphobic. I just feel bad for the kid.​

But here's the most outrageous part. After making this post, other people responding to this person's post convinced this person that everything was "okay".

"Thank you for everyone's feedback on this. I didn't realize how many things I was ignorant/confused about and I appreciate those who took the time to explain certain things that I was misinformed on. ... Some of the knowledge I gained has helped me be more understanding and supportive of my nieces situation. ... Some things still feel off to me but I'm pretty sure that those feeling at born from fear for her future struggles and I'm going to put my trust in her doctors and therapists. I'm sorry if my lack of understanding as a sheltered cis male offended anyone, I really didn't mean to be hurtful with my ignorance and ill work on correcting that. To everyone that spent the whole thread arguing the validity of the post- wow. Kind of sad. This is real, this is happening at young ages, and these kids need love and understanding regardless of how we feel about it."
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If you are too young to consent to sex than I think you are too young to start physically transitioning your gender. : TrueOffMyChest (reddit.com)

Sounds like a classic case of gaslighting to me, and giving into group pressure. When you have a circle of people all around you telling you that you're wrong, it's part of human nature to start believing you are the one who is wrong.

 

Adults who push children to reject their natural born sexual identity should be charged with sex crimes and be locked away.