Holy shit. I just talked a cis guy on the internet down from "Let kids be kids" and got him to see why gender-affirming care for teens absolutely cannot wait.

This is one of my greatest achievements. I have a legitimate urge to take a victory lap.

The thing that persuaded him, if you're curious:
@Impossible_PhD Damn. That was frikkin' *perfect*. And I feel that description so much, *especially* about shoe sizes. I'm a 14 in women's sizing. I have *three* pairs of Pleasers, only one of which really fit me properly. Sigh.  
@shaggyzed SERIOUSLY I like pleasers for, erm, certain things, but they feel weird to wear going into work or whatever.
@Impossible_PhD Oh, I get it.  But they do have some more, ah... reasonable offerings in their catalog. And some are cute too!