I can appreciate that YOU don't think that's happening, but I've 100% seen claims that surgeries and hormones are happening without the parents' approval or knowledge. You seem like you're trying to keep a rational perspective, which I appreciate and respect, but please understand others on your side unfortunately are in fact that gullible and hateful, so if you stand too close, you might get confused with them occasionally.
As for being open minded vs pushing, I don't think pushing is happening in any capacity that could be described as systemic. As I said with the counselors last time, there may be a few fringe cases, but by and large, nobody is PUSHING children to become trans. A growing number of schools will provide a welcoming environment that will accept kids who claim they're trans, but that's not pushing it on them.
From my understanding, the vast majority of teens attempting to transition do it mostly without medical intervention. They wear clothing and style their hair in ways that reinforce their desired gender, maybe go by a new name they see as more gender appropriate, but surgeries are FAR from a common experience. From what I've heard, hormones are often not given yet, either, and if they are, it's typically a lengthy process involving multiple consultations with a doctor and I think in many cases a psychiatrist/psychologist.
Far more common is giving them puberty blockers so that IF AND ONLY IF the desire to transition persists long term, they can avoid puberty's massive dose of hormones corresponding to the undesired biological gender and dose themselves with the desired hormones when they get closer yo adulthood. The only risk from this that I'm aware of is lower bone density, but from my understanding, while this is somewhat concerning, it's worth pointing out that kids who DON'T transition likely won't stay on them nearly as long as kids who do, and kids who DO transition will likely find it worthwhile for at least two reasons. One, the gender dysphoria often makes them miserable, so weaker bones are a comparatively small concern at the level of impact I'm aware of. Two, they'll likely pass as their new gender even more successfully, which will significantly reduce the bigoted backlash they face.
It's possible I'm misunderstanding something, so if you have any reputable sources that can contradict anything I've said, I'm open to checking them out. But from my understanding, this concern is blown WAY out of proportion by conservative media and politicians to feed on the fears of people much more bigoted than you seem to be trying to be.
