I can't bring myself to get mad at these people. These stories just make me sad.

They got God awful advice from people they should have been able to trust on paper.

These corrupt doctors should be the people who tell them, "No. You do not want to physically warp your body in this way because this procedure comes with long term consequences that are very painful and bad to deal with. You can't reverse them when they're done, either."

"If you think you're the other gender because your interests are different from ones stereotypically associated with your gender (girls liking cars or boys liking dancing and theater, for example), you don't have to put yourself through all the pain and complications that come with any surgeries or medications. Just accept that you're the boy or girl you really are and be proud of what you like."

"Embrace that you're an example that having different interests than most girls/boys like you can be done and that there is nothing wrong with that. You are fine with the body you already have and your interests/hobbies don't make you any less of a man/woman as long as they're not hurting anyone else. There is nothing wrong with that."

Unfortunately, that's not the case. I think it's these horrible doctors that should be shamed, ostracized, and criminally punished for taking advantage of vulnerable people and tricking them into doing irreversible damage to their bodies just for their own profit and fame. These doctors shouldn't be given a free pass for defacing their oath to do no harm when they approve and conduct this "gender-affirming care", especially when they do it to young and impressionable people who have no clue what they're signing up for.

I don't hate these victims (that's what I think they are). I just hope they get the help they ACTUALLY need.