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Referring to the explosion of transgender identification among youth, Walsh attributes much of it to social contagion, especially social media and peer influence. He debates the narrative that increased identification is just “living one's truth,” arguing that historically, childhood suicidality did not resemble current levels, suggesting that social influences rather than biological factors are involved. He notes that in other cultures, gender roles and identities were spiritual or religious in nature, unlike today’s scientific and biological assertions.