Legislators in at least two U.S. states are citing a recent decision in England to restrict gender transitions for young people as support for their own related proposals.
They weren’t the first to turn to other countries, notably in Europe, for policy and research ideas. Lawmakers across the U.S., where at least 23 states now have tightened or removed access to transgender health care for minors, have routinely cited non-U.S. research or policies as justification for their legislation.
Yet leading health organizations in the United States and Europe continue to decisively endorse gender-affirming care for both transgender youths and adults.
Among other things, they argue that restrictions on things like hormone therapy tend to single out transgender youths, even though other young people also can benefit from them. And transgender advocates and allies see a political attempt to erase them, cloaked as concern for children.
All the evidence we have definitivly proofs, that gender affirming care for minors is reliable, safe and effective.
If anyone tells you otherwise, they just lie. And at this point, not knowing this basic fact is just an admission of ignorance at best. Because I can google that in 5 minutes and drown in research-findings, that are easy enough to read. Also this “issue” is so present in general media, not having heard of it is practically impossible.
I just wish news-outlets would start mentioning that fact in the headlines. This is not a debate, and never has been.
Its one side having the truth, while the other side is, again, full of lies and harmfull intent.
Like every time with conservatives: The cruelty is the point. They just hate you. They want you dead.
safe
Hormone blockers and surgeries cause irreversible changes to people’s healthy bodies. Such life altering, irreversible, elective changes are incredibly dangerous territory for minors to wade into and is why we are seeing such irreversible, elective changes being increasingly barred from minors.
With a 1% regret rate it is not something that trans people have an issue with. You can count on one hand the number of trans individuals that have gone back permanently. Also puberty blockers are completely reversible, it’s not until months on the actual hormones that people start getting permanent changes. And even then that isn’t that irreversible.
With a 1% regret rate
87.8% of children are no longer gender dysphoric after reaching adulthood. That is a major reason why irreversible, elective medical changes to a child’s healthy body is so incredibly dangerous.
study source: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.632784/full
Right off the bat that study is about sexual identity, ie- sexual preferences, not gender identity ie who one is.
And the are much better studies that are far more comprehensive
“found an overall rate of 1 percent for regret after surgery for both transmasculine and transfeminine surgeries.” https://slate.com/technology/2024/02/transgender-youth-health-care-regret-pamela-paul-nyt-data.html
that study is about sexual identity, ie- sexual preferences, not gender identity ie who one is.
You didn’t even get past the title which clearly describes it is about gender identity disorder: “A Follow-Up Study of Boys With Gender Identity Disorder”. It also has info about sexual preferences, but that portion isn’t relevant to this discussion.
At follow-up, gender identity/dysphoria was assessed via multiple methods and the participants were classified as either persisters or desisters…Of the 139 participants, 17 (12.2%) were classified as persisters and the remaining 122 (87.8%) were classified as desisters.
Read your own damn study. You are selectively omitting the words right before "of the 139 participants "
"Sexual orientation was ascertained for both fantasy and behavior and then dichotomized as either biphilic/androphilic or gynephilic. Of the 139 participants, 17 (12.2%) were classified as persisters and the remaining 122 (87.8%) were classified as desisters. Data on sexual orientation in fantasy were available for 129 participants:… "
Children are not receiving gender affirming surgery. That is a flat out lie. Hormone blockers are not irreversible, it’s literally in the name.
Hormone blockers are not irreversible, it’s literally in the name
The years of blocked puberty is not reversible. You don’t get that time back. Nor does the body properly deal with a stunted puberty years after it was supposed to happen.
Better a delayed puberty than a wrong or precocious one.
And yes, studies have shown that puberty continues as normal once they’re off hormone blockers.
You’re just mad that there’s medication that makes trans people stop being suicidal. If your goal was to protect kids then your ire would be directed at churches for their role in the circumcision and molestation epidemics.
