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Blue-state hospitals are folding on trans youth care. Parents are wondering why they moved.
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Who said they are?
Puberty blockers
A) are prescribed all the time to children youger who start puberty 'too early'
B) are reversed the moment you stop taking them.
Also, it's not a binary choice, or permenant. If a child wants to by jenifer instead of Steven for week, just do it? You'd do the same if they wanted to be called pirate king for a week.
Also,
No one is doing medical intervention without it being persistent. No one is prescribing these on a whim.
Actual question, not getting at anything here: how do puberty blocker effects reverse? Does it essentially make you a late bloomer if you stop taking them, or is some growth missed out on/skipped because you take them?
I'm seeing some people say that it pauses things and doesn't cause any issues if someone goes off them, but I'm seeing other comments that it can negatively impact bone density. How does it not stunt puberty at all if it's paused for a certain period of time?
And not to be rude, please do your own research here.
I'm not saying this to be mean, I'm. saying it because I'm a random asshat on the internet. Find trusted sources, and find people who know more than me, an anon asshat.
Also, Its not always.... Good... To ask the repressed minioroty for education. Its fully well intentioned. But your deferring to my opniom as if I'm a medical expert. When I'm at most an expert in my own health care.
My opinions om care are informed by opinions like paediatricians and other medical professional associations, all of whom say this care is safe.
I linked in another comment these were first used in the early 80s, 45 years ago. There's TONs of info.
Now, like I said, not a medical expert. But I do have an acemic experience (degree in physics). I'll say a good start is google scholor. Or looking for information on trusted places, like the medical associations.
Thats not to say there aren't side effects, there's always risk with medical decisions. On both sides.
There are many trans kids who kill them selves because transitioning isnt an option available to them. So saying 'no' to it, also has real risks.
Edit: I provided a link in another reply
https://www.jeremypbushnell.com/unfinished_everything/The%20history%20of%20puberty%20blockers%20-%20affirmative%20care.html
I did, and then I asked a question on this forum after reading over conflicting answers from what I thought were decent sources and other forums.
This is a politics forum for conversation. It's silly not to ask questions on a forum that any user on the thread can answer. That's one of the prime benefits of the Internet - asking questions and conversing with people around the world while learning things.
Either way, thanks for providing the link.
Delayed edit: here's the last article I pulled up that talked about potential bone density and neuro issues that were not yet studied enough.
https://politifact.com/article/2023/aug/28/puberty-blockers-the-facts-and-the-myths/
My full opnion on what I'm am expert in is already posted in this thread. My own health care and experience.
You asked for a viewpoint on one I can not provide. As I'm not a medical care expert. I defer to those I've already mentioned.
And that doesn't really address the second part. Your asking a trans woman to be an expert in something the vast majority of us are not. Your asking a minority to be an expert and a representivie of the community as a whole. Rather than the individual they are. My background is physics. I can answer quantum questions no problem. I can even talk stattics in a lot of different contexts. But medical care is not one.
Its a common, but overhwleming, ask to be that expert, representative, or (calling it what it is) token.
Thats why I'm rejecting the question. Not because it was asked in bad faith. But That it has no business being asked of a random asshat on the internet. And at no point should you trust the answer anyways.
I'm replying to your comment as an open question for you or anyone else on the forum to respond to. Sorry for the confusion: the question is not only for you.
Delayed edit: I should have prefaced my original response to make this more clear and not make it seem like the pressure was on you. My bad.