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Puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria to be banned indefinitely (news.stv.tv)

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Treatment for gender dysphoria aims to help people live the way they want to, in their preferred gender identity or as non-binary.

Some young trans, intersex, and gender non-binary people may decide to take puberty blockers after talking about it with their parents or guardian and a nurse or doctor.

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[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So much so that it's become detrimental to people who need actual protections and considerations

The same organizations that fight for LGBT+ rights do the same for intersex people too.

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/blog/intersex-not-invisible/

We're not teaching men that it's okay to do things like paint their nails, etc -- We've got this whole section of society that want to turn that guy into a woman because he wants to paint his nails; instead of just saying -- It's okay for dudes to paint their nails.

For a community that strives on "greyscale", there's a whooooole fucking lot of emphasis in staying in those gender roles by changing who you are, instead of just saying it's okay to do the things you want to do AS you are.

What are you on? In no universe are people trying to 'turn people trans' that's not how any of this works. You fundamentally misunderstand the entire concept of gender acceptance and what it means to be transgender. Transgender is different from Nonbinary and Intersex.

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/guide/a-guide-to-being-an-ally-to-transgender-and-nonbinary-youth/

Puberty Blockers are not the way to solve this, and we need to remove gender-identity as a social acceptable and turn it around and let people know they can do things without changing or mutilating their bodies to do so.

Puberty blockers are not 'mutilation'. That's just straight up right-wing disinformation and a fundamental misunderstanding of the reality of puberty blockers.

You should read the information put together by the Trevor Project if you genuinely want to learn more. They answer all the misconceptions you've demonstrated here.