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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[–] mc900ftJesus@lemy.lol 19 points 6 months ago (8 children)

What the fuck is wrong with Labour? Why are they so hardline on being transphobic.

[–] Free_Opinions@feddit.uk -4 points 6 months ago (6 children)

I don’t see how it’s transphobic to think that an underage kid, with an undeveloped brain, might not be capable of making educated, permanent, life-altering decisions like this. Maybe the rest of you were all child prodigies, but I was a complete moron even at 18. There’s no way I should have been allowed to start a medication like that without first consulting several health professionals. Especially so, given that I did go through a few years in my teens where I felt like I was in the wrong body and got depressed because of it. It then turns out that no, I'm actually happy being male, I just like cock too.

[+] Wisely@lemm.ee 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] Free_Opinions@feddit.uk 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Don’t forget going through an unwanted puberty also has lifelong permanent effects

This is the best argument for starting early which is exactly what makes this topic so difficult and why nuanced discussion about it needs to be had rather than just calling the people transphobes who advocate for caution. If there was a way to make sure they're not going to change their minds later then starting with the treatment as early as possible would seems like the obvious way to go, but it's not quite that simple. And no, I'm not for blanket bans either.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 5 points 6 months ago

If there was a way to make sure they're not going to change their minds later then starting with the treatment as early as possible would seems like the obvious way to go, but it's not quite that simple.

Except that's fine if they do? If you stop taking puberty blockers, you start going through puberty. This is not some magic irreversible medication or something, for the ~1% that do change their mind this isn't an issue.

I could maybe see this argument work for gender reassignment surgery, but not for puberty blockers.

We should let healthcare experts make healthcare decisions.

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