And you think you know more than the kid's doctor to predecide for millions of kids in your country?

It's not our risk to accept. It's between the person and their doctor.

So you consider the side effects an acceptable risk?

Doctors that are specialized in that field should know that better than you or me, no?

But I'll humor you anyway. You know what also has side effects? Going through puberty. And those side effects are permanent. If your puberty changes you in ways that don't align with your gender identity, those side effects include higher risk of dying by suicide, as one example. So yeah, that seems like a risk that I, with my unqualified opinion, would be willing to take in order to make sure my child and their doctors have enough time to figure out who they are and what they need.

The vast majority of doctors that specialize in gender care and endocrinology disagree with that small minority of doctors who aren't specialists in this field.

It's like asking a dentist for their opinion on brain surgery. They're not qualified to have one.

You think you're more qualified than a doctor to assess whether a kid is capable of making bodily decisions? You can only speak for yourself.

At what point in your childhood were you so sure that you were not the gender that matches your biological sex that suicide was not an insignificant consideration due to the lack of support?

https://www.hcplive.com/view/suicide-risk-reduces-73-transgender-nonbinary-youths-gender-affirming-care

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Hormones absolutely affect more than cosmetic things.

I started hormone replacement therapy 2 months ago. I spent four decades before that wanting to commit suicide.

I still mostly look like a man and my mental health has vastly improved. I'm less defensive less reactionary more open. I get a long better with everybody in my life.

Including myself.

Being congruent with your gender both chemically and socially helps people feel more joy happiness and self-acceptance.

That is not cosmetic and you have no idea what you're talking about.

Like I said in an earlier comment you're not a doctor. And you cite doctors that aren't specialists in the field who have an agenda.

Seriously mind your own business and let parents and doctors that actually understand this stuff take care of kids that need life-saving treatment.

And while you're at it maybe look up the study that was just done about how suicide rates in trans youth are 70% higher states deny health care to trans youth.

In other words educate yourself before having an opinion about something you know nothing about.