(03-24-2023, 01:10 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: Studies that aren't motivated by profit disagree with you.

Which studies disagree with which part of what I said?  Did these studies weigh the benefit of potentially reducing teen suicide along with the alleged drawbacks of the puberty blockers?  Did they look at puberty blockers in isolation, or did they look at them in conjunction with cross gender hormones?

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(03-24-2023, 01:14 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(03-24-2023, 12:30 PM)mikesez Wrote: Puberty blockers and certain other hormonal therapies were never controversial before 2015.  It's not hard to find articles describing what it was like for certain people to go through puberty at age 5. Not fun! Very difficult socially.  5 year olds are never prepared emotionally or socially to deal with adult urges and adult bodies. Up until a few decades ago, medical science couldn't fix it.  Now they can.

I get called transphobic on other forums.  That's unfortunate, but I would openly identify as trans-skeptic.  But that doesn't mean I lack empathy.  I think these people have a very difficult condition that should not be ignored.  A 10 year old child who was born with a normal vagina but insists they are a boy, is emotionally and socially unwell, and needs some sort of treatment, we all agree.  If we can agree that all five year olds aren't ready for puberty, we should all be able to agree that certain 10 year olds and 12 year olds, such as these, aren't ready either.  Puberty blockers are an appropriate treatment in both cases.

That might be the absolute worst equivalency I've ever seen. You really said that because we need to delay puberty for those who are not physically at the age to endure it we should delay it for others who have mental illness? No, we should not intentionally delay a natural developmental process that is occurring at the appropriate time. No.

Lina Medina delivered a baby at age 5 with minimal prenatal care.  She was physically at the age to endure all consequences of puberty.  The only reason any person of any age delays their puberty is social and emotional.

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