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I think your summary of the debate around puberty blockers is a bit selective, and your stat “more than 99% will not change their mind” doesn’t seem to be anywh

I think your summary of the debate around puberty blockers is a bit selective, and your stat “more than 99% will not change their mind” doesn’t seem to be anywhere near the true figure, sadly. But what does any of this have to do with my question? Are you really suggesting that attempts to regulate the prescription of puberty blockers in children are a veiled attack on trans people? And you’re saying this to defend the claim that trans people are regularly being ‘told’ they shouldn’t exist?

sascha_sl 5y ago
It increases adverse mental health outcomes, including suicide, so yes. Don't forget the attempts to make educators forcefully out trans kids to their parents and removal of any references to transness from adolecents environment. It's actually quite orwellian to prohibit exposure to the very idea (and words to describe the condition) of transness. I am very much affetced by this, growing up in the 90s with homophobic parents. I did show some signs of being GNC, but having the impression trans people are all sexually motivated perverts, I never allowed myself to get beyond the starting stage of exploring that thought until I met other trans people. Hell, some transphobes are selling guides[1] to avoid child protective services during your quest to avoid your kid from knowing what trans people are[2]. The 99% stat is such deep consensus, transphobes have been citing it as proof that putting children on puberty blockers is causing them to "lock in"[3] (with no proof, obviously). The real story is closer to "very few people are seen by GIDS, and among those, even less get the entirely reversible stopgap measure". The number of all prescriptions at any one time in the UK is usually around 500-600, with many trans people not even having a chance to have them prescribed to them (or getting them off-label / diy). This process needs less gatekeeping, not more. [1]: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/desist-detrans-detox-maria-keffler/1139191883 https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/desist-detrans-detox-maria-... [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBbOw_K6K5Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBbOw_K6K5Q [3]: https://twitter.com/alliancelgb/status/1334639708207509504 https://twitter.com/alliancelgb/status/1334639708207509504

sascha_sl 5y ago

It increases adverse mental health outcomes, including suicide, so yes. Don't forget the attempts to make educators forcefully out trans kids to their parents and removal of any references to transness from adolecents environment. It's actually quite orwellian to prohibit exposure to the very idea (and words to describe the condition) of transness. I am very much affetced by this, growing up in the 90s with homophobic parents. I did show some signs of being GNC, but having the impression trans people are all sexually motivated perverts, I never allowed myself to get beyond the starting stage of exploring that thought until I met other trans people. Hell, some transphobes are selling guides[1] to avoid child protective services during your quest to avoid your kid from knowing what trans people are[2]. The 99% stat is such deep consensus, transphobes have been citing it as proof that putting children on puberty blockers is causing them to "lock in"[3] (with no proof, obviously). The real story is closer to "very few people are seen by GIDS, and among those, even less get the entirely reversible stopgap measure". The number of all prescriptions at any one time in the UK is usually around 500-600, with many trans people not even having a chance to have them prescribed to them (or getting them off-label / diy). This process needs less gatekeeping, not more. [1]: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/desist-detrans-detox-maria-keffler/1139191883 https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/desist-detrans-detox-maria-... [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBbOw_K6K5Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBbOw_K6K5Q [3]: https://twitter.com/alliancelgb/status/1334639708207509504 https://twitter.com/alliancelgb/status/1334639708207509504