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"Puberty blockers" are the same class - and same effects as - the chemicals used to castrate gay people and pedophiles, including Alan Turing. Something the UK
by NaturalPhallacy 4y ago
"Puberty blockers" are the same class - and same effects as - the chemicals used to castrate gay people and pedophiles, including Alan Turing. Something the UK has since officially apologized for. I wonder if there are more apologies to come.
- eesmith 4y agoNot at all! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puberty_blocker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puberty_blocker , "The most commonly used puberty blockers are gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists". See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonadotropin-releasing_hormone_agonist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonadotropin-releasing_hormone... , which shows the structure of "Leuprorelin, one of the most widely used GnRH agonists" and says: > They are agonists of the GnRH receptor and work by increasing or decreasing the release of gonadotropins and the production of sex hormones by the gonads. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing says "He accepted hormone treatment with DES, a procedure commonly referred to as chemical castration, as an alternative to prison." That's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diethylstilbestrol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diethylstilbestrol , "a nonsteroidal estrogen medication". > DES is an estrogen, or an agonist of the estrogen receptors, the biological target of estrogens like estradiol Different structure classes, different targets, and different effects.
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