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> Campaigners who brought the legal action had argued the safeguards in place were inadequate and raised concerns about the long-term physical and psychological
by konsalexee 2mo ago
> Campaigners who brought the legal action had argued the safeguards in place were inadequate and raised concerns about the long-term physical and psychological effects on young people.
What exactly are the safeguards for real? It’s literally irreversible damage when you mess up with hormones while on puberty.
I am conflicted myself, but I think I err on the side of caution and think that avoiding messing with your hormones should be no brainer.
- summermusic 2mo ago> Irreversible damage Puberty blockers are safe, effective, and generally reversible
- konsalexee 2mo ago> Puberty blockers are safe, effective, and generally reversible Any credible studies to back this up? I find the contrary when I looked last time around, and it does not feel reversible when you disrupt the most important phase of your development (body wise). But maybe I miss context here so happy to learn
- imperatorstorm 2mo agohttps://www.saxinstitute.org.au/resource/evidence-for-effective-interventions-for-children-and-young-people-with-gender-dysphoria-update https://www.saxinstitute.org.au/resource/evidence-for-effect... Rew, L., Young, C.C., Monge, M. and Bogucka, R. (2021), Review: Puberty blockers for transgender and gender diverse youth—a critical review of the literature. Child Adolesc Ment Health, 26: 3-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12437 https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12437 Jamie L Finegan, Maja Marinkovic, Kyle Okamuro, Ron S Newfield, Jennifer T Anger, Experience with gender affirming hormones and puberty blockers (gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist): a qualitative analysis of sexual function, The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Volume 22, Issue 5, May 2025, Pages 945–950, https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdaf061 https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdaf061
- HedonicEscal8r 2mo ago> It’s literally irreversible damage when you mess up with hormones while on puberty. This is equally true when you don't intervene. The children being recruited for this study would otherwise be forced to undergo physical changes that cause them severe psychological distress and would need to be surgically corrected in adulthood.
- pseudalopex 2mo ago> This is equally true when you don't intervene. The effects of puberty blockers can be reversed much more than the effects of puberty.