• Daisyifyoudo@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          You can’t just walk into a doctors office and say My KiD wAnTs a GeNdEr ChAnGe and get surgery. That’s not how it fucking works. Go educate yourself, your ignorance is palpable.

          THE FACTS ABOUT GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE

          ●Every credible medical organization – representing over 1.3 million doctors in the United States – calls for age-appropriate gender-affirming care for transgender and non-binary people.

          ●Sexual orientation and gender identity are real concepts recognized by major medical and mental health associations — including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Psychological Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry — as part of the normal spectrum of human experience.

          ●“Transition-related” or “gender-affirming” care looks different for every transgender and non-binary person.

          ●Parents, their kids, and doctors make decisions together, and no medical interventions with permanent consequences happen until a transgender person is old enough to give truly informed consent.

          ●Gender transition is a personal process that can include changing clothes, names, and hairstyles to fit a person’s gender identity. Some people take medication, and some do not; some adults have surgeries, and others do not. How someone transitions is their choice, to be made with their family and their doctor.

          ●Therapists, parents and health care providers work together to determine which changes to make at a given time are in the best interest of the child

          ●ALL gender-affirming care is:

          Age-appropriate

          Medically necessary

          Supported by all major medical organizations

          Made in consultation with medical and mental health professionals AND parents

          And in many cases, this care is lifesaving!