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Am I in the minority in thinking that minors shouldn’t be getting physical treatment, anyway?
Minority? I don’t know.
Do you understand the needs and desires of my 17 yo child better than I do? Definitely not!
As a parent, will I be consulting you when making decisions about what procedures to allow? No, fuck off. I’ll stick with the doctors, psychologists, and my child. Together, we’ll figure out what makes sense for us. The government doesn’t need to be involved.
Yup.
Do some research on what is actually involved, all major medical orgs have endorsed the use of hormone blockers for trans kids to put off puberty 'til we’re legal adults who can do hormome therapy without triggering the sensitive feelings of people who think they can tell other people’s kids and doctors what to do.
I will never stop being pissed that the state of Texas suppressed this knowledge so much that I had to go through the wrong puberty in the 90’s before I learned that there was an alternative.
That doesn’t put me in the minority. I did a simple search, and the first result was a poll from 2023 stating that most adults are against it.
From what I’m reading, many health professionals can’t come to an agreement on it.
Regardless, you do you. I’m allowed to state an opinion. If you take that as “someone trying to tell you what to do,” that’s more of a “you” problem than a “me” problem.
That doesn’t put me in the minority. I did a simple search, and the first result was a poll from 2023 stating that most adults are against it.
Oh, so you aren’t concerned with the perspective of people whose entire job is to figure out what’s medically best for kids, you actually just want to know what a bunch of 6th-grade-reading-level Americans think?
Why?
You stated I was in the minority, which wasn’t true, and frankly, just because a few organizations believe it’s acceptable doesn’t speak for the entire medical community. Again, many medical professionals don’t agree. Are those medical professionals also the “6th-grade-reading-level Americans” you speak of?
You stated I was in the minority, which wasn’t true
And if the majority wanted you to jump off a cliff?
No, the only people whose opinions matter on this topic are the medical experts. Disagreeing with them puts you in the minority of Americans who refuse to trust doctors.
just because a few organizations believe it’s acceptable doesn’t speak for the entire medical community.
Correction: not just a few, literally all reputable medical organizations, including but not limited to:
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Academy of Dermatology
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Physician Assistants
American Medical Association
American Nurses Association
American Association of Clinical Endocrinology
American College Health Association
American College of Nurse-Midwives
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American College of Physicians
American Counseling Association
American Heart Association
American Medical Student Association
American Psychiatric Association
American Psychological Association
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
American Urological Association
Endocrine Society
Federation of Pediatric Organizations
GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality
The Journal of the American Medical Association
National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health
National Association of Social Workers
Ohio Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Endocrine Society
Pediatrics (Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics ) and Seattle Children’s Hospital
Texas Medical Association
Texas Pediatric Society
Again, many medical professionals don’t agree. Are those medical professionals also the “6th-grade-reading-level Americans” you speak of?
Name one and I’ll tell you.
You win. I just don’t care enough.
You’re just mad because they’re not accepting your excuse that the ignorant masses know best. We know for a fact that’s not the case for many things. People are fucking stupid, especially when it comes to issues that don’t directly affect themselves.
Issues like this should be decided by experts who have dedicated their lives to researching these exact things, and they recommend the exact opposite.
I don’t want to “win”, I want you to defend your argument to the best of your ability so that I can improve my own.
So, come on! Name one doctor that thinks its unsafe for trans kids to take puberty blockers. I’m not asking for much!
Is your foreskin still attached?
The ban is for all forms of gender affirming care (i.e, hrt, non-physical)
