• knightly the Sneptaur@pawb.social
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    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?

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      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?

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        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.

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            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!

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            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.

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              I’m not mad or upset at all. I could not care less. I don’t know anyone that are trans, especially any children that are. It doesn’t affect me, but I still have an opposing opinion, however ignorant that may be.

              There was a short period of time in the 80’s when medical professionals believed you could contract HIV from someone by simply drinking after them. My point is that medical professionals can be wrong.

              Little is known about the long-term side effects of hormone or puberty blockers in children with gender dysphoria.

              Research on the long-term effects on brain development and cognitive function is limited.

              Research on the long-term effects on fertility and sexual function is limited.

              I’ll be completely honest. I’m on the fence about all of it, but I do take an issue with our children basically being the Guinea pigs. However, I’ll concede because as I said earlier, I really do not care enough.

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                Give me a break on the guinea pigs shit. Folks have been using hormones to transition since the '50s. And a poster above linked to you a ton of good research on this.

                Yet you still spread garbage like this under the veil of I don’t really care anyway… cool then see yourself out of the conversation and leave medical decisions to professionals and their patients.

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                Puberty blockers have been used to treat precocious puberty in cis kids since the '80s and gender dysphoria in trans kids since the '90s. Your “guinea pigs” argument is 45 years too late: