Comment on Baroness Cass wants to push age for starting transitioning to 25 (NHS Adult Gender Identity Clinics)

• Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  is it based on a political presupposition or nah

  I have heard people claim it’s possible to be trans without gender dysphoria. Really muddies the waters over what the aim is. I just want people with gender dysphoria to have it eased/cured (only if actually possible) and have a more comfortable life where they aren’t suffering. If someone learns to accept their biological sex, or if they medically transition to achieve this, either way, it’s a win. Different people likely have different needs. But hey, I’ll leave that to the medical professionals. The more we understand gender dysphoria and how to treat it, the better.

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  • WittyProfileName2@hexbear.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You are correct that gender dysphoria is not necessarily something a trans person has. Prior to the current political sabotage of the gender service, the role of the NHS was to determine what gender affirming care was necessary. A lot of the anti-trans push has been to take as many of these treatments off the board as possible.

    Last month the Welsh Gender Service was pressured into cancelling all gender affirming surgeries that had been booked, no consultation, just a blanket call from above that involved no medical experts in the consideration. They did this on the demands of a single Member of Senedd.

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    • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Confusing topic… What are other things trans people have?

      Yeah the latter shouldn’t have happened. We should trust the scientists more.

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      • WittyProfileName2@hexbear.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I worry that too much of a focus on what is or isn’t necessary for someone to be a trans person, verges a little on the edge of transmedicalism. There’s a broad array of trans experiences and one isn’t any more valid than another.

        If you are genuinely interested in reading more into transgender identities, I could link you towards some basic materials.

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  • EatMoreMacroplastics@hexbear.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I have heard people claim it’s possible to be trans without gender dysphoria.

    Yes, but these trans people will not go to the NHS to request gender affirming care. How can you be so consistently WRONG on literally everything?

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    • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I didn’t state that they do. Hexbear people need to stop trying to read minds and go back to badposting. It’s what they’re good at.

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      • EatMoreMacroplastics@hexbear.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I didn’t state that they do.

        Then why bring them up? Stop talking for us. You have no place in this discussion, it literally will never affect you.

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