Comment on UK government bans private puberty blocker prescriptions for trans youth
flamingos@feddit.uk 5 months ago
No new patients under the age of 18 in England, Wales and Scotland will be given hormones to suppress puberty if they are experiencing gender dysphoria
Puberty blockers sure are funny old things, somehow they’re safe to prescribe to cis kids, but when prescribed to trans kids they suddenly become dangerous. I’m sure this is a purely evidence based policy. It must be. Wes Streeting has already endorsed it and, as people on here keep saying, Labour are the trans-friendly™ option. They wouldn’t just throw trans kids under the bus.
Streetlights@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Transkids get get these drugs just as easily as ciskids.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
I mean, not if they’re banned as per the OP, surely? Not sure what you mean here?
Streetlights@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They aren’t banned for use as a treatment for precocious puberty, which presumably is something anyone can suffer from trans or otherwise.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
Yeah but they’re banned for use for kids who suffer from gender dysphoria, which is a condition that by definition only trans people have, so it’s absolutely restricting access to them based on them being trans.