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shasta@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Most conservatives I know think it’s dangerous to entertain trans ideas in children. They say kids don’t know what gender really means because they haven’t experienced puberty yet but the most effective time to use hormone blockers is before puberty. So they feel like it’s the parents who are encouraging use of hormone therapy for their kids because the parents are brainwashed by left media, and essentially committing child abuse.

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VerticaGG@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
To them I say:

If I’m old enough to be disfigured by puberty, I’m old enough for HRT.

A trans child is a blessing, deserving of the choice to avoid a puberty they are telling you they do not want.
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- GrammarPolice@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Except for the fact that puberty is an actual thing that occurs without outside influence. HRT isn’t
  
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  - VerticaGG@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    No, HRT still is. You’d be surprised, but that’s noone’s business but a human being and their doctor. It’s quite personal, but suffice to say it’s no different than any other medical intervention that allows a person to have a better quality of life by influencing the already existing systems of hormones and neurotransmitters for the given conditionss/issues/wellbeing.
    
    What’s more, in the event that the human being making the choice with their doctor to use hormone blockers changes their mind, puberty resumes AND compensates such that the overall outcome is near-entirely unchanged compared to if had they not used blockers. (And are much less likely to self-harm or take their own life overall)
    
    The misinformation about trans kids and puberty is honestly audacious, such that anyone who **actually cares about our safety, well being and happiness** would recognize such if they so much as scratch at the surface of current medical knowledge.
    
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    NotBillMurray@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    “If God had wanted you to regulate your glucose levels he wouldn’t have given you type 1 diabetes. Now give me your goddam insulin!”
    
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    GrammarPolice@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    That’s like saying an epileptic person should go without life-saving seizure suppression medication
    
    Google false equivalency. 1.2% of people experience epilepsy. 100% of people experience puberty. Epilepsy requires intervention BECAUSE it isn’t normal. So my argument still tracks.
    
    Also, just because someone doesn’t like an experience doesn’t necessarily mean that it should not occur. People don’t like getting their wisdom teeth removed but it’s a process that must take place. And this is especially true with life changing decisions like HRT. Putting a decision so monumental into the hands of an individual still trying to figure out what career path they would like to take is borderline insane.
    
    Also, I’m going to need some sources on the effects of HRT being easily reversed after treatment stops, because there is a point at which this procedure becomes somewhat permanent. Take for example the case of Chloe Cole who I’m pretty sure you’ve heard of.
    
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