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mod-corruption t1_j53dhug wrote

Reply to comment by WapsuSisilija in This is currently an anti-trans bill sitting in our house at the moment, and frankly, I don’t see enough people talking about it. by Jtagz

The fact that you would allow puberty blockers for people who society hasn’t deemed old enough to smoke or drink shows that you need to educate yourself on the subject. There are no long-term studies on the risk/reward of puberty blockers. The idea that puberty can be paused and them resumed as normal is so laughably anti-science on its face. Maybe it’s time to accept that the people you disagree with actually have the wellbeing of children in mind and aren’t just being “transphobic”

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bitspace t1_j53dgx9 wrote

Reply to This is currently an anti-trans bill sitting in our house at the moment, and frankly, I don’t see enough people talking about it. by Jtagz

I think everyone in this thread would benefit from reading this investigative piece that Reuters published last month.

The article posted by u/WapsuSisilija is light, is a single low-powered observational study, and is by no means representative of scientific consensus, because there is no consensus.

This is a very complicated issue. It appears to be true that there are mental health improvements for people who have been able to transition, but the studies that show this have all been done over the course of only a few years. Some studies that have followed people post-transition for longer than a few years shows a higher incidence of regret, and a substantially higher number of people for whom their mental health challenges did not improve after transition.

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ExeCUTEive t1_j537qrj wrote

Reply to comment by Quirky_Butterfly_946 in This is currently an anti-trans bill sitting in our house at the moment, and frankly, I don’t see enough people talking about it. by Jtagz

Just curious why you think you know more than the folks who have dedicated their lives to this field? Educate yourself: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-the-science-on-gender-affirming-care-for-transgender-kids-really-shows/

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ExeCUTEive t1_j53721s wrote

Reply to comment by Quirky_Butterfly_946 in This is currently an anti-trans bill sitting in our house at the moment, and frankly, I don’t see enough people talking about it. by Jtagz

Just not true. For those not interested in holding very strong opinions on something that they just don't understand well, and for those who are not satisfied simply regurgitating mindless Fox News talking points, please read this (spoiler: clearly the good outweighs the bad): https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-the-science-on-gender-affirming-care-for-transgender-kids-really-shows/

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No1_Nozits_Me t1_j536tqx wrote

Reply to This is currently an anti-trans bill sitting in our house at the moment, and frankly, I don’t see enough people talking about it. by Jtagz

When I was a kid, I was absolutely certain that I was born the wrong gender. I had more friends of the opposite sex, thought my features were more like the opposite sex, and I was built more like the opposite sex.

50 years later, it's very obvious I was wrong when I was a kid, and I realized I was the correct gender when I hit puberty. Imagine how fucked up I'd be today if my parents rushed me to a doctor to "fix" me back then.

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Number2_IsMy_Number1 t1_j535tc1 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in This is currently an anti-trans bill sitting in our house at the moment, and frankly, I don’t see enough people talking about it. by Jtagz

“Teenagers and young adults have the highest rates of suicide compared to other ages,” Dr. Fleisher says. “The things that make them vulnerable are where they stand socially and where they stand developmentally.”

Developmentally, their judgment and decision-making abilities are still coming online, he says. The prefrontal cortex — the brain’s executive control center — doesn’t fully develop until one’s mid-20s."

https://connect.uclahealth.org/2022/03/15/suicide-rate-highest-among-teens-and-young-adults/

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