Thread by @the_homoarchy

Intro)@skepchicks @rebeccawatson has pushed unethical mis-info regarding pediatric transition for gender dysphoric minors. She's another ex of the lazy/ideological way many #atheists/#skeptics approach trans issues. Facts to follow in this vid/thread #lgbt

1)Pediatric transition causes sterilization, serious bone injuries (as recorded at Karolinska), & likely reduces IQ & prevents pre-gay kids from desisting. Every male child blocked in tanner 2 is permanently non-orgasmic, as Marci Bowers from WPATH admits.

2)She indicates medicalization in early tweens is rare. They are giving puberty blockers (PBs) at 9-12, HRT at 13, & Dr J. Olson is willing to give T at 8. Mastectomies at 13 & vaginoplasties at 16 are happening. Reducing, even erasing age of consent is a trans activist goal.

3)She claims there is a trustworthy, science-based protocol w/ good assessment. Untrue. The new norm is immediate & risky medicalization w/ little assessment (assessment is "transphobic"). Clinicians have quit for ethics/Reviews state "low quality" evidence/WPATH members alarmed

4)She fails to understand how extreme T healthcare & parents of “trans kids” have become. They are medicalizing minors w/ “nonbinary” identities w/ no research validation. Parents post pics of sweets of amputated body parts & of teen mastectomies. Drs advertise to tweens on SM.

5)She says PBs are fully reversible. There's lots of info she could have found to dispute that. Why not? Predictions that PBs will prevent desistance due to puberty interference. Evidence of bone & sexual function damage for sure. PBs-HRT cause sterility. Brain impacts likely.

6)She doesn't mention the ghoulish effects of puberty blockers that causes micropenis, permeant anorgasmia, & creates the need for a risky, experimental vaginoplasty, harvesting stomach lining/colon & thigh skin. Jazz Jenning's split apart, needing several corrective surgeries.

7)She straight up says PBs don't cause bone damage. At 1:09:28 & 1:15:32 you can hear a chilling account of bone/ other injuries to minors at Karolinska hospital & sloppy care. The situation in the US is worse. Multiple studies indicate bone loss. Dr Biggs has also shown this.

8)She doesn't review studies indicating IQ reduction should be of concern & the importance of natural puberty. She doesn't mention high desistance rates & desisters are likely adult LGBs. She doesn't mention kids rarely desist after blockers, also concerning.

9)She never mentions the explosion in T identity in young females, known to be prone to psychological & body dysmorphia social contagions. Any drastic changes in a condition would typically warrant a closer look, especially by a skeptic. Age, also lopsided genderhq.org/increase-trans…

10) She mentions positive studies but doesn’t mention negative studies like Adams, Marshall, Branstrom, Lipson, Cass, the NICE review, Biggs paper on PBs that indicate transition may not do much to reduce suicide risk and improve mental health.

11)She sites Krishna (2019) but only the best quote about blockers & none of the negative ones from the same paper. She sites Tordoff as a glowingly pos study. It’s a lousy study (maybe not her fault as analysis of the flawed stats wasn’t done until after the release of her vid).

12)She says stopping medicalization is child abuse. She should be alarmed at the FB Parents of Trans Children page medically transing VERY young tweens, seemingly excited to have a T kid, & have multiple "T kids" in 1 family. 1 dad in Watson's video comments HAS 3 "TRANS KIDS"

13)She does nothing to honestly address the side-effects, the risks to pre LGB kids, the risks to the increasing numbers of teens w/ complex MH issues, what appears more transition regret, nor the many gender dysphoria experts who worry over the harm this could do & is doing.

14) She pushes the suicide narrative in a very irresponsible way (this isn’t going to help dysphoric minors and their mental health). See here for a responsible review. genderhq.org/trans-youth-su…

15)I would like to ask if @rebeccawatson cares about these kids, who some gender clinicians have quit over due to ethics concerns in the UK. The situation is worse here. There are other stories of serious harm. thetimes.co.uk/article/it-fee…

16)Not even a basic level of skepticism was applied by Watson. She should amend her video or issue another if she wants to maintain integrity on an issue so important it is putting minors through experimental protocols that sterilize & harm bones/sexual function.

17)Instead she put out an Infomercial for Lupron and misled every viewer who watched it. @rebeccawatson