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Pediatric gender clinics: We may look back and ask 'what were we thinking?' startribune.com/pediatric-gend…
"Several studies indicate that a strikingly high percentage of young people, especially girls, who identify as transgender have pre-existing autism, ADHD and/or psychological problems, all of which may underlie their gender confusion."
'Yet, as the Tavistock clinicians noted, medical personnel are under intense pressure to ignore these “complex histories” in a “rush to accept and celebrate every young person’s new transgender identity”'
'transgender lobby groups are “allegedly promoting transition as a cure-all solution for confused adolescents.”' startribune.com/pediatric-gend…
"As a result, though physicians hesitate to give estrogen to postmenopausal women or testosterone to men because of documented risks, some now dispense these powerful hormones to young people in cross-sex fashion to produce a cosmetic resemblance to the opposite sex."
"This neglect of normal medical protocol is especially troubling given the serious medical risks to young people." Jesus christ.
"medicalization of gender dysphoria may begin with puberty blockers, usually around age 12, followed by cross-sex hormones (testosterone and estrogen) by age 16," treatments that are “supported by low-quality evidence, or in many cases no evidence at all.”
"Puberty blockers stunt growth and decrease bone density. Their use followed by cross-sex hormones causes lifelong infertility." startribune.com/pediatric-gend… This is nothing more or less than another form of child abuse.
"Cross-sex hormones also increase risk factors for developing cancers, liver damage, diabetes, blood clots, stroke and heart attack. Long-term effects on brain development are unknown."
"Young people are being asked to make irreversible, life-changing decisions on these matters at an age when many states bar them from using a tanning bed or getting a tattoo."
'“Sex reassignment” surgery sometimes follows, including, in the U.S., double mastectomies for females as young as age 13' startribune.com/pediatric-gend…
"Perhaps most disturbingly, gender-dysphoric youth are being advised to embark on this path despite the fact that a great majority of them — 60% to 90% — will desist and embrace their sex if supported through natural puberty, according to research."
