If you look at the evidence - including from the UK - it tells you that allowing gender incongruent children and teenagers to 'affirm' in their chosen gender reduces suicide risks. Strip away all the sound and the fury and what last week's judgment means is more cases like this.
https://twitter.com/trans_mum/status/1338127298260856834
Of course, any fair judicial process would have heard from trans children/young adults about the benefits of puberty blockers. But the Divisional Court, in a manner I am still shocked by today, declined to hear from any voice representing their interests.
Puberty blockers are used throughout the world. They are used because transgender teenagers overwhelmingly 'affirm' and unless you arrest their puberty you cruelly force them to live a life where their body - eg an adam's apple, a deep voice - is incongruent with their gender.
I set out a couple of examples of that huge body of evidence in this thread.
https://twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1334760941901271040?s=19
You can ignore, if you like, the evidence showing that refusing to allow gender incongruent children and teenagers to affirm is closely correlated with increased suicide risk. But logically you can't both ignore it and pretend to care about those children. Try listening to them.
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