But we're not talking about pre-teens getting gender reassignment surgery. We're not even talking about anyone under 18 getting surgery. After that, if someone's gone through what experts have recommended - it's their choice.
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Replying to @DrCherylllP @BobWithers52 and
At risk of "Dr Cheryl" tagging Twitter Support into the thread, in the US, under 18s DO get gender surgeries. Not a secret. And gender docs agitate for no minimum age for such surgeries. Jazz Jennings (age 17) is slated for "bottom surgery" this month.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO-RkaVMHnQ …
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @DrCherylllP and
Johanna Olson Kennedy at Children's Hospital LA is administering cross-sex hormones to kids as young as 12. Pesky side effect: Irreversible sterilization.pic.twitter.com/wHCC2FGfWf
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @DrCherylllP and
It's the Wild West in the US of A, with multiple surgeons operating on the genitals of minors. http://www.jsm.jsexmed.org/article/S1743-6095(17)30108-X/pdf …pic.twitter.com/eb2MzQ6HCd
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @DrCherylllP and
See, these gender docs have iatrogenically created a generation of "trans" young people who crave genital surgeries because their natal puberty was blocked. Of COURSE they want to go through puberty with their peers.https://4thwavenow.com/2016/03/20/minor-surgery-top-us-gender-doc-agitates-to-lower-age-for-genital-surgery/ …
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @BobWithers52 and
No. Again, more utter bullshit. Maybe you're the one with nefarious intentions. Maybe you've taken advantage of the natural confusion & vulnerability that parents feel when their child struggles about something controversial that would naturally cause concern for happiness.
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Replying to @DrCherylllP @BobWithers52 and
"Utter bullshit?" It's a statement by one of the top gender clinicians in the United States, on the public WPATH Facebook page. Shoot the messenger all you like.
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @BobWithers52 and
So IMO based on experience with Dr. Jo who is one of the most empathic people I've met, I think she'd find your message 4thwave rather cruel. The most important thing is parent-child relationship. But your message is the kids don't know what the hell they are talking about.
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Replying to @DrCherylllP @BobWithers52 and
Dr. Jo may mean well--have no reason to doubt this--but doesn't mean overall trend in pediatric medical transition shouldn't be questioned. Many clinicians in the past have also meant well. Doesn't mean mistakes weren't made. Medical history is littered with well-meaning blunders
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @BobWithers52 and
I'm all for examining, I study things down to the nooks & crannies. I saw that the biggest study you've relied on is based on parents not the kids. Kids are by fact often afraid to share feelings. The rapid onset claims of kids is quite parallel to an adult suddenly coming out.
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If drastic medical interventions (and administering cross sex hormones, & in some cases, surgeries, to minors IS drastic) weren't part of this, you wouldn't be seeing this parent backlash. Also the insistence that "affirmation" is settled science. It isn't https://www.kqed.org/futureofyou/440851/can-you-really-know-that-a-3-year-old-is-transgender …pic.twitter.com/fUOobHkTVl
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