Very interesting piece by @Mum3Sun on pubertal blockade, including information on the original "Dutch protocol" (first to use puberty blocking on gender-dysphoric adolescents), funded by Ferring Pharmaceuticals, a manufacturer of GnRH analogues.
https://www.transgendertrend.com/puberty-blockers-safe/ …
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...any clinician think it wise to short-circuit the sexual development of females? The truth is that adult transition results in satisfactory "passing" in females. It's difficult to understand why gender clinicians, faced w/ the massive increase in mostly GIRLS presenting...
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...for medical intervention, aren't more cautious. There is a growing community of female detransitioners, many of whom (in their 20s & older) realize they are lesbians, not trans men. Why don't gender clinicians care about these young women & see them as a reason to slow down?
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For reference, this is 2006 article by van de Waal and Cohen-Kettenis.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237939431_Clinical_Management_of_Gender_Identity_Disorder_in_Adolescents_A_Protocol_on_Psychological_and_Paediatric_Endocrinology_Aspects …
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This is 2011 article by Steensma et al. 100% of persisting girls were same-sex attracted. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/49738851_Desisting_and_persisting_gender_dysphoria_after_childhood_a_qualitative_follow-up_study_Clin_Child_Psychol_Psychiatry …
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