1/ Read whole thread, w/ slides from Diane Ehrensaft discussing fertility concerns for kids on blockers + cross sex hormones. She basically argues kids this age are TOO YOUNG to make decisions re: fertility (& shouldn't even be asked--"disrupts" development), but... https://twitter.com/green_susie100/status/1059453278302420992 …
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3/ Even talking to them about potentially becoming infertile is upsetting; it's "TMI" (too much information). They want to be trans NOW so go with that, don't disrupt their developmental trajectory. So she admits informed consent is impossible and shouldn't even be sought.pic.twitter.com/j6LU9PVAsh
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4/ As always, many elephants in Ehrensaft's room, including: (1) These younger, not yet sexually active kids may have grown up to be gay or lesbian if allowed to; (2) might want to reproduce in future; (3) No evidence/data that kids must be blocked/sterilized to prevent suicide.
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5/ Ehrensaft lays out normal developmental trajectory, while never acknowledging that early medical intervention will forever change these kids' relationship to not only reproduction, but sexuality--before they even understand how they might relate sexually to another human beingpic.twitter.com/JvtTWMPCxJ
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6/ Indeed: It's a "heavy burden" to ask the young transitioned child about not only reproduction, but sex. Instead, clinicians should cater to child's desire to "ward off" the unwanted puberty; a puberty that will bring insights and changes they can't fathom before it happens.
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The suicide card. How will they feel at age 30 when they fully understand that they are sterile? That this could have been prevented? Sending kids on this medical pathway creates transgender kids.
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