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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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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So you go into primary schools and teach them that they can decide what sex they are and then you sterilise them.
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Did these people just claim that lupron doesn't disrupt development, but talking about the side effects does?
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