You’re conflating the medical and surgical abuse of children and supporting and affirming gender identity. I don’t see the point in taking it to the extreme when these examples are the exception and not the rule.
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Replying to @vestigia33 @earlkralik and
#1, reputable recommendations for pre-pubertal non-gender conforming DO NOT include any medical interventions. However, social transitions may be appropriate given family and social support.
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Replying to @ItsNicholasNYC @vestigia33 and
Please show data confirming that social transition has no power to cause iatrogenic persistence in trans-ID'ed children. Given the stakes (later irreversible drug & surgical treatments, which typically result in permanent sterility), such data is vital to avoid "false positives."
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @vestigia33 and
Olson-Kennedy, J., Okonta, V., Clark, L. F., & Belzer, M. (2018). Physiologic response to gender-affirming hormones among transgender youth. Journal of Adolescent Health, 62(4), 397-401.
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Replying to @ItsNicholasNYC @vestigia33 and
In that particular study, the investigators report that children as young as 13 were administered cross sex hormones. You may consider that good practice. Others differ.
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @vestigia33 and
Given the parameters and what we know about not administering such safe and reversible drugs, it's almost unethical to do so. You're asking for research that cannot be ethically conducted. The risk/benefit ration is completely lopsided.
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Replying to @ItsNicholasNYC @vestigia33 and
"Watchful waiting" is and has been the norm many places around the world (as
@JamesCantorPhD elucidates in the link I sent you). It's a supportive approach that likely protects more kids from being wrongly id'ed as trans and regretting it later. Those kids matter too--don't they?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @4th_WaveNow @vestigia33 and
All kids matter. But what about those youth who "watch and wait" may not be sufficient? They matter, too, don't they?
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Pediatric medical intervention is very new. Transition was once an adults-only proposition and there are very good arguments to be made why it still should be--not least of which is that executive function (including awareness of future consequences) is not developed until ~25.
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