In a time when you're called an ignorant bigot if you discuss the pros & cons of pediatric transition, it's crucial to be accurate in your claims. Example: Some say puberty blockers sterilize kids. No, they do not. Blockers followed directly by cross-sex hormones sterilize.
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow
Even if PBs are followed by cross-sex hormones (CSH), which are later stopped, fertility may return (so it's not technically sterility). On the other hand, we DK if fertility is retained even if PBs are NOT followed by CSH (some can't conceive as adults). It's a live experiment.
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Replying to @ZaneEmma
When kids are blocked at Tanner 2, then go on to cross sex hormones, all experts say they are permanently infertile because gametes did not develop. Am not aware of anyone saying otherwise. Also, kids on GnRH agonists just for precocious puberty are not sterilized.
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @ZaneEmma
UCSF Center for Trans Health: "For youth whose pubertal process has been suspended in the earliest stages, followed by administration of gender-affirming hormones, development of mature sperm or eggs is unlikely at the present time." https://transcare.ucsf.edu/guidelines/youth …
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @ZaneEmma
Ehrensaft: "If a child goes directly from puberty blockers to cross-sex hormones, they are forfeiting their fertility."https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7kqndq
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Replying to @4th_WaveNow @ZaneEmma
Trans men can come off testosterone and have children though. So it’s only sterilisation if it’s done to tanner stage 2 trans girls.
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No, it affects ovarian development too--females who had puberty blocked at Tanner two and then went on T. The trans men you are talking about were not blocked. They transitioned after puberty was complete.
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