I've been following this debate for awhile, and based on what I've seen my prediction is that this will elicit some calm, thoughtful discussion touching upon developmental psychology, bioethics, and other areas, with no fiery recriminations whatsoever.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/01/children-who-want-puberty-blockers-must-understand-effects-high-court-rules …
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anyway I wrote a thing about how professional gender clinicians conceive of the question of whether kids are in a position to understand what it means to go on blockers or hormones. if memory serves it was met with universal acclaimhttps://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/when-a-child-says-shes-trans/561749/ …
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trying to figure out exactly where a 13-14 year old is cognitively isn't always easy, and one of the most interesting things I heard from a clinician is that a sign of being fairly developed, in this sense, is when a kid says something like "I understand if I go on hormones, XYZ
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