Nothing has changed since this was written. They still don't know, and even top gender docs have the humility to say so. Unlike some trans activists, who'd rather pull out their own fingernails than admit lack of certainty/consensus in treatment.https://4thwavenow.com/2015/07/03/kingpins-of-pediatric-transition-confess-we-have-no-idea-what-were-doingunf/ …
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The screen caps about concerns re: blockers? Those are the words of experienced clinicians, including those from the Amsterdam group who PIONEEERED their use in "trans kids."
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Psychiatrist (in above article): “The positive attitude of many health care providers in giving hypothalamic blockers…is based on the need to conform to international standards, even if they are conscious of a lack of information about medium and long term side effects.”
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More: "Possible consequences of suppressing puberty for cognitive/brain development are unclear & debated ...Normal pubertal increase in bone mineral density may be attenuated by puberty suppression... uncertain if there is complete catch-up after treatment w/cross-sex hormones."
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More: "Treatment teams feel pressure from parents and adolescents to start with treatment at earlier ages. Puberty suppression has been adopted as part of the treatment protocol by increasing numbers of originally reluctant treatment teams. "
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"More and more treatment teams embrace the Dutch protocol but with a feeling of unease…these professionals also have doubts because of the lack of long-term physical and psychological outcomes."
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More from CLINICIANS (not "bigoted" parents): "They're living in their rooms, on the Internet...thinking about this. Then they come to the clinic convinced that this explains all their problems and now they have to be made a boy...adolescents also take the idea from the media. "
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More from CLINICIANS: "I believe, in adolescence, hypothalamic inhibitors should never be given, because they interfere not only with emotional development, but with the integration process among the various internal & external aspects characterizing the transition to adulthood.”
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So next time a trans activist calls you a bigot who is out of touch w/current practice, just pull out those quotes from the study by Dutch team which pioneered use of puberty blockers. Don't let them get away w/their lie that the science is settled & "affirmation" is THE way.
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