I get not wanting kids to make permanent changes to their body before they're old enough to have a better sense of what they want, but aren't puberty blockers reversible? If a kid wants to transition and it can be undone if they change their mind, what's the harm?
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Idk much about the medicine surrounding this so pls correct me if I'm wrong.
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Hey Aella, we're you able to read the whole judgment? I think it is interesting to read through. So many points raised from the effects to the issue of informed consent in kids below 16 and especially in kids who are 13 and below.
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I experienced what can be described as gender dysphoria dating back to age 5 but in the 80’s, telling someone didn’t seem like an option. I’d recommend avoiding blockers for adolescents. We will have data in 5-10 years but it seems unsafe both mentally and physically
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I understand what you're saying and as a parent who had a kid who felt confused about her gender identity, I thought the same at first... but then she *kept* changing her mind and I was grateful that I never made the appointment and she is too really.
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On a very superficial level. Approx 95% of kids that experience gender dysphoria have spontaneus resolutions over time. This comes as part of brain maturation during puberty. Block puberty and you permanently lock in the individual in a gender dysphoric state.
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They're not reversible. There is as yet no such actual thing as "puberty blocking" in the sense of pausing physical development, just influencing the hormones you have AS you develop.
They were invented/named for their permanent effects on kids with precocious puberty.
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Two big concerns are its effects on fertility and bone density mayoclinic.org/diseases-condi
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No, they aren't. Or rather the effects aren't, if you delay puberty long enough, it doesn't happen in the same way.
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Concerns were raised that there is not enough research on impact of blockers on the necessary psychological and neurological development of the child.
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