The ‘gender critical’ transphobes have decided today is #DetransAwarenessDay (
) so I would like to encourage everyone to follow and read what @reclaimingtrans says about detransitioning.
I find their insight intelligent, balanced and compassionate.https://link.medium.com/bUmbS9b6yeb
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I firmly believe that people should be able to change gender presentation, hormones, pronouns, names etc as many times in their life or as frequently as they want to. The gender clinics need to have an affirming, not gatekeeping role for this to happen.
The Keira Bell case focused on children receiving puberty blockers. Finding it's highly unlikely that young children would be competent enough to give consent to being given blockers or understand the long-term risks and consequences of treatment. It was to protect children.
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Kiera Bell wasn't a child when she made the decision to go on testosterone. The blockers are mostly reversable (may have some side effects) and it's important to empower young people to decide when they're older. Why would you not want to give people time?
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I'm sure that you have unwanted body changes that result from testosterone -- I do too. The purpose of puberty blockers is to make sure that nobody has to live with those changes. Why would you not support that?
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