2/ vulnerable kids, many of them isolated and with parents who don't understand what they are going through, that if they have to wait to transition they WILL kill themselves. This is Psychology Of Suicide 101 stuff. I'm not as concerned about this as I am about the bills
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3/ themselves, but this is an area where I see countless journalists and activists pointlessly violate well-established best practices endorsed by groups like the APA over and over and over. You can responsibly write about how these bills could be dangerous for some kids without
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4/ dipping into the territory where you are literally *INCREASING THE PROBABILITY KIDS WILL KILL THEMSELVES*. That is what you're doing! Or at least, that is the present understanding of suicide researchers. Rant over.
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" Bills banning medical conversion for minors are a terrible, terrible idea. " How so?
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The current science indicates that medical transition improves outcomes It is the only effective therapy we currently have for gender dysphoria
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Do you have children??
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Important to note that when people talk about conversion in the context of trans, they're talking about conversion from trans to Male or female being wrong. Trans identity should be accepted. Ironically, physical transition is not conversion. Took me a while to figure that out.
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Why is trans a dysmorphic identity that’s confirmed for children, or for people with mental disorders? Body dysmorphia & anorexia are treated. But puberty blockers which will destroy sexual function are fine for children. So is surgery which will maim perfect young bodies. Great.
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