Trans kids on puberty blockers maintain pretty stable bone density during a period when cis kids rapidly gain bone density. Researchers conclude "there was no significant change in [bone density]," further scans are not needed, and trans kids should have their own reference group https://twitter.com/will_malone/status/1148000551608750080 …
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(Reader note: not all trans people are infertile, even after years of treatment with cross-sex hormones. But if you don't go through puberty, your gametes do not mature, and we currently have no reproductive tech that can do anything with immature gametes.)
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I think nearly all trans kids have mature gametes by the time they start blockers or cross-sex hormones? Gametes mature early, thus how some ten-year-olds can get pregnant. Definitely agree we should automatically preserve gametes as part of the standard of care for trans kids.
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