Puberty blocks and gender reassignment surgery should not be given to kids under 18 #gender #sex

CMV: Puberty blocks and gender reassignment surgery should not be given to kids under 18 and further, there should be limits on how much transgender ideology and information reaches them.
Puberty blockers are pointless after you’ve gone through puberty.
Giving puberty blockers to people over 18 would be pretty stupid, considering puberty happens much earlier than this.
All of that occurred from ages 13 to 18. It was a wild ride.Largely *because* of puberty non of us were mature enough to decide on a permanent life-altering surgeryWhich is the point of puberty blockers so you can be older before making a major life decision.
.... what would be the point of giving puberty blockers to an adult?
Well I'm not really a super educated guy but it seems to me when you deny somebody information they always have ways to find out about it and the ways they normally use turn out to be wrong so to be honest with you I would rather give them all the proper education and the right information rather than them going to find it as if they were looking for an abortion in an alley
A huge thanks to all who participated in the comments and cited evidence with links!!! Some of us are here to read and learn and I found this tremendously helpful and reassuring.
Detransitioned (persons who seek to reverse a gender transition, often after realizing they actually do identify with their biological sex ) people are getting more and more common and the reasons they give are all similar. Do you have a source for the rate increasing?
I didn’t read all the comments so I don’t know if this has already been discussed but calling it an ideology is so problematic imo??
I think we should limit how much we expose kids to transgender ideology before the age of 16.Ok I know this will get buried and everyone else already covered the situation. But how would this be done? Lock them in a box? Arrest people for discussing it on the internet?
What would be the point of giving puberty blocker after puberty? And they are useful for way more things than just transitioning.
I don't think we know nearly enough to say puberty blockers are harmless and reversible. To be fair though, for a trans person, going through puberty of their birth sex is also harmful and irreversible to some degree.
Not sure what "transgender ideology" you are referring to. Children should be exposed to as much LGBT+ "ideology" as they do to cishet ideologies. We already have sexual education courses that ostensibly pace regular sexual education out at an appropriate age-level pace. Transgender and LGBT+ topics should be included and not excluded from regular sexual education.
1. Do you have any references to back up any of what you’ve posited?2. What is “transgender ideology?” And who are these “transgender activists” promoting transitioning to teens like it’s a new vape flavor? Again—do you have ***any*** references for any of this?3. “Gays” is cringey at best.
There should be no limit on the information that reaches kids. As in don't ban info is a kid is willingly seeking it.
What is “transgender ideology”?And why do you think you are more qualified in denying kids medical care than the doctors who are giving them the care?
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Giving puberty blockers to kids above 18 defeats the entire point. At that point your CMV could just be don’t let people receive medical gender affirming care at all
This but all religious teachings.
My only comment about this is if the person is male to female, and they're forced to go through puberty, that voice change can never be undone. The same is for female to male - the hip growth of puberty can never be undone, and breast removal surgery later is painful. Puberty blockers are generally NOT harmful and would give that person time to decide and make up their mind.
it sounds like you watch too much blaire white tbh. it’s disingenuous to dismiss the lived experiences of teens bc they’re emotionally volatile. i was an edgy teen but that doesn’t mean i didn’t know i was gay.
What use do you think comes from puberty blockers for over 18 year olds, who have already undergone the changes from puberty?
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Ok but being trans isn’t like a phase. It’s understanding that you body and your gender are not the same atm. What is the alternative? Have trans kids go through puberty? And have dysphoria bc oh that? No that’s not an alt that is ok. Also who are you to determine how mature all teens are? What are your credentials? None at the time of the post. It’s your personal hear say