"Trans men" and "trans women" are bashing the uk court's decision to ban puberty blockers, saying that puberty blockers have no adverse effects, and that it's fine to "let a kid hit pause on their body for a couple years"

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[–]OPPRESSED_REPTILIANIntersex male | GNC | Don't call me "a gay", "twink" or "queen" 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

"it's not harmful to pause puberty"

Right, and just about everyone with an intersex condition which delays or even prevents puberty would LOVE to disagree there. In tl;dr and layman's terms - basically, not experiencing puberty or even conditions relating to altered/delayed puberty can cause a fuckton of health problems. I have an intersex condition which affected, but fortunately didn't prevent, male puberty, and let's see what articles say I could be at risk of:

  • Autoimmune disorders

  • Breast cancer

  • Osteoporosis (weak bones)

  • Blood clots

All which are pretty sucky, and I am someone who DID go through puberty, just "incompletely" due to hormonal/chromosomal abnormality. I can only imagine this will get worse by artificially "pausing" puberty for longer.

It's really not a debate - if you willingly put your child through symptoms akin to a disorder of development or worse, especially if artificially induced on a healthy child, you are abusing that child.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The easiest way to explain this to people is that if people were not meant to experience puberty, and if it wasn't beneficial to our bodies, it wouldn't happen. When it doesn't happen, or doesn't happen the way it's supposed to (due to hormonal imbalance, disruption, hormonal issues due to an intersex condition), that's when you have a problem, because the body won't develop what it needs to allow the person to live a long, healthy adult life.