The 'mutilating minors' argument is a poor and overused one, as it's very rare that minors get surgery (although there seem to be a few exceptions).

Problem is, putting minors on puberty blockers is getting them on board the trans train early, destination mutilation, with hormones and surgery in early adulthood being vastly more likely than if they were left alone and likely to desist or simply come out as gay/lesbian.

And more people need to become aware of the brutality of 'bottom surgery' and the life-destroying complications with basic bodily functions that seem all-too-common. Most people don't have any idea that a phalloplasty can involve sacrificing so much arm flesh, leaving massive scars and numbness, all to create a fake dick, likely with minimal sexual sensation, that needs pumping up to simulate an erection.