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[–]IridescentAnaconda 18 insightful - 2 fun18 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Children are not developmentally able to understand the consequences of serious medical decisions. Puberty blockers cause a host of medical problems (e.g. osteoporosis). 80% of trans-identified adolescents will eventually desist if left alone (not put on the trans bus). Over 60% are children who will later identify as LGB. Transing of adolescnets represents an erasure of lesbians and gay men.

[–][deleted] 16 insightful - 3 fun16 insightful - 2 fun17 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

80% of trans-identified adolescents will eventually desist if left alone (not put on the trans bus). Over 60% are children who will later identify as LGB.

That's another one of my problems with allowing kids to medically transition: it impairs their ability to know if they're trans or just going through a phase.

[–]LesbianOutlaw 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

That’s the whole point of puberty blockers. No one is giving them cross-sex hormones right away.

[–]jet199 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Puberty blockers stop the mind developing so they can't ever work out who they are.

They basically trap people in an adolescent mind as well as body.

It's not just the obvious things which change during puberty, your way of thinking does too.

This is why puberty blockers give a drop in IQ of up to 10 points.