Mastodawn

🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Jan 30, 2023

Utah didn’t ban youth hormone therapy such as testosterone boosters for cis boys. It didn’t ban “gender affirming surgery” such as breast augmentation for cis girls.

Just for trans kids.

You know, in case you’re wondering if lawmakers are really out to “protect the children” like they claim.

Give me a break.

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quixote Jan 30, 2023

@georgetakei To be fair, breast augmentation for girls or testosterone for cis boys don't have the potential side effects like the use of _cross_-sex hormones. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/gender-dysphoria/in-depth/pubertal-blockers/art-20459075 Mayo Clinic:

"might also have long-term effects on:
Growth spurts
Bone growth and density
Future fertility — depending on when pubertal blockers are started"

Those are permanent consequences. Facing facts allows informed choices, which is what enables people, also kids!, to live the lives they want.

Puberty blockers for transgender and gender-diverse youth

Understand how puberty blockers work to suppress puberty. Learn about their benefits, side effects and long-term effects.

Mayo Clinic

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Janella Bean

@quixote @georgetakei there are many reasons to oppose this care that sound reasonable when they aren’t examined, but it is literally life saving in some cases, and has positive outcomes in many more.

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quixote Jan 31, 2023

@janellabean @georgetakei It's a misunderstanding if you see that as opposition. I'm not opposed. I'm so far from opposed that I don't even see lifesaving as a necessary justification. In my world, you get to live how you want to. You don't need to justify it. But you do need all the facts, including the ones about potential problems, to make the choice you actually do want.