So few cis people seem to appreciate just how hard it is to obtain puberty blockers and hormones because conversations about "regret" frequently rely on the built-in assumption it's quick and easy and kids especially are being "rushed" through the process without adequate safeguards, which is untrue, but it's exactly the idea being planted in people's heads by these anti-trans moral panic "just asking questions" concern troll articles in mainstream media.
@gwynnion this is true in principle but not always in practice. It’s clear from Reuters’ recent reporting that there are gender clinics that are quite far off following WPATH’s guidelines, mostly skipping parts of the early assessment.