MicroWaveMar 13, 2024

Trans youth will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers, NHS England says

https://lemmy.world/post/13067428

Trans youth will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers, NHS England says - Lemmy.World

Trans youth will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at NHS England gender identity clinics in a new “blow” to gender-affirming healthcare. Puberty blockers are a type of medicine that prevent puberty from starting by blocking the hormones – like testosterone and oestrogen – that lead to puberty-related changes in the body. In the case of trans youth, this can delay unwanted physical changes like menstruation, breast growth, voice changes or facial hair growth. On Tuesday (12 March), NHS England confirmed the medicine, which has been described as “life-saving” medical care for trans youth, will only be available to young people as part of clinical research trials. The government described the move as a “landmark decision”, Sky News reported. It believed such a move is in the “best interests of the child”.

Show threadTh4tGuyIIMar 13, 2024

God damn Tories. What do they know about “best interests of the child” that a doctor doesn't already know? Less than nothing is the answer.

If a young person is suffering from gender dysmorphia to the point of considering gender affirmation procedures, then I think it'd be in their best interest to not exacerbate that condition by delaying the onset of puberty via puberty blockers until they're at the age where that can legally consent to such procedures.

Even if they eventually decide not to undergo those procedures, all you habr to do is take them off the blockers and they'd undergo puberty as normal. There's not all that much downside for an awful lot of upside for those in need.

Show threadOneLemmyManMar 13, 2024
seen doctors force sex change to children that lead to the child killing themselves in adulthood. Doctors are just people and people are all the same
Show threadmanicluckyMar 13, 2024
Bullshit. Source or it didn’t happen.
Show threadEx NummisMar 13, 2024
I’ve seen this claim many, many times, but I have yet to see my very first news article (from an actual source!) confirming it.
Show threadHopeOfTheGunblade
In absolute fairness, this is what happened to David Reimer. It's how we know that you can't just force a gender on someone, even if you start when they're an infant. Conversion therapy never ever helps, it only ever hurts, and trying to force trans kids to be cis is as bad as trying to force cis kids to be trans. Let people pick their own goddamn paths in life, it's not that hard to keep your nose out of other people's business (not you, the busybodies who have to "save the children" from well researched medicine and medical professionals with their common sense >.<)
Mar 13, 2024 at 1:54pmWeb
Show threadbrbpostingMar 13, 2024
omg, RIP David Reimer
David Reimer - Wikipedia

Show threadHopeOfTheGunbladeMar 14, 2024
Yeah, it's fucking awful. John Money was incredibly fucked up as a person, and even with all of the terrible that's documented, there's at least hints that it was even worse; that the surgeon who fucked up the circumcision did so, so that Money had a twin pair for his study. Using a cauterizing iron in that way and at those settings certainly wasn't a standard procedure.