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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Puberty blockers seem to be a good way to give them time to decide what gender they identify as, without doing anything too major that they may regret. All that would happen would be that they go through puberty later.
...unless they cause permanent damage, I really don't know.
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They cause permanent damage.
You really, really need to read up on this Richard. They are exceptionally powerful drugs that were designed to treat prodigious puberty in young children. When used as intended, they delay puberty in children who have begun to develop too early. The drugs are withdrawn at an age when puberty is meant to start and is then allowed to progress normally.
Their use in older, often mentally vulnerable children, stopping puberty from occurring during the years it is supposed to be happening, has not been adequately tested, has potentially very serious long term side effects including sterilisation and osteoporosis. These concerns are at the heart of the review of evidence and practice in NHS England conducted earlier this year by Dr Hilary Cass and which have already resulted in several significant changes in the NHS throughout the UK, including a permanent ban on the use of puberty blockers on young people confused about their gender- a confusion the entire trans rights movement is designed to promote.
I should also add that the whole concept of children needing time to ‘decide’ what gender they are is a highly contested element of a social science - many would say pseudo-science - called queer theory, and draws on metaphysical speculation about the existence of a so-called ‘gendered soul’ which may or may not align with one’s biological sex. There has been a concerted campaign over many years to get these ideas embedded in public consciousness without any discussion or criticism, but it really cannot go unchallenged.