Sorry but pinknews has takes best described as “unhinged” on trans issues.
The article states that puberty blockers are completely safe and reversible but also state at the end:
> The NHS’ website notes that puberty blockers are “physically reversible”, but says not enough is known about “what the psychological effects may be”
If you are still not sure what the psychological effects are, how you can state that it is completely safe?
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I always wonder what people who oppose puberty blockers actually want? You can’t do any kind of physical transition on the NHS until you’re 18 and even then you’re talking 5+ years for your first referral appointment – and that’s just a chat with a therapist. Puberty blockers are generally used from 16 to give trans teens more time to move through the system and receive care.
I don’t understand the opposition. These people are at serious risk whilst sitting on waiting lists that are literally years long. Doing nothing for them feels outright cruel.
Countries such as Norway, which were more relaxed in giving puberty blockers for gender reasons, have now stopped completely because of concerns about early onset osteoporosis. Stopping a teenager from building up normal bone density, as well as normal brain development, for years of adolescence, could of course have long term consequences. Potentially serious ones that we won’t understand for decades. I’m 35, and I don’t believe anyone my age has taken blockers for gender dysphoria. The oldest people who have done so are only in their 20’s now.
The drugs have been studied for precocious puberty only, in which case they are used for a shorter time and stopped much sooner.
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Sorry but pinknews has takes best described as “unhinged” on trans issues.
The article states that puberty blockers are completely safe and reversible but also state at the end:
> The NHS’ website notes that puberty blockers are “physically reversible”, but says not enough is known about “what the psychological effects may be”
If you are still not sure what the psychological effects are, how you can state that it is completely safe?
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I always wonder what people who oppose puberty blockers actually want? You can’t do any kind of physical transition on the NHS until you’re 18 and even then you’re talking 5+ years for your first referral appointment – and that’s just a chat with a therapist. Puberty blockers are generally used from 16 to give trans teens more time to move through the system and receive care.
I don’t understand the opposition. These people are at serious risk whilst sitting on waiting lists that are literally years long. Doing nothing for them feels outright cruel.
Countries such as Norway, which were more relaxed in giving puberty blockers for gender reasons, have now stopped completely because of concerns about early onset osteoporosis. Stopping a teenager from building up normal bone density, as well as normal brain development, for years of adolescence, could of course have long term consequences. Potentially serious ones that we won’t understand for decades. I’m 35, and I don’t believe anyone my age has taken blockers for gender dysphoria. The oldest people who have done so are only in their 20’s now.
The drugs have been studied for precocious puberty only, in which case they are used for a shorter time and stopped much sooner.