i will state it again and again
i'm against puberty blockers for kids
because to even be considered for blockers, a kid almost certainly has been socially living as their gender for years and deserves to go through puberty alongside their peers
i'm pro HRT
the early effects of HRT are essentially all reversable and essentially every kid put on hormone blockers ends up put on HRT
robbing kids of having their adolescence alongside their peers is wrong
(this does mean puberty blockers for trans masc kids so they can wait a couple years to go alongside the other boys. but you get my point)
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oh yeah, kids who want them? A+
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in reply to deilann v -0.2.1. • • •the biggest pushback i've had in the past against this over and over is how it's too radical and it will get trans healthcare targeted because trans healthcare for minors is already such a hot button issue and puberty blockers are so safe and surely no one could object to them
assimilation and compromise doesn't work
no state moving to ban trans healthcare for kids is like "oh puberty blockers are fine, we're just gonna ban everything else"
this was apparent from the start.
no level of compromise with people who want us eradicated will ever work.
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Yeah, as far as I can tell, if they wanted to ban trans healthcare for minors, they would just... ban puberty blockers too.
Fascists don't care. You give them an inch, they will take a mile. Compromise is not an option.
Compromise is for reasonable people. Fascists are not reasonable people.
I still remember this example from the history books:
Appeasement and compromise will never work. Fascism needs to be stomped into the ground. That's all there is to it, nothing more and nothing less.
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yes, children are people, not people-to-be
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children need to be able to say no more than anything whether it's to grandma's kisses or major life decisions being made for them
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most of the reason i put it this way is because people often talk about puberty blockers as if they're the best of both worlds
when no, they're not
yes, they stop a painful wrong puberty from happening but they rob a child (who likely has already been robbed over and over in this way) of participating in shared social experiences
and we need to stop pretending that isn't otherizing and damaging as well, being told that unlike all of your friends who are now entering a new stage of life, you just have to sit and watch until you're "old enough"
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in reply to R • • •@r for sure!
in nuanced reality i think there are a lot of uses for puberty blockers and anyone who wants them should be allowed to use them
i don't think they should be seen as the go-to first-line treatment and i don't think they should be used for the comfort of cis people who aren't even the person taking the medication
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Unknown parent • • •the fact that fucking optics even ever come into play is so disgusting
"we could give you the treatment that makes sense, but then lawmakers might get even more scared of you and take away all our healthcare"
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in reply to deilann v -0.2.1. • • •So for the uninitiated (me). Puberty blockers “simply” delay, so it would only make sense where a delay would be beneficial (for other medical reasons).
Makes more sense to treat the direction (for lack of a better word) of the puberty then. When that is applicable. It’s not like it’s a spur of the moment thing after all.
Ultimately my opinion isn’t important though, I just want every individual to get whatever best treatment they need. Free of political, religious, dogmatic, racists, or bigot influences.
Thanks for pointing it out, I had never thought of these this way. So I think I have a better understanding now of at least this aspect. Speaking about these things are important. More so those that truly understand are the most important to listen to.
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in reply to deilann v -0.2.1. • • •true! although i would have loved that when i was questioning as a kid
it should be an option but it shouldnt be the only option or even the default option
-carrie
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in reply to Aprettyture! • • •@aperture what honestly sucks is that kids who are questioning are very unlikely to be given access to puberty blockers at all under current protocol
essentially only kids who have had a significant history and stable gender identity for years are considered
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in reply to wyatt • • •@wyatt puberty blockers would be a good options for those cases, but as i just mentioned here, those aren't the cases where puberty blockers are even considered at this time
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Ada
in reply to deilann v -0.2.1. • • •I wondered why you were red on shimigami eyes...
So you'd rather traumatise and potentially kill kids by forcing them through the wrong puberty?
Thats... a take.
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yep, and on the trans masc side, blockers until a bit older so estrogen doesn't close the growth plates too early then T instead so kids don't end up extra short