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Judge blocks Trump order seeking to halt gender-affirming care for trans youth. (19thnews.org)

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

I'm not mad or upset at all. I could not care less. I don't know anyone that are trans, especially any children that are. It doesn't affect me, but I still have an opposing opinion, however ignorant that may be.

There was a short period of time in the 80's when medical professionals believed you could contract HIV from someone by simply drinking after them. My point is that medical professionals can be wrong.

Little is known about the long-term side effects of hormone or puberty blockers in children with gender dysphoria.

Research on the long-term effects on brain development and cognitive function is limited.

Research on the long-term effects on fertility and sexual function is limited.

I'll be completely honest. I'm on the fence about all of it, but I do take an issue with our children basically being the Guinea pigs. However, I'll concede because as I said earlier, I really do not care enough.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Puberty blockers have been used to treat precocious puberty in cis kids since the '80s and gender dysphoria in trans kids since the '90s. Your "guinea pigs" argument is 45 years too late:

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Give me a break on the guinea pigs shit. Folks have been using hormones to transition since the '50s. And a poster above linked to you a ton of good research on this.

Yet you still spread garbage like this under the veil of I don't really care anyway... cool then see yourself out of the conversation and leave medical decisions to professionals and their patients.