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[–] Daisyifyoudo 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You can't just walk into a doctors office and say My KiD wAnTs a GeNdEr ChAnGe and get surgery. That's not how it fucking works. Go educate yourself, your ignorance is palpable.

THE FACTS ABOUT GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE

●Every credible medical organization – representing over 1.3 million doctors in the United States – calls for age-appropriate gender-affirming care for transgender and non-binary people.

●Sexual orientation and gender identity are real concepts recognized by major medical and mental health associations — including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Psychological Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry — as part of the normal spectrum of human experience.

●“Transition-related” or “gender-affirming” care looks different for every transgender and non-binary person.

●Parents, their kids, and doctors make decisions together, and no medical interventions with permanent consequences happen until a transgender person is old enough to give truly informed consent.

●Gender transition is a personal process that can include changing clothes, names, and hairstyles to fit a person’s gender identity. Some people take medication, and some do not; some adults have surgeries, and others do not. How someone transitions is their choice, to be made with their family and their doctor.

●Therapists, parents and health care providers work together to determine which changes to make at a given time are in the best interest of the child

●ALL gender-affirming care is:

Age-appropriate

Medically necessary

Supported by all major medical organizations

Made in consultation with medical and mental health professionals AND parents

And in many cases, this care is lifesaving!