Kids of course can't legally consent to anything, so this has to be with the support of the family and medical professionals
And of course there are detailed guidelines on exactly how this sort of transition should be handled. It's not uncontrolled access to dangerous drugs. These hormones are available to combat baldness - far more trivial than gender identity.
wpath.org/publications/soc
Again, I'm not a spokesperson, I'm just bringing up the arguments that trans people have made for themselves.
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Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Tue 29 Jun 2021, 11:01,
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WPATH is hardly disinterested.
And I do think that there are big, big questions about a medical professional who is willing to make a physiological intervention to "treat" something that is fundamentally non-physiological.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 29 Jun 2021, 11:11,
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Plastic surgery for low self esteem and self worth is pretty suspect too.
Ive encountered a few people who were transitioning (on the Harry Benjamin protocol) who were between 30-60+. They weren't kids who had identity issues.
It depends on what you deem physiological or indeed psychological and where the line is drawn, if one exists. Psychiatric drugs often have nasty side effects, check out Risperidone, lithium, duloxetine, etc.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Tue 29 Jun 2021, 12:14,
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Family can’t reasonably consent
To deciding that a pre-teen’s assertions about something as intangible and nebulous as “gender identity” should be enough to put them on a medical pathway to irreversible changes to their body, future reproductive capacity and sexual function.
Even less so when you listen to the Tavistock whistleblowers, many of whom say that one of the biggest drivers in gender dysphoric children are parents worrying they have a gay kid and being led towards a pathological approach
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