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Re: Cat, cac, and chris - you guys are ok with gender

May 15, 2023, 2:45 PM [ in reply to Cat, cac, and chris - you guys are ok with gender ]

I'm comfortable with surgical transitions being delayed until the child is closer to the age of 18, but I'd rather that the parent, child, and their medical team be the ones making these decisions, even if I would personally discourage a certain decision. I certainly don't need a bunch of yahoos in a state house telling these families what is best for them when it comes to medical decisions. (To some degree, my approach is similar to that on abortion - a family does not need me inserting my opinion into their personal medical decisions.)

But I don't believe in withholding other medical treatments - I don't think the government should interfere with a families decision to use pubertal blockers. When the government tries to do that, it is doing nothing less than actively attempting to make a difficult process even more difficult for the person in question.

The Tnet trans-obsessed have what kind of medical backgrounds? But they are all to happy to claim that they know more than the medical community and have the knowledge to overrule the medical consensus. (I am kind of curious how many of them have actually genuinely known any trans people, but I digress.) These same folks act as if people treat these things as casual decisions, which is insulting to the people dealing with these issues. "He couldn't make the mens team so he just wants to make the womens team instead. Derp, derp, derp!" People want to be treated like they have serious opinions when they act like maroons.

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I certainly don't disagree with that and absolutely want the parents involved.

But (and I know I mentioned) this bill does ban pubertal blockers which seems needlessly cruel to me. So much research shows that so many people knew at a very young age that they were gender dysphoric, so I'd rather us use some medical science to help them sooner.

I think it is more than a semantic difference to say that this is not a life "choice."

KFF did the first major survey of trans people. I posted a link a couple of months ago. But one of the key takeaways was that two-thirds of trans adults (66 percent) say they were younger than 18 when they began to understand that their gender was different from their sex assigned at birth, including 32 percent who became aware of it when they were 10 or younger. I think some young people know more than others, which is why I think this should be left in the hands of the families and their doctors rather than legislatures who want a one-size-fits-all approach.

Hooray government involvement in Healthcare!***

That is not healthcare. That's mutilation

It's Fassiss!! DeFassiss!!***

Doctors are pedo groomers!***

Are you saying that little kids are getting sex changes?***

Bammycare?******

Can you transition races? I'd like to identify as a black

Re: Can you transition races? I'd like to identify as a black

Groomer Be Mad***

Texas foiled all our plans!***

Stay strong, soldier. We still have Disney.***

and Bud Light!***

Oh but no they're going out of business!

One less thing you have to yell at random nurses over.***

God bless Texas***

Cat, cac, and chris - you guys are ok with gender

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Then you're just trolling.***

Re: Then you're just trolling.***

Yep - your trolling got me. I honestly don't remember who

Well, I guess that's fair...

Re: Cat, cac, and chris - you guys are ok with gender

We don't see eye-to-eye on this but I appreciate the

Re: We don't see eye-to-eye on this but I appreciate the

Finally some common sense on this psychiatric issue.***

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