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
That “ALL” is literally, and simply, defining the guidelines of what gender affirming care is.
You are far too dumb to continue arguing with. If simple reading comprehension is an issue for you, then there is no point arguing about the complexities of gender and identity.
Exposing: make (something) visible by uncovering it.
Norms: something that is usual, typical, or standard
Your point seems to be that some teens are harmed because they’re impressionable and make mistakes as a result of being exposed to LGBTQ people in media and their peers. I’m sure there are and most of the time it’ll be typical blunder years of trying to find their identity just like previously mentioned goth phases. It’s also possible a few individuals will make a more dramatic mistake in getting surgery and regret it. That’s a dark reality. What you don’t seem to want to recognize though is that NOT showing LGBTQ people in media or public also harms kids. I would argue far, far more. Suicide rates are much higher amongst queer individuals because of social rejection, being made to feel shame or as other. I bring up the Trevor Project because it’s a national recognizable charity which means it serves a lot of people. As you may know this organization is dedicated to being a lifeline for LGBTQ people in crisis, particularly focused on kids. If you say teens can’t get reassignment surgery some will kill themselves. That is also a dark reality. I suspect, seeing as there’s a national hotline for it, that more kids are at risk being forced into the closet. Most people that make the arguments you’re making just value some lives and not others
It sounds to me like you’re assuming too much about how a path you didn’t take would have turned out. It sounds like maybe this issue is too personal to be objective? Maybe you’re right, in 10 years we’ll have a lot more people upset about decisions they’re making today. We’re definitely going to get a few cases like the video you linked. I’m personally confident that the number of people who will be alive and happier because of acceptance being pushed right now will dwarf those harmed by it.
As someone who also suffers from anxiety and depression though I wish you luck. That emptiness sounds relatable and I hope the empathy of an internet stranger helps a little. If you’re anything like me it’s hard to be kind to yourself but you should be
You can’t take the hard line of “ALL” when people like this exist,
I’m not taking the hard line of ‘ALL’, you muppet. I’m taking the same stance as over 1.3 million doctors in this country do: That this is a real problem for many and guidlines need to exist on how to handle it.
You really don’t understand how any of this works, do you?
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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!
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I’m not going to trust the the AMA, or the APA, or any other accredited major medical institution. But I’ll trust Youtube.
Holy. Fucking. Christ.
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That “ALL” is literally, and simply, defining the guidelines of what gender affirming care is.
You are far too dumb to continue arguing with. If simple reading comprehension is an issue for you, then there is no point arguing about the complexities of gender and identity.
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Have you heard of the Trevor Project? You realize that exposing queer kids to traditional “norms” harms individuals right?
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Exposing: make (something) visible by uncovering it.
Norms: something that is usual, typical, or standard
Your point seems to be that some teens are harmed because they’re impressionable and make mistakes as a result of being exposed to LGBTQ people in media and their peers. I’m sure there are and most of the time it’ll be typical blunder years of trying to find their identity just like previously mentioned goth phases. It’s also possible a few individuals will make a more dramatic mistake in getting surgery and regret it. That’s a dark reality. What you don’t seem to want to recognize though is that NOT showing LGBTQ people in media or public also harms kids. I would argue far, far more. Suicide rates are much higher amongst queer individuals because of social rejection, being made to feel shame or as other. I bring up the Trevor Project because it’s a national recognizable charity which means it serves a lot of people. As you may know this organization is dedicated to being a lifeline for LGBTQ people in crisis, particularly focused on kids. If you say teens can’t get reassignment surgery some will kill themselves. That is also a dark reality. I suspect, seeing as there’s a national hotline for it, that more kids are at risk being forced into the closet. Most people that make the arguments you’re making just value some lives and not others
Here’s some reading if you care: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2022/
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My daughter is 13 and is a self-described omnisexual, but mostly interested in girls.
So she gets constantly bullied.
That seems to go against your claim.
It sounds to me like you’re assuming too much about how a path you didn’t take would have turned out. It sounds like maybe this issue is too personal to be objective? Maybe you’re right, in 10 years we’ll have a lot more people upset about decisions they’re making today. We’re definitely going to get a few cases like the video you linked. I’m personally confident that the number of people who will be alive and happier because of acceptance being pushed right now will dwarf those harmed by it.
As someone who also suffers from anxiety and depression though I wish you luck. That emptiness sounds relatable and I hope the empathy of an internet stranger helps a little. If you’re anything like me it’s hard to be kind to yourself but you should be
You can’t take the hard line of “ALL” when people like this exist,
I’m not taking the hard line of ‘ALL’, you muppet. I’m taking the same stance as over 1.3 million doctors in this country do: That this is a real problem for many and guidlines need to exist on how to handle it.
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Lol what?? Strayed from guidelines? Those are medical guidelines. Go back and ACTUALLY try and read what I posted. 🤡
Congrats on your C+ in your intro to formal logic class you took for your one philosophy requirement in college