Puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria to be banned indefinitely
Puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria to be banned indefinitely
The UK Government said existing emergency measures banning the sale and supply of puberty blockers will be made indefinite.
Treatment for gender dysphoria aims to help people live the way they want to, in their preferred gender identity or as non-binary.
Some young trans, intersex, and gender non-binary people may decide to take puberty blockers after talking about it with their parents or guardian and a nurse or doctor.
What the fuck is wrong with Labour? Why are they so hardline on being transphobic.
Nothing wrong with them (E: I mean, there's lots wrong, but it's nothing new or unexpected), they are functioning exactly as intended, and as promised.
They have never tried to even hide being this way, it's just that people were too desperate to hear what they wanted to hear ("not tory", and that's where it ends), so here we are.
I don’t see how it’s transphobic to think that an underage kid, with an undeveloped brain, might not be capable of making educated, permanent, life-altering decisions like this. Maybe the rest of you were all child prodigies, but I was a complete moron even at 18. There’s no way I should have been allowed to start a medication like that without first consulting several health professionals. Especially so, given that I did go through a few years in my teens where I felt like I was in the wrong body and got depressed because of it. It then turns out that no, I'm actually happy being male, I just like cock too.
I do not know about the NHS. In other countries it is required to see multiple specialists including a therapist and psychiatrist for over a year or two. It needs all of their approval stating that it is medically necessary, as well as both parents and the prescriber.
If this is not also the case in the UK, then it makes much more sense regulating healthcare rather than banning it completely even for those with obvious severe cases.
There is public concern that someone who isn't trans might get trans healthcare. Completely overlooked is the fact that the majority of people getting trans medical treatment are in fact trans. This would be like banning any medical treatment completely because of the risk that someone may be misdiagnosed.
Don't forget going through an unwanted puberty also has lifelong permanent effects as well as immediate self harm risk. For example, that child grows a beard, deep voice, masculine bone structure etc before finally being permitted healthcare as a woman. She will be living with the mental and physical effects of that for the rest of her life and suffering discrimination.