Transgender kids OK for hormones at 14, surgery at 15, health group says

[Kamaji]

Transgender kids OK for hormones at 14, surgery at 15, health group says

By Lee Brown
June 16, 2022

A leading transgender health group has lowered its recommended minimum age for kids to get medical help transitioning — saying hormone therapy can start at 14 and some surgeries at 15.

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health said it was changing its advice on when teens should be able to get treatment because it is unethical and harmful to withhold early treatment.

The changing advice comes as many experts — including a former board member of the group — fear irreversible treatments are already being given to kids who would otherwise outgrow their gender questioning.

The updated advice — set to be published later this year — suggests starting lifelong hormone treatments from the age of 14. Long-term risks can include infertility and weight gain, along with strokes in trans women and high blood pressure in trans men, the guidelines warn.

Trans boys should then be able to get breast removal surgery at the age of 15, around two years younger than previous recommendations.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/06/16/trans-kids-ok-for-hormones-at-14-surgery-at-15-health-group/

[Kamaji]

ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!!

[jmyrlefuller]

Long-term risks can include infertility

Until they can implant a functioning womb in a man's body, then infertility is a feature, not a bug.

But in the era of childfreedom, that's seen too often as a benefit.

[Smokin Joe]

Wait a minute.

You can't vote until you are 18. (not mature enough)
You can't join the Military (without parental consent) until you are 18.(not mature enough)
You can't buy a rifle until you are 18.(not mature enough)
You can't buy tobacco products until you are 21.(not mature enough)
You can't buy alcohol until you are 21.(not mature enough)
You can't buy a handgun until you are 21.(not mature enough)

But you are allowed to succumb to the groomers and confusers out there and make irreversible, life changing, alterations to your body at 15?

WTF??? This isn't dyeing your hair, kids.

[mikezpen]

Just who decides if a child is transgender? What are the criteria?

[Kamaji]

Wait a minute.

You can't vote until you are 18. (not mature enough)
You can't join the Military (without parental consent) until you are 18.(not mature enough)
You can't buy a rifle until you are 18.(not mature enough)
You can't buy tobacco products until you are 21.(not mature enough)
You can't buy alcohol until you are 21.(not mature enough)
You can't buy a handgun until you are 21.(not mature enough)

But you are allowed to succumb to the groomers and confusers out there and make irreversible, life changing, alterations to your body at 15?

WTF??? This isn't dyeing your hair, kids.

Exactly.