• Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    If you are arguing against trans kids being allowed to go on puberty blockers, the impacts of going through the wrong puberty can be traumatic and have lasting effects on trans kids. Puberty blockers are safe, and it’s not like you can just decide to take them anyways; there are processes that you need to go through with the medical system to make sure it’s actually a decision you want to make, even with any potential side effects.

    Edit: Good video on the topic, by a trans teen

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      1 day ago

      I wouldn’t trust myself on that either when I was a kid tbh. Like right now I may be dosing estrogen left and right but then? I don’t know really. I don’t remember it that well though. It’s a blur

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        The thing is…hormone replacement therapy isn’t really a drastic intervention. If the outcomes are not aligning with the treatment plan you simply stop taking the medication.

        There are virtually no long lasting repercussions for temporarily delaying puberty. Really the only notable side effects are that you may be a bit taller than you were going to be.

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          17 hours ago

          Wait we could have delayed puberty with negative side effects but with actual benefits? Those poor 5th graders with beards would have really appreciated this info. Poor guys really struggled.

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            16 hours ago

            Precocious puberty is one of the many reasons kids are put on hormone therapy, its quite common nowadays.

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                Yeap, it’s being diagnosed more every year, especially in young women. I think there are theories about hormone influencing chemicals in the environment, but it may just be a case of better diagnosis in the medical community.

                My main point is just that hormone therapy in pediatrics is super common, and the vast majority of it has nothing to do with gender affirming care. Yet we don’t really see any parents or politicians harping concerns about these prescriptions even though they have the same mechanism of action and risk.

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              24 hours ago

              Still, enjoying not having ugly masculine fucking face so I am gonna keep it that way for sure

              brr imagine looking like some fucking uncle or other used car salesman, how these people can look in the mirror at their balding heads, skin looking like surface of some chemistry experiment gone wrong or ancient Egyptian parchment.

              Kill me when I am still relatively young - even better

              But all in all I think I would slightly prefer to be some queen Elizabeth the second 99 year old, slightly. Both is just crap in different ways.

              Imagine how tits must look like at that age, jesus christ. My morning scrambled eggs are probably more firm and I barely heat them up.

              At some point you prolly tripping over them when getting out of bed and you need to roll them up and tie into a bundle.