• toomanypancakes@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Yeah, also why can children consent to any medical treatment? Not dying of treatable conditions is altering their body, and that’s literally bad. I’m so smart and compassionate, I’m basically literally a doctor.

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      5 hours ago

      They cant their parents can tho. Puberty blockers are not a life saving treatment they are physical only and thus just like plastic surgery shouldnt be given to kids. And no u cant argue they will kill themselves if they dont get treated there is plenty of peer reviewed papers proving that to be false.

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        3 hours ago

        Hormones absolutely affect more than cosmetic things.

        I started hormone replacement therapy 2 months ago. I spent four decades before that wanting to commit suicide.

        I still mostly look like a man and my mental health has vastly improved. I’m less defensive less reactionary more open. I get a long better with everybody in my life.

        Including myself.

        Being congruent with your gender both chemically and socially helps people feel more joy happiness and self-acceptance.

        That is not cosmetic and you have no idea what you’re talking about.

        Like I said in an earlier comment you’re not a doctor. And you cite doctors that aren’t specialists in the field who have an agenda.

        Seriously mind your own business and let parents and doctors that actually understand this stuff take care of kids that need life-saving treatment.

        And while you’re at it maybe look up the study that was just done about how suicide rates in trans youth are 70% higher states deny health care to trans youth.

        In other words educate yourself before having an opinion about something you know nothing about.

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          5 hours ago

          Now thats a bad faith argument. I usually get banned for calling people an idiot or is that only cos my opinions are controversial?

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            5 hours ago

            I’m not arguing with you. Your opinion is just wrong and irrelevant. Not understanding a medical treatment and wanting it banned because it makes you uncomfortable makes you a small minded, bad person. I hope you take the time to either reevaluate your life or go away.