Who exactly is ‘giving kids sex hormones’? oh wait. it’s the endocrinologists and parents inducing puberty in their kids because they think it’s happening too slowly or their endogenous hormone levels aren’t high enough. don’t believe me?
’How and when do I induce puberty in males?’, posted to Endocrine Abstracts.
‘Inducing puberty’, published in the European Journal of Endorcinology.meanwhile, trans teenagers (who actually elect to pursue hormone treatments) undergo intense psychological evaluation beforehand, and are overwhelmingly given hormone blockers—not ’ sex hormones’—to delay further effects of their first puberty for a few years until they’re sure they want to go on HRT.
what are the drugs they’re given? well, the most common is Lupron or leuprolide. Other applications of the drug include:
parents who want their daughters to get taller, or,
parents who are grossed out by their kids’ puberties when they happen faster than they expected.
once again, trans kids are getting victimized by people who don’t care about facts or contexts, and who rely on straw man arguments to spread fear tactics that compromise kids’ wellbeing and physical safety.
Tbh PLEASE spread this post, if you are willing.
I see well-meaning people getting duped by misinformation about trans kids’ medical treatment WAY too often. People with an agenda of hate tell sensationalist stories that simply don’t match up with reality, and scare a lot of parents who might otherwise support their kids.
Informing people about the actual reality can save those kids’ lives.
I just want to chime in as an intersex person who was put on sex hormones against my will starting at age 11. Unlike trans kids whose treatment schedules tend to be “prevent an unwanted series of sexual developments until the child is old enough to safely begin pursuing the desired sexual developments,” intersex kids get put on sex hormones early, often, and aggressively.
These intensive, generally unwanted interventions have side effects. Life long side effects. For example, because of the high doses of hormones I was put on as a kid, I’ve developed a chronic condition that, ironically, can only be treated by staying permanently on yet another sex hormone therapy regimen. Even as an adult, I don’t have the choice to stop, because if I did, there’s more than even odds that I would get blood poisoning, and because my brand of intersex comes complete with a bunch of immunological issues (ALSO as a result of improper medical care due to intersexuality in childhood! Wild!!!), I would probably- not definitely but probably- die in excruciating pain.
There’s just so much fucked up about anti-trans people making statements like “stop with the sex hormones.” And basically all of the fucked up shit comes directly from believing that children aren’t real people and trans people are actually demons.
whoomp there it is!!!
Okay this is all good info but I’m side-eyeing the word choice behind “parents who are grossed out by their kids’ puberties” making it sound like parents with legitimate health concerns for their children are just puritans projecting body shame.
Do you think ANY 7 year old *wants* to be having a period? That can be traumatising even for cisgender girls. There are plenty of adult cisgender women who don’t want to be having periods and take hormonal birth control to get rid of them.
Periods – not that great.
And it’s important to note that the kids having the puberty the earliest are also the ones eating the lowest quality, least nutritious food – poor families that cannot afford healthier options. I don’t think it’s fair to imply that parents who are worried about their kids going through puberty at extremely young ages are bad parents, particularly considering statistical evidence indicates a correlation between earlier puberty in girls and poverty.
Personally I’m not a fan of being short and I wish I had delayed puberty a year or two if it meant I’d be able to buy pants without needing to hem them. My sister was two years older than I was when she had her puberty and she’s about two inches taller.
Anti-trans protesters interrupt Auckland’s pride march
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