Most children who think they’re transgender are going through a ‘phase’ – NHS
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> Most children who believe that they are transgender are just going through a “phase”, the NHS has said, as it warns that doctors should not encourage them to change their names and pronouns.
> NHS England has announced plans for tightening controls on the treatment of under 18s questioning their gender, including a ban on prescribing puberty blockers outside of strict clinical trials.
> The services, which will replace the controversial Tavistock clinic, will be led by medical doctors rather than therapists and will consider the impact of other conditions such as autism and mental health issues.
> The plans, which are currently under public consultation, are for an interim service for young people with gender dysphoria whilst Dr Hilary Cass continues her review into the treatment offered by the NHS.
https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/B1937-...https://cass.independent-review.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/0...
> NHS gender clinic 'should have challenged me more' over transition -
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51676020 > Man sues NHS on same day as gender reassignment surgery claiming he made 'biggest mistake of his life' -
https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-sues... > Hundreds of families could sue transgender clinic Tavistock for medical negligence -
https://evangelicalfocus.com/europe/18187/hundreds-of-famili...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puberty_blocker , "The most commonly used puberty blockers are gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists".
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonadotropin-releasing_hormone... , which shows the structure of "Leuprorelin, one of the most widely used GnRH agonists" and says:
> They are agonists of the GnRH receptor and work by increasing or decreasing the release of gonadotropins and the production of sex hormones by the gonads.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing says "He accepted hormone treatment with DES, a procedure commonly referred to as chemical castration, as an alternative to prison."
That's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diethylstilbestrol , "a nonsteroidal estrogen medication".
> DES is an estrogen, or an agonist of the estrogen receptors, the biological target of estrogens like estradiol
Different structure classes, different targets, and different effects.
1. people are purely hard wired to a particular gender.
2. gender is a purely social construct
3. Birth sex/genetics/epigenetics strongly influence behavior.
However desires and opinions are strongly swayed by mimetic influences such that people change frequently, especially if they are young
Not saying truly transgender people don't exist but the huge explosion in numbers since it became socially acceptable means that either there's "something in the water" which is increasing the number of transgender people around, or a lot of vulnerable young people approaching and going through puberty and feeling confused and different are convincing themselves they're transgender [because it's all over the news], where back in my day they'd be fretting that they might be gay.
I think the danger is in the fact that, for someone at that vulnerable age, convincing yourself you're transgender can lead to you undergoing life-changing, physical alteration to your body, where convincing yourself you must be gay might have lead to a few embarrassing memories, in later life.
They practically universally have strict, intolerant and conformist opinions too.
Quoting her from "Little Boxes", 1962:
And the people in the houses
All went to the university
Where they were put in boxes
And they came out all the same
And there's doctors and lawyers
And business executives
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same
And they all play on the golf course
And drink their martinis dry
And they all have pretty children
And the children go to school
And the children go to summer camp
And then to the university
Where they are put in boxes
And they come out all the same
And the boys go into business
And marry and raise a family
In boxes made of ticky tacky
And they all look just the sameIt's also the theme tune for the series "Weeds" (TV series).
Unless you allow an indefinite (and large?) number of genders, to include at least each of the option at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-binary_gender as a hard-wired gender?
Which leads to the question: How many genders are in your 3-option model?
We are in the middle of a shot-for-shot remake of the anti-gay panic.
Liberals (more often than anyone else) have medicalized homosexuality. You're not a lesbian, you're a man. You're not gay, you're a woman. People must immediately stop foisting irreversible and radical medical procedures onto vulnerable and impressionable youth. It's predatory and obvious profiteering, it's an entire industry.
For what it’s worth, withholding needed medical treatment is every bit as barbaric as forcing unneeded medical treatment into an individual. The intent in both cases is identical: eradicating queer people.
I may be mistaken in thinking your goal was sarcasm or ridicule, but if so, then I must admit that I have no idea what you are intending to say here.