Trans children are being damaged

I think we are on the same page mostly - for me the reason I would still say its ok for boys to wear dresses, is not because I don't think that some kids will be pressured into it/it coudl cause problems.. its more just weighing up the risks assosiated.

If I presume that there are transgender kids (as I believe there are), then I have to weigh the risks of: the negative effects of some non-trans kids being encouraged to act trans.. vs the negative effects actual trans kids being denied the ability to be trans

With medical intervention - for me the risk to non-trans kids who could be influenced, is greater then the harm to trans kids who may miss out... but with just dressing/acting, the risk to non trans kids seems less to me then the harm to trans kids who may miss out

If you see what I mean? Its not that the pressure won't happen, and some kids won't be influenced by friends/family/media into doing something they don't need to - its just that dressing up for a few years poses less risk then medical intervention, so it becomes a more reasonable price to pay to accomodate the genuinly transgender kids.

There are not 'a lot of studies' that suggest this

there are a few studies dating from the era of DSM-III ' Gender Identity Disorder' which people claim apply to the DSM-V or ICD10 defintion of Gender dysphoria.

https://www.transadvocate.com/part-i-the-rise-and-fall-of-discosexology-dr-zucker-camh-conversion-therapy_n_19556.htm

the most recent studies place the desistence rate in children and young people are around 4 % - the Australian report that was used to remove the requirement for a specific court hearing to allow under 18s to being medical transition

the most recent adult patient population figure which iirc included 18 year olds transferred from GIDS as presented at WPATH 2018 sohews the desistence rate among those with diagnosed Gender Dysphoria is 0.3 %

thanks for demonstrating your clinical illiteracy .

the only liar here is you you TERF

Children should not be allowed to transition, not even be allowed to take hormone blockers, until they reach 18 and can make decisions for themselves. There is evidence to show, by Dr. Debra Soh, that 60%-90% of children who experience gender dysphoria actually grow out of it and instead live their lives as gay men and women so this push to get children transitioning, under the guise of "compassion", is troubling. I'm actually so glad I didn't grow up in this age because I was a tomboy growing up who often said I wanted to be a boy only to grow up to be a feminine female. If I grew up in this age I would probably be on hormone blockers and transitioning to become a man and that is terrifying to think about.

Funny that then that GIDS is now involved in a controversy where their doctors say they feel pressured to perform quick transitions.

You are committing child abuse, and this fact is getting more and more attention. Sooner or later your house of card will come crashing down on you and everyone will see the truth - in your narcissistic rage for self validation, you are promoting child abuse. You will be seen for the sicko that you are.

Soh is Not a Medical Practitioner or in fact a Clinician of any kind.

she is echo the same debunked myths that Blanchar,d Bailrey, Zucker and their ilk of debunked, defrocked pariahs have been trotting out to justify conversion therapy for the past 40 years .

and the whole ' i was a tomboy growing up and would have been transed' demonstrates you don't even know what the criteria for diagnosing Gender Dysphoria are , never mind actually having them.

however difficult the truth is to swallow, many do regret transitioning surgically especially at a young age...

the only sort of medical intervention that under 18s can receive is puberty blockers, . Any steps to transition at that age are social, not medical.

There's definitely none that regret surgically transitioning as kids, because that simply doesn't happen - Trans related health care guidelines are fairly clear, the only sort of medical intervention that under 18s can receive is puberty blockers, which are reversible. Any steps to transition at that age are social, not medical.

GIDS fail to follow the intenrational evidence based clinical guidelines

GIDS is acknowledged by international comparators and adult GICs to be failing becasue they refuse to follow those evidence based guidelines

your personalised comments towards me are unacceptable and constitte in the light of your previous censures on this site criminal harassment

You contradict yourself in consecutive sentences. Puberty blockers are a medical intervention.

That would make you transphobic. Didn't you know, according to trans validation activists, kids as young as 2 or 3 know their 'gender'.

Children should not be able to transition at such a young age. End of story.

That does not make them Transphobic and to say so is pretty drastic. Children are simply too young at that age to be able to decide their gender. I have heard of cases where young children transition to the opposite gender and a year or two afterwards, they want to transition back. If kids can't consent to sex until they are 16, why should they be able to change their gender at such young ages?

I don’t know enough about them, but I imagine a lot of the effects would be irreversible. Puberty blockers sound really scary and I can’t imagine the potential damage.

completely and irrefutably agree. At the MINIMUM sex changes or whatever they're called should NOT be legal until you are 18. END OF

That does not make them Transphobic and to say so is pretty drastic. Children are simply too young at that age to be able to decide their gender. I have heard of cases where young children transition to the opposite gender and a year or two afterwards, they want to transition back. If kids can't consent to sex until they are 16, why should they be able to change their gender at such young ages?