I thought there was a difference between the hormone medications given to people to change their gender and puberty blockers. Haven't puberty blockers been given out for a long time? For kids who begin puberty early enough in their life where it is considered dangerous? I googled it and the term, I think, is precocious puberty. My understanding was that puberty blockers aren't so controversial and should not be conflated with these relatively new hormone treatments meant to change one's gender. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/precocious-puberty/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20351817
Given the suicide rate amongst transgender teens who don't transition, I'd say it passes the minimal scrutiny test unless there is proof otherwise.
I just looked at it and his back of the envelope math/reasoning. It's totally flawed. For instance, he's claiming that every suicide has a known cause - people who had gender dysmorphia in the past may have never revealed that to anyone, so their suicide would never been connected to gender dysmorphia. He's also assuming that everyone who is gender fluid wants to transition, which is far far from the case. These are terrible assumptions and it makes his argument come across more as political than scientific.
I missed that. It might be the most powerful and on point argument I have heard concerning all of this.
I have very mixed feelings about this issue and have certainly taken heat from some far-left liberals. I have been called anti-trans and a bigot, and I have closely considered their words as it is a serious allegation. Having prefaced that, this tweet isn't objectively accurate. It deal with psychological issues and we have deemed a number of things psychologically medically necessary because of higher rates of suicide, etc.
It's not just one tweet, it's a whole thread. I didn't spend much time trying to deconstruct his math, but looks like he made a tweet saying he wants to explain it further.
Something else that has zero effect on me and causes me zero amount of grief. But you keep searching for something other people do to get you in an uproar.
Your kids are more likely to be shot and killed by a right wing extremist at a drag show than end up being groomed. If you want to prevent your kids from getting groomed, don't let them around celebrities like Drake.
Do you think this sort of delusional thinking is a fair representation of how trans people think about their bodies?
I don't even know anymore, and I assume neither do many others. I guess that should tell you something.
I think it’s parody, given (a) no source and (b) some of the other tweets from that account are clearly parody (SBF declared himself to be non-binary). Unfortunately, people are responding to it like it’s real. Truth doesn’t really matter anymore. Just make the other side look ridiculous and non-credible.
I know someone that took care of that almost died due to something similar. Biological female, nobody thought ovarian abscess possible due to not having ovaries until lo and behold on the scans
But doesn't the fact that people cannot even distinguish reality and parody anymore when it comes to this topic tell you anything?
