Seymour Flops
Diamond Member
How do they “suffer and die?” I already showed you that there is no evidence of increased suicide when children who supposedly want it are ”denied” transgender surgery.What childish insults? I called you out on the fact that you keep regurgitating extremist, provocative and alarmist talking points with no regard for the truth. The transgender hysteria is being driven by fear and ignorance and you are contributing to that. Your type of rhetoric is what pushed politicians to enact strict bans on all gender affirming care. Then kids suffer and die
If that includes surgery and hormones, then it’s a good example of not letting the profiteers be the arbiters of right and wrong in the field in which the profit.To answer your question, in general, politicians should have no say in medical or mental health issues. Matters pertaining to gender, should be treated like any other issue with care being based on recognized best practices. Currently, every major medical and mental health organization recognizes the importance of gender affirming care .
Here you admit more than most progressives will, so I salute you for that.Having said that, I could support restrictions on irreversible gender reassignment in pre pubescent children, although there should be some exceptions such as in the case of intersexed children where there is a clear medical issue. While children are aware of their gender identity at an early age, there is usually no need to rush to correct a physical anomality. Mistakes can be made
It turns out though, that all hormonal gender affirming care is irreversible. You can stop the hormones when you realize the horrible mistake, but you cannot give the child back the years of normal development they lost to a “medical treatment” specifically intended to stop normal development. So, yes. Ban all “gender affirming care” that cannot be taken off, as can a dress or makeup.
Weeeell, unfortunately for you, we have a democratic republic, not some system where our lives are run by self appointed “experts.”Lastly, if there is going to be any government involvement at all it should be through the regulatory process with standards and practices being set by career scientists, not elected officials driven by politics