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    Gender dysphoria in young people is rising—and so is professional disagreement

    For a recent thread on parents regaining parental rights with a school wanting to hide child transitioning, I did a bit of research into the subject and what I found was there is virtually no agreement among experts on the topic, even less when it comes to children. One wonders then how and why the Biden administration and education boards and administrators are making decisions on how to treat gender dysphoria. This article saves me the trouble of collecting sources and statements to demonstrate the lack of agreement.

    Gender dysphoria in young people is rising—and so is professional disagreement

    ...The [American Academy of Pediatrics] conference is one of many flashpoints in the contentious debate in the United States over if, when, and how children and adolescents with gender dysphoria should be medically or surgically treated. US medical professional groups are aligned in support of “gender affirming care” for gender dysphoria, which may include gonadotrophin releasing hormone analogues (GnRHa) to suppress puberty; oestrogen or testosterone to promote secondary sex characteristics; and surgical removal or augmentation of breasts, genitals, or other physical features. At the same time, however, several European countries have issued guidance to limit medical intervention in minors, prioritising psychological care.

    The discourse is polarised in the US. Conservative politicians, pundits, and social media influencers accuse providers of pushing “gender ideology” and even “child abuse,” lobbying for laws banning medical transition for minors. Progressives argue that denying access to care is a transphobic violation of human rights. There’s little dispute within the medical community that children in distress need care, but concerns about the rapid widespread adoption of interventions and calls for rigorous scientific review are coming from across the ideological spectrum.

    ...As the number of young people receiving medical transition treatments rises, so have the voices of those who call themselves “detransitioners” or “retransitioners,” some of whom claim that early treatment caused preventable harm.8 Large scale, long term research is lacking,9 and researchers disagree about how to measure the phenomenon, but two recent studies suggest that as many as 20-30% of patients may discontinue hormone treatment within a few years.1011 The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) asserts that detransition is “rare.”

    Chloe Cole, now aged 18, had a double mastectomy at age 15 and spoke at the AAP rally. “Many of us were young teenagers when we decided, on the direction of medical experts, to pursue irreversible hormone treatments and surgeries,” she read from her tablet at the rally, which had by this time moved indoors to avoid confrontation. “This is not informed consent but a decision forced under extreme duress.”

    Scott Hadland, chief of adolescent medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, dismissed the “handful of cruel protesters” outside the AAP meeting in a tweet that morning. He wrote, “Inside 10 000 pediatricians stand in solidarity for trans & gender diverse kids & their families to receive evidence-based, lifesaving, individualized care.”

    ...These documents [by WPATH, the AAP, and the Endocrine Society] are often cited to suggest that medical treatment is both uncontroversial and backed by rigorous science. “All of those medical societies find such care to be evidence-based and medically necessary,” stated a recent article on transgender healthcare for children published in Scientific American.20 “Transition related healthcare is not controversial in the medical field,” wrote Gillian Branstetter, a frequent spokesperson on transgender issues currently with the American Civil Liberties Union, in a 2019 guide for reporters....

    nternationally, however, governing bodies have come to different conclusions regarding the safety and efficacy of medically treating gender dysphoria. Sweden’s National Board of Health and Welfare, which sets guidelines for care, determined last year that the risks of puberty blockers and treatment with hormones “currently outweigh the possible benefits” for minors.24 Finland’s Council for Choices in Health Care, a monitoring agency for the country’s public health services, issued similar guidelines, calling for psychosocial support as the first line treatment.25 (Both countries restrict surgery to adults.)

    Medical societies in France, Australia, and New Zealand have also leant away from early medicalisation.2627 And NHS England, which is in the midst of an independent review of gender identity services, recently said that there was “scarce and inconclusive evidence to support clinical decision making”28 for minors with gender dysphoria29 and that for most who present before puberty it will be a “transient phase,” requiring clinicians to focus on psychological support and to be “mindful” even of the risks of social transition....
    I've quoted too much already. The article goes on to report the arguments and the lack of any agreement.


    Chloe Cole is mentioned above. Here's some videos of her.









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    The numbers growing as fast as they are contradict the previous notion that we are just helping a small segment of troubled youth and preventing them from being bullied. Personally I don't want to see any child picked on, however the more than obvious promotion by non-parent activists and school authorities is very alarming.
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    Certainly you don't want kids bullied but you also don't want them harmed.

    It just seems the obvious question is missed, is a behavior truly a sign of gender dysphoria? Chloe while display tomboyish behavior was likely misdiagnosed.
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    Biden Admin Pushes Transgender Medical ‘Care’ While Quietly Bankrolling Research Showing Its Risks

    As the Biden administration pushes the Department of Health and Human Services to make “gender-affirming health care” more widely available, HHS’s own National Institutes of Health is funding multiple studies premised upon how little research has been conducted on the long-term risks of taking cross-sex hormones and whether they improve mental health. The NIH research on transgender issues also emphasizes intersectionality and about half has been on HIV prevention.

    The NIH Reporter database, which lists active federally funded research projects, shows 74 with “transgender” in the title, totaling more than $26 million of taxpayers’ money annually. Several NIH-funded studies examine specific health risks of cross-sex hormone treatment — such as associated bone loss and possible increased risk of thrombosis, drug overdose, heart attack, and stroke.

    Only a few studies evaluate the risk of infertility, even though “the impact of long-term cross-sex hormone therapy on reproductive health is largely unknown,” as one such project states and experts have warned. In contrast, seven studies examine stigma and disparities in health care for transgender people, in response to NIH’s Notice of Special Interest in understanding the role of alleged intersectional stigmas and how they harm health.

    Many studies address higher incidence of sexually transmitted infections in transgender people, and whether hormone therapy might increase that risk. About half of all NIH-funded research on transgender health, including that which has been completed, relates to HIV prevention among the transgender population, totaling approximately $80 million since 1985.

    Transgender males “have some of the highest concentrated HIV epidemics in the world, with a pooled global prevalence of 19% and a 49-fold higher odds ratio of acquiring HIV than non-transgender adults,” according to one project summary. Behavioral factors contribute, another project says, but the role of sex hormones needs further study, since they “are known to modulate the immune response, resulting in changes in host susceptibility to pathogens, vaccine efficacy and drug metabolism.”...

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    Exposing the lie of 'gender-affirming care'

    Unfortunately, what didn’t receive that kind of attention is a recent statement by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, that the practice of so-called “gender-affirming care,” convincing impressionable teenagers that feeling like the opposite sex means you are the opposite sex, is extremely damaging. In a seven-part statement, AAPS exposes this heresy — “changing physical appearance does not change biological sex” — and takes direct aim at the medical industry promoting destructive “transgender” medical procedures on youth: “There has been an explosive increase in persons who identify with the construct of gender different from sex, at an age where identity is easily malleable and brain development is not fully concluded.”

    The position of this respected group of physicians and surgeons is a welcome and much-needed wake-up call. We’re learning firsthand that the safety and dignity of youth, especially girls, identifying as the opposite sex is not the priority of the Biden administration nor medical advocacy groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, the American Psychological Association, and Big Pharma.

    All of them are complicit in the deception AAPS rejects, leading to radical, experimental treatments on children struggling with identity. A top official at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services advocates the use of sex change drugs and surgeries as “medically necessary, safe and effective for trans or non-binary youth.” Not to mention profitable.

    Government-funded programs, including through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are underwriting this gender transition ideology. It is being peddled in schools and corporate America through diversity, equity, and inclusion hires, pride events, social media campaigns, drag queen shows, gender ideology curricula, secret gender support plans, and Gender Sexuality Alliance clubs.

    The damage to today’s youth needs breakthroughs like the AAPS statement — and a brave whistleblower, Jamie Reed, who’s been on the front lines of case management in a trans-youth clinic. Her experience makes the case against the prevailing practice of so-called “gender-affirming care” that she declares “morally and medically appalling.”...
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