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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

While I completely support trans kids I don't think they should take meds for it till like their mid teens and surgery till they are adults. If you can't trust someone to drive or stay home alone they shouldn't with life altering decisions. Allow them to figure themselves out more first.

That's the purpose of puberty blockers -- they just delay irreversible development until the kid is older and can fully decide what they want

That stuff have any bad side effects?

Furthermore, these medications have an established history of safe use in cisgender kids, where they've long been used to treat a number of puberty disorders. And they're not even fighting to take these away from cis kids, only block trans kids from having access to the same medicines.

If all they are doing is prescribing puberty blockers then what are peoples problems? All I hear is how people push their kids to transition and shit. I mean... I am sure that happens some people are messed up but generally if they don't do anything till they are older I don't see the issue.

A big part of the arguments against gender affirming care is highlighting the ways that literally everything, especially in medicine, has risk and side effects associated with it, and pretending that only applies to stuff trans people want.