Arguments for puberty blockers

Whitewavemark2

It is intended to be introduced at 10 years old.

Abuse imo

As far as I am aware, this is the go ahead for a clinical trial to take place.

Nonetheless, it is still experimenting on young children, who, as GrannyGravy says do not know what they want for dinner and these guinea pigs could be pre-teens!

Researchers from King's College London say the trial will involve around 220 children under the age of 16 who are going through puberty, and will examine the impact of the drugs on their physical, social and emotional wellbeing.

Rosie51

Puberty blockers have one, and only one, valid use. And that's to delay puberty for children suffering precocious puberty. They can be used to delay puberty to a more appropriate and consistent age, about 8-9 in girls, 9-10 in boys. Delay being the operative word, not as they have been used to avoid it altogether before going on to cross sex hormones, the combination of which may well lead to severe health problems and can cause sterility. Most children with precocious puberty who are treated with blockers will be on them for the shortest time possible and then only if they find puberty too distressing to cope with.

Yes, I thought it would be about this, and that Wes Streeting was against puberty blockers for young children.
Therefore I am surprised (and shocked) that there will be a trial experimenting on young children, who, despite what they might say, are really not old enough to know for sure at such a young age.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvg6l5nypgo#:~:text=In%202020%2C%20she%20took%20legal,give%20consent%20to%20the%20treatment.

Yes Wes Streeting had the opportunity to not be on the 'wrong side of history' . He has missed that chance. There is a protest against the trial on the 17th Dec led by the LGB alliance.

Puberty blockers have one, and only one, valid use. And that's to delay puberty for children suffering precocious puberty. They can be used to delay puberty to a more appropriate and consistent age, about 8-9 in girls, 9-10 in boys. Delay being the operative word, not as they have been used to avoid it altogether before going on to cross sex hormones, the combination of which may well lead to severe health problems and can cause sterility. Most children with precocious puberty who are treated with blockers will be on them for the shortest time possible and then only if they find puberty too distressing to cope with.

As someone with a trans (female to male) nephew I think he was an unhappy girl and is now a happy man. It was always obvious that she had issues, and now he doesn't speak to his dad at all as he feels he was unsupportive. For me I just want my kids to be happy.

I’m so disappointed Wes Streeting is going along with this.
Especially since the Cass report. Just why?

It’s abuse and must be stopped.

I think even Joseph Mengele would have thought this a step too far.

They amount to abuse and should not be given to kids.

Anyone who pretended men could be women has a hand in this, anyone who dismissed women as bigots or hysterical has a hand in this. Of course puberty blockers are a terrible thing.

Are you joking?

I find this subject very difficult to get my head round.

On the one hand you read about the intolerable misery some children experience feeling that they are born the wrong gender. On the other hand it seems to smack of child abuse to start pumping young children full of puberty blockers.

Cabbie21

My eldest grandchild is transitioning but nothing started before the age of at least 20. I just hope s/he knows what s/he is doing ( 24 now).
I think this new trial is proposed for early teens- not old enough to open a bank account, someone said, far too young in my view to consent to something so major.

I think for every child who is muddled about their sexuality, the vast majority end up happily in their birth sex.

I watched a friends teenage daughter who from her early teens was adamant that she wanted to transition to a male, she changed her name to male wore male clothing etc, etc, now in her early 20s she has completely settled in her birth sex, with boyfriend, in tow and in fact is very glamorous. Imagine if she’d persuaded the clinicians of her need to change gender! It would be a tragedy.

It is intended to be introduced at 10 years old.

Abuse imo

I think young teens do not know what they want for dinner.

They shouldn’t in my opinion be able to decide and take life altering drugs before they reach the age of majority.

My eldest grandchild is transitioning but nothing started before the age of at least 20. I just hope s/he knows what s/he is doing ( 24 now).
I think this new trial is proposed for early teens- not old enough to open a bank account, someone said, far too young in my view to consent to something so major.

You are right - but how on earth can a pre-teen ever make informed consent.

Watching my grandchildren grow up - now 21 and 25 - it is clear that they do not know who they are for a number of years and in fact an adult brain is not fully mature until 32.

I’m no expert but I seem to remember reading something about them being used on young females who want to be male. Taking the blockers stops the growth of breasts, making it easier to become a ‘male’ once they reach maturity.
Don’t quote me. I could be way off beam.