I feel like gender working should encompass figuring out if they do wish to transition and look at the reasons why one might be feeling that way, I always assumed it did, did it not?
To me, having no kind of care at all for trans people is just making it so that they can’t get all of the best/accurate information that they need to figure out who they truly are. Which is shite. Everyone deserves that chance regardless of age.
I feel like you misunderstood my point. Maybe on purpose, like apparently is tradition in these fields.
I never even implied “no care”, I’m talking about puberty blockers and hormone treatment. These are irreversible changes. And without knowing, who they “truly are” you can’t know, whether hormones are the right way to go. Damaging a trans kid by not treating is shite, but damaging a cis kid by treating it is also shite. And a doctor basically has to decide which of these risks to take - which is hard without proper data.
I didn’t misinterpret what you said, I was extending from it and asking a question about the topic at the same time. I don’t actually know what “gender affirming care” consists of, Hence my comment.
I feel like gender working should encompass figuring out if they do wish to transition and look at the reasons why one might be feeling that way, I always assumed it did, did it not?
To me, having no kind of care at all for trans people is just making it so that they can’t get all of the best/accurate information that they need to figure out who they truly are. Which is shite. Everyone deserves that chance regardless of age.
I feel like you misunderstood my point. Maybe on purpose, like apparently is tradition in these fields.
I never even implied “no care”, I’m talking about puberty blockers and hormone treatment. These are irreversible changes. And without knowing, who they “truly are” you can’t know, whether hormones are the right way to go. Damaging a trans kid by not treating is shite, but damaging a cis kid by treating it is also shite. And a doctor basically has to decide which of these risks to take - which is hard without proper data.
If you read their reply again you would see that the effects of puberty blockers are mostly reversible.
I didn’t misinterpret what you said, I was extending from it and asking a question about the topic at the same time. I don’t actually know what “gender affirming care” consists of, Hence my comment.