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Re:Elevated rates of autism in transgender and gender-divers... by DanBC on Monday August 17, 2020 @04:42AM (#24185291)
You must think doctors are fucking idiots if you think they're handing out hormones to pre-pubertal children on the say so of a parent.
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Re:Elevated rates of autism in transgender and gender-divers... by raxxorrax on Monday August 17, 2020 @04:49AM (#24185332)
Unfortunately there are private clinics practicing this very thing despite a majority of people growing out of their desire to transition at a later age. Medical abuse is not unprecedented. I believe it to plain child abuse and propose the the children affected get some legal support for possible recourse.
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Re:Elevated rates of autism in transgender and gender-divers... by DanBC on Monday August 17, 2020 @05:09AM (#24185414)
This is nonsense.
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Re:Elevated rates of autism in transgender and gender-divers... by raxxorrax on Monday August 17, 2020 @05:19AM (#24185473)
Maybe, in that case giving them a possible vehicle to defend themselves shouldn't pose a problem. And that includes holding parents and practitioners accountable.
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Re:Elevated rates of autism in transgender and gender-divers... by DanBC on Monday August 17, 2020 @07:02AM (#24186030)
No, it's nonsense to suggest that 5 year olds are being given hormones to trans them.
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