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Originally Posted by AltaGuy
For me, it's always a completely ridiculous notion that I would or should somehow be able to evaluate what is going on between medical health professionals and their patients better than they could themselves.
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Agreed. But the complexity and nuance of the issue is being ignored by trans activists as well as conservative politicians.
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Transgender Docs Warn About Gender-Affirmative Care for Youth
Leading experts on transgender medicine are accusing trans activists of muffling their concerns about the quality of evaluations of adolescents and young adults with gender dysphoria…
The latest skirmish was set off by comments made by Marci Bowers, MD, president-elect of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and Erica Anderson, PhD, president of the U.S. Professional Association for Transgender Health.
The comments have drawn controversy because of their claim that some adolescents are experiencing what has been dubbed "rapid-onset" gender dysphoria. The term was first coined in 2018 by researcher Lisa Littman, MD, MPH, president of the Institute for Comprehensive Gender Dysphoria Research...
However, many researchers acknowledge the phenomenon that it describes: A huge increase in the Western world of teenagers and young adults suddenly expressing a transgender identity seemingly out of the blue, when previously there had been no indication that they were uncomfortable with their biological sex.
This phenomenon has also been called late- or adolescent-onset gender dysphoria. It is different from earlier descriptions of gender dysphoria, which was primarily observed in younger children.
In their comments, Bowers and Anderson (both of whom are transgender themselves) criticize the quality of assessments and care for children and adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria.
Anderson, a clinical psychologist, said that "due to some of the -- I'll call it just 'sloppy' health care work -- that we're going to have more young adults who will regret having gone through this process."
https://www.webmd.com/sex-relationsh...ive-care-youth
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The whole article is worth reading for anyone interested in understanding the issue beyond the stark battle-lines drawn on social media.