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by zahlman 526 days ago
>According to this way more recent study they are totally reversible: And this one says the same:

I see nothing in your links that supports those conclusions. The second one at least asserts that recipients overwhelmingly don't want to reverse the effects, but this too is a complex topic (see e.g. https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/09/08/acc-entry-should-trans... ).

Also, the link you're responding to isn't a "study", but rather a position document from the NHS (UK national healthcare).
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irisgrunn 526 days ago
> I see nothing in your links that supports those conclusions.

I'd start with chapter 5.2.1.7 go from there.

> but this too is a complex topic (see e.g. https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/09/08/acc-entry-should-trans... ).

You can either force a trans kid to develop the wrong kind of secondary sex characteristics. With all trauma and painful corrective procedures that will follow later in life, or you can let them take a pill a day which will halt it until they're old enough to make that decision. That really doesn't seem difficult to me.

> Also, the link you're responding to isn't a "study", but rather a position document from the NHS

I know but it's still based on the cass report, which claims to be a study.

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zahlman 526 days ago
>I'd start with chapter 5.2.1.7 go from there.

As far as I can tell, you linked to abstracts for a paywalled academic papers.

>You can either

The point is about the objective fact of what the kids want. Your moral judgement of what should be done as a result, is irrelevant to that.

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irisgrunn 526 days ago
> As far as I can tell, you linked to abstracts for a paywalled academic papers.

Just scroll down, no paywall.

> The point is about the objective fact of what the kids want. Your moral judgement of what should be done as a result, is irrelevant to that.

This has nothing to do with my moral judgment. If a kid gets diagnosed with gender-dysphoria, they should get proper treatment. Social transition in combination with puberty blockers are the known effective treatment.

Not sure about the US, but here gender-dysphoria in children has to be diagnosed by a team of professionals that aren't allowed to steer them in any way.

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