Trans youth will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers, NHS England says
Trans youth will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers, NHS England says
Trans youth will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at NHS England gender identity clinics in a “blow” to gender-affirming healthcare.
Go check the UnitedKingdom subreddit if you want to see the celebratory bloodlust of the average Briton, the blatant alternative truths and so on, and this is of the young progressive sort, the average 40+ boomeroid probably no longer bothers with that mask even.
I am so tired. I've fought the good fight for so long for my people but in the end it's like it was all pointless.
36There’s been a noticeable shift on r/UnitedKingdom since around the time of the Reddit protests. I no longer participate there but I’ve seen quite a bit of extra unpleasantness the few times of taken a curious look at it.
Not that it was ever a great place to discuss trans issues, but the nastiness seems to be spreading to all manner of topics now.
11There may have been an organized effort by the far right to take over various national subreddits. It gives the impression that their views are overwhelmingly popular in the country, when really they're not. The subreddit /r/Canada also got dominated by the far right, which led to the creation of /r/onguardforthee. At least one of the mods of /r/Canada was shown to be an active neo-Nazi, and another declared himself a white supremacist. There is still too much support for the far right in Canada (and we're looking at a big lurch to the right in the next election), but it's not as dominant as you'd think from that subreddit.
8r/Canada is very similar
6There’s always been that undercurrent of hate. The first few comments on any immigration story was enough to see that.
But yeah, I think the demographic did shift a bit in the last year or so
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Haven't they always been like that?
r/GreenAndPleasant split off from them for a reason
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A big FUCK YOU to all Tories, Terfs and similar asshats.
Edit: I'll donate money to Gender GP even harder from now on.
31All 83 of them?
Really that is the total for the entire country. Ya, it's a "serious" problem. .... Sure
6I think they were hoping to make more
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I'm not particularly well educated on the subject but according to the BBC:
Fewer than 100 young people in England are currently prescribed puberty blockers by the NHS. They will all able to continue their treatment.
So why such a big fuss?
6Blocks any future access to trans kids
17Can puberty blocking be reversed at a later date?
Or can blocked puberty be reverted later?
I could agree with a ban whole heatedly if blocking can't be reversed and blocked cannot be reverted, but I would likely to oppose a ban it if blocking can be reversed and blocked could be reverted.
Gets a little fuzzy if it's one or the other though.
Wouldn't want someone to miss their only chance to block puberty, but also wouldn't want someone to make a permanent choice at 13-14 which can't be reversed if they want to later on.
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Glyndŵr, os ydych wedi gorffen cael te yn y bryniau hynny, gallem ddefnyddio llaw.
4Scientist have collected all the data and decided the experts on Lemmy are wrong.
1Complete miss characterisation. It is lack of data the NHS is arguing with. Not scientific evidence.
The article is bluntly stating that the NHS has made this choice because no evidence of the long term safty exists. Not because scientists say it is unsafe.
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Good, there's not enough scientific evidence to claim it's safe for children, hence the ban....
-21Given the drug has been used for almost 40 years. Lack of evidence it is safe. Is just a political way of saying we have no evidence it is dangerous.
After 40 years of clinical use. With many patients benifiting from its application. And the medications passing the medical trials standards of the 1980s. Pretty much any other medication the NHS has banned or restricted use of. Was because of new evidence. Not the lack of it. I say pretty much. Because cost and politics has been used in the past. The NHS was just more open about the reasons.
Restricting a long used medicine with a lack of evidence. Is a political not a scientific choice.
10I have no idea what you source those beliefs on but research dome in Sweden just last year concludes:
Data on the effects on psychosocial health are lacking but there is some evidence that hormonal treatment may impact on bone maturation.
So no, I would not claim it is risk free, especially when given to children.
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Funny that international studies show otherwise...
Welcome to my blocked list.
7I believe there are exceptions to the ban in the case of studies that are actively taking place. This isn't a complete halt on their use; just the general prescription has been paused.
The side effects like the effects on bone density and brain development do seem concerning and merit more investigation.
4Yes, stated as a recommendation until supporting evidence of its benefits can be found. The thing is that the side effects as you mentioned are well known and can unediably be linked to the therapy, thus warranting caution.
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This is a common myth brought up primarily by people who don't know what they're talking about.
In actuality, we can pretend trans people don't exist and turn our attention to the other group of kids puberty blockers assist with: those undergoing precocious puberty. The studies that were done to prove their safety and efficacy in that case happened back in the 70s, but more recent studies have indicated similar things; there are known side effects that can be longer-term as far as bone density is concerned, but this is definitely a medication that needs periodic check-ups with a doctor regardless, and it's far from the only such medicine.
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