WELLINGTON — New Zealand said on Wednesday it was banning new prescriptions of puberty blocking drugs for young transgender people, in a move that critics warned could worsen the mental health of those affected.
WELLINGTON — New Zealand said on Wednesday it was banning new prescriptions of puberty blocking drugs for young transgender people, in a move that critics warned could worsen the mental health of those affected.
I agree they should be allowed puberty like everybody else, but puberty blockers of themselves aren’t something bad. The bad thing is considering puberty blockers a full treatment.
They are a bad thing though. Not because of the horseshit FUD reasons transphobes say, but they are a bad thing. They’re a necessary evil at best. Ideally every trans kid would go through puberty at the same age as their peers. Sometimes people aren’t sure of themselves and need some additional time to think things through, but in an ideal world, people would figure this stuff out long before puberty even starts. Puberty blockers are a necessary evil, but in an ideal world, no one would be on them except kids who get very early precocious puberties.
Trans kids having to start puberty at 16, 17, or 18 is not a good outcome. Not when they’re now years behind their peers developmentally. A trans girl should be able to get her first bra at the same age her cis female classmates do. A trans boy shouldn’t have to go through the awkwardness of learning how to shave while in college. Trans kids should be able to have all the normal developmental experiences cis kids have, at the ages everyone else gets to. Today, sometimes puberty blockers cannot be avoided, but in an ideal world, puberty blockers would have no use at all in gender-affirming care.
I agree in an ideal world that would be the case, and i too believe it’s worth working toward that ideal world. But unfortunately we are not there yet, hence my comment on puberty blockers themselves aren’t a bad thing. I don’t mind you seeing them a necessary evil, but i myself consider them more a necessary.
You’re not wrong, but there’s no longer any reason to even try and appease these people
Doesnt look that way :(