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Proud Liberal Dem

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7. There are always going to be a few people who transition and then de-transition

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 9, 2020, 01:50 PM

Oct 2020

No system of care is going to be perfect. De-transitioning is still very rare. Very few people de-transition or experience regret (and a lot of those people who do do so because of adverse social circumstances). I feel like some people would rather 10 Transgender people be denied or delayed gender affirming care instead of having 1 person make a mistake regarding transition and have to deal with the consequences thereof.

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High Court Weighs Up Treatment Consent in Children with Gender Dysphoria [View all] janterry Oct 2020 OP

Urging caution with aggressive medical treatment rusty fender Oct 2020 #1

I think this will shift janterry Oct 2020 #4

JK Rowling has a documented history of making inflammatory, insensitive trans exclusionary comments. PTWB Oct 2020 #13

It's such a complex issue. I can't really form an opinion on it. MineralMan Oct 2020 #2

The affirmation model janterry Oct 2020 #3

Nothing else is known to "cause" gender dysphoria Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2020 #6

How would you care for Kiera janterry Oct 2020 #8

No system of care is perfect Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2020 #10

There are hundreds in the UK janterry Oct 2020 #12

But out of how many other people who transition without regret? Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2020 #15

I don't think we know janterry Oct 2020 #18

There are always going to be a few people who transition and then de-transition Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2020 #7

Well, I'm not in any position to make any sort of decision at all. MineralMan Oct 2020 #9

If you're referring to children Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2020 #11

I am. And it's a good thing that children are being closely supervised. MineralMan Oct 2020 #14

True Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2020 #16

Thanks for your additional information. MineralMan Oct 2020 #17

I don't know a lot about the UK and Transgender Care Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2020 #5