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I'm in Indiana. One of my daughter's closest friends is a 13-year-old boy who is trans. His parents support him, let him wear chest binders, but I don't think he's taking hormones and now it sounds like he won't be able to.
So thanks, 7th Circuit and fuck you.
The Cruelty is the point
Excuse my ignorance, and not trying to offend just asking a question.
Why is it a bad thing to wait till kids are 18 before allowing them this care? Kids make rash decisions all the time, and something that seems difficult to reverse should be a decision when they are at a more mature age.
and something that seems difficult to reverse should be a decision when they are at a more mature age.
Gender affirming care covers a broad range of care, not just medical injections and surgery.
Puberty blockers are very reversible, its extremely uncommon to have long term affects once someone stops taking them
Going through puberty as their assigned gender is difficult to reverse and should be a decision that they make when they're more mature too right?
Detransioners are actually very rare, so its rarely a "rash decision" and to prevent that we should give doctors better training to give these kids better information so they can make good decisions, rather than preventing all of these kids from getting healthcare they need.
Not to mention cis kids can be given hormone blockers for things like precocious puberty. This law WILL hurt them as well.
This is a very comprehensive and accurate answer. Thank you!
Thank you, I appreciate your answer!
Because gender affirming care isn't just surgeries. It includes things like hormone replacement therapy and especially puberty blockers. By waiting until after 18, they've already gone through most of puberty and its damaging effects to their body. If they still want to transition, then that's tens of thousands of dollars for surgery that might not have been needed if they were allowed to start on puberty blockers at least.
There's also the fact that banning gender affirming care is banning life saving healthcare. That is years that a person needs to go without receiving proper treatment. It's wrong for the same reasons that banning any other medication for anyone under 18 would be wrong.
Why should someone have to suffer in a body that isn’t theirs when they and their caretakers agree that they would be healthier and happier after a transition?