I'm really wondering about the future of trans health care in the UK. I can understand the need for clinical trials and it's a real shame they haven't been done yet, but what is being done about the excessive wait times for people to even get an assessment?

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[–] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Haven't we been giving puberty blockers to children with precocious puberty for a while now? Doesn't that cohort represent a much larger clinical study than trans children?

But we all know why they're doing this. Not exactly a mystery.

[–] heartlessevil@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago

Yes, and this presents a large problem. Essentially, puberty blockers can be prescribed to cis kids for precocious puberty, but not trans kids for gender affirmation. The medical provider has to make sure the kid is not trans for the medication to be legal to prescribe.

There's really no way to look at it aside from trans genocide, but that's to be expected from TERF island.

[–] arachnosocialism@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Well, they actually care about cis kids. Trans kids can just fuck right off.

It's so frustrating. I just want to live my life in peace, why are trans people constantly in the news, why are we constantly targeted 😭😭😭

[–] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 6 points 1 year ago

Yes; this is especially annoying because there is evidence, and it's good, but motivated gatekeepers have put the goalposts roughly into the orbit of Pluto.