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C MN's avatar

The precocious puberty thing is the part that always gets me. If we've learned anything from mishaps in medical science, it's that generalizing the effects of something on an ill population to a healthy population is rife with potential problems (using "healthy" here for GD youth since there does not appear to be, so far as I'm aware, anything wrong with their endocrine systems). Children with precocious puberty have a specific dysfunction that puberty blockers appear to treat successfully; that does not mean all uses of puberty blockers are safe (adult women are sometimes given lupron for endometriosis, but it's only supposed to be used short-term due to potential complications, for example). And honestly, some of the side effects in GD kids that are coming out are even more horrific than sexual dysfunction or fertility loss--the lack of bone density growth in adolescence could be very, very bad when these kids hit middle age or older.

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Ian [redacted]'s avatar

I love these long form technical takedowns of arguments! Please keep them coming!

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