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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All I can say is there are going to be a lot of lawsuits in about ten years when all these kids realize the MDs sterilized them based on a trendy belief....and parents that blindly went along with this.[/quote]

Clearly you have no clue what you are talking about. There is no sterilization of minors (or adults, unless explicitly consented to) going on.  Take your ignorance elsewhere. [/quote]

Different poster here.

I'm not sure if you're genuinely ignorant of the facts or if you're purposely lying. If you're also the PP at 22:35 who works in the field, it's horrific that you're either unaware of what's going on or you are purposely misleading others.

[b]Yes, there is sterilization of minors going on.[/b] Puberty blockers followed by cross-sex hormones lead to permanent, irreversible sterility 100% of the time. This is a scientific fact.

Unfortunately, this fact is ignored in almost all media reports (except for ones by conservative media, which I won't link to avoid concerns of bias), and even on health clinic websites that give information on pediatric gender transition.

Here are sources from medical professionals, psychologists, and reputable journalists that confirm this:
"Taking testosterone or estrogen immediately after blocking puberty[b] will make a teenage patient sterile[/b]." http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90273278

"...first treatments to suspend puberty, then a rare and radical course of hormone injections to slowly grow a teen’s body into its opposite gender. The hormone injections, which begin at about 16,[b] make the child sterile.[/b]" https://www.washingtonpost.com/drug-treatments-for-transgender-kids-pose-difficult-choices-for-parents-doctors/2012/05/19/gIQAxgakbU_story.html

"It must be remembered that puberty suppression as the first step to medical transition, if followed by cross-sex hormones, which has been the case for almost all reported cases, [i]leads to infertility due to the permanent immaturity [/i]of the gonads and the reproductive tract." https://autogynephiliatruth.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/sadjadi-2013.pdf

A clip of the child psychologist who leads the UCSF children's gender clinic where she acknowledges that blockers + hormones leads to sterility, but says the solution is for parents to give up their dreams of biological grandchildren: https://vimeo.com/185178522

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Puberty suppressors block the development of gametes (sperm and eggs) and gonadal tissue to maturation, and if followed by cross-sex hormones, mean irreversible sterility. And according to studies and anecdotal reports (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/nov/13/transgender-children-the-parents-and-doctors-on-the-frontline), virtually all children who go on puberty blockers continue on to cross-sex hormones. That means that although yes, puberty blockers [i]on their own[/i] are technically reversible, in practice, they lead to sterility for almost all the children who begin them.

As far as age limits- although there are guidelines for when to allow each stage (age 11 for blockers, 16 for hormones, 18 for surgery), they are routinely not followed and many doctors push for them to be younger. There are 9 year olds on puberty blockers, 12 year olds on cross-sex hormones, and minors receiving genital surgery in the United States. This post is lengthy so I'll stop here, but if you don't believe me or want further information, I'd be happy to source every one of my claims.
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I have a sibling who is infertile because of medical treatment (for cancer). I am glad he is alive and fertility is a small price to pay.
If a kid gets it wrong and goes on blockers and later regrets it and has to use fertility treatment, so be it. Better than making an error in the wrong direction and the kid kills him or herself. No way to visit Shady Grove and reverse *that* situation.[/quote]

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