3- The Dutch team that pioneered the use of puberty blockers (PB) for gender dysphoria is now urging caution. The demographic and quantity of young ppl seeking transition has dramatically changed and they simply don& #39;t know if treatment is adequate. https://twitter.com/will_malone/status/1366825810951213057">https://twitter.com/will_malo...
6- "But they will commit suicide without PB!"
Emotional blackmail of this kind breaches guidelines re. Suicide ideation and does not rest on evidences.
Children with GD do not commit suicide at a greater rate than other kids with mental health issues. https://4thwavenow.com/tag/michael-biggs/">https://4thwavenow.com/tag/micha...
7- "But puberty blockers are reversible".
The data from the Tavistock show bone density stagnates in teens using PB while it should increase rapidly. There& #39;s no full recovery if stopped. All children on PB will move to cross sex hormones & lose fertility. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.01.20241653v1">https://www.medrxiv.org/content/1...
10- Research shows an atypical pathway in the area of the brain dealing with body ownership. Such feature can be related to trauma. Nothing to do with gender. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-17352-8">https://www.nature.com/articles/...
11- children referred to gender clinics are not assessed for the existence of this atypical pathway but because they play with the wrong toys and like the wrong clothes for their sex, ie. do not conform to gender stereotypes making parents uncomfortable. https://youtu.be/cuIkLNsRtas ">https://youtu.be/cuIkLNsRt...
12- Practitioners who have left the tavistok clinic over concerns the kids were being fast tracked to irreversible treatments talk about widespread homophobia from the parents referring their kids. https://mobile.twitter.com/coccinellanovem/status/1309569662728929280">https://mobile.twitter.com/coccinell...
13- in summary:
Normal puberty resolves GD in most children.
Thorough mental health support rather than PB and sex reassignment (affirmation) is needed.
Atypical body perception does not mean the body should be changed to fit the brain.
14-
PB and sex reassignment have irreversible impacts and do not resolve dysphoria.

GD is not a sign that someone is in the wrong body, or is "of the other sex".

Homophobia and sexism are what drives most instances of GD in kids.
Additional useful info https://mobile.twitter.com/SEGMtweets/status/1373317730988781572">https://mobile.twitter.com/SEGMtweet...
https://mobile.twitter.com/coccinellanovem/status/1375436654396182528">https://mobile.twitter.com/coccinell...
The demographic is changing.
Demographic in the Tavistok from prof Biggs following a FOI to the Tavistock gender clinic.
https://mobile.twitter.com/GenderMapper/status/1376992526511538179">https://mobile.twitter.com/GenderMap...
Important addition on the outcome of treatment involving PB. https://mobile.twitter.com/rogdmum/status/1377267913741250563">https://mobile.twitter.com/rogdmum/s...
Scientists promoting PB paid by PB manufacturers. https://mobile.twitter.com/Neverfallingfo1/status/1377682188121088004">https://mobile.twitter.com/Neverfall...
https://mobile.twitter.com/SEGMtweets/status/1378014047845511173">https://mobile.twitter.com/SEGMtweet...
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