Starmer asked if he will meet with trans youth over puberty blocker ban
Starmer asked if he will meet with trans youth over puberty blocker ban
Labour MP Nadia Whittome asked Keir Starmer if he will meet with trans youth over the now-permanent puberty blocker ban.
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Puberty blockers are reasonably safe and are a proven medical treatment for a problem, so why are they banned?
9 0 ReplyIn one word I would say: transphobia.
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13 0 ReplyBecause being unique is scary and goes against conformism.
6 0 ReplyIn the UK specifically, there are studies showing limited effectiveness (I don’t know how they define that) of puberty blockers, vs. transitioning later in life. So there’s this fear “what if a child changed themself as part of a fad”. Which is probably transphobic, but at least it’s nuanced a little bit.
2 1 ReplyThey make some absurd definition probably.
Doubt this doornail will look the children he's murdering in the eye.
This is the same as banning chemo drugs if chemo was safer, less invasive, and needed by less people.
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