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> Delaying puberty isn't "transitioning".

I never said it was. As you probably know, for a minor, transitioning is a process with very real time requirements. For many minors, and > 98% of minors [1] that take puberty blockers, it is the first step, the start, in completing the process of transitioning.

> in order to deny medical care to trans children. Despicable.

See the data backing Sweden's decision. "Medical care" must result in a net positive, by definition. It seems that Natures statement, potentially, makes this more difficult to discover.

1. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20502877.2022.2...




You had to cite an obscure Swedish article to characterize medical care for children as negative? Pathetic.

Why not just trust doctors? Let medical professionals make the decision? How about considering the children you want to hurt instead of your feelings about whether trans people are icky.




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