Thanks for all the info. Can you explain how hormone treatment for children would be non-permanent? I’d think that adding or substracting hormones, like say growth hormones, would always leave traces throughout ones further life
They give youth hormone blockers to delay puberty. This gives them time to figure out if transitioning is really right for them without have their body modified by puberty. You can stay on puberty blockers until your mid 20’s pretty easily.
Because they temporarily block the onset of puberty, not permanently block it. Any effects are mostly reversible if the individual desires. What isn’t reversible are the all too frequent side effects of untreated dysphoria: death.
Thanks. But I see another disclaimer with ‘mostly reversible’… For children I think there would be a lot less opposition if it was only requested for fully reversible treatments.
Thanks for all the info. Can you explain how hormone treatment for children would be non-permanent? I’d think that adding or substracting hormones, like say growth hormones, would always leave traces throughout ones further life
They give youth hormone blockers to delay puberty. This gives them time to figure out if transitioning is really right for them without have their body modified by puberty. You can stay on puberty blockers until your mid 20’s pretty easily.
Because they temporarily block the onset of puberty, not permanently block it. Any effects are mostly reversible if the individual desires. What isn’t reversible are the all too frequent side effects of untreated dysphoria: death.
Thanks. But I see another disclaimer with ‘mostly reversible’… For children I think there would be a lot less opposition if it was only requested for fully reversible treatments.