• treefrog
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    1 day ago

    Hormones absolutely affect more than cosmetic things.

    I started hormone replacement therapy 2 months ago. I spent four decades before that wanting to commit suicide.

    I still mostly look like a man and my mental health has vastly improved. I’m less defensive less reactionary more open. I get a long better with everybody in my life.

    Including myself.

    Being congruent with your gender both chemically and socially helps people feel more joy happiness and self-acceptance.

    That is not cosmetic and you have no idea what you’re talking about.

    Like I said in an earlier comment you’re not a doctor. And you cite doctors that aren’t specialists in the field who have an agenda.

    Seriously mind your own business and let parents and doctors that actually understand this stuff take care of kids that need life-saving treatment.

    And while you’re at it maybe look up the study that was just done about how suicide rates in trans youth are 70% higher states deny health care to trans youth.

    In other words educate yourself before having an opinion about something you know nothing about.

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      8 hours ago

      People like this are so ridiculous. They really don’t understand the concept of not being comfortable in your own body to the point that you don’t even want to live because your family and society in general disapprove of you being who you really are.

      Which is ridiculous because I’m cis and it’s not hard for me at all to understand that being given gender-affirming care would be pretty fucking helpful for kids who feel that way.

      Or rather either they don’t understand it or they don’t care because it’s “wrong.”

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        6 hours ago

        It’s transphobic garbage.

        Hormones are cosmetic, was their comment. This person does not believe in medicine, biology, or science. Only their transphobic garbage.

        When are mods going to start banning people for this stuff? It seriously kills kids. It’s like COVID misinformation.