Trans youth will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at NHS England gender identity clinics in a “blow” to gender-affirming healthcare.

Trans youth will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at NHS England gender identity clinics in a new “blow” to gender-affirming healthcare.

Puberty blockers are a type of medicine that prevent puberty from starting by blocking the hormones – like testosterone and oestrogen – that lead to puberty-related changes in the body. In the case of trans youth, this can delay unwanted physical changes like menstruation, breast growth, voice changes or facial hair growth.

On Tuesday (12 March), NHS England confirmed the medicine, which has been described as “life-saving” medical care for trans youth, will only be available to young people as part of clinical research trials.

The government described the move as a “landmark decision”, Sky News reported. It believed such a move is in the “best interests of the child”.

  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    36·
    10 months ago

    Good thing puberty blockers aren’t a fucking sex change. Even if your almost certainly bullshit comment was true, it still as relevant to puberty blockers as birth control pills are to abortion; related, but a completely different function.

    • harderian729@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      10 months ago

      Calm down. Why are you getting so mad because he made a rational comment?

      This fierce tribalism needs to stop.

      • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        10 months ago

        There’s nothing tribal about calling out bullshit and there’s nothing rational about making shit up. Telling that you tone police me rather than refuting what I said, though.

        • harderian729@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          10 months ago

          Yeah, but you’re only getting upset because he said something rational that you didn’t like.

          Now you’re trying to pretend it doesn’t make sense because again, it’s something you don’t like.

          Why can’t you people argue in good faith? Is it because you’re tribalist?

          • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
            19·
            10 months ago

            Why can’t you people argue in good faith?

            First off, Hitchens’ razor.

            Besides that, physician heal thyself. Every interaction I’ve had with you has consisted of you asking me leading questions. You keep asking people that disagree with what seems to be your position to provide evidence to back their claims yet you’re perfectly happy to accept a false claim because it aligns with your views. If you were actually the paragon of objectivity you pretend to be you’d ask the guy above to backup his claim too. So, can you remind me who is tribal?