Fascinating, as usual. The parallels between breeding dogs and what we now see happening to children and young adults is horrifying and makes perfect sense. I do think that all doctors have a God complex to varying degrees but playing God will have very serious and ugly consequences.
They play God with not-really-viable preemies. They play God with terminally ill old people. Not happy with unmercifully and artificially entending life at the extremes of lifespan, now they tinker with the confused and internet-addled youngsters.
1/ " mature the gonad that puberty blockers leave stunted and neutered." what you are telling me is that these children don't ever go through puberty, actually???? ever. they are instead castrated, then drugged. are big castrated children.
2/ "it is likely that for a gender dysphoric patient, a neuroendocrine behavioral disorder will be blamed on “dysphoria” or “depression,” when in fact it is the direct result of leutinizing hormone deficiency". i agree this will never be identified. it's very hard to diagnose even much simpler things. 'dysphoria' has no definition. 'depression' is used as a cultural category with no real definition. endo is an incredibly complicated specialty and many girls and women are badly served in it and never correctly treated.
3/ sexual development and function in women is already very poorly researched due to right wing religious politicians blocking grant funding. so the right wing have ensured the doctors don't know what they are doing. ironically, a lot of wannabe trans-identifying women come from conservative subcultures/families who dont accept gender nonconforming or lesbian behaviors. if the right wing does succeed in preventing trans-ing children, they will have to face the real issue, which partly is gay and lesbian and gender nonconforming children who need to grow up normally and want to live sexually nonconformist lives.
No, they never go through an actual puberty. The cross-sex hormones cause cosmetic changes that make it look like it, but it's basically a superficial patina . The gonads do not get the hormones they need to mature and then on top of that they're exposed to cross-sex hormones which cause them to shrivel and atrophy. Jazz Jennings reported before his vaginoplasty that he'd never experienced sexual sensation let alone an orgasm.
And the "chinstrap beardo" says that you cite no references and haven't finished HS. Another unarmed opponent in the Battle of Wits. Somebody really needs to do a GoT parody...
OMG, do these doctors literally tell the kids on cross-hormones that they are going through PUBERTY? In those words, not "similar to puberty"? Do they know the definition of the word "puberty"??!! (the process of physical changes through which a child's body matures into an adult body capable of sexual reproduction). I know about the informed consent thing but can't this be used as a basis for lawsuits - being told you are going through puberty when nothing of a kind is actually happening or can happen?
however, they do not tell children they will never go through any puberty at all, that they will remain castrated children, and that their brains and bones will not develop fully. i imagine the doctor claim of informed consent could be challenged insofar as the child patients and their parents are not fully informed of all the known effects of these interventions. but given changes to tort law in the US in the past thirty years, it's very hard to win medical/pharma/device damage suits.
If the GenderWoo industry claimed to be scientific, they would be running exacting and long-term detailed studies on every child exposed to these "experimental" treatments, to learn what the actual effects and outcomes will be, and to investigate the mechanisms behind them. Informed consent hinges on detailing all of the known side effects and likely outcomes, so they can claim ignorance if the studies are not done at all. Is that the strategy?
Thank you for highlighting the actual and real biologic effects of "puberty blockers" for all to see. The makers of Lupron have been sued in the past, but all of that information is suppressed today. The unintended consequences of this vast experiment on children is not going to bode well for the future.
Two words: class action. If detransitioners are able to get court recognition as a class, then detransitioners simply have to join the class and they are part of the judgment. One aspect to think about is that class recruiting is an established right. This has wider consequences for social awareness.
For example, in 1998 neither of us knew a thing about mesothelioma. We did not know that it is a rare, malignant type of cancer in the lungs, usually associated with exposure to asbestos. The next year, IIRC, an ad appeared in 24/7 rotation, with some version of the ad playing on the air for 20 years. Today, 98 percent of Americans know that if they or a loved one have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, they can call one of the law offices that have handled the relevant litigation.
Now imagine a similar ad, but referencing "gender injury," telling viewers that if they or a loved one have "health effects from hormones and or surgeries" then they may have legal right to settlement money, call this law firm blah blah blah. Incentives have effect. Some of these "victims of gender medicine" that you watch and comment on will inevitably pick up the phone and call. It could reduce this phenomenon to a joke in a generation.
I am not a lawyer. If the responsible pockets are deep enough, however, a clever lawyer will figure out how to do it. "Wherever there is a dead body the voltures will gather."
I can't believe that this is being allowed, supported and protected - the chemical butchery of the bodies, minds, fertility and futures of healthy children.
WHEN will they be held accountable - in a decade - when the evidence of their abuse can't be hidden?
Fascinating, as usual. The parallels between breeding dogs and what we now see happening to children and young adults is horrifying and makes perfect sense. I do think that all doctors have a God complex to varying degrees but playing God will have very serious and ugly consequences.
They play God with not-really-viable preemies. They play God with terminally ill old people. Not happy with unmercifully and artificially entending life at the extremes of lifespan, now they tinker with the confused and internet-addled youngsters.
I’m watching it happen right now with my 88 year old stepfather. But he’s had his life- it’s the confused kids who will be totally fucked!
Great work as usual. Shame on the medical profession for the harm they are knowingly doing to healthy children
1/ " mature the gonad that puberty blockers leave stunted and neutered." what you are telling me is that these children don't ever go through puberty, actually???? ever. they are instead castrated, then drugged. are big castrated children.
2/ "it is likely that for a gender dysphoric patient, a neuroendocrine behavioral disorder will be blamed on “dysphoria” or “depression,” when in fact it is the direct result of leutinizing hormone deficiency". i agree this will never be identified. it's very hard to diagnose even much simpler things. 'dysphoria' has no definition. 'depression' is used as a cultural category with no real definition. endo is an incredibly complicated specialty and many girls and women are badly served in it and never correctly treated.
3/ sexual development and function in women is already very poorly researched due to right wing religious politicians blocking grant funding. so the right wing have ensured the doctors don't know what they are doing. ironically, a lot of wannabe trans-identifying women come from conservative subcultures/families who dont accept gender nonconforming or lesbian behaviors. if the right wing does succeed in preventing trans-ing children, they will have to face the real issue, which partly is gay and lesbian and gender nonconforming children who need to grow up normally and want to live sexually nonconformist lives.
No, they never go through an actual puberty. The cross-sex hormones cause cosmetic changes that make it look like it, but it's basically a superficial patina . The gonads do not get the hormones they need to mature and then on top of that they're exposed to cross-sex hormones which cause them to shrivel and atrophy. Jazz Jennings reported before his vaginoplasty that he'd never experienced sexual sensation let alone an orgasm.
I often wonder what kind of emotional and intellectual stunting these kids have from no puberty.
Great piece, Ex … esp. complaints regarding ethics to professional boards.
And the "chinstrap beardo" says that you cite no references and haven't finished HS. Another unarmed opponent in the Battle of Wits. Somebody really needs to do a GoT parody...
OMG, do these doctors literally tell the kids on cross-hormones that they are going through PUBERTY? In those words, not "similar to puberty"? Do they know the definition of the word "puberty"??!! (the process of physical changes through which a child's body matures into an adult body capable of sexual reproduction). I know about the informed consent thing but can't this be used as a basis for lawsuits - being told you are going through puberty when nothing of a kind is actually happening or can happen?
Yes they also tell adults it's a second puberty
they do say 'second puberty. 'go peruse the materials at the UCSF med center 'transgender health' center.
however, they do not tell children they will never go through any puberty at all, that they will remain castrated children, and that their brains and bones will not develop fully. i imagine the doctor claim of informed consent could be challenged insofar as the child patients and their parents are not fully informed of all the known effects of these interventions. but given changes to tort law in the US in the past thirty years, it's very hard to win medical/pharma/device damage suits.
My hope is to inspire lawyers reading me
Ah, yes, the science of torturing the weird kids with experimental chemicals. Thanks, Phallocracy!
If the GenderWoo industry claimed to be scientific, they would be running exacting and long-term detailed studies on every child exposed to these "experimental" treatments, to learn what the actual effects and outcomes will be, and to investigate the mechanisms behind them. Informed consent hinges on detailing all of the known side effects and likely outcomes, so they can claim ignorance if the studies are not done at all. Is that the strategy?
Thank you for highlighting the actual and real biologic effects of "puberty blockers" for all to see. The makers of Lupron have been sued in the past, but all of that information is suppressed today. The unintended consequences of this vast experiment on children is not going to bode well for the future.
Large jury awards will change things right quick
In many places there is a legislative cap on Awards so we may need tort reform reform
Two words: class action. If detransitioners are able to get court recognition as a class, then detransitioners simply have to join the class and they are part of the judgment. One aspect to think about is that class recruiting is an established right. This has wider consequences for social awareness.
For example, in 1998 neither of us knew a thing about mesothelioma. We did not know that it is a rare, malignant type of cancer in the lungs, usually associated with exposure to asbestos. The next year, IIRC, an ad appeared in 24/7 rotation, with some version of the ad playing on the air for 20 years. Today, 98 percent of Americans know that if they or a loved one have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, they can call one of the law offices that have handled the relevant litigation.
Now imagine a similar ad, but referencing "gender injury," telling viewers that if they or a loved one have "health effects from hormones and or surgeries" then they may have legal right to settlement money, call this law firm blah blah blah. Incentives have effect. Some of these "victims of gender medicine" that you watch and comment on will inevitably pick up the phone and call. It could reduce this phenomenon to a joke in a generation.
I am not a lawyer. If the responsible pockets are deep enough, however, a clever lawyer will figure out how to do it. "Wherever there is a dead body the voltures will gather."
It's "luteinizing"
I can't believe that this is being allowed, supported and protected - the chemical butchery of the bodies, minds, fertility and futures of healthy children.
WHEN will they be held accountable - in a decade - when the evidence of their abuse can't be hidden?