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A Montana lawmaker suggested she’d rather risk her child’s suicide than let her transition
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<blockquote data-quote="SimplyMe" data-source="post: 77207449" data-attributes="member: 9588"><p>And I'd say that line is a false assessment about what is being claimed, other than maybe by a fringe group. Many who have gender dysphoria never want surgery, for whatever reasons. As is pointed out, many (if they can get treatment, which the laws appear to be trying to block) will realize they don't actually have gender dysphoria but, rather, some other type of mental health issue.</p><p></p><p>First, as keeps being pointed out and ignored, surgery on children is very rare. The youngest transsexual surgery ever, to this day, was of a 16 year old in Germany -- not the US -- and medical standards require them to be of legal age (at least 18, if not 21). Taking statements by some extremist and trying to paint it as the mainline position helps no one.</p><p></p><p>My biggest issue is that -- and both sides are guilty of it -- their arguments are reduced to straw-man arguments, particularly using comments that can be reduced to a sound bite. As others have pointed out, "gender affirming care" for a child does not include surgery, or at least, per the medical standards, it shouldn't.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, so long as this issue remains a political football it will only lead to more pain, suffering, and misunderstanding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SimplyMe, post: 77207449, member: 9588"] And I'd say that line is a false assessment about what is being claimed, other than maybe by a fringe group. Many who have gender dysphoria never want surgery, for whatever reasons. As is pointed out, many (if they can get treatment, which the laws appear to be trying to block) will realize they don't actually have gender dysphoria but, rather, some other type of mental health issue. First, as keeps being pointed out and ignored, surgery on children is very rare. The youngest transsexual surgery ever, to this day, was of a 16 year old in Germany -- not the US -- and medical standards require them to be of legal age (at least 18, if not 21). Taking statements by some extremist and trying to paint it as the mainline position helps no one. My biggest issue is that -- and both sides are guilty of it -- their arguments are reduced to straw-man arguments, particularly using comments that can be reduced to a sound bite. As others have pointed out, "gender affirming care" for a child does not include surgery, or at least, per the medical standards, it shouldn't. Unfortunately, so long as this issue remains a political football it will only lead to more pain, suffering, and misunderstanding. [/QUOTE]
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