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Puberty blockers to be given only in clinical research (www.bbc.co.uk)
submitted 1 year ago by Speckle@lemmy.world to c/lgbtq_plus
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I'm really wondering about the future of trans health care in the UK. I can understand the need for clinical trials and it's a real shame they haven't been done yet, but what is being done about the excessive wait times for people to even get an assessment?

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[–] heartlessevil@lemmy.one 11 points 1 year ago

Yes, and this presents a large problem. Essentially, puberty blockers can be prescribed to cis kids for precocious puberty, but not trans kids for gender affirmation. The medical provider has to make sure the kid is not trans for the medication to be legal to prescribe.

There's really no way to look at it aside from trans genocide, but that's to be expected from TERF island.