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”.

      • chetradley@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        4 months ago

        It’s also the worst type of wrong: the type that has the potential to seriously harm people. Hopefully they retract it instead of continuing to double down.

        • FluffyPotato@lemm.eeEnglish
          161·
          4 months ago

          Not in that study. The link you provided only has the abstract but it’s not even about how common detransitioning is.

          It has a sample size of 25 so it couldn’t even draw an average with that but according to the study it’s goal seems to be to document the motives for transitioning for people who go on to transition and the ones who don’t.

          • Neuromancer@lemm.eeEnglish
            329·
            4 months ago

            It obvious you’re not trying to have serious conversation since you didn’t read the study and are conflating detransitioning with people who outgrow it. If you don’t understand a topic well enough to talk about it then don’t. I’m done

            • beneeney@lemm.eeEnglish
              161·
              4 months ago

              Did you read the study? I mean first of all, the link you posted doesn’t directly have the actual study - and the full text link is paywalled.

              I was able to find it elsewhere online, and read through it. The adolescents in question were never introduced to hormone treatment. They were eligible and applied due to their dysphoria, but did not go through with treatment at the time of the study. The article is specifically about their experience with dysphoria through puberty. Yes, it discusses how all of the participants experienced some sort of gender dysphoria in their childhood. It even states multiple times that none of them officially transitioned in the first place. The paper is specifically about their feelings BEFORE any medical steps are taken.

              It is also a study on both desisters and persisters. It is looking for commonalities between their experiences. The persisters would retain their dysphoria, while it disappeared for the desisters. This is not a calculation of how many people with dysphoria de-transition.

              I’m also not sure where “80%” came from, but regardless, your citation is under completely different and unrelated circumstances.