I understand that you are recounting the recommendations of the Cass Review, but why not leave the kid's body alone so they can have a child naturally if they choose later? Any body manipulation that harms fertility should be highly suspect.
"All children should be offered fertility counseling and preservation before a medical pathway."
Assuming it is appropriate to call individuals who have entered puberty children, do such children have the capacity to understand fertility counseling and make informed decisions on the basis of that counseling?
For that matter, does an adolescent have the capacity to make an informed decision to decline fertility counseling?
At the end of the day, can an adolescent give informed consent to a "medical pathway," if by that we mean commencing puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones?
I submit the answer to all these questions is a firm "no." Given the true state of so-called gender medicine today, no parent or guardian should be consenting to a medical pathway on behalf of an adolescent either.
I guess that Cass recommendation was about working with the system that's in place now, but with a view to overturning it pretty quickly. Otherwise I don't see the wisdom of that take on fertility. Way too many negatives in my opinion. Thanks for posting though, we need to see them all, and then we can comment with freedom of speech, so I appreciate you having the space for us to do so. As to those green tomatoes... ever tried fried green tomatoes? Or pickling little green tomatoes... nothing need be wasted. But hopefully the little one didn't pick too many! Again, thanks for your gardening stories, advice, and photos. Lovely! 🌺🪻🌻❤️
The LGBT Courage Coalition exists to let kids be kids. This is a series of posts that lays out each of the recommendations in the Cass Report. It's fair to say that the report itself seeks to restore sanity to the insane world of gender medicine so that kids can be kids.
I understand that you are recounting the recommendations of the Cass Review, but why not leave the kid's body alone so they can have a child naturally if they choose later? Any body manipulation that harms fertility should be highly suspect.
"All children should be offered fertility counseling and preservation before a medical pathway."
Assuming it is appropriate to call individuals who have entered puberty children, do such children have the capacity to understand fertility counseling and make informed decisions on the basis of that counseling?
For that matter, does an adolescent have the capacity to make an informed decision to decline fertility counseling?
At the end of the day, can an adolescent give informed consent to a "medical pathway," if by that we mean commencing puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones?
I submit the answer to all these questions is a firm "no." Given the true state of so-called gender medicine today, no parent or guardian should be consenting to a medical pathway on behalf of an adolescent either.
I guess that Cass recommendation was about working with the system that's in place now, but with a view to overturning it pretty quickly. Otherwise I don't see the wisdom of that take on fertility. Way too many negatives in my opinion. Thanks for posting though, we need to see them all, and then we can comment with freedom of speech, so I appreciate you having the space for us to do so. As to those green tomatoes... ever tried fried green tomatoes? Or pickling little green tomatoes... nothing need be wasted. But hopefully the little one didn't pick too many! Again, thanks for your gardening stories, advice, and photos. Lovely! 🌺🪻🌻❤️
Damn, you guys just can’t leave the kids to be kids, can you?
The LGBT Courage Coalition exists to let kids be kids. This is a series of posts that lays out each of the recommendations in the Cass Report. It's fair to say that the report itself seeks to restore sanity to the insane world of gender medicine so that kids can be kids.
Restore sanity to gender medicine. Unfuckingbelivable any sane person would even think sometimes like that.
OK, then, what about expose gender medicine for the dangerous fraud it is, strip practitioners of their licenses and sue them to Kingdom Come?
Good start.