‘Gender-Affirming’ Clinic Says Quiet Part Out Loud, Sort of

“We won’t know the long-term effects until the first people to take puberty-blockers get older.”
http://www.phsa.ca/transcarebc/child-youth/affirmation-transition/medical-affirmation-transition/puberty-blockers-for-youth

I’m hoping that the concerned parent of the gender dysphoric child, considering services at this facility, will read this sentence, which is tacked onto the end of a paragraph of nonsensical double-speak.

The first sentence of the ‘Risks’ section of the link tells us puberty blockers are safe. The second sentence tells us they’re not sure. The third sentence tells us research seems to indicate they’re safe. The fourth sentence clearly indicates they have no idea whether or not they’re safe. They finally come out and say it. On this last point, they go on to clarify they won’t know what the longterm effects of puberty blockers are until they see what happens to the child as they get older. At least they’re honest in this last sentence.

According to the information provided by this clinic, it seems clear that our gender dysphoric children are being medically experimented on. The clinic claims that by not going thru with a treatment that has unknown risks, you put your child at risk. Huh??

This is another intellectually incoherent claim that I keep seeing amongst ‘gender-affirming’ clinics that cater to children. Having watched dozens of videos of young adults suffering permanent physical damage from ‘gender-affirming’ surgeries, I can clearly say that at least sometimes we can already see the effects are devastating for those who were not expecting all the medical complications. And to hear them share their stories is heartbreaking.

To add to the heartbreak is the fact that a certain percentage are those who are starting to speak up and to claim they were incorrect when they thought they were ‘trapped in the wrong body,’ but cannot reverse the effects and get their body parts back.

Ironically, they end up creating a ‘wrong’ body they deeply wish they could return for their old body. They are now relegated to being trapped in the wrong body of their own making. Which would be true if they were able to comprehend informed consent, but in no way would I blame a child for making a ‘wrong’ decision such as this. They do not yet have the cognitive skill to be perfect or even mildly accurate at predicting what they will want in the future.

The common denominator here seems to be unspeakable grief and regret, and hurt and confusion as to why all their therapists encouraged them to go thru with risky and experimental surgeries when gender is not supposed to be aligned with sex anyway. These are forced to deal with the fact that although they come to realize they were never actually gender dysphoric, they are now stuck with hormone treatment for the rest of their life, or the constant reminder via castration or double mastectomy, of their terrible mistake.

I have seen other clinics claim that their treatments are evidence-based, but how could they be if they don’t know what the long-term effects will be? Doesn’t ‘evidence-based’ mean that a particular treatment makes a person’s condition better in an overall way? Another thing, if ‘gender dysphoria’ means ‘unhappy with your gender,’ I don’t so far see proof that a different gender would make the child happy. Considering the fact that more and more genders are being invented or realized every day, what are the chances the child can pick a gender that will make them happy? What are the chances that none of the supposed genders will make them happy?

And more importantly, if the gender is not attached to sex, and is not binary, as we keep hearing, then hypothetical speaking, the child does guess their correct gender, how would cutting off body parts in an attempt to switch your sex ever align you with your gender? When we’re pretending sex is not binary, then why choose to try to mold your body to one of the binaries, when, as far as I hear, there aren’t ‘female’ or ‘male’ genders. There are just these innate indescribable senses of who a person is that define a gender, not related to sex. If a child is vexed by feeling they are ‘born in the wrong body,’ then it seems to me this would have to be treated as a separate medical issue that would not have any relevance to how they decide or feel their gender is expressing itself…the transgender ideology uses the concept of binary sexes to claim a gender identity that is under the umbrella of the opposite sex, while at the same time denying the binary sexes and saying that gender is totally disconnected from biological sex. Anyway, the following passage is taken from the website: http://www.phsa.ca/transcarebc/child-youth/affirmation-transition/medical-affirmation-transition/puberty-blockers-for-youth

“Risks of taking puberty blockers

Puberty blockers are considered to be very safe overall.

We are not sure if puberty blockers have negative side effects on bone development and height. Research so far shows that the effects are minimal. However, we won’t know the long-term effects until the first people to take puberty-blockers get older.”