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JT45242

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3. But not taking them can lead to irreversible changes

Reply to Lunabell (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2024, 05:11 AM

Dec 5

If a trans person stops taking these because they live in a red state hell and puberty kicks in, then the Transition can become much harder.

I have a trans niece on puberty blockers. If she were to stop taking them, her secondary male characteristics would develop which would make transitioning later much more difficult. How quickly, not quite sure. But once it starts, it goes quickly.

Her doctors were very clear. If she wants to go back to her original gender, she would just stop taking them. But if she ever stops taking them, it is a thousand times more difficult once the proverbial horse is out of the barn.

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Puberty blockers for trans kids are reversible. [View all] Lunabell Dec 5 OP

You are speaking about facts and reality. That doesn't enter into it at all for these RockRaven Dec 5 #1

if they allow women to bleed to death in a hospitgal parkomg lot rampartd Dec 5 #2

But not taking them can lead to irreversible changes JT45242 Dec 5 #3

If it saves her life Lunabell Dec 5 #4