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”.

  • harderian729@lemmy.worldEnglish
    760·
    4 months ago

    Why do you people always argue in bad faith?

    Detransitioning is real and a lot of people end up regretting the decisions that you pressure them into making.

    • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
      27·
      4 months ago

      Regret after Gender-affirmation Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prevalence

      Results: A total of 27 studies, pooling 7928 transgender patients who underwent any type of GAS, were included. The pooled prevalence of regret after GAS was 1% (95% CI <1%–2%). Overall, 33% underwent transmasculine procedures and 67% transfemenine procedures. The prevalence of regret among patients undergoing transmasculine and transfemenine surgeries was <1% (IC <1%–<1%) and 1% (CI <1%–2%), respectively. A total of 77 patients regretted having had GAS. Twenty-eight had minor and 34 had major regret based on Pfäfflin’s regret classification. The majority had clear regret based on Kuiper and Cohen-Kettenis classification.

      Conclusions: Based on this review, there is an extremely low prevalence of regret in transgender patients after GAS.

      • frezikEnglish
        241·
        4 months ago

        For additional context, here’s a study on the regret rate of hip and knee surgery:

        On analysis a significantly greater proportion of TKA [total knee replacement] patients reported moderate or severe (Mod/Sev) DR [17.1% (56/328)] compared to THA [total hip replacement] patients [4.8% (18/376)]. Conversely, a significantly reduced proportion of TKA patients reported having No DR [42.1% (138/328)] compared to THA patients [66.7% (251/376)]. On multivariate logistic regression analysis joint replacement type (TKA/THA) and change in Oxford score were significant predictors of DR with gender, age, BMI and ASA grade not significantly associated. TKA patients were more than twice as likely to have Mod/Sev DR compared THA patients (Odds Ratio = 2.33 (95% CI 1.24-4.39)). Patients with poorer improvements in pain and function 1-year post-operatively (measured by Oxford scores) reported greater levels of DR.

        Regret rate of gender affirming surgery is basically rounding error.

        • feedum_sneedson@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          4 months ago

          Well now I’m confused, because I’ve met a lot of people with knee replacements who were very happy with the results. All surgeries can and do have complications, so I’m very surprised the numbers are that low for SRS. It implies it goes perfectly almost every time.

      • andros_rex@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 months ago

        Even people who regret their surgeries aren’t necessarily regretting that they had gender affirming care. Surgeries can go wrong and aren’t always predictable. They can change our relationships with our bodies. Regret isn’t always “I regret transitioning” - it can be “I don’t like the way my scars healed.”

        Team “no regrets” here. Right after I got out of surgery I woke up just enough to look down where them titties where and smiled.

    • Ĺįĺįţĥ ţĥę §ęŕpęŋţ🍏🐍@lemmy.worldEnglish
      252·
      4 months ago

      You are so full of shit. Why do transphobes always insist transitioning is forced?

      What about when trans people are forced to not transition? Suicide rates go up.

      What happened to me when I was forced to conform to a cis gender role for 40 years? Denial, suicidal thoughts, drug addiction, and alcoholism. After I started hormone therapy, I completely lost all interest in drugs and alcohol, and I no longer consider suicide. I’m happy and I want to take care of myself. I became a productive member of society.

      There are about 1.5 million transgender people living in the US. 1% regret their decision and detransition. That is 15,000 people. And 0% of them were “pressured” into transitioning.

    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
      232·
      4 months ago

      It’s a good thing that medical best practice is to put adolescents on reversible puberty blockers until they are adults at which point the adult can make decisions about their medical care, then.

    • hydroptic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      21·
      4 months ago

      Detransitioning is a different claim than doctors forcing children to transition you dumbass. Nobody’s saying detransitioning isn’t a thing

    • maniclucky@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      4 months ago

      They are not referring to detransitioning (which is real though a minority to my understanding). They are referring to the blatant lie that doctors force patients to transition.

      Edit: He -> They. Feels really inappropriate to assume gender given the context.