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[mae]

I do have an issue with how young some kids start identifying as the opposite gender and are given hormone treatments to reflect that identification.

This actually doesn't happen, no one is given hormones under 18. What they may be given is puberty blockers, that's very different, and fully reversible. It gives them time to explore their gender and maybe they aren't trans, which is fine. But what puberty blockers allow is if the kid really is trans, they don't have to go through the wrong puberty, and their transition and societal passing will be that much smoother in most cases.

[Joe315]

I do have an issue with how young some kids start identifying as the opposite gender and are given hormone treatments to reflect that identification.

This actually doesn't happen, no one is given hormones under 18. What they may be given is puberty blockers, that's very different, and fully reversible. It gives them time to explore their gender and maybe they aren't trans, which is fine. But what puberty blockers allow is if the kid really is trans, they don't have to go through the wrong puberty, and their transition and societal passing will be that much smoother in most cases.

Is that a legal thing or just doctor recommendation?

The long-term effects of the puberty blockers aren’t yet clear either. The idea of stopping your bodies growth scares me. What is it doing to your body? Your brain? How of going to affect you long term physically?