Rushing vulnerable youth into irreversible treatment, without long-term data or true informed consent, is reckless and irresponsible.
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In the United States, around 3.3 percent of adolescents identify as transgender, and a futher 2.2 percent question whether they might be. Rather than exploring why young people are 329 percent more likely than adults to identify as transgender, and why there are almost as many transgender teens as there are adult men and women who identify as gay and lesbian, the medical community has rushed to impose “gender-affirming care.” The medical interventions falling under this term include puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and the surgical removal of breasts from girls.
“Despite increasing pressure to promote these drastic medical interventions for our nation’s youth,” says the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), “the science and evidence do not support their use, and the risks cannot be ignored.”
