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Judge blocks Trump order seeking to halt gender-affirming care for trans youth. (19thnews.org)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't put me in the minority. I did a simple search, and the first result was a poll from 2023 stating that most adults are against it.

Oh, so you aren't concerned with the perspective of people whose entire job is to figure out what's medically best for kids, you actually just want to know what a bunch of 6th-grade-reading-level Americans think?

Why?

[+] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You stated I was in the minority, which wasn't true

And if the majority wanted you to jump off a cliff?

No, the only people whose opinions matter on this topic are the medical experts. Disagreeing with them puts you in the minority of Americans who refuse to trust doctors.

just because a few organizations believe it's acceptable doesn't speak for the entire medical community.

Correction: not just a few, literally all reputable medical organizations, including but not limited to:

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

American Academy of Dermatology

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Academy of Physician Assistants

American Medical Association

American Nurses Association

American Association of Clinical Endocrinology

American College Health Association

American College of Nurse-Midwives

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

American College of Physicians

American Counseling Association

American Heart Association

American Medical Student Association

American Psychiatric Association

American Psychological Association

American Society of Plastic Surgeons

American Society for Reproductive Medicine

American Urological Association

Endocrine Society

Federation of Pediatric Organizations

GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality

The Journal of the American Medical Association

National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health

National Association of Social Workers

Ohio Children’s Hospital

Pediatric Endocrine Society

Pediatrics (Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics ) and Seattle Children’s Hospital

Texas Medical Association

Texas Pediatric Society

Again, many medical professionals don't agree. Are those medical professionals also the "6th-grade-reading-level Americans" you speak of?

Name one and I'll tell you.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I don't want to "win", I want you to defend your argument to the best of your ability so that I can improve my own.

So, come on! Name one doctor that thinks its unsafe for trans kids to take puberty blockers. I'm not asking for much!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You're just mad because they're not accepting your excuse that the ignorant masses know best. We know for a fact that's not the case for many things. People are fucking stupid, especially when it comes to issues that don't directly affect themselves.

Issues like this should be decided by experts who have dedicated their lives to researching these exact things, and they recommend the exact opposite.