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Yes, block puberty at 8. No.
Debate Score:6
Arguments:7
Total Votes:7
Ended:01/01/24
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Puberty blockers for eight year old girls questioning their gender is a good ide

Should we start puberty blockers at eight or wait?

Yes, block puberty at 8.

Side Score: 5
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I think the reward is worth the risk. Considering the staggeringly high rate of suicide along transgenders that delay treatment.

"While potential risks are present when administering hormone treatments and performing reassignment surgeries on patients within these age brackets, those risks were weighed against those that could come from withholding treatment from someone in need of it." Kelly McClure

Death is permanent, but treatments can be reversed.

Supporting Evidence: Salon transgender treatment. (www.salon.com)
Side: Yes, block puberty at 8.

We need greater access to free gender-affirming care. I worry about the intersectionality of Black transgenders and transgender undocumented citizens not getting the care they need.

"Access to gender-affirming care has been highlighted as essential to decreasing or even resolving eating disorder symptoms for some trans youth, and barriers to this care are associated with exacerbating eating disorder symptoms, psychological distress, and suicidality." AJ Eckert on December 4, 2022

We need to use preventive measures. After-all, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Supporting Evidence: Puberty Blockers science based medicine. (sciencebasedmedicine.org)
Side: Yes, block puberty at 8.

I don't think helping poor white people first is the best avenue to improve the world. I think the best way for social justice to proceed is to focus on the most minoritized people first. That would be Black and American Indian transgenders. American Indians are racialized and invisiblized.

"This overview documents demographic, social, health, and health care disparities as they affect American Indian and Alaska Native children," Michelle Sarche and Paul Spicer

Adequate access to health care including gender-affirming care for American Indians must be a high priority.

Supporting Evidence: American Indian poverty health care disparities. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Side: Yes, block puberty at 8.
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In THE IMBECILE'S WORLD OF WOKE it is accepted that children can be sexually abused, suffer genital mutilation, be indoctrinated with the mumbo-jumbo of various man made religions and exploited in countless other ways without consequences.

MAN, MAN OH MAN.

Side: No.
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Just think of all the Muslim refugees fleeing the Taliban. Many of them will need gender affirmation care. This is a great argument for universal health care. That way our tax dollars can help those most in need.

"The current crisis comes on top of the 2.2 million Afghan refugees"

By The Visual Journalism Team BBC News

We need to show compassion, empathy, and kindness and give over two million green cards to all of the refugees. Followed by, free gender-affirming care.

Supporting Evidence: 2.2 million Afghan refugees. (www.bbc.com)
Side: Yes, block puberty at 8.

I don't think we talk enough about Muslim transgenders. Imagine an eight year old girl refugee running from the Taliban. Questioning her gender, and in need of puberty blockers.

What's the odds this person will live a high quality of life? Muslims often shun Muslim transgenders.

"There was an article about a British person, a man who transitioned into being a woman, and then she converted to Islam. She was shunned by the masjid and told to pray with the men, even though she was fully living as a woman and considered herself one. She was met with ignorance and hostility and ended up staying away from the community due to the lack of acceptance. What lies in her future?" Nancy Qualls-Shehata

I think too much focus is often on white male Christians reinforcing the status quo. For example, on T.V. shows if a character is gay he is almost certainly white and male. Reinforcing the white male Christian centered world.

The Vicar of Dibley for example had one gay character. What do you know he was white, male, and Christian.

That we forget that Muslims as well as followers of other religions including Hinduism and Buddhism exist. This serves to homogenize and condense ultimately helping to stereotype and promote caricatures. Just at white Christians struggle as new information becomes available on transgenderism so do Muslims.

Supporting Evidence: Transgender Muslim (www.patheos.com)
Side: Yes, block puberty at 8.
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Hi, Norwich

I am not sure what you are referring to is this what you are talking about?

"Most genital surgeries starting at age 17, including womb and testicle removal, a year earlier than previous guidance." Kelly McClure

https://www.salon.com/2022/06/16/gender-transition-treatment-minimum-age- lowered-to-14-years-old/

I have to admit I am not entirely comfortable with this.

Side: Yes, block puberty at 8.