From Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje: When I recently heard a conservative lawmaker opine that transgender youth in Texas need to “wait until they’re 18” to receive gender-affirming care ... even I as a mere layperson knew this statement was woefully misguided.
Credit:Regular readers of this space know that whenever I write about social or cultural issues, I like to reach out to those with “lived experience” — people with direct, intimate knowledge of the topic at hand, so that it’s not just me pontificating.
When I recently heard a conservative lawmaker opine that transgender youth in Texas need to “wait until they’re 18” to receive gender-affirming care — sounds reasonable, right? — even I as a mere layperson knew this statement was woefully misguided, if not dangerously ignorant., set to start on Sept.
The science around gender-affirming care for minors, which can include the use of puberty blockers and hormone treatments is evolving, but evidence already exists that such care is crucial for the wellbeing of many transgender youth. That’s why everyI wanted to delve into why the lawmaker’s assertion is so boneheaded, and I wanted to talk to parents of local transgender youth and the doctors who care for them to help explain why.
Even health care providers who treat children and youth with gender dysphoria declined to speak out — not that surprising, given the new law could cause them to lose their licenses for bestowing gender-affirmingtoo afraid to talk about it.
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