Trans youth will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at NHS England gender identity clinics in a “blow” to gender-affirming healthcare.

Trans youth will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at NHS England gender identity clinics in a new “blow” to gender-affirming healthcare.

Puberty blockers are a type of medicine that prevent puberty from starting by blocking the hormones – like testosterone and oestrogen – that lead to puberty-related changes in the body. In the case of trans youth, this can delay unwanted physical changes like menstruation, breast growth, voice changes or facial hair growth.

On Tuesday (12 March), NHS England confirmed the medicine, which has been described as “life-saving” medical care for trans youth, will only be available to young people as part of clinical research trials.

The government described the move as a “landmark decision”, Sky News reported. It believed such a move is in the “best interests of the child”.

  • Beemo Dinosaurierfuß@feddit.deEnglish
    1·
    6 months ago

    Whoever decided this can shove a cactus up somewhere.

    Fuck you for hurting the most vulnerable;
    disgusting decision by disgusting people.

        • Madlaine@feddit.deEnglish
          1·
          6 months ago

          Fuck you for hurting the most vulnerable, disgusting decision by disgusting people.

          Kann übersetzt werden zu:

          Fickt euch dafür die verletzlichste, abscheulichste Entscheidung von abscheulischen Leuten zu verletzen. (weird weil wörtliche Übersetzung; kann auch Beschädigen o.ä. nutzen. Geht mehr um den Sinn als das Wort)

          Ist vermutlich gemeint:

          Fickt euch dafür die Verletzlichsten zu verletzen; Abscheulische Entscheidung abscheulicher Leute.

            • Lucy :3English
              1·
              2 months ago

              Die meisten Menschen kriegen Semikolons eh nicht auf die Reihe, weder beim lesen noch schreiben.

            • Madlaine@feddit.deEnglish
              0·
              6 months ago

              That said I had to really try hard to deliberately missunderstand it.

              But well, we seem to have the same native language and therefore maybe intuitively misstranslate it the same way? ^^

  • harderian729@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    6 months ago

    I wonder what the statistics are of “trans youth” figuring out they’re actually not trans as they get older.

  • Korne127@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    6 months ago

    Best interest of the child my ass. I knew and know so many trans kids that suffer(ed) so much from such awful transphobic laws.
    That’s just purely disgusting and will have horrible consequences for so many people. I am so sorry for every trans kid in England that suffers from this. :(

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      01·
      6 months ago

      40 years of Hollyweird / Music Industry / Olympics trainer agents pumping their youngest stars full of this shit in order to squeeze an extra year or two of revenue out of them? Fine. Cool. Good. No problems detected.

      Some trans youth have a legitimate medical need for deferring puberty, while they come to terms with their gender and sexuality? Fuck you. Prohibited. Go directly to jail.