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Puberty blockers have ‘life-changing consequences’ for trans children, hears Court of Appeal
The Telegraph via Yahoo News
By Gabriella Swerling
June 23, 2021


Puberty blockers have “unknown” and “life-changing consequences” for trans children, and could impact their fertility, the Court of Appeal has heard.

Stop right there! The first misstatement.

Puberty blockers are technically called “gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH agonist)” and they have been around for a very, very long time. They were first discovered in 1971 and have been approved for use to stop puberty in 1985. According to the US National Institute of Health’s National Center for Biotechnology Information (NIH/NCBI)…

The commercial names and year of approval in the United States of the currently available forms of GnRH agonists and antagonists are: leuprolide, also called leuprorelin (Lupron: 1985), goserelin (Zoladex: 1989), histrelin (Supprelin, Vantas: 1991 and 2004), triptorelin (Trelstar: 2000), and degarelix (Firmagon: 2008).

The second misstatement, “Puberty blockers have “unknown” and “life-changing consequences”” from the St. Louis Children’s Hospital,

Are Puberty Blockers Safe?
Most experts, including our team, believe that puberty blockers are safe:

The Endocrine Society and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health support the use of puberty blockers for kids who want to delay or prevent unwanted physical changes.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved puberty blockers for children who start puberty at a young age.

Like all drugs there could be some side effects.

Possible long-term side effects of puberty blockers

• Lower bone density. To protect against this, we work to make sure every patient gets enough exercise, calcium and vitamin D, which can help keep bones healthy and strong. We also closely monitor patients’ bone density.
• Delayed growth plate closure, leading to slightly taller adult height.
• Less development of genital tissue, which may limit options for gender affirming surgery (bottom surgery) later in life.
• Other possible long-term side effects that are not yet known.

Possible short-term side effects of puberty blockers

• Headache, fatigue, insomnia and muscle aches.
• Changes in weight, mood or breast tissue.
• Spotting or irregular periods (in menstruating patients whose periods are not completely suppressed by puberty blockers).

For children who want to delay or prevent unwanted physical changes, the mental health benefits of puberty blockers may outweigh these risks.

The article goes on to say,

However, the Court of Appeal also heard that puberty blockers are “experimental” drugs that have “unknown consequences”, both physically and psychologically.

Which is the third misstatement. The NIH/NCBI website says,

The gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists and antagonists are short peptide analogues of GnRH that cause a profound inhibition of estrogen and androgen synthesis and are used predominantly as androgen deprivation therapy of advanced prostate cancer. Some of these agents are also used to treat benign conditions responsive to hormonal inhibition such as endometriosis, uterine fibroids, precocious puberty and infertility…

That doesn’t sound experimental to me and the FDA says that it can be used for… “Some GnRH agonists are also used in children to treat central precocious puberty.”

The conservatives and the religious right don’t care if they hurt anyone all they want to do is push their agenda of hate for all things LGBTQ+ and now they are attacking those who cannot defend for them selves. They will lie, cheat, and do whatever they can to force us back in the closet.