Transgendered children

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You make a good point about being checked out by many doctors of different specializations in order to properly diagnosis the condition. Which can be expensive and not covered by most HMO'S or PPO'S. Disagree with me all you want, but I don't think these cost should be covered by tax payers. If you have private insurance then it be up to the company if they cover such services. Besides that though, when you hear about these stories of a nine year old, or a eleven year old getting hormonal treatment. It's really messed up, these children have not even hit puberty yet. It's not my call to make, parents have the options to raise their children as they like. I do disagree with going that option so early in life. I would say at least wait until the age of sixteen to start any type of treatment in regards to hormone therapy.

Why would I ever disagree with that?! I sure as HELL don't want anyone else paying for this crap... sure, it's probably injust that I've got to deal with it in the first place, and sure, I won't be able to work for at least 6 months (which is fine in my specific case, but I can see how it'd be a problem for others)... but with a little bit of intelligent fiscal planning I believe it can and should be done by the person suffering (or those who immediately support them). I mean... family has become so fucking meaningless with this shove towards its dissolution with welfare I don't want your money, and I don't want to lose 2000 dollars a year of my paycheck on a stupid insurance scam that has never done me any favors!

I really miss buying my medicines for 400 fewer dollars than what they tack onto my damn healthcare stupidity every month... our socialized healthcare where the government pocket is limitless and businesses know it has cause out-of-control rises for service if I want to get off of the government teet (I do). Something really has to be done, it's completely unacceptable (and to try and fucking tax me for not being on it?! Fucking shame!!). Little digression there... back to the meat:

I might argue down to 14 myself, but I couldn't see going too much lower than that. Puberty has a great degree of potential to change a personality, and the introduction of sexual interest in people allows for us to know pretty close to for certain (ya wanna pork or ya wanna get porked? )

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I'm just wondering, genuine question I'm not "judging" anyone I'm just curious to know, have there been many studies done on the effects hormone blockers might have on brain development at puberty?  

I'm sure the gender therapy doctors know more than all of us, but I just can't imagine it's that healthy and harmless, considering the stuff your head goes through as a teenager already without hormones.

I suppose time will tell as the first kids to try it get older.

It's one of the biggest problems I have with treating transgendered people: there are huge holes in the science, and we cannot state for certain exactly what causes transsexualism in the first place. We need way more information than we have.

Right now, I say we need to be very careful with how far back we push... there's been too much harm done in the name of expediting medical care without full grasp of the cause in otherwise nonlethal cases. If transtrenders are anything to go by: we're gonna be seeing a shit ton of hormonally fluctuating trans-wannabes over the next few years. I know a couple of people myself who've started and stopped hormones after a few years... if adults can be that fucking indecisive and crazy, then how fucking kooky could a kid get?