RE: Puberty delaying drugs could help gender-confused teens

[Guest guest]

WTF!?!?

Why in the world would we do this? Teen years are hrd enough without addind this

to it. IF there is a large pool of kids with & quot;gender identity & quot; issues,

preventing their development and making their peers even more likely ro

ostracize them. I remember the kids who were .late bloomers & quot; being picked

on when I was in school and as my kids grew up.

This is immoral.

jeremy9282 wrote:

> Puberty delaying drugs could help gender-confused teens

> Britain News.Net Saturday 6th December, 2008 (ANI)

>  

> http://www.britainn ews.net/story/ 438820

> London, Dec 6 : Young teenagers who have extreme gender identity disorder

should be given puberty-blocking drugs to save them from experiencing

distressing changes to their bodies which they perceive to be out of line with

their true gender. This is for the first time that the Endocrine Society has

drafted international guidelines on the controversial issue, with the hope that

delaying puberty would provide young teens with valuable thinking time, where

they can decide if they want to begin gender reassignment using cross-sex

hormones at the age of 16. And thus, the strategy would make it easier for them

to live in their chosen gender. For example, potential male-to-female

transsexuals will not have developed the deep voice, facial changes and body

hair associated with adult masculinity. The guidelines also noted that

gender-reassignment surgery should be avoided until the age of 18. " We recommend

that adolescents who fulfill eligibility and readiness

criteria for gender reassignment initially undergo treatment to suppress

pubertal development, " New Scientist quoted the guidelines as saying. According

to the guidelines, treatment should not begin before Tanner stage 2 or 3: when

female breasts have begun to bud, and boys have experienced a slight enlargement

of the penis and scrotum. The reason-because the teenager's emotional reaction

to these first physical changes can help predict if they will persist in wanting

to change their sex. All the recommends have come in line with the experience of

a clinic in the Netherlands where doctors have so far prescribed puberty

blockers to more than 70 under-16s. The youngest they have treated is 11,

although the majority are 12 or over. " We don't have any patient who has

regretted their decision on the treatment, " said Henriette Delemarre-van de Waal

of Leiden University Medical Centre who has helped treat them. However, many

fear that teenagers will change

their minds. For example, previous studies have suggested that just 20 percent

of boys who show signs of gender identity disorder in childhood continue to show

it into adulthood. But despite the fact that the effects of puberty-blockers are

reversible, there have been few trials exploring the long-term effects of

delaying puberty in this way. Another problem is of fertility-blocking puberty

in boys before mature sperm have had the chance to develop removes the option of

freezing sperm in case they later decide they want to start a family after

undergoing gender-reassignment surgery. However, enduring puberty with the

feeling that you are in the wrong body can cause intense distress, and has even

driven some teenagers to contemplate suicide.

>

[Guest guest]

WTF!?!?

Why in the world would we do this? Teen years are hrd enough without addind this

to it. IF there is a large pool of kids with & quot;gender identity & quot; issues,

preventing their development and making their peers even more likely ro

ostracize them. I remember the kids who were .late bloomers & quot; being picked

on when I was in school and as my kids grew up.

This is immoral.

jeremy9282 wrote:

> Puberty delaying drugs could help gender-confused teens

> Britain News.Net Saturday 6th December, 2008 (ANI)

>  

> http://www.britainn ews.net/story/ 438820

> London, Dec 6 : Young teenagers who have extreme gender identity disorder

should be given puberty-blocking drugs to save them from experiencing

distressing changes to their bodies which they perceive to be out of line with

their true gender. This is for the first time that the Endocrine Society has

drafted international guidelines on the controversial issue, with the hope that

delaying puberty would provide young teens with valuable thinking time, where

they can decide if they want to begin gender reassignment using cross-sex

hormones at the age of 16. And thus, the strategy would make it easier for them

to live in their chosen gender. For example, potential male-to-female

transsexuals will not have developed the deep voice, facial changes and body

hair associated with adult masculinity. The guidelines also noted that

gender-reassignment surgery should be avoided until the age of 18. " We recommend

that adolescents who fulfill eligibility and readiness

criteria for gender reassignment initially undergo treatment to suppress

pubertal development, " New Scientist quoted the guidelines as saying. According

to the guidelines, treatment should not begin before Tanner stage 2 or 3: when

female breasts have begun to bud, and boys have experienced a slight enlargement

of the penis and scrotum. The reason-because the teenager's emotional reaction

to these first physical changes can help predict if they will persist in wanting

to change their sex. All the recommends have come in line with the experience of

a clinic in the Netherlands where doctors have so far prescribed puberty

blockers to more than 70 under-16s. The youngest they have treated is 11,

although the majority are 12 or over. " We don't have any patient who has

regretted their decision on the treatment, " said Henriette Delemarre-van de Waal

of Leiden University Medical Centre who has helped treat them. However, many

fear that teenagers will change

their minds. For example, previous studies have suggested that just 20 percent

of boys who show signs of gender identity disorder in childhood continue to show

it into adulthood. But despite the fact that the effects of puberty-blockers are

reversible, there have been few trials exploring the long-term effects of

delaying puberty in this way. Another problem is of fertility-blocking puberty

in boys before mature sperm have had the chance to develop removes the option of

freezing sperm in case they later decide they want to start a family after

undergoing gender-reassignment surgery. However, enduring puberty with the

feeling that you are in the wrong body can cause intense distress, and has even

driven some teenagers to contemplate suicide.

>

[Guest guest]

WTF!?!?

Why in the world would we do this? Teen years are hrd enough without addind this

to it. IF there is a large pool of kids with & quot;gender identity & quot; issues,

preventing their development and making their peers even more likely ro

ostracize them. I remember the kids who were .late bloomers & quot; being picked

on when I was in school and as my kids grew up.

This is immoral.

jeremy9282 wrote:

> Puberty delaying drugs could help gender-confused teens

> Britain News.Net Saturday 6th December, 2008 (ANI)

>  

> http://www.britainn ews.net/story/ 438820

> London, Dec 6 : Young teenagers who have extreme gender identity disorder

should be given puberty-blocking drugs to save them from experiencing

distressing changes to their bodies which they perceive to be out of line with

their true gender. This is for the first time that the Endocrine Society has

drafted international guidelines on the controversial issue, with the hope that

delaying puberty would provide young teens with valuable thinking time, where

they can decide if they want to begin gender reassignment using cross-sex

hormones at the age of 16. And thus, the strategy would make it easier for them

to live in their chosen gender. For example, potential male-to-female

transsexuals will not have developed the deep voice, facial changes and body

hair associated with adult masculinity. The guidelines also noted that

gender-reassignment surgery should be avoided until the age of 18. " We recommend

that adolescents who fulfill eligibility and readiness

criteria for gender reassignment initially undergo treatment to suppress

pubertal development, " New Scientist quoted the guidelines as saying. According

to the guidelines, treatment should not begin before Tanner stage 2 or 3: when

female breasts have begun to bud, and boys have experienced a slight enlargement

of the penis and scrotum. The reason-because the teenager's emotional reaction

to these first physical changes can help predict if they will persist in wanting

to change their sex. All the recommends have come in line with the experience of

a clinic in the Netherlands where doctors have so far prescribed puberty

blockers to more than 70 under-16s. The youngest they have treated is 11,

although the majority are 12 or over. " We don't have any patient who has

regretted their decision on the treatment, " said Henriette Delemarre-van de Waal

of Leiden University Medical Centre who has helped treat them. However, many

fear that teenagers will change

their minds. For example, previous studies have suggested that just 20 percent

of boys who show signs of gender identity disorder in childhood continue to show

it into adulthood. But despite the fact that the effects of puberty-blockers are

reversible, there have been few trials exploring the long-term effects of

delaying puberty in this way. Another problem is of fertility-blocking puberty

in boys before mature sperm have had the chance to develop removes the option of

freezing sperm in case they later decide they want to start a family after

undergoing gender-reassignment surgery. However, enduring puberty with the

feeling that you are in the wrong body can cause intense distress, and has even

driven some teenagers to contemplate suicide.

>

[Guest guest]

WTF!?!?

Why in the world would we do this? Teen years are hrd enough without addind this

to it. IF there is a large pool of kids with & quot;gender identity & quot; issues,

preventing their development and making their peers even more likely ro

ostracize them. I remember the kids who were .late bloomers & quot; being picked

on when I was in school and as my kids grew up.

This is immoral.

jeremy9282 wrote:

> Puberty delaying drugs could help gender-confused teens

> Britain News.Net Saturday 6th December, 2008 (ANI)

>  

> http://www.britainn ews.net/story/ 438820

> London, Dec 6 : Young teenagers who have extreme gender identity disorder

should be given puberty-blocking drugs to save them from experiencing

distressing changes to their bodies which they perceive to be out of line with

their true gender. This is for the first time that the Endocrine Society has

drafted international guidelines on the controversial issue, with the hope that

delaying puberty would provide young teens with valuable thinking time, where

they can decide if they want to begin gender reassignment using cross-sex

hormones at the age of 16. And thus, the strategy would make it easier for them

to live in their chosen gender. For example, potential male-to-female

transsexuals will not have developed the deep voice, facial changes and body

hair associated with adult masculinity. The guidelines also noted that

gender-reassignment surgery should be avoided until the age of 18. " We recommend

that adolescents who fulfill eligibility and readiness

criteria for gender reassignment initially undergo treatment to suppress

pubertal development, " New Scientist quoted the guidelines as saying. According

to the guidelines, treatment should not begin before Tanner stage 2 or 3: when

female breasts have begun to bud, and boys have experienced a slight enlargement

of the penis and scrotum. The reason-because the teenager's emotional reaction

to these first physical changes can help predict if they will persist in wanting

to change their sex. All the recommends have come in line with the experience of

a clinic in the Netherlands where doctors have so far prescribed puberty

blockers to more than 70 under-16s. The youngest they have treated is 11,

although the majority are 12 or over. " We don't have any patient who has

regretted their decision on the treatment, " said Henriette Delemarre-van de Waal

of Leiden University Medical Centre who has helped treat them. However, many

fear that teenagers will change

their minds. For example, previous studies have suggested that just 20 percent

of boys who show signs of gender identity disorder in childhood continue to show

it into adulthood. But despite the fact that the effects of puberty-blockers are

reversible, there have been few trials exploring the long-term effects of

delaying puberty in this way. Another problem is of fertility-blocking puberty

in boys before mature sperm have had the chance to develop removes the option of

freezing sperm in case they later decide they want to start a family after

undergoing gender-reassignment surgery. However, enduring puberty with the

feeling that you are in the wrong body can cause intense distress, and has even

driven some teenagers to contemplate suicide.

>

[Guest guest]

Must go look and make a file of their " draft guidelines " and see what

they have in mind

Will load same to files section.

Be back soon

> > Puberty delaying drugs could help gender-confused teens

> > Britain News.Net Saturday 6th December, 2008 (ANI)

> >

> > http://www.britainn ews.net/story/ 438820

> > London, Dec 6 : Young teenagers who have extreme gender identity

disorder should be given puberty-blocking drugs to save them from

experiencing distressing changes to their bodies which they perceive to

be out of line with their true gender. This is for the first time that

the Endocrine Society has drafted international guidelines on the

controversial issue, with the hope that delaying puberty would provide

young teens with valuable thinking time, where they can decide if they

want to begin gender reassignment using cross-sex hormones at the age of

16. And thus, the strategy would make it easier for them to live in

their chosen gender. For example, potential male-to-female transsexuals

will not have developed the deep voice, facial changes and body hair

associated with adult masculinity. The guidelines also noted that

gender-reassignment surgery should be avoided until the age of 18. " We

recommend that adolescents who fulfill eligibility and readiness

> criteria for gender reassignment initially undergo treatment to

suppress pubertal development, " New Scientist quoted the guidelines as

saying. According to the guidelines, treatment should not begin before

Tanner stage 2 or 3: when female breasts have begun to bud, and boys

have experienced a slight enlargement of the penis and scrotum. The

reason-because the teenager's emotional reaction to these first physical

changes can help predict if they will persist in wanting to change their

sex. All the recommends have come in line with the experience of a

clinic in the Netherlands where doctors have so far prescribed puberty

blockers to more than 70 under-16s. The youngest they have treated is

11, although the majority are 12 or over. " We don't have any patient who

has regretted their decision on the treatment, " said Henriette

Delemarre-van de Waal of Leiden University Medical Centre who has helped

treat them. However, many fear that teenagers will change

> their minds. For example, previous studies have suggested that just 20

percent of boys who show signs of gender identity disorder in childhood

continue to show it into adulthood. But despite the fact that the

effects of puberty-blockers are reversible, there have been few trials

exploring the long-term effects of delaying puberty in this way. Another

problem is of fertility-blocking puberty in boys before mature sperm

have had the chance to develop removes the option of freezing sperm in

case they later decide they want to start a family after undergoing

gender-reassignment surgery. However, enduring puberty with the feeling

that you are in the wrong body can cause intense distress, and has even

driven some teenagers to contemplate suicide.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Must go look and make a file of their " draft guidelines " and see what

they have in mind

Will load same to files section.

Be back soon

> > Puberty delaying drugs could help gender-confused teens

> > Britain News.Net Saturday 6th December, 2008 (ANI)

> >

> > http://www.britainn ews.net/story/ 438820

> > London, Dec 6 : Young teenagers who have extreme gender identity

disorder should be given puberty-blocking drugs to save them from

experiencing distressing changes to their bodies which they perceive to

be out of line with their true gender. This is for the first time that

the Endocrine Society has drafted international guidelines on the

controversial issue, with the hope that delaying puberty would provide

young teens with valuable thinking time, where they can decide if they

want to begin gender reassignment using cross-sex hormones at the age of

16. And thus, the strategy would make it easier for them to live in

their chosen gender. For example, potential male-to-female transsexuals

will not have developed the deep voice, facial changes and body hair

associated with adult masculinity. The guidelines also noted that

gender-reassignment surgery should be avoided until the age of 18. " We

recommend that adolescents who fulfill eligibility and readiness

> criteria for gender reassignment initially undergo treatment to

suppress pubertal development, " New Scientist quoted the guidelines as

saying. According to the guidelines, treatment should not begin before

Tanner stage 2 or 3: when female breasts have begun to bud, and boys

have experienced a slight enlargement of the penis and scrotum. The

reason-because the teenager's emotional reaction to these first physical

changes can help predict if they will persist in wanting to change their

sex. All the recommends have come in line with the experience of a

clinic in the Netherlands where doctors have so far prescribed puberty

blockers to more than 70 under-16s. The youngest they have treated is

11, although the majority are 12 or over. " We don't have any patient who

has regretted their decision on the treatment, " said Henriette

Delemarre-van de Waal of Leiden University Medical Centre who has helped

treat them. However, many fear that teenagers will change

> their minds. For example, previous studies have suggested that just 20

percent of boys who show signs of gender identity disorder in childhood

continue to show it into adulthood. But despite the fact that the

effects of puberty-blockers are reversible, there have been few trials

exploring the long-term effects of delaying puberty in this way. Another

problem is of fertility-blocking puberty in boys before mature sperm

have had the chance to develop removes the option of freezing sperm in

case they later decide they want to start a family after undergoing

gender-reassignment surgery. However, enduring puberty with the feeling

that you are in the wrong body can cause intense distress, and has even

driven some teenagers to contemplate suicide.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Must go look and make a file of their " draft guidelines " and see what

they have in mind

Will load same to files section.

Be back soon

> > Puberty delaying drugs could help gender-confused teens

> > Britain News.Net Saturday 6th December, 2008 (ANI)

> >

> > http://www.britainn ews.net/story/ 438820

> > London, Dec 6 : Young teenagers who have extreme gender identity

disorder should be given puberty-blocking drugs to save them from

experiencing distressing changes to their bodies which they perceive to

be out of line with their true gender. This is for the first time that

the Endocrine Society has drafted international guidelines on the

controversial issue, with the hope that delaying puberty would provide

young teens with valuable thinking time, where they can decide if they

want to begin gender reassignment using cross-sex hormones at the age of

16. And thus, the strategy would make it easier for them to live in

their chosen gender. For example, potential male-to-female transsexuals

will not have developed the deep voice, facial changes and body hair

associated with adult masculinity. The guidelines also noted that

gender-reassignment surgery should be avoided until the age of 18. " We

recommend that adolescents who fulfill eligibility and readiness

> criteria for gender reassignment initially undergo treatment to

suppress pubertal development, " New Scientist quoted the guidelines as

saying. According to the guidelines, treatment should not begin before

Tanner stage 2 or 3: when female breasts have begun to bud, and boys

have experienced a slight enlargement of the penis and scrotum. The

reason-because the teenager's emotional reaction to these first physical

changes can help predict if they will persist in wanting to change their

sex. All the recommends have come in line with the experience of a

clinic in the Netherlands where doctors have so far prescribed puberty

blockers to more than 70 under-16s. The youngest they have treated is

11, although the majority are 12 or over. " We don't have any patient who

has regretted their decision on the treatment, " said Henriette

Delemarre-van de Waal of Leiden University Medical Centre who has helped

treat them. However, many fear that teenagers will change

> their minds. For example, previous studies have suggested that just 20

percent of boys who show signs of gender identity disorder in childhood

continue to show it into adulthood. But despite the fact that the

effects of puberty-blockers are reversible, there have been few trials

exploring the long-term effects of delaying puberty in this way. Another

problem is of fertility-blocking puberty in boys before mature sperm

have had the chance to develop removes the option of freezing sperm in

case they later decide they want to start a family after undergoing

gender-reassignment surgery. However, enduring puberty with the feeling

that you are in the wrong body can cause intense distress, and has even

driven some teenagers to contemplate suicide.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Must go look and make a file of their " draft guidelines " and see what

they have in mind

Will load same to files section.

Be back soon

> > Puberty delaying drugs could help gender-confused teens

> > Britain News.Net Saturday 6th December, 2008 (ANI)

> >

> > http://www.britainn ews.net/story/ 438820

> > London, Dec 6 : Young teenagers who have extreme gender identity

disorder should be given puberty-blocking drugs to save them from

experiencing distressing changes to their bodies which they perceive to

be out of line with their true gender. This is for the first time that

the Endocrine Society has drafted international guidelines on the

controversial issue, with the hope that delaying puberty would provide

young teens with valuable thinking time, where they can decide if they

want to begin gender reassignment using cross-sex hormones at the age of

16. And thus, the strategy would make it easier for them to live in

their chosen gender. For example, potential male-to-female transsexuals

will not have developed the deep voice, facial changes and body hair

associated with adult masculinity. The guidelines also noted that

gender-reassignment surgery should be avoided until the age of 18. " We

recommend that adolescents who fulfill eligibility and readiness

> criteria for gender reassignment initially undergo treatment to

suppress pubertal development, " New Scientist quoted the guidelines as

saying. According to the guidelines, treatment should not begin before

Tanner stage 2 or 3: when female breasts have begun to bud, and boys

have experienced a slight enlargement of the penis and scrotum. The

reason-because the teenager's emotional reaction to these first physical

changes can help predict if they will persist in wanting to change their

sex. All the recommends have come in line with the experience of a

clinic in the Netherlands where doctors have so far prescribed puberty

blockers to more than 70 under-16s. The youngest they have treated is

11, although the majority are 12 or over. " We don't have any patient who

has regretted their decision on the treatment, " said Henriette

Delemarre-van de Waal of Leiden University Medical Centre who has helped

treat them. However, many fear that teenagers will change

> their minds. For example, previous studies have suggested that just 20

percent of boys who show signs of gender identity disorder in childhood

continue to show it into adulthood. But despite the fact that the

effects of puberty-blockers are reversible, there have been few trials

exploring the long-term effects of delaying puberty in this way. Another

problem is of fertility-blocking puberty in boys before mature sperm

have had the chance to develop removes the option of freezing sperm in

case they later decide they want to start a family after undergoing

gender-reassignment surgery. However, enduring puberty with the feeling

that you are in the wrong body can cause intense distress, and has even

driven some teenagers to contemplate suicide.

> >

>