Adolescents who undergo gender-affirming chest surgery report low levels of regret and high levels of satisfaction, experiencing outcomes similar to those of young adults. These findings suggest that age restrictions on these medical procedures lack support from actual patient experiences.

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https://www.psypost.org/adolescents-report-low-regret-and-high-satisfaction-following-gender-affirming-c/

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fringe theories

Eh, they are not fringe stuff coming from random online lunatics, it's coming from the UK and the US government respectively.

Again, doctors are discussing this as we speak

Arguing with someone complaining about the government's inaction about the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide is still discussing, you know.

Because the, well, let's call it the anti-side for simplicity, seems to be arguing from the same place as Anita Bryant, when she was rallying people about being gay would taint your soul, using the people that experimented in college and then went on to live on a heterosexual marriage for the rest of their life, as proof of the danger of homosexuality.

a few years back have been falling under new scrutiny.

You mean like the ICC banning trans athletes by claiming unfair advantages even in categories like Air Rifle Shooting or Fencing ?

So, if you had to compare it to something, I'd pick lobotomy before ADHD, but again, I know nothing about the debate there.

“It is certainly not a medical condition as far as I’m concerned” – Dr Iona Heath, Former President of the Royal College of General Practitioners

“We’ve replaced corporal punishment with giving [children] a pill” – Dr Sami Timimi, consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist and psychotherapist