A follower sent me this from the certification exam for the American Board of Family Medicine. It asks how the professional should respond to a child with gender dysphoria. If you choose delaying medical transitioning, that is incorrect. The correct answer is puberty blockers. pic.twitter.com/XwNFrMNzA5
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) January 12, 2023
The use of puberty blockers in children is controversial because the psychological effects are unknown, in addition to unknowns about how bone and brain development may be affected. Puberty blockers are often the first step before children are later prescribed cross-sex hormones, where they will develop irreversible physical changes. Long-term cross-sex hormone treatment may also cause permanent infertility.
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