Grooming by the state

[Begbie]

It will be interesting to see where the research goes that Sajid Javid recently approved that will allow researchers access to the medical records of some 9000+ people who have had gender reassignment surgery, to try and figure out if its beneficial or not for younger people. Considering there have been reports recently of people regretting it almost immediately after having bits chopped off.

Me personally think invasive surgery should absolutely not be an option until someone is mature enough, I think 21+. For some that might mean a few uncomfortable years, but it could potentially prevent a lifetime of regret.

There is multiple stories of regret, and man they are hard reads. Children definitely do not need these chats.

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok

Can show how easily out of hand this can get in schools. A 4000% increase in child trans, it's definitely something that's caused by schools (as in, being educated on, convicing students to do so) - albeit it currently seems more of an American issue than the UK currently.

 

[montymint]

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