Ha! Predictable level of literacy and aesthetics. (Is that supposed to be a pentagram or something?)Originally Posted by bae
Ha! Predictable level of literacy and aesthetics. (Is that supposed to be a pentagram or something?)
I thought perhaps it was the anarchist symbol. This particular poster design might be the result of a false-flag operation, as it is so over-the-top silly - we never caught a good video image of this troublemaker.
Yes--looks like the anarchist symbol. I thought the "horns" were upside-down. False flag makes some sense.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/29/busin...rnd/index.html
"Florida's Tax Credit Scholarship lets companies make tax-deductible contributions that funds vouchers to private schools for low-income students. The program sparked backlash following an Orlando Sentinel investigation that found 83 of 1,000 private religious schools, which accepted the vouchers, had anti-LGBTQ policies, including banning students from attending the schools or expel them for their sexual orientation."
Apparently, the next hot issue is puberty blockers for trans kids:
https://www.vox.com/identities/2020/...berty-blockers
It would be nice if doctors, parents, and the children involved were allowed to make such decisions without government getting involved.
I will admit it worries me that hormones and anti-hormones are given to children based on their conviction of the moment. But medically, I do not know what is reversible and what isnt.
I regularly see in dogs effects of early neutering (lack of appropriate hormones) that negatively affects their bone development, so I cannot believe these treatments are all benign.
But in the end I prefer the government stay out of a medical treatment where patient, parent, and physician are involved. Some kids get better parenting than others. That’s the breaks, who kids draw for a parent is a crapshoot.
I see this as a societal swing far away from treatment of gender-ambiguous kids decades ago, where doctors decided a gender for the patient based on physical characteristics. I realize it is a different situation, but over all, societally similar. I will bet there’s lots of adults who wish the government had stepped in to keep doctors from making permanent changes to their tiny bodies.
And if mommy lets her 11-year-old decide he’s a girl today well OK and if that action permanently changes his body, I am not sure that is ok. Medically treating these kids seems like a complex issue and I’m glad i dont have to make any decisions in that arena.
It's a difficult and complicated issue, that's for sure.
I think it’s a bad idea to give kids hormones, etc. Let them grow up and decide as adults. I didn’t neuter max until he was 11 months and hadn’t grown for 3 months. A dog I spayed at 6 months had a unusual growth spurt at 2 and back pain for life.
I have a trans-niece. I do hope they do hormone blockers soon. The male hormone onset of large bone structure etc cannot be reversed. If she were to decide in a year, that she really wants to be male, stop the blockers and the body proceeds with testosterone driven biology. I worked with a trans woman last year. Her challenge at work was exactly that large male bone structure that made her "stand out".
Blockers are desirable initially for pre-hormone teens rather than going straight to estrogen/testosterone treatment and seldom will a provider prescribe the hormones immediately as this decision can be temporary.
A 2008 study found 61% desisted from their transgender identity before reaching the age of 29,[17] and a 2013 study found 63% desisted before age 20.[18] A 2019 clinical assessment found that 9.4% of patients with adolescent-emerging gender dysphoria ceased wishing to pursue medical interventions and/or no longer felt that their gender identity was incongruent with their biological sex within an eighteen-month period.[19]
It is a challenging time for the immediate family. I'm grateful my niece is alive. Prior to this decision he had been a severe cutter having hidden it for 18 months until a friend turned him to the Nurse at school. My nephew took him to counseling where she remains a regular client and for that I continue to be grateful.
I know there's a window for hormone-blocking; which is why legislation like this is so cruel.
It really is a difficult issue. I wonder how much ongoing research is being done to pinpoint the cause of this phenomenon.
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