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Labour's Wes Streeting 'to make trans puberty blocker ban permanent'

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/12/wes-streeting-puberty-blockers/

Wes Streeting has reportedly indicated that the Labour government will make the Tories' emergency puberty blocker ban permament.

Labour's Wes Streeting 'to make trans puberty blocker ban permanent'

I think Wes might be right here but this is going to cause consternation amongst groups who were hoping that Labour might take a more liberal approach to LGBT issues than the tories.

5 comments

flamingos

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Reminder, this is only a ban for trans kids, so any comments about this being dangerous for the kids is mute. If that was the concern they would ban prescribing them to cis kids as well.

So much for 'change'.

steeznson

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That's a good point which I hadn't considered. I think I need to think about this issue for longer.

breadsmasher

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What makes you say “I think Wes might be right”?

steeznson

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Concerned that under 18s can't give informed consent given the wide variety of side effects that studies have shown puberty blockers can cause. Impediments to long term brain development for example.

People are always able to transition later when they can give informed consent.

Edit: to back the example this study suggests a correlation between puberty blockers and lower IQ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/apa.17150

NickwithaC

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Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

steeznson

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