This will be a thread about children and hormones, treatments, parents etc. Feel free to add #transkids
Hormones lead to increased suicide risk #transkids https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13590849862159?journalCode=ijne20&
Child sex-swap cases soar by 330% in just five years at Australian transgender clinic. From 48 transgender patients in 2014 a rise to 207 patients in 2018, with 171 on puberty blocker Leuprorelin
#transkids https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7954349/Child-sex-swap-cases-soar-330-cent-just-five-years-Australian-transgender-clinic.html
#transkids https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7954349/Child-sex-swap-cases-soar-330-cent-just-five-years-Australian-transgender-clinic.html
New push to ban medical treatments for transgender children.
#transkids https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/01/30/a-new-push-to-ban-medical-treatments-for-transgender-children
#transkids https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/01/30/a-new-push-to-ban-medical-treatments-for-transgender-children
An excellent source of information for parents who have a child who thinks (s)he is transgender. Brought together by Lily Maynard @LilyLilyMaynard
#transkids http://lilymaynard.com/so-your-child-thinks-they-might-be-transgender-part-1-information-for-parents/#comment-1661
#transkids http://lilymaynard.com/so-your-child-thinks-they-might-be-transgender-part-1-information-for-parents/#comment-1661
So your child thinks they might be transgender? Part two of the resources for parents brought together by @LilyLilyMaynard
#transkids http://lilymaynard.com/so-your-child-thinks-they-might-be-transgender-resources-for-parents/
#transkids http://lilymaynard.com/so-your-child-thinks-they-might-be-transgender-resources-for-parents/
Dutch new genderclinic in Nijmegen aims at children as young as six years of age that feel they are 'born in the wrong body'.
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https://www.trouw.nl/binnenland/eerste-transgenderkliniek-voor-kinderen-en-jongeren-opent-in-nijmegen
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https://www.trouw.nl/binnenland/eerste-transgenderkliniek-voor-kinderen-en-jongeren-opent-in-nijmegen
You are born in your own body. When your child thinks (s)he is born in he wrong body, there is therapeutical work to be done. Dissociation from the body means trauma needs to be adressed. A problem in the mind cannot be solved in the body.
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https://www.objectnow.org/news/2018/3/23/born-in-the-wrong-body-first-do-this-by-caroline-franssen
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https://www.objectnow.org/news/2018/3/23/born-in-the-wrong-body-first-do-this-by-caroline-franssen
Autism an ADHD are comorbid factors of the no’s of young teens presenting. Evidence suggests over-representation of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and behavioral difficulties among people referred for gender issues,
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https://psychcentral.com/news/2014/03/13/kids-with-adhd-autism-more-likely-to-have-gender-identity-issues/67048.html
https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=adhd+gender+dysphoria&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart#d=gs_qabs&u=%23p%3Dz5Y2uywxptwJ
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https://psychcentral.com/news/2014/03/13/kids-with-adhd-autism-more-likely-to-have-gender-identity-issues/67048.html
https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=adhd+gender+dysphoria&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart#d=gs_qabs&u=%23p%3Dz5Y2uywxptwJ