Article: Endocrinologists Talk About HRT for Trans Youth

[Carolyn Marie]

Very good article, written in a very approachable style.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/20/health-transgender-children.html

Carolyn Marie

[Guest ErinJade]

Good article, thanks for posting. A lot of the comments really make me sad though.

[Carolyn Marie]

A lot of the comments really make me sad though.

I rarely even look at the comments anymore.

Carolyn Marie

[Guest MissSiul]

I tend to avoid to read comment in any news with transgender related topics.

People are easy to judge,like the guy who wrote that we all should wait till 18,that we

should go trough puberty to find out.It is very hard to cisgender people to understand

that we are all aware of our identities since young,either very aware or with doubts,

and that damage made from puberty is not easily erased with hormones.

I wish I knew I was trans as a kid and that was not normal,but still I never thought I was going

to have male puberty,I thought something would happen.

Thanks for sharing ^^

Hugs

[Guest ErinJade]

I tend to avoid to read comment in any news with transgender related topics.

People are easy to judge,like the guy who wrote that we all should wait till 18,that we

should go trough puberty to find out.It is very hard to cisgender people to understand

that we are all aware of our identities since young,either very aware or with doubts,

and that damage made from puberty is not easily erased with hormones.

I wish I knew I was trans as a kid and that was not normal,but still I never thought I was going

to have male puberty,I thought something would happen.

Thanks for sharing ^^

Hugs

That last part, about not realizing you were going to have male puberty. That's absolutely how I felt. That's basically when I started becoming introverted and depressed. My sister was going through all these things and I kinda felt cheated that instead of those things (which I considered normal), I got hair all over. Bleh.

I do think that it's possible that kids might be gung-ho about something they don't understand (I know some people...), but they can do the puberty blocking without any long-term issues (and it's completely reversible by just not blocking them anymore and going through the genetic puberty). I really, really, really wish that's what I had done, or had been able to do.

[Guest ErinJade]

I tend to avoid to read comment in any news with transgender related topics.

People are easy to judge,like the guy who wrote that we all should wait till 18,that we

should go trough puberty to find out.It is very hard to cisgender people to understand

that we are all aware of our identities since young,either very aware or with doubts,

and that damage made from puberty is not easily erased with hormones.

I wish I knew I was trans as a kid and that was not normal,but still I never thought I was going

to have male puberty,I thought something would happen.

Thanks for sharing ^^

Hugs

That last part, about not realizing you were going to have male puberty. That's absolutely how I felt. That's basically when I started becoming introverted and depressed. My sister was going through all these things and I kinda felt cheated that instead of those things (which I considered normal), I got hair all over. Bleh.

I do think that it's possible that kids might be gung-ho about something they don't understand (I know some people...), but they can do the puberty blocking without any long-term issues (and it's completely reversible by just not blocking them anymore and going through the genetic puberty). I really, really, really wish that's what I had done, or had been able to do.

[Guest ErinJade]

...I'm sorry, my stupid mouse must've double clicked the post button.

[Guest Mia J]

"It would be so nice to move this out of the world of mental health, and into the medical world," Olson said.

Well put.

Very interesting article. How many of us would have led happier lives if we could have been diagnosed when we were pre-teen.

I don't think this would be for everyone but there are those who there is just no question who they are.

Mia