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New WPATH Guidelines & Language Re. Trans Youth Spark Debate


Carolyn Marie

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https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/trans-kids-advocates-blame-culture-war-debate-adolescent-health-care-rcna33679

 

 

I haven't read SOC Version 8, so I can't comment much.  But I have a feeling this is an overreaction to some pretty mild language changes.  I think it would be wrong to pretend that social influences play no role, and it sounds like the WPATH isn't claiming its a significant role.  The problem, IMO, is that anti-trans forces will focus on those few words and make it part of their rationale for curbing access to treatment by adolescents.

 

I know Dr. Deutsch; she was my first treating physician for HRT.  I trust her judgement on this.  That doesn't mean there is nothing worthy of criticism in V-8.  I think we need to see what it says in total when it is released, and then have our informed say.

 

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I am a lay member of an actual group of practitioners who spent about a full month back in November and December hashing out the preliminary drafts of SOC8 and they are going back at this one hot and heavy.  Most of it I can understand, but it can be a bit mind boggling when professional jargon gets going.  The basic take-away as far as Trans Youth go is that the kids studied and given therapy since SOC 7 was approved are smarter and more capable of making their own choices and choosing directions in care than conservative society believes possible.  The therapists I converse with as a lay person are also sharper and more intuitive than they will get credit for at first from the public situation that we have on hand.  The point that I do get fully is that the "old established science" is not going to stay established with the good willed and intelligent work being done daily with Trans young people.  Sadly we have to hear from people who are embedded in the concrete prison of the past.

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I am feeling a pretty visceral reaction to language that are put forth, from WPATH of all people- of kids "deciding they are transgender" juxtaposed with language of "social influence"....under the standards of discussing...."Affirming Care".

 

Guess we're still at that place of "those poor mentally ill confused transgenders, why would anyone go through all that trouble of undoing secondary characteristics and surgeries that were a result of going through the wrong puberty as a kid?...."

 

 

 

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I tried searching for more information and came across this article criticizing some of the stuff in SOC8 as transphobic:

https://transpolicyreform.wordpress.com/category/standards-of-care-ver8/

 

I also came across articles reporting about complaints in opposite direction, where some medical professionals are complaining about WPATH being "captured by [pro-trans] activists". I'll link to one here, but keep in mind, possible transphobia trigger warning: https://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20211214/gender-dysphoria-guidance-skewed

 

 

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@Heather Nicolethe way I see it, if both sides equally hate the document then its probably a good one.  😄

 

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