Apparently, it is very fashionable among adolescents to declare themselves to be LGBTQ! Hopefully, this mania will go away soon!
How much of this is quackery? Too much!
Notice more girls than boys are treated! Why is that?
This article seems to suggest to extend treatment to under 12 year old adolescents! Incredible!
"Gender-affirming care" is one of the most terrible euphemisms of our time comparable to Arbeit macht frei!
"Sex assigned at birth" is also very disturbing language driven by ideology!
"Puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormones are rarely prescribed to U.S. transgender and gender diverse (TGD) adolescents, according to a new study from researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, and FOLX Health. ...
The researchers analyzed private insurance claims data from 2018 to 2022, representing more than 5.1 million young patients ages 8 to 17. They identified transgender or gender-diverse patients based on a gender-related diagnosis and then checked if they received puberty blockers or gender-affirming hormones. ...
The study found that less than 0.1 percent of minors with private insurance are TGD and received puberty blockers or gender-affirming hormone treatment. No TGD patients under age 12 were prescribed gender-affirming hormones. Use of puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormones was more common among TGD adolescents assigned female sex at birth than those assigned male sex at birth.
The study found that less than 0.1 percent of minors with private insurance are TGD and received puberty blockers or gender-affirming hormone treatment. No TGD patients under age 12 were prescribed gender-affirming hormones. Use of puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormones was more common among TGD adolescents assigned female sex at birth than those assigned male sex at birth.
The researchers noted that higher rates of puberty blocker and hormone prescriptions for TGD patients assigned female sex at birth aligned with an earlier onset of puberty for people who are female vs. male sex assigned at birth. ..."
From the abstract:
"More than 300 000 adolescents aged 13 to 17 years (1.4%) identify as transgender and gender diverse (TGD) in the US.
Some adolescents who identify as TGD require [???] medical interventions, including gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists to delay gender-incongruent puberty and gender-affirming hormones (testosterone/estrogen), which are associated with improved psychological functioning.
Despite its safety and effectiveness [???], gender-affirming medical care for adolescents who identify as TGD is a polarizing topic, with nearly half of US states enacting laws to limit access. Advocates of these restrictive laws argue that rates of gender-affirming care are too high.
Research published in 2024 documented that the receipt of gender-affirming surgical procedures is rare among adolescents, but the frequency of puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormone use is not well understood. Because age and experience of puberty onset varies by sex assigned at birth and dictates the course of care, it is important to analyze these rates by age and sex assigned at birth. This study filled this gap by using private insurance data across all 50 states."
The lead author of the study. Is he a mad scientist?
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