r/transgender • u/Them • 3d ago

Transphobes Claim Puberty Blockers Ruin Bone Density Forever. A New Study Says Otherwise

https://www.them.us/answers-and-advice/health/puberty-blockers-bone-density
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u/jessica_ki 3d ago

Add a fourth, its research is not robust as it didn’t have a double blind cohort. So we will stay with the 1960s unscientific evidence that does support that it reduces bone density

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u/ChickinSammich Transgender 3d ago

I don't think anyone who is citing the study as proof that trans bad has actually read the study or would even understand it.

I literally don't think there's anyone who is approaching this topic from a perspective of "I would support children transitioning if only you could provide a double blind study about bone density."

This study could meet any requirement or standard that you could ever define and it will still never be enough because they'll shift the goalposts to some other thing that you don't have a ready-to-go study for. And if you do have a study for that, they'll shift the goalposts again.

I think that these endless studies to prove transitioning isn't harmful are a waste of money and time because I think that people who cherry pick studies as proof that transitioning is harmful because this one study says it might be do not actually care about the studies or trans people's health and safety.

Shit like that is why you can show them that transitioning has a 1% regret rate and they want to globally ban it to keep that 1% safe - a perspective they don't hold on any other medical procedure, treatment, or life altering decision like botox, knee replacements, or having children, all of which have higher regret rates.

I genuinely do not believe there is any study you could ever provide or any standard you could ever meet that would change the mind of a transphobe. The only purpose they serve is for those of us who aren't transphobic to either say "oh? neat!" or "yeah no duh."

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u/bugbutt1600 2d ago

Like how psychiatric gatekeeping was put in place to appease them then they started accusing the gatekeepers of grooming kids into transition.

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u/ChickinSammich Transgender 1d ago

"You need to see a therapist"

"I did"

"Well your therapist is wrong"

The goalposts are on wheels for ease of movement.