Sunday, February 19, 2012
More endocrinologists worldwide recognize puberty blockers as safe for trans youth |
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The Canadian Pediatric Endocrine Group notes:
Pubertal blockade can safely be initiated in pediatric patients who experience gender identity disorder, according to researchers at the Canadian Pediatric Endocrine Group 2012 Meeting. With exposure to hormones such as estrogen or testosterone later in their adolescence, these patients will experience normal metabolic processes.
“If kids are persisting at puberty [about the need to be the other gender], they will almost always persist,” said Daniel Metzger, MD, FRCPC, a pediatric endocrinologist at BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and a clinical professor, division of endocrinology in the department of pediatrics, University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
Full article:
http://www.endocrinetoday.com/view.aspx?rid=92635
Obtaining hormones as a minor
http://www.tsroadmap.com/early/transsexual-hormones.html
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