Who exactly is ‘giving kids sex hormones’? oh wait. it’s the endocrinologists and parents inducing puberty in their kids because they think it’s happening too slowly or their endogenous hormone levels aren’t high enough. don’t believe me?
meanwhile, trans teenagers (who actually elect to pursue hormone treatments) undergo intense psychological evaluation beforehand, and are overwhelmingly given hormone blockers—not ’ sex hormones’—to delay further effects of their first puberty for a few years until they’re sure they want to go on HRT.
what are the drugs they’re given? well, the most common is Lupron or leuprolide. Other applications of the drug include:
once again, trans kids are getting victimized by people who don’t care about facts or contexts, and who rely on straw man arguments to spread fear tactics that compromise kids’ wellbeing and physical safety.
Tbh PLEASE spread this post, if you are willing.
I see well-meaning people getting duped by misinformation about trans kids’ medical treatment WAY too often. People with an agenda of hate tell sensationalist stories that simply don’t match up with reality, and scare a lot of parents who might otherwise support their kids.
Informing people about the actual reality can save those kids’ lives.
Yes, yes, yes! And well-meaning people that double down on the topic instead of doing some fact-checking of their own are not helping anyone! Education and accurate information is so important.
Had a discussion with my brother about this recently, because he came across a Reddit thread where he could tell both sides were being stupid. (“Trans people need to stop giving 4 year olds sex hormones!” “It is a totally great idea to give 4 year olds sex hormones!”)
Like most people, my brother was super happy/relieved to have useful, accurate information on the topic so he could have a supportive, non-bigoted stance that also reconciled with his common sense.
In Prince Caspian Susan literally throws an arrow fast and hard enough to pierce through a man’s armor and kill him. Savage.
What’s even more savage is the way she stabs the first guy in the crotch before using the same arrow to kill the second guy. Susan’s not messing around.
After everything that happened in Ragnarok, imagine Thor hearing about Steve and Tony’s fight and being like “Really?! Thats why you all stopped working together?! Just get over it! I did! I’m still friends with Loki and he’s betrayed me three times since breakfast! This petty mortal shit is nothing!”
Loki: “Can confirm, poisoning his mead right now.”
Thor: “Ha! I’ve built up an immunity.”
Loki doesn’t betray Thor 3 times in one morning and Thor comes by like “ What hath saddened you my brother?”
hmmmm,
get a pc and keep the occasional steam discounts and pc copy of da:i that i already have
or get a xbox one x and not have to worry about specs and this graphics card vs that one or should i just build my own pc and hooking it up to the tv and getting a virus and how wasteful it must appear to have a laptop and pc but might have to get a second copy of da:i for xbox since i guess pc games can’t be played on xbox…
Kylo: “And did Master Skywalker tell you the whole story? How he tried to murder me in my sleep? It was self-defense!”
Rey, a fleshed-out character who isn’t Super-Emotional Because She’s a Woman: “And then you blew up the temple? Killed the other students? Were they your friends? Did they have families? Was killing Han Solo self-defense?”
RIGHT? Like even if Luke did that, which OOC but okay, how does that remotely absolve what Kylo did in retaliation? In fact, the only thing it does it make me think, “Fuck, Luke was right. He should have killed you back then.”
“One guy thought about trying to kill me once and so I let some zombie motherfucker talk me into blowing up planets, murdering children and killing my own father who had absolutely nothing to do with the other guy considering killing me”
– Kyle Wrong, explaining his Super Tragic Origin Story
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