You have such a fascinating life story and perspective, Buck. Glad you've found the space to love your past self. (Unrelated to gender issues at all, I still struggle with that one myself! As I think so many of us do.)
As I read this post about how important running is for you, it makes me so sad to think about trans children who were given puberty blockers at a young age and are now suffering with severe health issues (often bone, joint, and endocrine problems). I spoke to a trans teenager who was given puberty blockers in her early teens and now by age 17/18 she’s in so much pain she can barely walk. I have spoken to women who took Lupron for precocious puberty and by their 20’s they are literally using wheelchairs, walkers, canes, and dentures. Thank you so much for advocating to protect trans children, the medical community and extreme trans activists are doing such harm to the bodies and health of growing children and it makes me so sad to think of all the victims who will be seen as nothing more than collateral damage of a greedy medicalized movement .
Thanks for being vulnerable. People should be able to have compassion for kids struggling like this.
You have such a fascinating life story and perspective, Buck. Glad you've found the space to love your past self. (Unrelated to gender issues at all, I still struggle with that one myself! As I think so many of us do.)
As I read this post about how important running is for you, it makes me so sad to think about trans children who were given puberty blockers at a young age and are now suffering with severe health issues (often bone, joint, and endocrine problems). I spoke to a trans teenager who was given puberty blockers in her early teens and now by age 17/18 she’s in so much pain she can barely walk. I have spoken to women who took Lupron for precocious puberty and by their 20’s they are literally using wheelchairs, walkers, canes, and dentures. Thank you so much for advocating to protect trans children, the medical community and extreme trans activists are doing such harm to the bodies and health of growing children and it makes me so sad to think of all the victims who will be seen as nothing more than collateral damage of a greedy medicalized movement .