Argentina's president says he has banned gender-affirming care for people under age 18. A presidential spokesperson said Wednesday the government was repealing a 2012 gender identity law provision allowing such practices with parental or guardian consent.
This isn’t leading to CIS people not having intense mental problems that can potentially be changed through body modifications? That only people who are trans want to kill themselves because of the body they were born with?
Everyone has problems mentally. And I’m truly sorry trans people haven’t been helped in the past. But I honestly think and body modifications, be it through surgery or hormones or anything else, should be held off until we as a society agree children are adults. Else we might as well allow kids to smoke, drink, take steroids, or do anything that will let them have the “ideal” body.
The problems that lead to similar outcomes as gender dysphoria, such as body dysmorphic disorder are different and have different treatments.
In the case of trans people with gender dysphoria, it is social and medical transition.
You need to understand that these are different situations that require different approaches, this is why they’re approached differently by doctors.
Please I beg you to try to read up and understand the topics you talk about. I don’t want to sound hostile, I’m just really tired.