Comments by "Sisu Guillam" (@sisuguillam5109) on "Times Radio" channel.

  1. Sophie is wrong when it comes to puberty blockers. There are long term studies... primarily on cis-kids who are the ones they are primarily prescribed to.
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  2. What now? There is no such thing as male bones.
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  3. 'Whimsical nonsense'? Oh, dear....
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  4. Eh?
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  5.  @pamelacole2756  you should know, and I am sure do know, that the differences are coming in a wide range. A range so wide that sexing sceletons is notoriusly difficult. Saying 'it is different in males' means saying 'we have observed differences in what we think are males'... that's it. The data established as baselines does come from people we think are men while no genetic tests were done before hand. At the same time genetic tests have shown that the number of intersex humans might be significantly hier than previously thought.
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  6. The concept of informed consent eludes you?
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  7. It did what now? No, it didn't.
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  8.  @justmy2cents652  Nope. But I do read a lot and know how to verify sources.
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  9. ​ @georgebarnes8163 simply not true.
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  10. No. Gender is a construct. And if you think gender equals sex you need to speak to someone who knows more about advanced biology than you do. Someone who has a firm grip on the topic will tell you that sex is not binary either.
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  11. ​ @RidleyHolmes-sr2tw The book has been fact-checked. You clearly forgott that it is a fictionalised account of his life.
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  12. If Vance is a prophet what exactly is he the prophet of?
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  13.  @paper4501  I am not the one making the claim. Sophie was. Both of the people asking for sources know that they are readily available. Though I have a feeling even the Cedars-Sinai might not be good enough for them. Puberty blockers are mostly used to treat cis-kids. This needs repeating. They have been used since the 1980s - and therefore longer than medication that is available for use than quite a lot of meds sold over the counter. Do puberty blockers have side effects? Yes. Every medication has. Are they the be all and end all? No. They do buy time. They make sure that there is an adult to make an informed choice about gender affirming surgery when the time comes. There is no valid reason to treat to look at a trans-kid and refuse them treatment with puberty blockers when you will, at the same time, give puberty blockers to their cis-cousin who has started puberty way to early. Quite often the cis-cousin will start treatment way earlier than their trans opposite. Their parent will have to fight less hard for treatment too. Is constant monitoring required? Yes. And that is something that is happening. Why would it not? Research is keeping a close eye on medical treatment of trans-folks... as is politics and society. If the same was done with medication commonly prescribed in the US quite a lot of you would go without. You need to remember that of you deny puberty blockers to a trans kid for medical reasons you will be denied them for your daughter who had started her period at age 7. The data showing risks will have been collected because cis-kids were treated. The number of trans-folks is very very small - the number of trans-kids being prescribed puberty blockers is even smaller.
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