The Highwire with Del Bigtree - IS THERE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE SAFETY OF GENDER AFFIRMING TREATMENTS FOR KIDS?

Episode Date: October 4, 2022

Leave a ReplyLeave a ReplyYou must Register or Login to post a comment.Florida Surgeon General, Joseph Ladapo, MD, explains the lack of scientific studies necessary to balance the benefits versus the long term effects of underage children receiving gender affirming treatments.#JosephLadapo #GenderAffirmingTreatmentsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-highwire-with-del-bigtree--3620606/support.

The fact that individuals who have expressed sentiments of gender dysphoria are often have a, have a, you know, a history of trauma, often sexual trauma, or they're just gay, big deal, right? The notion that the answer to that is to block their hormonal function when, you know, those hormones in puberty interact with brain development, ways we don't understand. understand and other systems in the body, or provide surgeries that remove their testicles and penis or remove their uterus. The notion that that's where you go is, I mean, you're just completely disconnected from reality, from being a being, from what sort of matters for happiness.

These organizations like the American Academy of Pediatrics claims that it's beneficial. None of the data say that conclusively at all. Like there's not been a single randomized control trial. There's almost been no prospective work. I mean, none of the data show that. And why would it? When individuals are in that stage of life, and so many of them have undelt trauma

and the effects of that trauma sitting there with them, like as they're making these decisions, you're not gonna fix. I mean, you can change all the organs you want. You'll never address. these other problems unless you address these other problems. I mean, it's essentially research right now. It's experimental right now.

It just kills me again that people walk around, doctors even, saying that, oh, we know this is beneficial. That's a lie. Like maybe we'll find out that's the case. I doubt it because of this other stuff that is not addressed by surgeries and is not addressed by hormone therapy. And results are showing that suicide rates are not dropping out of this community after transatlge. transitioning and the thing. So if it was such a great fix, where's the happy, shiny people afterwards?

And if it's not the case, well, does that meet professional standards to provide that therapy to an individual who is not old enough to provide informed consent? And that isn't, that's an easy one. I mean, the answer is very obviously no.