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Dumb question possibly

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canitbeanything · 27/03/2026 10:05

Are the hormones that transgender females encouraged to change / reduce the same as the ones middle aged women are encouraged to increase to prevent bone damage and dementia ?

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canitbeanything · 27/03/2026 11:22

Pausing puberty is done for a short time when it’s happening unusually early so it’s unlikely to have the same negative effects surely ?

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SugarPuffSandwiches · 27/03/2026 11:20

DrBlackbird · 27/03/2026 11:09

American mother? Of a ‘trans’ child? Really very sad how so many parents have been lied to and misinformed by healthcare professionals. Like the kind mentioned in the Epstein files. A tragedy.

Reading through this post, and why are people picking up on "mom"? People on this board have always said that they're not always British, there's a few Americans and I've seen Australians too.
Or is that only ok if you're "GC" but must be something nefarious if you're not towing the board line with your comments? Why are you linking with the Epstein files?
It's all just so fucked up on here if you don't "comply" correctly in your replies.

Theeyeballsinthesky · 27/03/2026 11:20

I see one of our resident male TRA visitors has found this thread

DrBlackbird · 27/03/2026 11:09

BackToLurk · 27/03/2026 10:30

'mom'

American mother? Of a ‘trans’ child? Really very sad how so many parents have been lied to and misinformed by healthcare professionals. Like the kind mentioned in the Epstein files. A tragedy.

zehrkyBerlun · 27/03/2026 11:05

AidaP · 27/03/2026 10:17

Hormone blockers work extremely differently to treatment of menopause though, and pausing puberty is another thing done routinely on non trans patients with well known and easily manageable risks.

None of this is new, this existed for over four decades in mainstream medicine.

Ah c'mon - pausing precocious puberty is utterly different from pausing normal puberty when teens undergo expansive brain development Children who have puberty blockers as teens are unlikely to experience orgasm.

DeanElderberry · 27/03/2026 11:01

DameProfessorIDareSay · 27/03/2026 10:49

The effects of excessive amounts of testosterone on female bodies are well documented. Click on ’testosterone’ as the keyword:

https://statsforgender.org/

Oh nice

Pelvic floor dysfunction, glaucoma, kidney damage, possible non-reversible bone mineral decline, raised risk of and rates of heart attack, increased BMI, brain aging and cognitive decline . . . . .

Don't do it girls, you can't change sex, gender affirming treatment is monstrously harmful, you can be female and as gender non-conforming as you like and grow old in good health.

DameProfessorIDareSay · 27/03/2026 10:49

canitbeanything · 27/03/2026 10:40

A female who identifies as transgender

as in a girl who thinks she is a boy

where female is the type of person who one might think would have eggs in ovaries

The effects of excessive amounts of testosterone on female bodies are well documented. Click on ’testosterone’ as the keyword:

https://statsforgender.org/

Stats for Gender

Providing reliable and accessible information on gender and transition.

https://statsforgender.org

DeanElderberry · 27/03/2026 10:48

canitbeanything · 27/03/2026 10:40

A female who identifies as transgender

as in a girl who thinks she is a boy

where female is the type of person who one might think would have eggs in ovaries

Thanks for the clarification, I though that was what you meant but wasn't sure. Yes, it's crazy to be exposing young women to osteoporosis starting at an age then their skeletal system is still developing.

That's without the damage to brain development and sexual development. And the destruction of future fertility. No wonder some of them go nuts.

DeanElderberry · 27/03/2026 10:43

AidaP · 27/03/2026 10:37

Cissexual, not the term cis, which originates of latin cis and well used in medicine. Keep up, read up your own wiki links :*

Not used in that medical context, rarely used in science except in reference to fatty acids.

We've already had the cisAtlantic v transAtlantic, cisparent v transparent, cislating v translating demonstration of what a clunky and idiotic neologism 'cis' as invented by late 20th sexologists was and still is.

BackToLurk · 27/03/2026 10:42

AidaP · 27/03/2026 10:37

Cissexual, not the term cis, which originates of latin cis and well used in medicine. Keep up, read up your own wiki links :*

Example of earlier use of 'cis' in medicine? With an explanation of its meaning?

BettyBooper · 27/03/2026 10:41

OP asks question about women.

Frequent plopper immediately twists conversation to be about men.

How utterly predictable.

canitbeanything · 27/03/2026 10:40

sashh · 27/03/2026 10:15

What do you mean by transgender female?

A female who identifies as transgender

as in a girl who thinks she is a boy

where female is the type of person who one might think would have eggs in ovaries

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DeanElderberry · 27/03/2026 10:38

Grok has a lot more about Sigusch, the inventor (35 years ago) of the term 'cis-sexual', including a lot about his attitude to sex between adults and children.

grokipedia.com/page/Volkmar_Sigusch

AidaP · 27/03/2026 10:37

DeanElderberry · 27/03/2026 10:33

Volkmar Sigusch invented that 'medical' term in 1991, not almost 100 years ago.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkmar_Sigusch

Cissexual, not the term cis, which originates of latin cis and well used in medicine. Keep up, read up your own wiki links :*

Helleofabore · 27/03/2026 10:35

canitbeanything · 27/03/2026 10:10

thanks

That’s sort of what I thought but find it quite horrific to accept that’s what young people are encouraged to do to themselves given the pressure older women are to supplement - I wanted to be sure of my facts before spouting off

You are right OP.

It has been discussed for years that early hysterectomies without replacing the hormones produced there may increase the risk of dementia and may cause very early dementia.

It was noticable years ago that discussion around this would then be dismissed and redirected by male people who didn’t want this information to be discussed. Because the negative health impacts on female people on the basis of extreme body modification to make their bodies fit their philosophical belief about themselves then directly highlights issues with what is called ‘gender affirming care’.

Female people’s needs are too often ignored by male people leveraging them to get their own demands met.

DeanElderberry · 27/03/2026 10:33

AidaP · 27/03/2026 10:29

That's another medical team used since... oh my, almost 100 years ago. Way before 'trans' as a term made it's way into medicine.

But that's mumsnet, offended by medicine.

Volkmar Sigusch invented that 'medical' term in 1991, not almost 100 years ago.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkmar_Sigusch

BackToLurk · 27/03/2026 10:30

AidaP · 27/03/2026 10:27

I am a mom, my kids went through medical conditions, that doesn't mean I am an expert on them, not to mention a medical doctor with speciality in pediatry and endocrinology. And people in those two specialities are the ones I tend to listen to.

'mom'

AidaP · 27/03/2026 10:29

DeanElderberry · 27/03/2026 10:28

'cis'

That's another medical team used since... oh my, almost 100 years ago. Way before 'trans' as a term made it's way into medicine.

But that's mumsnet, offended by medicine.

DeanElderberry · 27/03/2026 10:28

AidaP · 27/03/2026 10:24

Listen to a doctor instead of mumsnet, you will do better. And we are literally giving them to cis kids all the time.

Are you saying this should be stopped?

'cis'

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AidaP · 27/03/2026 10:27

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I am a mom, my kids went through medical conditions, that doesn't mean I am an expert on them, not to mention a medical doctor with speciality in pediatry and endocrinology. And people in those two specialities are the ones I tend to listen to.

OpheliaWitchoftheWoods · 27/03/2026 10:27

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DameProfessorIDareSay · 27/03/2026 10:26

OP, if you would like to read research around these issues try here:

https://statsforgender.org/

It’s worth knowing that for many men who take large amounts of cross-sex hormones, the aim is to develop breast tissue so that they can play with their fake tits while they masturbate. This is known as autogynephilia.

Stats for Gender

Providing reliable and accessible information on gender and transition.

https://statsforgender.org

OpheliaWitchoftheWoods · 27/03/2026 10:25

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BackToLurk · 27/03/2026 10:25

AidaP · 27/03/2026 10:17

Hormone blockers work extremely differently to treatment of menopause though, and pausing puberty is another thing done routinely on non trans patients with well known and easily manageable risks.

None of this is new, this existed for over four decades in mainstream medicine.

Temporarily pausing puberty in children whose puberty has started too early for their bodies, with a view to recommencing puberty at a more appropriate time, is not the same as preventing puberty from starting at the expected time. Particularly when this is done with one eye on never recommencing puberty.

You're welcome.

OpheliaWitchoftheWoods · 27/03/2026 10:24

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