US to open world’s first children’s ‘detransition clinic’ Texas hospital to offer free services reversing the effects of gender-affirming treatments

It's another classic example of how anyone deviating from the approved script is relentlessly bullied with their employment, family and friends relentlessly targeted. As evidenced in every tribunal and court case we see.

This is prominent on the Mail online website today:

www.dailymail.com/lifestyle/article-15817599/Philippa-Roberts-detransition-man-woman.html

Then you'll be thrilled to hear osteoporosis isn't a side effect of taking gender affirming hormones, nor is there any reason it would be, since sex hormones protect bone health.

That’s shocking!

Of note is that this has been court ordered by an ideologically driven Trumpist attorney general, not instituted due to any evidence of need - check back in a few years to see how many patients this clinic has actually seen.

I have steroid induced severe osteoporosis and have had multiple fractures.
Anyone deliberately inflicting that on a child is evil and should be in prison. IMO.

The headline doesn’t mention it but this is the outcome of a court case where the hospital agreed to introduce the detransition service, pay a $10 million fine & fire five gender surgeons.

The largest children’s hospital in the US has been ordered to create the world’s first designated “detransition clinic”.
Texas Children’s Hospital will offer free services to reverse the effects of gender-affirming treatments for transgender youth to settle a years-long investigation by the state.
Under the terms of the agreement announced on Friday, the hospital will fire five doctors who performed the procedures and pay $10m (£8m) for allegedly billing the state’s Medicaid program for gender-transition procedures prohibited by Texas law.

Obviously I hate to agree with Trump but I do think the gender affirmation model has been incredibly damaging to children. The easy prescribing of puberty blockers then, almost inevitably, cross sex hormones can cause infertility and other permanent changes.

I do think children who are trans identifying need therapy not medicating as many of them will turn out to be gay or autistic. I think the Cass report recommended “watchful waiting” which sounds sensible.

I note the clinic will be free for a year but many of the effects from cross sex hormones (osteoporosis for example) will be lifelong and will insurers be willing to pay long term?

Thanks for this, OP. As we've always said, it will all come down to lawsuits, and the disassembling of this movement that harms so many will ultimately gather pace in the US. It will probably have to be done state by state, as most contentious issues are, unfortunately, so it will take time. But, this is just the start. At least by the time the massive tidal wave of detransistioning hits the UK, we will already have the law to back us up.

Too late for some, however, like my niece. Far too late. And I will never not be furious about that.