>>10873730It's not as simple as that.
>>10873804 is correct.
>>10873755Antipsychotics are known to be ineffective in treating gender dysphoria. That was already tried decades ago: it simply doesn't work. We now know this is because gender incongruence disorders aren't mental health issues - their roots may be linked to in utero developmental variances - and that's why they're no longer formally classified as such by any international professional organisation.
>>10873861Ray Blanchard's theories have been repeatedly disproven and are rejected throughout the clinical mainstream.
>>10873955You have an overly simplistic view of puberty and bone development: hip fusion certainly does not occur until much later, and is indeed affected by hormones. However, in any event, the goal of treating transgender people with transition is not to "pass" from the perspective of other people (sorry if that rains on your parade), but to treat the gender dysphoria by bring their gender expression and body, closer in line to their internal sense of self.
>>10874180There's nothing new or radical about any of this, and the rates of regret for those who have surgery (not all do) are entirely in line with other major surgeries.
>>10874414It is extremely difficult to obtain such a diagnosis.
>>10876962That only happens if both sex hormone levels are too low for too long, and if not supplemented with calcium, which is why use of GnRH agonists as puberty blockers should be followed up with the appropriate exogenous hormones.
>>10876251The UK's GIDS most recent study on this failed its peer review, which is why it is unpublished. It counted as desisting from transition those who simply disengaging with their services because their services aren't doing anything to help them - but since GIDS refuse to provide treatment to most of their referrals, which puts extra pressure on the adult services when patients re-engage with those which are more helpful, the study was fatally flawed.
