Awesome article! I love the imagery of the "mortally wounded zeppelin," and the fading kitty. That evil grin with slanted glittering eyes is so typical of the righteous woke when they are on the attack.
“Per the standards of care in effect at that time, as dictated by WPATH, prior to an adolescent becoming a candidate for gender reassignment surgery, the patient should undergo fully reversible interventions i.e. use of (GNRH analogs…”
I would argue that GNRH analogs are not fully reversible either, so have no more justification than surgeries in either teens or children. And when you factor in that the vast majority of those who are given puberty blockers proceed onto the next "logical" step of cross sex hormones, it becomes even more obvious that skipping puberty while getting older is not only not reversible, but also actively causing harm to those without any capacity to consent. https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/removing-the-possibility-of-normal
This whole travesty of the maltreatment and mutilation of minors ( chemical, hormonal and surgical) is an incredibly terrible example of how I’m-octant making sure incentives of all the participants in such circumstances are aligned, and proceeding very cautiously when they are not. Clearly, the financial incentives of the medical professionals are not aligned with those of the patients and their parents. And of course , then cognitive dissonance steps in to prevent the surgeons from being horrified by their actions .
A much less disturbing personal example of how incentives operated occurred years ago when I needed to schedule treatment for a cancerous prostate. There are no diseases for which there are more possible therapies and combination therapies than prostate cancer. And the patient’s age , disease state and speed at which the cancers progresses are further factors. So as I learned while doing my analysis, the advice can range from “watchful waiting” ( particularly for someone my age -70) following its discovery to open surgery, robotic surgery, Cyberknife radiation, multiple other types of radiation and hormonal treatment, and those in combination with various sequencing of the treatments. No surprise that while prefacing their recommendations with the standard disclaimer, each specialist attempted to convince you ( and had probably convinced themselves) of the benefits of their particular treatment. I was referred by a friend who had the best medical care that money could buy and had endowed a hospital wing in his name to his surgeon, an older doctor ( and author if what was viewed as a definitive book on the topic) who still performed open surgery and definitely believed it was the best alternative despite its obvious disadvantage of a longer and more painful recovery process. But, when he understood that based on my extensive research he had not convinced me of the superiority of that option, he was quick to offer referral to his robotic surgery and radiation colleagues. One piece of advice to anyone who discovers they have prostate cancer, if you opt for or want to leave open the possibilty of a combination treatment , always schedule your surgery before undergoing radiation - radiation can sometimes eliminate surgery as a follow on option, whereas radiation is often advised after surgery .
Would that WPATH SoC would receive a mortal gash, and deflate completely, forever.
Awesome article! I love the imagery of the "mortally wounded zeppelin," and the fading kitty. That evil grin with slanted glittering eyes is so typical of the righteous woke when they are on the attack.
“Per the standards of care in effect at that time, as dictated by WPATH, prior to an adolescent becoming a candidate for gender reassignment surgery, the patient should undergo fully reversible interventions i.e. use of (GNRH analogs…”
I would argue that GNRH analogs are not fully reversible either, so have no more justification than surgeries in either teens or children. And when you factor in that the vast majority of those who are given puberty blockers proceed onto the next "logical" step of cross sex hormones, it becomes even more obvious that skipping puberty while getting older is not only not reversible, but also actively causing harm to those without any capacity to consent. https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/removing-the-possibility-of-normal
You really can't be angry enough.
This whole travesty of the maltreatment and mutilation of minors ( chemical, hormonal and surgical) is an incredibly terrible example of how I’m-octant making sure incentives of all the participants in such circumstances are aligned, and proceeding very cautiously when they are not. Clearly, the financial incentives of the medical professionals are not aligned with those of the patients and their parents. And of course , then cognitive dissonance steps in to prevent the surgeons from being horrified by their actions .
A much less disturbing personal example of how incentives operated occurred years ago when I needed to schedule treatment for a cancerous prostate. There are no diseases for which there are more possible therapies and combination therapies than prostate cancer. And the patient’s age , disease state and speed at which the cancers progresses are further factors. So as I learned while doing my analysis, the advice can range from “watchful waiting” ( particularly for someone my age -70) following its discovery to open surgery, robotic surgery, Cyberknife radiation, multiple other types of radiation and hormonal treatment, and those in combination with various sequencing of the treatments. No surprise that while prefacing their recommendations with the standard disclaimer, each specialist attempted to convince you ( and had probably convinced themselves) of the benefits of their particular treatment. I was referred by a friend who had the best medical care that money could buy and had endowed a hospital wing in his name to his surgeon, an older doctor ( and author if what was viewed as a definitive book on the topic) who still performed open surgery and definitely believed it was the best alternative despite its obvious disadvantage of a longer and more painful recovery process. But, when he understood that based on my extensive research he had not convinced me of the superiority of that option, he was quick to offer referral to his robotic surgery and radiation colleagues. One piece of advice to anyone who discovers they have prostate cancer, if you opt for or want to leave open the possibilty of a combination treatment , always schedule your surgery before undergoing radiation - radiation can sometimes eliminate surgery as a follow on option, whereas radiation is often advised after surgery .
Two apt cat metaphors in one excellent article. Thank you for laying it all our for us.