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2 hours ago, Tweety said:

To edit my post above, apparently puberty suppression is reversible.  Follow up with people undergoing it does seem to be positive.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30112593/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transgender-teens-become-happy-healthy-young-adults/

https://www.today.com/parents/parents/trans-teens-get-gender-affirming-hormones-are-healthier-happier-adults-rcna11988

I feel as though this is a new area of medical treatments that cannot have substantial data on long term effects because it is so new. 

Hormone are high alert medications,hence the warning when administering them. My Dr will not prescribe combination contraceptive oral pills because of the risk of blood clots in women over 35 years of age. As well as cancer risk associated with estrogen. 

Where as I support transgender youth, I cannot see implementing chemicals artificially to inhibit a natural biological process as a good idea. 

Breast removal however is not reversible and genital modification is also not reversible. 

Again, I may be wrong. It's really something that we have to wait and see. Unfortunately this doesn't help those that may suffer the unknown effects. 

https://www.transgendertrend.com/nhs-no-longer-puberty-blockers-reversible/

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1 hour ago, Justlookingfornow said:

I feel as though this is a new area of medical treatments that cannot have substantial data on long term effects because it is so new. 

Hormone are high alert medications,hence the warning when administering them. My Dr will not prescribe combination contraceptive oral pills because of the risk of blood clots in women over 35 years of age. As well as cancer risk associated with estrogen. 

Where as I support transgender youth, I cannot see implementing chemicals artificially to inhibit a natural biological process as a good idea. 

Breast removal however is not reversible and genital modification is also not reversible. 

Again, I may be wrong. It's really something that we have to wait and see. Unfortunately this doesn't help those that may suffer the unknown effects. 

https://www.transgendertrend.com/nhs-no-longer-puberty-blockers-reversible/

I appreciate that opinion and as I acknowledged it's the majority opinion from what I can tell.  I acknowledged above when talking about Buck Angel that it's not reversible for him because of the surgeries he's had.  

Thanks for the article. 

These medications shouldn't be just given out indiscriminately or often.  It should a decision made by physicians, psychotherapists, parents and ultimately the youth after a period of time.  

I also appreciate not knowing the long term effects of what this therapy can have.  The initial studies that I referenced in the articles above are not necessarily about physical side effects.  But we don't have the luxury of knowing.  

There have been persons on hormones for many years and decades, like Buck Angel, that seem to be doing okay, although I read one study that showed increased mortality.  But I know you're talking about puberty blocking therapy.

Not knowing the long-term side effects is also an argument used by people refusing covid vaccines.  Everyone should have the right to refuse it.  But it being an absolute for not giving a medication shouldn't happen for what is generally considered safe.  

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But a range of issues that cut across borders is disrupting the modern global economic system and driving inflation around the world, among them the mammoth-scale problems of disease, war and weather.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/20/cost-living-inflation-uk-global/

The writer didn't mention the US's massive spending program as a driver of inflation here, but we've discussed it.  But did mention in the UK higher taxes and Brexit driving some inflation there.  But that inflation is now a global phenomenon.  

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https://www.mlive.com/news/2022/05/michigan-private-school-under-fire-after-worksheet-compares-barak-obama-to-primates.html

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The worksheet originated from Duke University where a pair of undergraduate students created it for an independent study course in evolutionary anthropology, FOX 2 Detroit reports. The PDF was available online but has been removed since news broke of its use at Roeper. A Duke spokesperson told the TV station that the university was unaware of the worksheet’s existence, and it was never used in lesson plans at the university and was not promoted as a teaching resource.

The school released a statement on Friday, saying the worksheet is “completely inconsistent with our school’s philosophy and mission and we sincerely apologize for its use and the harm it has caused.”

 

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Ummm … don’t let it come as a shock to you, but Obama is a primate. So are you. So am I. I’d have to see the worksheet before deciding if it’s an instant replay of the odious images/“jokes” that circulated during his term as president. Right now, given the information in the article, the outrage seems a bit overdone.

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1 hour ago, heron said:

Ummm … don’t let it come as a shock to you, but Obama is a primate. So are you. So am I. I’d have to see the worksheet before deciding if it’s an instant replay of the odious images/“jokes” that circulated during his term as president. Right now, given the information in the article, the outrage seems a bit overdone.

Duke, as an institution, felt the worksheet was inappropriate and pulled it. It's notable that the first black president was the choice for the human primate. Maybe it was simply tone deaf...

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Tone deaf, yes. Eye-rolls at most. 

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3 hours ago, heron said:

Ummm … don’t let it come as a shock to you, but Obama is a primate. So are you. So am I. I’d have to see the worksheet before deciding if it’s an instant replay of the odious images/“jokes” that circulated during his term as president. Right now, given the information in the article, the outrage seems a bit overdone.

I do agree that it's over done.  But one has to wonder of all the examples of a  primate, which also includes monkeys and apes, would they pick him.  

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CNN includes the picture which I posted above but isn't in the article that TMB posted.  

But yeah, it's insulting and considering calling black people monkeys and apes is a racist thing, I can understand how some people are upset.  Surely an educator would know this.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/20/us/michigan-roeper-school-biology-teacher-racial-offense/index.html

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3 minutes ago, heron said:

Yep … but, we don’t know that monkeys and apes weren’t included.

I edited in the photo above and gave my thoughts about it above as well.  

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2 hours ago, toomuchbaloney said:

Duke, as an institution, felt the worksheet was inappropriate and pulled it. ...

Not according to the article you referenced, and the partial quote you provided.

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1 minute ago, Tweety said:

I edited in the photo above and gave my thoughts about it above as well.  

I just saw the photo. Yup … tone deaf indeed.

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