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In 2021, about 42,000 children and teens across the United States received a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, nearly triple the number in 2017, according to data Komodo compiled for Reuters. Gender dysphoria is defined as the distress caused by a discrepancy between a person’s gender identity and the one assigned to them at birth.
Overall, the analysis found that at least 121,882 children ages 6 to 17 were diagnosed with gender dysphoria from 2017 through 2021.
The Komodo analysis of insurance claims found 56 genital surgeries among patients ages 13 to 17 with a prior gender dysphoria diagnosis from 2019 to 2021. Among teens, “top surgery” to remove breasts is more common. In the three years ending in 2021, at least 776 mastectomies were performed in the United States on patients ages 13 to 17 with a gender dysphoria diagnosis, according to Komodo’s data analysis of insurance claims. This tally does not include procedures that were paid for out of pocket..
A total of 17,683 patients, ages 6 through 17, with a prior gender dysphoria diagnosis initiated either puberty blockers or hormones or both during the five-year period. Of these, 4,780 patients had initiated puberty blockers and 14,726 patients had initiated hormone treatment.
originally posted by: juulzverne
it is weird how they react when these services are made public.
why aren't the providers proud of what they are doing?
they act like they've been caught doing something horrible.
Three top medical groups have called on Biden’s justice department to investigate and prosecute activists and journalists who report on hospitals that perform irreversible gender surgeries on children.
The American Medical Association (AMA), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to launch an investigation on Monday in a letter saying the backlash against children’s hospitals that perform gender surgeries amounted to “attacks.”
“Children’s hospitals, academic health systems, and physicians are being targeted and threatened for providing evidence-based health care,” the letter read.
originally posted by: Type1338
a reply to: infolurker
It's not the kids doing this. It's their abnormal and insecure parents who suffer from mental dysmorphia so much that they convince their children into making extreme changes which is really a reflection about how insecure the parent feels about themselves.
Poor children. This is disgusting.
originally posted by: MrKuntis
I was made a pariah in my local music scene, because I publicly stated that I am against trans-ing kids. I even gave reasons and examples from my own experience with unintentional delayed puberty. None of them listened to anything I said, except their interpretation of my "opinion". Good riddance. I love turning up to gigs and seeing the looks on their faces when they realise that I exist while having a different opinion to them. Haha