Study: Patients Aged 12-18 Account for 8% of Transgender Surgeries

originally posted by: AdifferentOpinion
a reply to: FlyersFan

Transgender genital surgeries, which remove the healthy genitals of the patient and replace them with artificial genitals that resemble the opposite sex, were far less common but were still performed on more than 11% of patients between the ages of 12 and 18. This accounted for about 405 people.

For context, there are over 25 million persons in the U.S. in this age group. I am not good at maths but what percentage does 3,678 out of 25+ million come out to over a four year period? What does 405 out of 25+ million come out to? Can people not see how extremely rare this is?

I have been studying this phenomenon for decades and have never seen a case where genital surgery was performed in the U.S. on anyone younger than 17 about to approach 18. In nearly all of these cases, the person involved has been socially transitioned and under professional observation for many years, often since grade school and the timing of this surgery corresponds to the period between high school graduation and starting college giving them a several month window for recovery. As the numbers indicate, this is extraordinarily uncommon.

This study collected data from a four year period from 2016 to 2020.

In 2022 alone 506 children underwent bariatric surgery for weight loss.

According to the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (ASPS), in 2020, nearly 230,000 cosmetic surgeries and nearly 140,000 non-invasive cosmetic procedures were performed on teens ages 13-19.

These anti-trans activists do not care about the kids within these rare surgery stats and their wellbeing throughout the treatment, it's all political and division.

originally posted by: quintessentone

originally posted by: AdifferentOpinion
a reply to: FlyersFan

Transgender genital surgeries, which remove the healthy genitals of the patient and replace them with artificial genitals that resemble the opposite sex, were far less common but were still performed on more than 11% of patients between the ages of 12 and 18. This accounted for about 405 people.

For context, there are over 25 million persons in the U.S. in this age group. I am not good at maths but what percentage does 3,678 out of 25+ million come out to over a four year period? What does 405 out of 25+ million come out to? Can people not see how extremely rare this is?

I have been studying this phenomenon for decades and have never seen a case where genital surgery was performed in the U.S. on anyone younger than 17 about to approach 18. In nearly all of these cases, the person involved has been socially transitioned and under professional observation for many years, often since grade school and the timing of this surgery corresponds to the period between high school graduation and starting college giving them a several month window for recovery. As the numbers indicate, this is extraordinarily uncommon.

This study collected data from a four year period from 2016 to 2020.

In 2022 alone 506 children underwent bariatric surgery for weight loss.

According to the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (ASPS), in 2020, nearly 230,000 cosmetic surgeries and nearly 140,000 non-invasive cosmetic procedures were performed on teens ages 13-19.

These anti-trans activists do not care about the kids within these rare surgery stats and their wellbeing throughout the treatment, it's all political and division.

And ideology.

originally posted by: quintessentone
These anti-trans activists do not care about the kids within these rare surgery stats and their wellbeing throughout the treatment, it's all political and division.

originally posted by: Annee
And ideology.

WRONG as usual.
LGBTQ warriors are like that. Marxism and drive-bys in a chat forum.
It's not 'anti-trans' to be against gender surgery for minor children.
And for you both to say so is just proof of your own bias and extremist ideology.
Not caring about kids and driven by ideology you say .. go look in the mirror.

originally posted by: AdifferentOpinion
For context, there are over 25 million persons in the U.S. in this age group. I am not good at maths but what percentage does 3,678 out of 25+ million come out to over a four year period? What does 405 out of 25+ million come out to? Can people not see how extremely rare this is

Sure it's rare when taken as a whole for the population. But that doesn't change the fact that it DOES happen ... thousands of these surgeries performed .... 8% of all transgender surgeries. And those poor kids that do go through it are way too young to be having this kind of surgery especially given the fact that most kids who think they are TRANS really are not.

Texas Protects Children - Bans Sex Change Surgery for Minors as Well as Mutilating Puberty Blockers

Now that the law is in effect, doctors are prohibited from performing genital surgery on minors as a means to facilitate a gender transition. This prevents any sterilization procedures, such as surgeries that would remove the child’s genitals and replace them with prosthetic genitals that resemble those of the opposite sex.

The law also prohibits the removal of healthy breasts and any other nondiseased and healthy part of the body when meant to facilitate a gender transition.

Along with the prohibition on surgeries, doctors are also prohibited from prescribing puberty blockers or any other drugs to delay the normal development of puberty. It also prevents doctors from prescribing estrogen or testosterone treatments that would give the patient higher levels than are normal for a healthy child of his or her sex and age.

originally posted by: quintessentone

originally posted by: AdifferentOpinion
a reply to: FlyersFan

Transgender genital surgeries, which remove the healthy genitals of the patient and replace them with artificial genitals that resemble the opposite sex, were far less common but were still performed on more than 11% of patients between the ages of 12 and 18. This accounted for about 405 people.

For context, there are over 25 million persons in the U.S. in this age group. I am not good at maths but what percentage does 3,678 out of 25+ million come out to over a four year period? What does 405 out of 25+ million come out to? Can people not see how extremely rare this is?

I have been studying this phenomenon for decades and have never seen a case where genital surgery was performed in the U.S. on anyone younger than 17 about to approach 18. In nearly all of these cases, the person involved has been socially transitioned and under professional observation for many years, often since grade school and the timing of this surgery corresponds to the period between high school graduation and starting college giving them a several month window for recovery. As the numbers indicate, this is extraordinarily uncommon.

This study collected data from a four year period from 2016 to 2020.

In 2022 alone 506 children underwent bariatric surgery for weight loss.

According to the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (ASPS), in 2020, nearly 230,000 cosmetic surgeries and nearly 140,000 non-invasive cosmetic procedures were performed on teens ages 13-19.

These anti-trans activists do not care about the kids . . .

They really don’t.

They only care about what’s acceptable to them.

originally posted by: Annee

They only care about what’s acceptable to them.

Tweedledee ... go look in the mirror ... you speak of yourself.
Just another drive-by from you. That's all you've got.

originally posted by: FlyersFan

originally posted by: Annee

They only care about what’s acceptable to them.

Tweedledee ... go look in the mirror ... you speak of yourself.
Just another drive-by from you. That's all you've got.

At least you acknowledge trans children are a real thing.

How do you treat those that are legitimate when all care is banned?

originally posted by: Annee

How do you treat those that are legitimate when all care is banned?

Learn how to read. THIS thread is about TRANS surgery for minor children. It's not about mutilating puberty blockers. Surgery for minors should be banned since the vast majority of minor children who say they are TRANS change their minds and decide they are NOT TRANS. Surgery can be performed after they are 18 and are adults, NOT while they are children.

If people truly cared about the children they'd care about ALL the children and acknowledge these facts instead of pushing their LGBTQ warrior politically motivated ideology.

originally posted by: FlyersFan

originally posted by: Annee

How do you treat those that are legitimate when all care is banned?

Learn how to read. THIS thread is about TRANS surgery for minor children. It's not about mutilating puberty blockers. Surgery for minors should be banned since the vast majority of minor children who say they are TRANS change their minds and decide they are NOT TRANS. Surgery can be performed after they are 18 and are adults, NOT while they are children.

If people truly cared about the children they'd care about ALL the children and acknowledge these facts instead of pushing their LGBTQ warrior politically motivated ideology.

Mutilating puberty blockers?

a reply to: FlyersFan

They won't leave children alone!

The left attacked a movie on child sex trafficking for goodness sake!

Just leave children alone.

Let them decide when they're old enough and mature enough to decide!

originally posted by: Annee
Mutilating puberty blockers?

They are not the topic of this thread.
This thread is about sex change surgery for minor children.
If you are going to hang out on this thread, cut the drive bys and stay on topic.

originally posted by: DBCowboy
They won't leave children alone!

No, they won't. And their ideologically and politically driven obsession is sick.

Let them decide when they're old enough and mature enough to decide!

Exactly. Once someone hits 18 and is an adult, they can take whatever hormones and testosterone they want; they can cut off whatever they want; they can wear fake whatever they want. If they want to do that to themselves ... whatever. But KIDS shouldn't be having surgery that can't be reversed ... especially since the vast majority of kids who say they think they are TRANS will CHANGE THEIR MINDS. If they've had surgery then they are mutilated.

NO SURGERY FOR MINORS. If people really cared about children, ALL children, they would agree to that. But their politically driven agenda gets in the way of true care and in the way of common sense.

a reply to: FlyersFan

I’ve stated multiple times I don’t support unnecessary surgery for minors.

According to the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (ASPS), in 2020, nearly 230,000 cosmetic surgeries and nearly 140,000 non-invasive cosmetic procedures were performed on teens ages 13-19.

But never an issue until transgenders.

a reply to: Annee

Key words there "Cosmetic surgery", not gender reassignment surgery

a reply to: Annee

What the hell is your problem? Seriously. Now you say you are against TRANS surgery for minors but you come on here with drive-by nonsense of 'they don't care about the children' crap ... all while you supposedly agree with what the people are saying that no TRANS surgery should be done on minor children. What the hell are you doing???

originally posted by: PorkChop96
a reply to: Annee

Key words there "Cosmetic surgery", not gender reassignment surgery

Other key word minor.

I don’t have any hangups regarding transgender.

a reply to: quintessentone

Mutilating body's does not fix anything, just sentence children and teens to a life of mental stress, pain, inability to reproduce and health issue.

The agenda most go on and darn the children and teens as long as the agenda keep going.

Only those that push these horrors on children and teens turns a blind eye to the realities of body mutilation.

Yes is body mutilation, I think you are smart enough what that means and the repercussions of it

BTW suicides on individuals after mutilation surgery is in the rise also.

a reply to: FlyersFan

Is sicker than you think but hey the tans cult darn the children an teen as long as their numbers keep growing, sadly suicides are getting in the way too after the children and teens turn adults and cannot cope with the life of horrors they were subjected too by coercion.

But the pushers do not care.

originally posted by: FlyersFan
a reply to: Annee

What the hell is your problem? Seriously. Now you say you are against TRANS surgery for minors but you come on here with drive-by nonsense of 'they don't care about the children' crap ... all while you supposedly agree with what the people are saying that no TRANS surgery should be done on minor children. What the hell are you doing???

Do I yell at you?

I’ve always been against unnecessary surgery for minors.

And I do ask questions. Answers reveal a lot.

To try to discuss/debate an issue that no one ever changes their mind is futile.