BBC Woman’s Hour reported today on an important change to the NHS website section on gender dysphoria: the NHS no longer says that puberty blockers are ‘reversible.’
GONE is the claim that puberty blockers are considered to be fully reversible
NEW is the admission that long-term effects are unknown:
GONE are these references to self-harm and suicide
GONE is this statement that creates an association between gender dysphoria and having the ‘wrong’ interests as a very young child
NEW are more careful statements that don’t associate a child’s interests with gender dysphoria and instead emphasise the rarity of the condition and the societal influences
NEW is the acknowledgment of desistance and the suggestion that your feelings may be an indication of your sexual orientation
GONE are the claims that surgery has a high rate of satisfaction
GONE also are the suggestions that hormones and surgery actually change your sex
NEW also is an acknowledgment of the reality, the risks and the limitations of surgery
GONE is the claim that biological sex is “assigned at birth”.
Source: The NHS no longer says puberty blockers are ‘reversible’