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[Crezth]

Piecemeal attempts to keep trans activism out of schools is also met with unhinged opposition.

They're as piecemeal as KKK "meet-ups."

 

[JohannaK]

Piecemeal attempts to keep trans activism out of schools is also met with unhinged opposition.

Statements dreamed up by the utterly deranged.

 

[sophie]

Piecemeal attempts to keep trans activism out of schools is also met with unhinged opposition.

what does this even mean? what is “trans activism” and how is it “in schools”?

 

[Birdjaguar]

Moderator Action: This is a news thread and not a general discussion thread.

 

[Synobun]

Bone Mineral Density in Transgender Adolescents

This cohort study assesses bone mineral density after long-term use of gender-affirming hormones among transgender adults who used puberty suppression in adolescence.

jamanetwork.com

Bone Mineral Density in Transgender Adolescents Treated With Puberty Suppression and Subsequent Gender-Affirming Hormones​

Question
How do bone mineral density (BMD) and BMD z scores develop in transgender adults after a minimum of 9 years of gender-affirming hormone treatment with prior use of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist in adolescence?

Findings
In this cohort study of 75 individuals diagnosed with gender dysphoria, among those assigned male at birth, BMD z scores were not different at long-term follow-up compared with the start of GnRH agonist treatment at the total hip and femoral neck, in contrast to the lumbar spine. In individuals assigned female at birth, BMD z scores caught up with pretreatment levels at the lumbar spine, total hip, and femoral neck.

Meaning
These findings suggest that treatment with a GnRH agonist followed by long-term gender-affirming hormones is safe regarding bone health in transgender persons receiving testosterone, but bone health in transgender persons receiving estrogen requires extra attention and further study.

 

[AmazonQueen]

Piecemeal attempts to keep trans activism out of schools is also met with unhinged opposition.

I work in a school in the UK and have seen zero evidence of trans activism taking place. Some of the objections to sex education are pretty unhinged though.

 

[danjuno]

Who knew asking for respect was so radical?

 

[Sommerswerd]

Who knew asking for respect was so radical?

Present!

Black people... been asking for respect in the Americas since 1619...

Bone Mineral Density in Transgender Adolescents

This cohort study assesses bone mineral density after long-term use of gender-affirming hormones among transgender adults who used puberty suppression in adolescence.

jamanetwork.com

Bone Mineral Density in Transgender Adolescents Treated With Puberty Suppression and Subsequent Gender-Affirming Hormones​

Are bone density scans in this context similar in purpose to/a replacement for, testosterone tests? I want to be able to follow this line of inquiry/study.

 

[Synobun]

Are bone density scans in this context similar in purpose to/a replacement for testosterone tests? I want to be able to follow this line of inquiry/study.

Ah, sorry, no. In this context, it's studying the effect of puberty blockers and then replacement hormones on adolescents. One of the biggest side effects is assumed reduced bone density. The study indicates that this isn't true for people on testosterone, and only partially for people on estrogen.

 

[EgonSpengler]

Who knew asking for respect was so radical?

Present!

Black people... been asking for respect in the Americas since 1619...

I was thinking about a scene in Selma (2014) where President Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) is talking to George Wallace (Tim Roth). Johnson says something like "You spent your whole career working for the poor. Why are you fighting this?" and Wallace says, "Because you can't ever satisfy 'em. First it's the buses; then it's the schools; then it's voting." *facepalm* I imagine women and queer people have heard versions of the same thing over the years. "We were giving you 30% of what you're due; now we're giving you 60% of what you're due. That's double! Why are you still complaining?"

Spoiler :

 

[danjuno]

Concessions in the double digits? I'm dreamin'.

 

[Gorbles]

Content warning for the article - death threats.

Hotline for California’s LGBTQ kids got a death threat. They tracked the caller — to San Francisco

LGBTQ supporters set up a hotline for kids in California. Then came the death threat and the search for its source.

www.sfchronicle.com

An article about several things, not least the fact that progress is not a series of immutable achievements that can never be undone. It's not a "solve that, move on". Things can, and do, slide backwards.

A choice quote:

“If you would have told me five years ago that California would be a fighting ground for having to protect LGBTQ+ kids, I would have laughed at you,” said Lance Preston, executive director of Rainbow Youth Project, which advocates for LGBTQ young people. “And yet, here we are.”

 

[danjuno]

Aaand the cops play jurisdiction volley ball to avoid doing anything.

 

[sophie]

Specifically: it expanded the definition of indecent acts (i.e. things like public sex) to include any homosexual acts. Being gay in the city of Murfreesboro is banned.

 

[Sommerswerd]

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Specifically: it expanded the definition of indecent acts (i.e. things like public sex) to include any homosexual acts. Being gay in the city of Murfreesboro is banned.

Should not survive a Constitutionality challenge.

 

[Crezth]

Should not survive a Constitutionality challenge.

I admire your piety

 

[Cloud_Strife]

Some would say naivety

 

[Ordnael]

Judge Allows Red State Ban On Trans Surgeries For Minors To Remain In Effect

A North Dakota judge dismissed a request to halt a ban on transgender sex change surgeries for minors Monday, according to Inforum.

dailycaller.com

 

[Senethro]

Have to ask - how many surgeries on minors would that stop in a year?

Perhaps there is an ulterior motive, or a lie by implication.

Perhaps you know this. Perhaps that doesn't change your intent.

 

[IglooDame]

Judge Allows Red State Ban On Trans Surgeries For Minors To Remain In Effect

A North Dakota judge dismissed a request to halt a ban on transgender sex change surgeries for minors Monday, according to Inforum.

dailycaller.com

Yeah, Daily Caller, no thanks.