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Denmark Doubting

Another progressive country is having second thoughts about pediatric gender transition

Bernard Lane reports that Denmark has taken a different approach when it comes to treating children and adolescents with gender dysphoria. Specifically, Denmark has stopped the use of puberty blockers for children under the age of 16. This decision is based on concerns about the long-term effects and safety of these treatments.

The country is now focusing on providing psychological support and counseling to these young individuals to help them navigate their feelings and identities. This shift in approach emphasizes a more cautious stance, prioritizing the mental well-being and understanding of children and adolescents before considering medical interventions.

Sophie Lohde, who is the chair of the Health Committee in the Danish Parliament, expressed her concerns about the treatment of children and adolescents with gender dysphoria. She is quoted as saying:

“It’s deeply concerning that our health system uses puberty blockers on children under 16, without knowing the long-term consequences, or even how it affects them in the short term.”

This quote reflects Lohde’s apprehension about the use of puberty blockers on young individuals, emphasizing the lack of comprehensive knowledge about the potential effects of such treatments.

Ms Løhde said that medical treatment at the Danish central gender clinic in Copenhagen—the Sexology Clinic—would only be offered “if the child or young person has had gender dysphoria since childhood.”

“If the gender dysphoria has started in connection with puberty, the young person may, among other things, be referred to a process of reflection or clarification,” she said. 

“This process is often finalised without medical treatment, as the indication for treatment is not considered present.”

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The Real Risks of Gender Education

Lisa Selin Davis, the author of Tomboy, writes about her daughter, a girl mistaken for a boy, and the confusion that follows. It’s a story about gender, about how we see it, and how we teach it. It’s about bathrooms and playgrounds, about short hair and long hair, about boys and girls and those who don’t fit neatly into either box.

She worries that we’re teaching kids to fix themselves, to change who they are to fit into a world that doesn’t understand them. She worries about the ‘snowplow’ parents who try to clear the path for their kids, who try to shield them from every hurt and every pain.

Davis worries about a generation of kids who are identifying out of their sex. She worries about the kids who are so desperate to escape their pain that they’ll do anything to be free.

Kids are being taught that feelings are facts, that words can be violence, that to be misgendered is to be harmed. They’re being taught that discomfort is something to be avoided, not something to be endured.

But she also sees hope. She talks about the girls who grew up nonconforming, who grew up different, who grew up strong. She talks about the resilience they developed, the self-confidence they found, the way they learned to navigate a world that didn’t understand them.

In the end, Davis wants to teach kids to accept suffering, to understand that pain is a part of life. She wants to teach them to be resilient, to be strong, to be themselves. She wants to change the world, but she also wants to teach her kids to navigate the world as it is. Because the world is tough, and it’s confusing, and it’s full of pain. But it’s also full of beauty, and joy, and the possibility of change.

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