{"id":2139,"date":"2020-02-03T12:50:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T12:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=2139"},"modified":"2020-02-03T12:50:40","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T12:50:40","slug":"why-republicans-are-suddenly-in-a-rush-to-regulate-every-trans-kids-puberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=2139","title":{"rendered":"Why Republicans are suddenly in a rush to regulate every trans kid\u2019s puberty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\n&#8220;Compiled by the Trevor Project in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrevorproject.org\/2020\/01\/29\/research-brief-gender-affirming-care-for-youth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">research brief<\/a>, study after study has shown that affirming trans and gender-diverse kids in their self-exploration improves mental health and lowers suicide risk. The affirming model, which allows children to explore their gender identities at their own pace and can include puberty blockers, has been recommended by nearly every major American medical association, including the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aap.org\/en-us\/about-the-aap\/aap-press-room\/Pages\/AAP-Policy-Statement-Urges-Support-and-Care-of-Transgender-and-Gender-Diverse-Children-and-Adolescents.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Academy of Pediatrics<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ama-assn.org\/system\/files\/2019-03\/transgender-coverage-issue-brief.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Medical Association<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.apa.org\/pi\/about\/newsletter\/2015\/12\/affirming-supporting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Psychological Association<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.endocrine.org\/clinical-practice-guidelines\/gender-dysphoria-gender-incongruence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Endocrine Society<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpath.org\/publications\/soc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Professional Association for Transgender Health<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acog.org\/Clinical-Guidance-and-Publications\/Committee-Opinions\/Committee-on-Adolescent-Health-Care\/Care-for-Transgender-Adolescents?IsMobileSet=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists<\/a>.&#8221;<br>&#8230;<br>&#8220;The state now threatens to insert itself into the most basic decisions of body and identity, all to drive a handful of votes from the conservative base to win in an election year. Lost in the conservative rush to tamp down the trans rights movement are the very real lives of trans kids who simply want to transition and move on to adulthood.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/identities\/2020\/1\/29\/21083505\/transgender-kids-legislation-puberty-blockers\">https:\/\/www.vox.com\/identities\/2020\/1\/29\/21083505\/transgender-kids-legislation-puberty-blockers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Compiled by the Trevor Project in a research brief, study after study has shown that affirming trans and gender-diverse kids in their self-exploration improves mental health and lowers suicide risk. The affirming model, which allows children to explore their gender identities at their own pace and can include puberty blockers, has been recommended by nearly every major American medical association, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, the American Psychological Association, the Endocrine Society, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The state now threatens to insert itself into the most basic decisions of body and identity, all to drive a handful of votes from the conservative base to win in an election year. Lost in the conservative rush to tamp down the trans rights movement are the very real lives of trans kids who simply want to transition and move on to adulthood.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[50,403],"class_list":["post-2139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-medical","tag-trans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2139"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2141,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139\/revisions\/2141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}