I think I indicated some wondering about the age of this individual when the parents made the decision to go forward with whatever was medically advised by doctors and so I decided to start digging and see that I am going to get mighty deep into this topic and maybe somebody would care to see certain aspects of this that catches my attention. That would also mean I should be polite and not leave anyone guessing as to how I am collecting data.
So the first steps went like this:
Outline of transgender topics
en.wikipedia.org
That page above had this on the topic of puberty blockers:
Puberty blocker
en.wikipedia.org
What seems appropriate to highlight:
2nd paragraph from the top:
Further down is this:
Under "Concerns" is the following I view to be of note at this early stage of study:
2nd paragraph:
Something that caught my eye in the third paragraph is this:
That "reasonably safe" has me wondering because we are studying a very young human.
I placed that part about the Dutch Protocol as noteworthy because that gives us a timestamp of this treatment having been around for maybe 30 plus years. And I view that as important because of the lack of FDA approval. And I go back to that age thing; a treatment such as this for some really young folks and it has not yet received FDA approval. It just seems odd to me at this early stage of study.
Oh yes, and further thoughts are related to this bit of information you see above:
"... supported by twelve major American medical associations ..."
But still no FDA approval.