Sick with Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy
Side Effects Take Away the Fantasy Dream of Being the Opposite Sex
By Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH
I recently had a parent tell me her teenage son was starting his “gender journey” to achieve his fantasy of becoming a girl. This almost certainly means taking feminizing hormones in the post-pubertal state where endogenous testosterone is naturally high as he is developing into a normal man. I wondered what the side effects he would be experiencing as he and his doctors attempt to go against mother nature.
Santos and colleagues published a detailed analysis of the impact of hormonal therapy when initiated mainly during the teenage years. Participants (n = 114; ages 18-62 years; median age 24.0 (21.0 - 33.0) years) included transgender adults residing in Portugal who were undergoing or had undergone hormonal therapy for at least one uninterrupted year. Participants completed an original questionnaire. A total of 89% had side effects. The table in the figure (blue for original boys, orange for original girls) shows mood swings and other significant side effects that could be debilitating for a teenager who should be focusing on school, dating, sports, etc.
It should come at no surprise that the “gender journey” for young persons results in the human body becoming physically sick in 89%. Other studies have shown an increase in the burden of psychiatric disease and elevated risks for death from suicide, homicide, and other causes. Many states are passing legislation to shut down harmful transgender medicine programs so our kids can return to normal life and not be threatened by this dark time in medicine.
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I've recently learned that a former colleague, who I could never imagine allowing this a few years ago, is supporting her 14 year old child's gender altering process. I believe this is in response to the child threatening suicide if the adults refuse to allow this and have heard these threats are fairly common among teens now, should parents not comply with their demands. Obviously, you can't allow your teen to bully you into giving them whatever they want, but how would you handle this, short of quitting a job and attaching yourself to the kid all day and night (or admitting the teen to a psych ward, which will only last for a couple days anyway)? Just curious as to how responsible people would respond.
As there is no such thing as an "assault rifle" there is no such thing as "trans gender".