Posted on 03/05/2024 3:01:05 PM PST by packagingguy
edical professionals were aware of at least one case of cancer thought to be linked to a hormonal medication taken to aid gender transitioning, leaked documents from a worldwide transgender nonprofit organization suggests.
In a report released Monday, the think tank Environmental Progress published hundreds of messages it said were from an internal forum of members of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), in which they discussed gender-affirming treatment and the complications that had arisen from particular cases.
The report comes amid a national debate on gender-affirming health care, as states across the U.S. have introduced legislation to limit treatment for young people who identify as transgender.
Among the messages is one, dated February 24, 2022, in which a person—identified by the report as a doctor—said a colleague developed hepatocarcinomas, or liver tumors, after eight to 10 years of taking testosterone.
"To the best of my knowledge, it was linked to his hormonal treatment," the message said. "Unfortunately I don't have much more details since it was so advanced that he opted for palliative care and died a couple months after."
In the messages, the WPATH members discussed academic papers, asked for advice on issues surrounding gender-affirming care and shared their professional experiences. Environmental Progress said the leaks showed members appeared to be improvising treatments and, in some cases, spoke out against safeguarding requirements.
Michael Shellenberger, the president and founder of Environmental Progress, said in a statement that the leaks show that WPATH members "know that the so-called 'gender-affirming care' they provide can result in life-long complications and sterility and that their patients do not understand the implications."
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Trying to force the body to develop in a way that is not natural and make female cells react to high amounts of male hormones or vice versa is not a recipe for good health.
Surprised Newsweek would report this.
And this type of treatment actually contradicts their narrative that these things don’t define what a woman or a man is and therefore doesn’t define gender - then why mutulate yourself, dress for the part, take meds to block the body’s natural development?
They can’t keep their own garbage straight.
From any standpoint of accepting people as they are, born this way, etc -
How could it possibly make any sense to take chemicals so you can become who you “really are”?
It’s total and tragic insanity.
Well ‘they’ do want to thin out the herds.
How about the Lupron given to adolescents and teen boys?
NO, bit mistake. They will side with the patient, and yank them out of your hands quicker than snot if you disagree.
Be careful. The psychiatrist will align him/herself with the patient.
The worst place to take your child would be the Children’s Hospital in Boston. They will take custody of your child and you won’t be able to even see them for a year or years.
Never heard of it.
I would definitely take my kid to right side aligned doctor, not this these crazy ass lefties. It might take a while to find one but I would…
The medical field in all areas has shut themselves in the foot
Yahoo reported it as well. There’s a walk back happening here big time!
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