The FL Department of Health continues its dive to the bottom.

[Phoenix61]

Treatment of Gender Dysphoria for Children and Adolescents
April 20, 2022

The Florida Department of Health wants to clarify evidence recently cited on a fact sheet released by the US Department of Health and Human Services and provide guidance on treating gender dysphoria for children and adolescents.

Systematic reviews on hormonal treatment for young people show a trend of low-quality evidence, small sample sizes, and medium to high risk of bias. A paper published in the International Review of Psychiatry states that 80% of those seeking clinical care will lose their desire to identify with the non-birth sex. One review concludes that "hormonal treatments for transgender adolescents can achieve their intended physical effects, but evidence regarding their psychosocial and cognitive impact is generally lacking."

According to the Merck Manual, “gender dysphoria is characterized by a strong, persistent cross-gender identification associated with anxiety, depression, irritability, and often a wish to live as a gender different from the one associated with the sex assigned at birth.”

Due to the lack of conclusive evidence, and the potential for long-term, irreversible effects, the Department's guidelines are as follows:

Social gender transitionshould not be a treatment option for children or adolescents.
Anyone under 18 should not be prescribed puberty blockers or hormone therapy.
Gender reassignment surgeryshould not be a treatment option for children or adolescents.
Based on the currently available evidence, "encouraging mastectomy, ovariectomy, uterine extirpation, penile disablement, tracheal shave, the prescription of hormones which are out of line with the genetic make-up of the child, or puberty blockers, are all clinical practices which run an unacceptably high risk of doing harm."
Children and adolescents should be provided social support by peers and family and seek counseling from a licensed provider.

The articles they cite would be commical if the situation weren’t so horrific. An article from Linacre Quartely, the official journal of the Catholic Medical Association, is used to support the low-quality evidence allegation.

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/FLDOH/bulletins/3143d4c

[CincyDem]

1. Republican strategy: you lie, I'll swear to it.

Citing a religious publication on anything has always been a bad thing. Ask Copernicus.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

2. Coming soon to other red states near you

As we turn red-state MAGAland into a Qanon wet dream... Especially when it comes to LGBTQ's. Because, damnit. Be the kind of people we have the freedom to dictate that you be, or we'll erase you... one way or another.

Does anyone really think this stops with trans people under the age of 18 (or even 21)? They get away with this, they're gonna go after trans adults too. Because this is the only fucking "science" these morans believe it. When it comes to everything else, they believe in pie pants. But when it comes to the trans community? Suddenly, they're real keen on "science" (by that, I mean their warped, bigoted version of it.)