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Oneironaut

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5. Actually, this includes any and all gender affirming care, not just surgeries.

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 09:52 AM

Jul 2025

By the end of this year, acknowledging that kids can be trans or treating them will effectively be banned in the US. In my prediction, later this year or next year, they’ll start trying to do the same for adults, with the ultimate goal of completely removing trans people from society. Hopefully they don’t succeed.

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Kaiser Permanente to stop gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19 [View all] lostincalifornia Jul 2025 OP

Seeing this happen in other major blue cities newdeal2 Jul 2025 #1

Yep SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #3

I thought the medical standard of care was already no irreversible surgeries on minors Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #2

Not that way in the U.S. SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #4

Is there a difference between "gender affirming" surgery and gender reassignment surgery? Nt Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #6

Not that I'm aware of SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #8

"Gender reassignment" is outdated terminology. The accepted term is gender affirming. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2025 #10

Actually, this includes any and all gender affirming care, not just surgeries. Oneironaut Jul 2025 #5

This applies to surgery for minors SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #7

Hospitals are completely shutting down their GAC programs for teens. Oneironaut Jul 2025 #9

Got it, thanks SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #12

Tbh I do not believe any gender affirming care will exist within a year or so. Oneironaut Jul 2025 #13

I don't agree with the decision SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #14

Do they not do breast/nipple reductions or nose jobs on people younger than 18 in Canada? WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2025 #11

Not for cosmetic purposes AFAIK Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #15