Posted on Jan 4, 2024
Why one Ohio therapist changed her mind about gender-affirming care for kids
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Here & Now's Scott Tong talks with Carey Callahan, a therapist in Ohio who detransitioned. She previously said she was against gender-affirming care for kids, but is now advocating against bans on trans health care. She tells us more about her story.
Why one Ohio therapist changed her mind about gender-affirming care for kids
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Transgender
Children
Medical
Health
LGBTQ+
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Its extremely rare for anyone to de-transtion and when they do the end transitioning back.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
...""Please don't force them to go back to that constant feeling of wrongness and danger. I'm not asking anyone here to change your personal views on trans people. I'm not here to scold anyone about pronouns," Schneider said. "I'm not asking you to do anything except to not pass a ban that is expanding the government's reach, to not restrict the freedom of families and doctors and communities to decide for themselves what their children need."
After listening to more testimony, a substitute bill was adopted, allowing physicians to prescribe puberty blockers and hormone therapy under specific conditions.
Those conditions include permission from the parent or guardian, the child receiving two years of therapy or counseling concerning their transition, and that the medications would not "result in an increased risk of vaginal atrophy, penile atrophy, testicular atrophy, permanent loss of libido, sterility, endometrial carcinoma, or polycystic ovary syndrome."...
...""Please don't force them to go back to that constant feeling of wrongness and danger. I'm not asking anyone here to change your personal views on trans people. I'm not here to scold anyone about pronouns," Schneider said. "I'm not asking you to do anything except to not pass a ban that is expanding the government's reach, to not restrict the freedom of families and doctors and communities to decide for themselves what their children need."
After listening to more testimony, a substitute bill was adopted, allowing physicians to prescribe puberty blockers and hormone therapy under specific conditions.
Those conditions include permission from the parent or guardian, the child receiving two years of therapy or counseling concerning their transition, and that the medications would not "result in an increased risk of vaginal atrophy, penile atrophy, testicular atrophy, permanent loss of libido, sterility, endometrial carcinoma, or polycystic ovary syndrome."...
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