LGBT: RESPECT FOR ALL OF YOU, BUT LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE

LGBT: RESPECT FOR ALL OF YOU, BUT LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE

On May 11th 2021 the official Instagram page of National Geographic, @natgeo, publishes the picture of 7 year old Seph posing in his New York city home. The post states that the kid is not having access to the hormone blockers he was regularly taking due to some measures taken on health-care standards for LGBT people. I felt so upset that a child is put through such medical treatments that, inevitably, can result in life lasting complications. I felt disturbed learning that the parents of this child, instead of educating the kid properly and helping with the necessary psychological support, signed a consent to start such procedure. What is this society turning into? Why are children so sexually pressured by society standards they are constantly watching on television and the internet? Why are adults believing a 7year old is mature and responsible enough to decide about his/her own sexuality, considering that the cognitive abilities of the human brain fully develop after adolescence? Why is, again, a child so concerned and worried about sex and sexuality? I have read many comments from people trash talking folks who, like me, see this practice as brutal and abusive towards minors. Are these people even concerned or knowledged about the consequences a child can endure while being on hormone blockers? Are these people aware that there is no statistic proof that suicidal rates lowered among trans children under hormone blockers? A young teen commented under Seph post "I am trans and gender dysphoria is awful". I believed her when she says that dysphoria feels painful and can mentally affect an individual, but it is not a disease and this sense of "non-belonging" can be relieved by the help of a psychologist. Hormone blockers will never treat and cure something that resides in the mind, and hormone blockers given at such an early stage can suppress any sign of sexual desire and orgasm and will stop the penis from growing, which will result in the impossibility to have a successful penile inversion vaginoplasty later on in the years. I am very shocked that we live in a time where children, instead of worrying about exploring and becoming conscious of the world, experience distress from not feeling alright about the gender assigned at birth. My real question is: what's happening in these family settings? I have read the letter of a mom being desperate about her trans girl who started hormone blockers early in life, and still was suicidal at the age of 20. Said mother couldn't understand her wrongs and she kept writing "we did all we could for her, we let her go through all the treatments she wanted to". I believe that's where the problems lie, within the family. I am seeing more and more children being demanding and authoritarian towards their mothers and fathers, along with more and more parents not having a clue about what raising a child in safety, responsibility and happiness means. Letting kids do whatever they want to doesn't make anybody a good parent! I am also feeling a little resentful of doctors who would experiment on children regardless of their age and their cognitive abilities not yet acquired, but wouldn't allow me to make the decision of removing my uterus after two cancer surgeries and one to explant a 6cmX7cm uterine fibroid! For fuck's sake, I am 33 and I am considered too young to decide if I want to birth children in my life or not, but a 7year old can decide to pause his puberty!? I am 33 years old and can't legally smoke recreational marijuana? This is beyond fucking ridiculous. I don't want this post to be taken as judgemental against the LGBT community, which I respect and I support throughout their fight for their rights and equality. Everybody deserves support and is free to decide who to love, but keep children out of this and let them be kids first. They need to live and experience life through children's eyes and we, as adults, must let them acknowledge the meaning of being and living without skipping any of the crucial development stages. We also owe them responsible and mature parental figures before being birthed in this crazy and sad world; would you hand your kid alchol or a cigarette if they decided they were ready to drink and smoke? I doubt it. Bye for now, and thanks for reading. Martina.