Yeah, but why does it cause you to rage? Antiandrogens work really well as an acne medication, whereas the study of the problems caused by transgender hormones is relatively in its infancy.
Give it time, it should be fine. At least, I do believe it's not an active effort to deny anyone rightful treatment.
Josephus also has a point about the lack of study on the danger of it. You can't just overload a person with hormones and hormonal blockers that they otherwise won't generate and expect it not to have consequences. For example, early hormonal birth control had unpleasant side effects because it employed way too much progesterone.
What I'm looking at isn't an early or experimental drug. It's been in use for a variety of reasons for over fifty years. Its pharmacology and side effects in both sexes are very well understood, as it's had uses in both sexes. It's one of the most commonly used drugs in male to female transitioning.
And I don't want to be rude here, but claiming that the health of trans people is a significant factor in the multitudinous barriers between them and proper care is completely uninformed, and pretty blatant concern trolling. That's not the issue at all. It's just like the pro lifers who cite statistics on how harmful abortion is - if it's a procedure you don't agree with, suddenly everyone's got to be way more careful with it and you've got to have a way better justification than any other procedure.
All the caring and concern for our health conveniently only happens when it's able to block us from getting care. There are all these ridiculous laws. "You have to live for a year as the opposite gender to make sure you won't regret it!" Nobody seems to care quite as much about other permanent body modifications or cosmetic surgeries. I don't see anybody saying you should have to walk around with a fake tattoo for a couple months before you're allowed to make it permanent. That would be absurd, and for a good reason.
Suddenly when you're trans, all the cis people in the world start worrying about your health in all the ways that stop you from getting any help. Not nearly as many people care if you're depressed or dysphoric. Nobody cares if I hate myself for having a man's body, but if I want a woman's body then I'll have a million people wanting me to make
absolutely sure I won't regret it.
I'm not saying you guys are transphobes or agree with the strict legalization, but it's easy for allies to adopt arguments like this. You might see these points and actually be legitimately concerned for people, but a lot of them are exaggerated. A good litmus test for this is to be cautious about health concerns that prioritize hindering people over helping them.
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