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12-12-2008, 05:07 AM
Young teenagers with serious gender identity disorders should be given
drugs which will block puberty, international experts suggest.
The US Endocrine Society's draft guidelines say the move would give
adolescents crucial time to decide which gender they want to live in.
New Scientist reports they are based work at a Netherlands clinic where 70
teens were successfully treated.
However, such treatments are currently not permitted for under-16s in the UK.
The guidelines state: "We recommend that adolescents who fulfil
eligibility and readiness criteria for gender reassignment initially
undergo treatment to suppress pubertal development."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7774840.stm
drugs which will block puberty, international experts suggest.
The US Endocrine Society's draft guidelines say the move would give
adolescents crucial time to decide which gender they want to live in.
New Scientist reports they are based work at a Netherlands clinic where 70
teens were successfully treated.
However, such treatments are currently not permitted for under-16s in the UK.
The guidelines state: "We recommend that adolescents who fulfil
eligibility and readiness criteria for gender reassignment initially
undergo treatment to suppress pubertal development."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7774840.stm