Quote from: Vervain on October 18, 2016, 08:35:43 AM
I knew a woman in college who was EXTREMELY lucky and had gotten puberty blockers as a teen. She wasn't able to start HRT until she was 18, because this was the 90s and HRT was not started immediately at the time. But it meant that she didn't have very much time to go through puberty before starting HRT, and it made a difference. She had a very slender, feminine build, and even without HRT, I would never have guessed that she was trans if she hadn't come out in class. She also still remains the most beautiful woman I have ever met. If I hadn't been engaged myself at the time (and still trying to convince myself I was monogamous; as it turned out, poly is as intrinsic to me as my sexual orientation), I would have asked her out.

Some opponents who are against blockers are so juiced-up on having babies (their life choice) that they think everyone else wants to have them. And while I know many(most?) people have this desire, it is by no means universal. The choices is: babies vs. transition.

True story about self-determination:

I told my parents when I was four I was a girl and not a boy--using child's words. My parents said I was a boy and this could not be changed. As luck would have it, about a year later the story of Christine Jorgensen hit the papers. Jorgensen had SRS in Denmark. It was front page news everywhere and even kids knew about it. Armed with this new information I went to tell my parents that that was exactly the surgery I wanted to fix me. That went over like a lead balloon.

They explained how the surgery did not "really" make Jorgensen a woman--arguments that persist to this day about almost every trans person the speaker happens not to like nor approve of. Bleh! The arguments sailed over the head of the five-going-on-six year old. Finally they brought out the blockbuster. Christine could not have babies. (How did people have babies anyway? This was beyond my pay grade.) Okay. Fine. I won't have babies. And that was that. I never pined for them because I needed to transition, not make babies.

Babies. Moot point and I never looked back.

Quote from: Vervain on October 18, 2016, 08:35:43 AMI don't know how old Blaire White is, but she appears to be not far off from that age group herself, so the complete lack of compassion is just chilling to me. The politest I can say it is that gods, she strikes me as a terrible human being, and I hope she learns this little thing called empathy.

Lol, you really are mad. I'd say this is kind of harsh on Blaire. She seemed to be well intentioned in trying to make sure minors don't make the wrong decision, but didn't do as much research on the subject before jumping in and saying her opinion.

Quote from: VioletKnight on October 19, 2016, 09:54:08 PM
Lol, you really are mad. I'd say this is kind of harsh on Blaire. She seemed to be well intentioned in trying to make sure minors don't make the wrong decision, but didn't do as much research on the subject before jumping in and saying her opinion.

Yes, I am mad.

It's easy for this young woman to hold forth on this but really it's a decision ultimately for the family to make.  Supporting and open-minded parents can have a big effect on creating a space for young transgender kids and teens to thrive and grow in a transphobia free environment.  Parents know their own kids better than anyone else and should be supported in their decisions and not shamed by people who really don't know what they are talking about.

Quote from: VioletKnight on October 19, 2016, 09:54:08 PM
Lol, you really are mad. I'd say this is kind of harsh on Blaire. She seemed to be well intentioned in trying to make sure minors don't make the wrong decision, but didn't do as much research on the subject before jumping in and saying her opinion.

Oh damn right I am mad. Her video is not directed at minors who might find her videos; if she had made a video that suggested a lot of thought, therapy, and not to make permanent decisions at a young age, I would have a lot less objections. Her video instead is basically berating the larger trans* community for supporting minors whose parents choose to support them through puberty blockers (and you don't get these by just asking; there is a lot of evaluation that goes into this).

It is not even informational since she didn't do the barest of research. It is a rant aimed at the trans* community based on assumptions that she didn't bother to even do a cursory check to see if they were at all based in fact, which they are not. That is why I object, and why I am so angry.