Refusing puberty blockers to trans young people is not justified by the evidence

Damien W. Riggs; Michelle Tollit; Ashleigh Lin

doi:10.1016/S2352-4642(21)00233-9

Refusing puberty blockers to trans young people is not justified by the evidence

Damien W. Riggs, Michelle Tollit, Ashleigh Lin

College of Education, Psychology and Social Work

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We read with interest the Correspondences from Stella O’Malley and colleagues1 and Richard Armitage2 on the use of puberty blockers for transgender and gender diverse (trans) young people, and wish to address several of their comments, which we view as problematic.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e35-e36
Number of pages	2
Journal	The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health
Volume	5
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(21)00233-9
Publication status	Published - Sept 2021

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trans young people
puberty blockers
Adolescent Health

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Refusing puberty blockers to trans young people is not justified by the evidence

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