puberty blockers & chemical castration – #shorts

Many people against the use of puberty blockers (scientifically named gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists) for trans adolescents, will often bring up the fact that some pedophiles use the same drug as what is called chemical castration.

But, this is a red herring that really wants to connect any trans or queer people to pedophilia, which is an age-old trope used to discriminate & criminalize queer & trans people.

Medicines often have multiple applications for a wide-range of unrelated problems.

Puberty blockers = gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists

Red herring fallacy – irrelevant information is presented alongside relevant information, distracting attention from that relevant information

Chemical castration – the use of chemicals or drugs to stop sex hormone production

Other applications for GnRH agonists:

• In vitro fertilization
• Treatment of certain kinds of prostate and breast cancer.
• Children with precocious puberty.
• Management of menorrhagia, endometriosis, adenomyosis, and uterine fibroids for people born female.
• And severe cases of hyperandrogenism.

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