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? Breaking: Florida will soon bar transgender residents from using Medicaid to pay for gender-mutilation. The rule goes into effect Aug. 21.
? After hearing five hours of public and expert comment, Florida’s Board of Medicine voted yesterday to recommend BANNING trans medicines and surgeries for kids. The gist seems to be that the risk posed by irreversible treatments for gender dysphoria outweigh the uncertain benefits.
Several “de-transitioners” spoke to the Board of Medicine about the horror of their experiences.
These speakers included a very brave young lady, Chloe Cole, 18, a courageous survivor of teenaged testosterone treatments and top surgery. “Why is a mental health epidemic not being addressed with mental health treatment to get at the root causes for why female adolescents like me want to reject their bodies?” Cole asked the panel.