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Something as life-changing as puberty should be too. What if you grow up to regret having gone through forced puberty like I did? The damage is unbelievable and, in some instances, can never be reversed.
If hormones for trans teens are "quite scary" then necessarily puberty for all teens is "quite scary". Should we thusly force everyone to take puberty blockers until they're 18? Or do you trust cis children to know their gender but not trans children?
You clearly don't even understand what trans people are. It's really not something you can simply convince yourself of, and by the age of 13 under direct supervision of psychologists and doctors a trans child should be able to avoid going through what I and many other trans people go through. I knew I wanted to be a girl when I was 5. I never had access to gender affirming care until I was 18. It has traumatized me for life and done untold amounts of damage to my body and my mind. I am not alone. Knowing that you're a girl is different than "playing pretend" or "having a phase". It's not even remotely the same. It's something fundamental about who you are, something that affects every single aspect of your life from the day you're born until you die. Trans children should be allowed to go through the hormonal development they choose. No one should be forced to undergo hormone changes that mortally horrify them. No one should be forced to pretend they're a gender they aren't.
This shit takes lives. Trans kids are one of the highest risk categories for young suicide. This isn't a joke, this isn't a game, and it's about time that you and other ill-informed people sat back and let actual professionals take care of their patients.