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In a unilateral declaration by the health secretary, several injections promoted by online influencers will become widely available. The F.D.A. had advised against the move.

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  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    7 hours ago

    You called it gender affirming care

    Yes…

    That implies gender dysphoria

    No.

    Really not complicated

    • StabbingSky@lemmy.zip
      11·
      7 hours ago

      It does by definition.

      Gender-affirming care, as defined by the World Health Organization, includes a range of social, psychological, behavioral, and medical interventions designed to support and affirm an individual’s gender identity when it differs from the sex they were assigned at birth.

      It’s really not complicated. Hormones being involved don’t inherently make it gender affirming care.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        12 minutes ago

        So…

        When the medical community called any form of lgbtq a mental illness…

        You agreed with them?

        Because they’re doctors?

        Just blind obedience and zero thinking on your own behalf?

        That must be so relaxing …