By Mathew Goldstein
I once believed that information dispensed from liberal sources and institutions is more accurate and reliable than the blatantly and frequently distorted and misleading information dispensed from conservative sources and institutions. I no longer believe that. Leftist oriented commentators are also a major source of systematically biased, one-sidedly selective, story telling, the shameless dissemination of misinformation, and as committed to using almost any opportunity to politicize almost everything as rightist oriented commentators. This article published in the Atlantic magazine aligns completely with my perspective: THE LIBERAL MISINFORMATION BUBBLE ABOUT YOUTH GENDER MEDICINE.
For decades doctors have been prescribing puberty blockers to treat precocious puberty. To argue that therefore it is a double standard to not treat gender dysphoria with puberty blockers requires overlooking the substantial difference between short term use of puberty blockers to delay puberty and a longer term use to cancel puberty. From a biological perspective it should be self-evident that delaying early puberty is less likely to have long lasting negative health impacts than preventing puberty from progressing. Equal protection before the law is not a compelling argument for reaching a conclusion that puberty blockers must be prescribed to treat gender dysphoria for minors without better evidence of no harm.
