"My hunch is that the involvement of political parties in enacting laws to regulate medical practice is likely to fuel partisan animosity: greater discrimination against trans people on the one hand, and greater uncritical affirmation of hormones and surgery for trans-identified youth on the other... if health agencies act according to professional norms and standards to prevent harm to children, there will be less reason for hostility on either side."
"... younger medical colleagues who feared being labelled as transphobic if they spoke out... doubted there was sufficient psychological assessment before children were prescribed puberty blockers — to help distinguish those few who will remain transgender from those for whom it is a phase or whose distress has another cause."
"A year ago, health agencies in Sweden, Finland, England, and France were re-evaluating the use of puberty blocking hormones. Since that time, Norway and Denmark have announced reviews of their approaches. Interestingly, in Denmark, an alliance of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender groups has advocated for this change."