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 === Transgender children ===
-Since gender identity is said to be inborn, it follows that some children would be transgender.  Once they show signs of such, medical consensus is to support the child in whatever identity they hold and allow them to freely express themselves.  Doctors and trans activists also generally support [[Wikipedia:Puberty blocker|puberty blocking]] medication such as Lupron to children who think they are transgender.<ref name=nytimes-aap/>  This prevents them from experiencing puberty that may result in dysphoria later in life and allows them to decide what body is right for them as they grow older.<ref name=hrc-medical-guide/>
+Since gender identity is said to be inborn, it follows that some children would be transgender, and only need to find this out.  Once it's found out, the only way forward is to support the child in its transgender identification.  This leads to the transgender activist "affirm-only" approach towards youth, where for instance a boy who says "I wish I was a girl" or "I'm actually a girl" is from that point on treated as if the child is literally a girl.  (Given a female name, referred to by female pronouns, asked to be considered a girl by others, and so on.)  Likewise for girls who express that they wish they were a boy, or claim that they are internally a boy.  Trans activists are opposed to the alternative "watchful waiting" approach.
-Some who oppose these medications argue that there are high rates of children who realize they are transgender too late.  The studies cited usually include irrelevant statistics regarding children who were deemed unlikely to be trans by their doctors.  According to a medical guide published by the Human Rights Campaign, the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians, and the American Academy of Pediatrics: "It is clear that many children who are gender-expansive or have mild gender dysphoria do not grow up to be transgender — but these are not the children for whom competent clinicians recommend gender transition."<ref name=hrc-medical-guide/>
+The trans activist affirm-only approach has been supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics.<ref name=nytimes-aap/>  Parents concerned over this model of treatment published a long criticism and launched a petition reaching 1,200 signatures.<ref name=4thwave/>  Psychologist [[Wikipedia:James Cantor|James Cantor]] also published a fact-check article criticizing the AAP's decision.<ref name=cantor/>
+Trans activists usually support giving [[Wikipedia:Puberty blocker|puberty blocking]] medication such as Lupron to children who think they are transgender.<ref name=nytimes-aap/>  These children may be as young as 9 years old, and may be prescribed cross-sex hormones at ages as young as 12.<ref name=guardian-hrt/><ref name=transtrend/>
+According to a 2022 report by Reuters looking at U.S. health insurance claims within the three-year period from the start of 2019 to the end of 2021, there were at least 774 mastectomies, and at least 56 genital surgeries, performed on minors in the age range of 13 to 17.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-transyouth-data/ | title = Putting numbers on the rise in children seeking gender care | author = Robin Respaut & Chad Terhune | date = October 6, 2022 | publisher = Reuters }}</ref>  While the data do not reveal the actual youngest age of a patient receiving genital surgery (merely that they are in the age range of 13 to 17), a study published in May 2018 confirms that when it comes to mastectomies, they really are performed on minors as young as 13.<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2674039 | title = Chest Reconstruction and Chest Dysphoria in Transmasculine Minors and Young Adults | author = Johanna Olson-Kennedy, MD; Jonathan Warus, MD; Vivian Okonta, MPH; et al | date = May 2018 | publisher = JAMA Pediatrics }}</ref>
 === Cisgender people oppress transgender people ===