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Gender care: The treatment of trans youth with puberty blockers is a Dutch invention that is now used worldwide. However, in an increasing number of countries, there is growing debate about this ‘Dutch Approach’. NRC spent a year and a half at the oldest and largest gender clinic in the Netherlands, where this care model was developed in the 1990s. „They think you can just roll into a transition…

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[–] oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We had a dutch friend who tried to transition once and this was what we heard about her experience, and worse things too.

[–] randamumaki@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

My personal experience with the Dutch clinic; There were a number of gatekeepers at the helm of the Dutch clinic for the longest time. Some retired or died since, making way for a more progressive team. At least one such gatekeepers is still part of the team and is heavily partaking in rightwing koolaid, most notably about transgender youth healthcare, not really helping the situation. It took me 20 years of battling uphill to get where I needed to be. The current rightwing government is working to make things worse.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Holy damn that's a long read. One thing I learned trough a colleague though: you can get such procedures without a referral. It won't be covered under insurance though.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean yeah, it's an investigative journalist piece that took several years of interviews and work. I feel like shorter pieces that fail to address the nuance of a topic is a big part of why we're in this mess with trans healthcare in the first place.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 3 points 2 months ago

Ye, worth the read tho. But it doesn't quite fit on my train ride to work like the usual lemmy post. But: it's weekend now!

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago

Uterus donations are a thing. You can volunteer to help someone with your "spare parts" :p