First off, puberty blockers weren't banned in the US last I knew. Some states ban them, inappropriately, and for completely political reasons, and those political forces which seek their banning originates in anticipation of a patsy like that shitheel making such claims.
Ok it seems the guest was a bit incorrect saying "led
the Americans and Europeans to ban puberty blockers and hormones for gender-confused kids" rather than "led
Americans". You not mentioning Europeans suggests that it is true that the Europeans banned those things. I find it dishonest to just ignore that. Then you spend 90% of your reply complaining about the term "gender confused". I don't claim to understand the minds of these kinds of kids. Even if the banning is injust the point is that other governments have apparently decided to ban them.
No, it doesn't, it means I'm not going to talk about shit I don't know for certain and you pulling that bullshit right out your own ass and continuing to sew propaganda when...
Are puberty blockers and hormones banned for kids at all in Europe?
You are asking an "is" question.
Before you have any ground or standing to ask an is question about policy over a topic that has been made a "culture war" issue, we have to establish "oughts".
You are operating with a set of "Oughts" here.
Personally, I'm going to reject any "ought" that arises out of authority, especially "ought" derived from recommendations around or references to the Cass review, because it's a biased piece of garbage that excluded any and all counterpoint to the views of the authors, and excluded large bodies of research for spurious reasons equating to
fraudulence.
This nonetheless aligned with positions of conservative factions within England and a few other countries east of there, as well as multiple jurisdictions in the "flyover" US.
This is hit and miss. Some states, such as Minnesota, have committed to preserving the rights of minors to seek information and make informed decisions on that basis. Other states have made for a complete ban on all
trans hormones and puberty blockers but does not ban their use on those same kinds of kids to force them into a puberty that "conforms them to social expectations".
For instance, in I believe in Indiana, it is absolutely legal to force a person born with ovaries or no gonads at all, and a "penis" to take testosterone; or even for them to be given a sexual reassignment surgery near birth to "dig a hole" rather than "building a pole", to be forcibly given a vagina despite being broadly "male".
It's absolutely legal to give that person estrogen at puberty, if they "dig the hole". It is absolutely legal for them to be given testosterone if they didn't.
It is legal to give "boys" more testosterone if they are "low T", there.
This is, broadly, my understanding of UK and any other similar law as well.
The situation is WAY more complicated than a binary yes or no answer and abruptly asking the question shows just how little you understand about the issue.
I reiterate, you are the confused one, here.
You could probably start by asking what question you should be asking if you want to understand the problem at all.
You didn't ask, but I'm going to tell you anyway:
"What is the best way to prevent the greatest number of negative outcomes for youths who have gender issues?"
We know it is NOT "camps". These are well explored as
crimes against humanity.
We know it is NOT "disregard". This results in suicide and well documented depression and self-hate.
What it appears to be is "acknowledgement, analysis, and treatment", but there is a culture war happening where some very dark shit is going down right now centered around catering to a highschool biology level, and bent pretty transparently towards
attacking people who diverge from social norms as a convenient enemy.
