Even in cases where the declared gender dysphoria in prepuberty is confirmed in adolescence, the developmental arrest [by puberty blockade] cannot result in a body that is sexually different from the original one.

"Even in cases where the declared gender dysphoria in prepuberty is confirmed in adolescence, the developmental arrest [by puberty blockade] cannot result in a body that is sexually different from the original one."

https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=627677&post_id=96838603&utm_source=post-email-title&isFreemail=true&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMDg3MTI0MTUsInBvc3RfaWQiOjk2ODM4NjAzLCJpYXQiOjE2NzM4MjIzMTAsImV4cCI6MTY3NjQxNDMxMCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTYyNzY3NyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.RYzxei2DkFVwvC3FNrmzSpjdNYhZCaTtQ_pCs7qLIDs The Italian Psychoanalytic Society has written to the country’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressing “great concern” about the use of puberty blockers with children and calling for “rigorous scientific discussion” of youth gender problems. The letter dated 12 January 2023 is believed to be the first time that a health professional body in Italy has put on the public record its concern about medicalised gender change for minors, according to the parents’ group Genitori de Gender. “The debate in Italy is still very lacking, and even the most important information, such as Sweden's abandonment of the ‘gender affirmative’ [medical] protocol, finds little or no space in the [Italian] media,” said a representative of the group, which was formed in the European spring last year. The letter to Ms Meloni — who in a 2022 speech declared “yes to sexual identity, no to gender ideology” — sets out several reasons why it might not be a good idea to prescribe drugs that interrupt the natural development of children. “The diagnosis of gender dysphoria at prepubertal age is based on the statements of the individuals concerned and cannot be subject to careful evaluation while the development of sexual identity is still in progress,” the letter says. “Only a minority of children who state that they do not identify with their [biological] sex confirm this position in adolescence, after puberty. “To suspend or prevent a [child’s] psychosexual development pending the maturation of a stable identity definition is contradictory to the fact that this development is a central factor in the definition process. “Even in cases where the declared gender dysphoria in prepuberty is confirmed in adolescence, the developmental arrest [by puberty blockade] cannot result in a body that is sexually different from the original one. “The sexual development of one's own body, even when it contradicts an [opposite-sex] internal orientation, allows an erotic fulfilment that a 'blocked' or manipulated body does not offer.”