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“This is a great big fat ‘Oh, no,’” Anawalt said in reaction to Hegseth’s announcement. “We’re turning the clock back on rational healthcare. … I’m worried about the ethics. I’m worried about the health consequences. I’m worried about unnecessary evaluations, incorrect assessments, and incorrect diagnoses that lead to inappropriate prescriptions of testosterone.”

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[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 87 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Quoting myself so I don’t have to keep rewriting it:

This isn’t gender affirming care, it’s gender coercive care. Forcing people without symptoms to get a test for low testosterone is clearly pressuring people to “fix” their T levels, regardless of whether that makes sense for them. If it was about health they’d let their doctors address it on an as needed basis.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 35 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

conversion therapy but they're converting people into himbos

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 43 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Himbos are lovable. They're converting them into blind rage machines like themselves

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 21 points 2 days ago

Yeah, it's that thing that conservative media and politicians have been lying about. Saying that children go to school one gender and are forced to change their gender. So that's a lie. It never happened. But now, conservatives are doing the exact thing that they were so concerned about before.

What is it that they say, every accusation is a confession?

[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Are they gonna have a random piss test for it or can a soldier just pop a Total-T the day before their annual eval and pass with flying colors?