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146 of 151 breast reductions performed on minors in 2019 were on cisgender boys.
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Which is still gender affirming care. In general far more cis people get GAC than trans people do.
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Yep. Heck, even Dwayne Johnson has had gender affirming surgery to treat gynecomastia.
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Ironically, loooong before I realized I was trans, I had a double gynecomastectomy as a 'man'. I didn't even want it; was at a routine physical and the doctor said "Oh, you know we can remove those for you?"
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(I mean, I did want it, even if I regret it now. But the doctor was the one who brought it up, not me)
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It sounds like the 151 number is excluding breast reductions given to cisgender girls
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yep, i should have said “performed on boys” instead of “performed on minors”
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If anything it strengthens the point of course—cis kids get these procedures all the time for all kinds of gender-affirming reasons
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I knew a girl in high school who got a breast reduction because she just had huge boobs and they were hurting her back
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when i was a teen, i first got the idea of reducing my breasts bc i worried about my back. i wish i’d have been able to pursue it (alas, poor), even if i later realized i mostly wanted them gone for Gender Reasons.
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Saying children under 18 shouldn't get surgeries unless it is provably required for their health and well being is usually pretty uncontroversial but the issue is when only certain people are completely forbidden surgeries under any circumstances even when they are necessary for wellbeing