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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-959/
- Published: 2024-04-28T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-28T03:52:07.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-06-28 02:24

> The debate over gender identity has gained in prominence in recent years and, to what will be my enduring shame, I chose not to confront it. \[…\]  
>  
> That [puberty blockers](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/health/puberty-blockers-transgender.html?ref=goodoil.news), hormone treatments and gender-affirming surgery are a mistake. That we are damaging and potentially sterilising children because of an ideology. \[…\]  
>  
> Puberty is an essential aspect of human development. At the time the   
> local Ministry of Health addressed puberty blockers and confidently   
> asserted they were safe, reversible, and gave young people time to   
> consider their identity. [I see that advice has changed.](https://www.health.govt.nz/news-media/news-items/puberty-blockers-evidence-brief-update?ref=goodoil.news) \[…\]  
>  
> The Cass Report has ended the ability to seek refuge in this sophistry. \[…\]  
>  
> In New Zealand the Ministry of Health is reviewing their use and its report, initially due last year, has been delayed again. \[…\]  
>  
> It is possible that we are looking at a major medical misadventure with a cohort of children having their lives compromised.  
>  
> And too many of us, those with the opportunity and a platform, stood by and said nothing. Because we were afraid of the consequences, because if we did we’d feel compelled to say something, and to say something would come at a cost.  
>  
> So we said nothing. Shame on us. Shame on me.  
>  
> [Stuff](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350255156/damien-grant-pay-attention-review-gender-care-youth?ref=goodoil.news)

“Martyn asks Damien his opinion, not the two politicians… who say NADA about the issue.”

[Read more here](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350255156/damien-grant-pay-attention-review-gender-care-youth?ref=goodoil.news). Discuss it on *The BFD.*

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