Luka was 15 when she was first encouraged by her therapist to come out as transgender while she was hospitalized for mental health issues. A surgeon removed her breasts when she was 16 in a “gender-affirming” double mastectomy, and she went on cross-sex hormones soon after, which permanently changed her face, body and voice.
A young woman expressed regret about medically transitioning to the opposite sex in a series of videos posted from her anonymous Twitter account Thursday.
Adolescents assigned female at birth account for a significant majority of minors receiving gender-affirming care, including top surgery, fueling debate about the influence of peer groups and social media.
Worried parents describe their kids binge-watching YouTube videos that drive an urgency to transition and instruct minors how to obtain hormones quickly , says 2018 study.
Dr Sidhbh Gallagher is accused of deceptively nudging vulnerable teens into sex change operations to her hundreds of thousands of followers on TikTok and other social media platforms.