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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) spent at least $17,576,200
since (https://bit.ly/3CZnOy0) 2008 researching the impact of puberty
blockers and cross-sex hormones, NIH records show, drugs that are
already widely administered to children who identity as transgender.
Researchers used NIH funds to study the impact these medications
have on bone density and strength, reproduction, immunity,
cardiometabolism and mental health, along with several other issues.
Most of these grants were issued after 2017 as interest in the
subject grew, although some date back as early as 2008.
Although researchers are still learning about the long-term effects
of these drugs and whether they actually help reduce depression and
suicide rates for youths, they are already widely administered to
children who identify as transgender; the Gender Identity
Development Service at Tavistock in the U.K., the largest pediatric
gender clinic in the world, has referred about 1,000 patients to
endocrinologists to be assessed for puberty blockers, a spokesperson
told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
The NIH gave the Children's Hospital Los Angeles more than $7.7
million in grants for a project studying the impact of puberty
blocking drugs and cross-sex hormones on children as young as 8,
according to various documents reviewed by the DCNF.
The study aims (https://bit.ly/3AOFeei) to determine whether early
medical interventions for youths reduce the health issues that
disproportionately impact transgender people, including anxiety,
depression, substance abuse and suicide. Researchers observed 391
patients aged 8 to 20 at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles, the
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and the
Benioff Children's Hospital; 90 went on puberty blockers and 301
went on cross-sex hormones, researchers reported.
"Ultimately, we aim to understand if early medical intervention
reduces the health disparities well known to disproportionately
affect transgender individuals across their lifespan," researchers
wrote. "The lack of data supporting medical interventions for
transgender youth, combined with a shortage of providers
knowledgeable of the complex psychosocial risk factors facing
these young people, contributes to a health disparity and public
health crisis of considerable magnitude."
An activist who goes by Billboard Chris drew attention to the NIH
grants online (https://bit.ly/3KKEDPj), highlighting the young age
of some of the participants in this taxpayer-funded study.