In this episode, I talk about my experience with puberty blockers and the impact they had on my life. I also talk about the need for more open debate in the medical field and for the government to no longer be politicised.
00:00:13.660I was then given testosterone, which is a known carcinogen, and it forces you to go through a male-like puberty, which I got a deeper voice.
00:00:26.060My facial hair and body hair started growing in darker and thicker.
00:00:30.000I gained more muscle mass, and it was distributed differently than it would be for a woman, which made me fit differently in clothes.
00:00:40.680But the problem is male clothes still didn't fit properly because I had the bone structure of a woman because I didn't get the puberty blockers before puberty.
00:00:51.020My balance actually went funny because if you're on puberty blockers and testosterone, your breasts essentially deflate.
00:00:59.940And I was also using a chest binder, so it made them squish down.
00:01:03.120So my center of balance actually got shifted.
00:01:05.660Puberty blockers because I did not finish out my puberty properly.
00:01:11.340It stunted my physical growth, my emotional and mental growth.
00:01:15.200It actually keeps you stuck in a teenage-like state mentally because you don't grow up to be able to make those long-term decisions because you're suppressing all of the hormones that are supposed to help you do that.
00:01:25.760So youth need an opportunity to pause and to think.
00:01:32.320As an adult, I thought I was informed.
00:01:35.280I had no idea how politicized the trans lobby has made research.
00:01:42.080And I am pleased to support the policies of Premier Daniel Smith and her government and her stance to end the bullying, especially regards to the doctors and the researchers and the state of the research that there will once again be open debate about what's going on in the medical field.
00:02:11.000And for it to no longer be politicized.