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I keep thinking about the puberty blockers stuff and how 13 was deemed "too young" to start blockers. I started puberty at 9 years old. By the time I was 13 I had been having periods for 3 years and very much had boobs.
I have endometriosis which first started being investigated after an onset of intense pain which is still present today. This started when I was 12. I consented to various contraceptive pills between the ages of 12 and 17 (when I was officially diagnosed) and nobody batted an eye
I now take a medication which is used as a puberty blocker to stop my uterus growing the lining which causes me pain. If I had been given that option at 12 my whole relationship with my body, pain, and gender could be different.
Even when I was prescribed the medication I wasn't given any information about it at all, I had to research it myself. I was 17. A doctor happily prescribed it to me because they perceived me to be a cis teenage girl with a hormonal issue.
There's more I could say about the overlaps between youth, transness, disability and powerlessness in medical settings but mostly I just want to say that trans kids know who they are and gatekeeping of medical transition helps no one
