Literally nobody is suggesting surgery on children. Straw man arguments do nothing productive when it comes to discussing gender affirmation for children.

The “procedures” in question are very reversible. There are very very few people advocating for surgery for minors under 16 years of age. Trans affirming healthcare involves hormone blockers, which simply delay the process of puberty, which is an irreversible process.

This issue is a personal medical issue that should be between a patient and their doctors/therapists.

Transgenderism is a mindset you are born with, and when children feel so uncomfortable in the bodies they are born with, they should have the right to make adjustments to better their mental health.

There has been scientific evidence to prove that those who are transgender have higher similarities with the brain of the gender they identify with. The youngest person to CHOSE to have SURGERY was 16. It is often that medical professionals will force intersex children to fit societal standards but no on is upset about that. Gender affirming care has been proven to reduce suicide by 70%.

How mature of you to use mental disability to describe someone.

Seriously, no one is allowing children to just get random surgeries on a whim. People have to go through years of psychological therapy before medical professionals even think about allowing them on blockers, much less hormone replacement or surgical procedures. If a child is under 18, they have to have parental/guardian permission to even go through with these medical steps. If parental/guardian permission is given before 18, surgeries and hormone replacement are not even allowed until later in this person's transition unles…  Read mores it is an extremely special circumstance. Most surgeons refuse to operate on someone who is under 16.