i hate how so many trans adults treat minors' access to hrt as trivial. it is incredibly fucking isolating for a teenager to be stuck in a prepubescent state. not to mention it marks them as visibly trans if they are clearly the only 17 year old who has not been through puberty, so they can't go stealth (regardless of your opinions on that it should be an option for obvious reasons, especially given the kind of social environment of secondary/high schools).
either force all children to be on puberty blockers till theyre 16/18, or if you accept that 9-12 year olds are old enough to consent to undergo a puberty from their endogenous hormones then they are also old enough to consent to undergo a puberty from exogenous hormones. the source of the hormones doesnt change the capacity to consent to the effects, and there is very real harm done to children by denying them the right to go through puberty.
