But the protocol seems to indicate they SHOULDN’T treat trans adolescents. Because most family doctors won’t have the right training. What most doctors should actually do is refer their patients to someone with proper training.

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the WPATH standards have been very recently updated in a very comprehensive fashion, so there might be a number of assessments about the previous version still circulating, that point at weaknesses that don't exist anymore.

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This suggests a narrative that is both inaccurate to the reality of the situation and disingenuous to the data we have. Regret rates are very low (<5%) for individuals who undergo hormone replacement therapy or other gender affirming therapies: https://www.genderhq.org/trans-youth-regret-rates-long-term-mental-health

Furthermore, doctors aren't hesitant to prescribe gender-affirming care because it's "forefront" or "experimental" and they don't want the risk. Doctors who don't want to provide gender affirming care are uncomfortable with it because they're uncomfortable with the concept of trans people to begin with. Trans people in the US get refused not only gender-affirming care, but also general care at a staggering rate (>40%): https://www.americanprogress.org/article/protecting-advancing-health-care-transgender-adult-communities/

This narrative frequently parroted about how minors shouldn't have access to gender affirming treatments because they're going to regret it later is also indicative of a lack of understanding of trans people as a population. People don't just "trans their gender" on a whim. Even as an adult who openly identifies as transgender and is socially accepted the act of going on hormones can be extremely difficult. People don't change their entire social identity and open themselves up to mass discrimination and bigotry for a kick, they do it because it's the only way for them to live.

> You don’t want be the doctor standing in court in 5-10 years when the child turns into an adult and happens to regret their choice of undergoing surgery or hormone therapy.

Very few people regret it. Of those who do, they predominantly talk of social issues such as bullying, violence and discrimination. Only a tiny fraction of people stop identifying as trans.

This is something that has been studied and shouldn't be handwaved away so you can make a point on social media.

> it’s on the frontier

It’s not, though. There is nothing new or experimental about any medical care being offered to trans kids or teens, It’s just newly present in the broader cultural awareness.

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