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LA County Probation Department Force-Femmes Boy, 16

tired, confused nation unclear how that plays into things

Ok a lot of replies are focusing on the “psychiatry as instrument of statist control” angle, that this was formally treatment for “Oppositional Defiant Disorder”, congratulations, you win a free e-meter and a Thomas Szasz book, but like

“Estrogen is not a treatment for ODD. I can’t be more emphatic about that,” McGough said. “You won’t find a reference anywhere that supports the use of estrogen for ODD.”

The lawsuit described the treatment as “experimental.” The doctor who prescribed the estrogen, Danny Wang, could not be reached for comment.

It really seems possible this was a case of some doctor abusing his power to literally force-femme a guy