Just to clarify some terms, I think some posters are using "kids" to represent all minors, while others are distinguishing between adolescents (near or at puberty), teens, and children. In an exchange above,
@futureapppsy2 states "no one is giving medical transitions to kids," It is clear that that by "kids" they mean "pre-adolescents," as in the next sentence they say "Adolescence gets a bit hairier."
@futureapppsy2 's post is then challenged first by a poster who says that the statement "no one is giving medical transitions to kids" is incorrect, but then goes on to reference "12, 13, 14, 15", referring to this group as "young children mostly teens." This creates confusion about which specific population the posters are arguing about, and creates a situation where both sides of the argument could be correct. @futureappsy clearly make the distinction between "kids" and "adolescents", while the other poster seemingly lumps the groups together.
@borne_before then provides a journalism piece. The main body reports data on hormone therapies in minors aged 13-17, The article, overall, looks at a population between ages 6-17. In some summary statements, they say "A total of 17,683 patients, ages 6 through 17, with a prior gender dysphoria diagnosis initiated either puberty blockers or hormones or both during the five-year period." As all the data they previously presented specifically on hormone therapy was for the 13-17 age group, this can be a bit misleading, implying that children as young as 6 are undergoing hormone related therapies.
I also think there is some vagueness in the term "transition therapy" . Some may lump together MH therapy and social transitioning with medical interventions. Furthermore, if you separate out non-medical interventions from the meaning of "transition therapy,"
I think it is still important to make the distinction between puberty blockers, other hormonal therapies, and surgeries, as these involve different levels of intrusiveness, risk and irreversibility. For example, saying "there is evidence of transition therapies being used on children" is not specific enough, and some would construe this (or at least disingenuously use it) as meaning, "potentially harmful or irreversible medical transition therapies are being used with 8 year olds."