chownie said hormones, e.g. testosterone/estrogen, not hormone blockers. You're right, 16 would be too late for most for hormone blockers, and as such it causes immense harm when trans children are prevented from getting blockers earlier, because it causes irreversible changes to occur that strongly correlates with massively increased rates of harmful outcomes (up to and including suicides).

> The blockers are also said to prevent the kids from adapting to their biological gender, leading onto a path to surgery.

Ah, "it is said".

> I am amazed how willing to lie people are in this forum.

Maybe drop the unfounded accusations when you're the one attacking someone for a claim they've not made.