Transgenderism on Trial
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UPDATES
6/28/23: Landmark Study Shows Higher Suicide Risk for Transgender People
6/19/23: What about the longer term? According to "(t)he most thorough follow-up of sex-reassigned people—extending over 30 years and conducted in Sweden..., (t)en to 15 years after surgical reassignment, the suicide rate of those who had undergone sex-reassignment surgery rose to 20 times that of comparable peers." [Heritage Foundation]
6/2/23: The head of a transgender clinic publishes a study finding transgender surgeries do not improve mental health and actually make patients feel lonelier.
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Debunking ‘Your Child Will Commit Suicide If Not Allowed to Transition’
The merchants selling gender transition services often make the outrageous claim ‘your child will commit suicide if not allowed to transition.’ Researchers making this claim were later debunked by other analysts who pointed out the original data showed transgender drugs and surgery made no improvement in depression in the kids who were studied. On hearing the news, the University of Washington which participated in the original study decided to keep quiet about it instead of correcting the inaccuracies that had appeared in media accounts.
Separately, a science journalist dug into the seven studies transgender ideologues frequently cite as justification for rushing children into chemical transitioning and found all the studies to be flawed. The flaws include:
As a group, the studies do not support the proposition that giving kids puberty blockers or hormones significantly improves their mental health. And they certainly do not support the transgender activists who hold a gun to parents’ heads and tell them their kids will commit suicide if the kids aren’t given the drugs.
Not only is the narrative phony, it’s the exact opposite of the truth. A newer study found:
Moreover, a 2011 Swedish study followed 324 transgender-identified people who had undergone sex reassignment surgery and found that after surgery, these adults were nearly 5 times more likely to attempt suicide and nearly 20 times more likely to commit suicide than the general population. (Parent Resource Guide p. 26).
The whistleblower who exposed the unscrupulous practices at the gender clinic in St. Louis said the clinic’s actions actually made impressionable mixed-up kids more suicidal. “I have seen puberty blockers worsen the mental health outcomes of children,” the whistleblower said. “Children who have not contemplated suicide before being put on puberty blockers have attempted suicide after.” The clinic doesn’t track negative outcomes so they don’t have to report them to new patients, the whistleblower believes.
Lies, misrepresentations, false claims, hiding data, remaining silent when proven wrong, ignoring contrary studies - what more do you need to conclude the charlatans who engage in high pressure tactics like the suicide ploy are up to no good?
- Stop Child Genital Mutilation
Stop the Chop Shops!
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UPDATES
6/28/23: Landmark Study Shows Higher Suicide Risk for Transgender People
6/19/23: What about the longer term? According to "(t)he most thorough follow-up of sex-reassigned people—extending over 30 years and conducted in Sweden..., (t)en to 15 years after surgical reassignment, the suicide rate of those who had undergone sex-reassignment surgery rose to 20 times that of comparable peers." [Heritage Foundation]
6/2/23: The head of a transgender clinic publishes a study finding transgender surgeries do not improve mental health and actually make patients feel lonelier.
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Debunking ‘Your Child Will Commit Suicide If Not Allowed to Transition’
The merchants selling gender transition services often make the outrageous claim ‘your child will commit suicide if not allowed to transition.’ Researchers making this claim were later debunked by other analysts who pointed out the original data showed transgender drugs and surgery made no improvement in depression in the kids who were studied. On hearing the news, the University of Washington which participated in the original study decided to keep quiet about it instead of correcting the inaccuracies that had appeared in media accounts.
Separately, a science journalist dug into the seven studies transgender ideologues frequently cite as justification for rushing children into chemical transitioning and found all the studies to be flawed. The flaws include:
- failure to track test subjects over time
- a false claim kids on puberty blockers ultimately feel better
- false comparisons resulting from test subjects not on medicine dropping out of the study
- attributing causation to the drugs when no causation was actually shown, and
- hiding the raw data from other researchers.
As a group, the studies do not support the proposition that giving kids puberty blockers or hormones significantly improves their mental health. And they certainly do not support the transgender activists who hold a gun to parents’ heads and tell them their kids will commit suicide if the kids aren’t given the drugs.
Not only is the narrative phony, it’s the exact opposite of the truth. A newer study found:
- ... strong evidence for the claim that suicides among young people have increased significantly since 2010 in states that have a policy allowing minors to access routine health care without parental consent....
- In the past several years, the suicide rate among those ages 12 to 23 has become significantly higher in states that have a provision that allows minors to receive routine health care without parental consent than in states without such a provision. Before 2010, these two groups of states did not differ in their youth suicide rates. Starting in 2010, when puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones became widely available, elevated suicide rates in states where minors can more easily access those medical interventions became observable.
- Rather than being protective against suicide, this pattern indicates that easier access by minors to cross-sex medical interventions without parental consent is associated with higher risk of suicide.
Moreover, a 2011 Swedish study followed 324 transgender-identified people who had undergone sex reassignment surgery and found that after surgery, these adults were nearly 5 times more likely to attempt suicide and nearly 20 times more likely to commit suicide than the general population. (Parent Resource Guide p. 26).
The whistleblower who exposed the unscrupulous practices at the gender clinic in St. Louis said the clinic’s actions actually made impressionable mixed-up kids more suicidal. “I have seen puberty blockers worsen the mental health outcomes of children,” the whistleblower said. “Children who have not contemplated suicide before being put on puberty blockers have attempted suicide after.” The clinic doesn’t track negative outcomes so they don’t have to report them to new patients, the whistleblower believes.
Lies, misrepresentations, false claims, hiding data, remaining silent when proven wrong, ignoring contrary studies - what more do you need to conclude the charlatans who engage in high pressure tactics like the suicide ploy are up to no good?