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Originally Posted by OptimalTates
The article doesn't mention specific research unless I missed it. Reading a bit more about the characters involved, at least from probably bias sources, it seems that the opinions they are trying to "suppress" are entirely because the research doesn't support their opinions. Namely that detransition due to regret is relatively insignificant at 0.5-2.0% according to current studies.
Their argument is that we can likely see this number increase due to shoddy patient care but really haven't provided much evidence if any. And even then their argument appears to be crappy doctors, not crappy policies.
Care to provide examples of what research is being suppressed?
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The research into adolescent onset gender dysphoria.
Trans activists (and activists of all stripes) rarely have much patience for the nuances and tradeoffs revealed by science. The pressure towards gender affirmation is real. Just because it might be the best choice in 90 per cent of cases doesn’t mean skepticism and caution should be treated with hostility.
Keep in mind that the studies on attitudes towards de-transitioning are mostly based on people who transitioned decades ago, before the recent explosion in the numbers of adolescents reporting dysphoria. Given that it’s increasingly common today to see improbable clusters of five or six adolescents who know one another reporting dysphoria, there’s reason to believe there are sometimes social influences at play. And recognizing that isn’t an attack on transgendered individuals - it’s science.