Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and “detransitioning” is rare.
even for the small percentage of kids who do detransition, it shouldn’t be cause for alarm. kids should be allowed to experiment freely and if they find something doesn’t fit we shouldn’t shame them for it
To follow on that, for the unaware, the majority of trans affirming care under 18 is social in nature. When they do get meds it’s puberty blockers. If they decide it’s not for them they’ll go through puberty as normal, just delayed by a bit.
Almost no one under 18 is getting full HRT, much less surgery. Hell, trans adults who want surgery struggle to get it as is, often requiring an insane number of hoops.
(Am trans, happy to answer any questions)
I don’t think theres any amount of scientific study thats going to change the loud minority of people who are anti transitioning. They would look at this study and see that the brainwashing is complete, and “they” could do it to anyone, and the people studied aren’t to be trusted.
The only evidence I need to support the medical consensus is to see that suicidal ideation rates are lower in people who transition that have gender dysphoria, and the handful of sad boys I knew who are now happy girls post transition.
Studies like this aren’t useful against the minority of bigots. It is very useful to counter the shit they put out.
Studies like this give concrete facts that can be used to counter nebulous opinions in the uninformed. There will always be the bigots out there, but we need to cut down the uninformed supporters they rely on to spread their shit.
You’re probably right. I don’t like it, but they don’t care about the science.
To me though, this is a breath of fresh air because it will re-enforce the relief and other good feelings that people who transition feel and perhaps quell some of their doubts and fears. I consider that a net positive.
The 94% in the heading feels a little misleading, that doesn’t include the 3.5% that identified as non binary at the end.
Very interesting read.
yeah, it’s v weird & ill-informed of them to not count nonbinary people as trans. even the way they shove these two sentences into one paragraph, as though being nonbinary is somehow detransitioning:
One thing to consider is that this study began almost a decade ago, in 2013, and the way we frame transitioning and “detransitioning” has been evolving. When the researchers started the study, no one they interviewed identified as nonbinary or used they/them pronouns, Olson told NBC News.i’m pretty sure nonbinary people were trans before 2013, but those researchers also had plenty of time to, y’know, do research on it in the meantime 😬
i’ve seen some nonbinary people who don’t identify as trans, which doesn’t make sense to me, but people can call themselves what they want
Some choose so, due to not going through HRT and etc.
i agree that people can call themselves whatever they want, they know themselves best!
these researchers don’t have the right to make that decision for others, though.
Being trans is really about changing your actual body. Not all people want to change their body. Nonbinary is just about not putting yourself in either category. I am nonbinary and transfem. I like to look fem but I’m still masc in some ways and also tomboyish.
see i’m with those who believe if you change your physical body you are not only transgender but transsexual, though i know some have a problem with the latter term. as someone who’s had surgery i like being able to specify.
the definition of transgender i’m going by is that trans = not your biological sex. so if a nonbinary person does not identify with their biological sex, they are not cisgender. and not cis is… trans. but again, this is just my definition. everyone’s gonna have their own way of defining their reality.
Just like gender these words don’t really have much concrete meaning. IDC how people identify. I think it’s interesting.
