We already know the schtick:
“Your child will commit suicide if he/she doesn’t get the affirming care they need. It’s science.”
It was the go-to arguement that was used against me when I argued against forcing children to harm themselves.
I just went looking for an article I remember on suicde rates for people who had “transitioned.” There are now some articles stating that a “successful transition” reduced the urge to commit suicide. So, the answer is either fifty percent of transitioned people attempt or commit suicide or, successfully transitioned people are fifty percent less likely to commit suicide. Ordinarily, I might condense a few articles to present the data, but the whole subject just leaves me cold.
Practically everyone I’ve known who got a tattoo early in life has expressed some regret. But cutting off body parts?! Oh, yeah, I can only imagine the regret for that. Also, I read a statement from a doctor who said, “What people don’t realize is if they block puberty, transition or not, those people will NEVER have an orgasm.” Somehow, in a super-sexualized society, I’ve never seen that statement anywhere else.
This is probably my last ever post on this subject as it makes me nauseous.
I harbor a deep and abiding mistrust of these soft science types.