Third, vanishingly few regret their transition. Out of 3,300 patients, fewer than 10 received care and later detransitioned. Despite the remarkable consistency of this finding in other studies, the report dedicates a huge amount of space to the possibility of regret.

is there a statistical reason for them to say fewer than 10 rather than just giving the number? i'm imagining it was like 3 and this was as big as they could make the number seem

It reminds me of my mother, who was married and had two kids by the age of 20 and spent my whole life bemoaning not going to law school, telling me how much people who get tattoos and piercings regret it later.

Every time the % of people who detransition or regret transitioning is brought up, it's useful to point out that the % of people who regret other surgeries is muuuuch higher.

And they conveniently avoid acknowledging or platforming the many detrans folks who DO NOT REGRET THEIR TRANSITION and who remain some degree of trans/NB/GNC-identified or strongly trans-allied

The report also dedicates considerable attention to the rising number of trans-identified youth, chalking this up to mental health issues, social media use and peer pressure (note "transgender narratives" in the second chart). All of this is totally irrelevant to its core research question.

Thank you for using alt text!!!! 💛

And we don’t know why they detransition - I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of it is related to the stigma of being trans.

If we are going to prevent regret mabye we should eliminate student loans and graduate school instead of gender transitions.

fewer than 10 out of 3,000? that is a tiny fraction of the regret rate for tonsillectomies or appendectomies!!!