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small point from this excellent post

a common two-step by anti-trans medical activists is to demand a higher burden of proof for the benefits of trans care than for alleged drawbacks

the Swedish anti-trans care guidelines demanded RCTs for the benefits, then cited anecdotes of detransition
Compared to the decades of research conducted into the benefits of gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender youth, what’s now unfolding in states that have banned access is fraught and untested water. As Dr. Kellan Baker of the DC-based Whitman-Walker Institute, told Slate: What’s actually happening is a really cruel science experiment, where trans kids who are happy and healthy—under the care of their doctors, with the support of their parents—are now being forcibly taken off their medication, which is absolutely medically contraindicated. And we know it’s going to hurt them. And so the effect of this experiment seems to be: Just how badly will we hurt them? A systematic review published in 2022 by the Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services [2] shows that the state of knowledge largely remains unchanged compared to 2015. High quality trials such as RCTs are still lacking and the evidence on treatment efficacy and safety is still insufficient and inconclusive for all reported outcomes. Further, it is not possi- ble to determine how common it is for adolescents who undergo gender-affirming treatment to later change their perception of their gender identity or interrupt an ongoing treatment. An important difference compared to 2015 however, is that the occurrence of detransition among young adults is now documented [3], mean- ing that the uncertain evidence that indicates a low prevalence of treatment interruptions or any aspects of regret is no longer unchal- lenged. Although the prevalence of detransition is still unknown, the knowledge that it occurs and that genderconfirming treatment thus may lead to a deteriorating of health and quality of life (i.e. harm), is important for the overall judgement and recommendation.
March 17, 2024 at 3:51 PM
cultcabinet.bsky.social
lijkt meer op genderconfirming bias
July 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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