George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Jul 13, 2023
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Show threadZoeInBinaryJul 13, 2023

@georgetakei it's not just surgery.

Transition regret rate as a whole, for both adolescent and adult transitioners, is 3-4%, as detailed in this excellent roundup from March: https://medium.com/@lexi.m.henny/how-common-is-detransition-a-review-of-all-the-evidence-95518e6affe1

How Common is Detransition? A Review of all the Evidence

ABSTRACT: To better constrain estimates of the prevalence of detransition and gender-affirming surgical regret, a wide range of studies (n=34+ original studies and 2 meta-analyses) were reviewed and…

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Show threadmerlin / alex glow
@ZoeInBinary @georgetakei And that doesn't even take into account the heavy external pressure – stigmatization and oppression from society, community, family:
Jul 13, 2023 at 4:44pmWeb
Show threadZoeInBinaryJul 13, 2023

@alexglow @georgetakei this is another, very good point.

I fully expect Florida or Tennessee to put out numbers in a few years with a straight face claiming 90%+ desistance - without mentioning that they legally mandated it. To say nothing of the immense societal stigmas you mentioned.