One of the things that transphobic talking points around the Cass Review (I still hate sharing a name with that dreadful thing) revealed is that a lot of transphobia only works if you don't understand how scientific evidence works.

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Evan Urquhart (@evanurquhart.bsky.social)

It's a smaller jump than people appreciate to go from thinking trans people are lying and/or mistaken to thinking people with major depression are lazy malingerers who just need to power through. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Bluesky Social
@xgranade i feel like the most striking example of this is when they make a big deal about usage of puberty blockers, HRT, etc. being "off-label." clearly counting on their audience to not know how common that is!