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by mchanson 3199 days ago
Anorexia has a bad outcome (death).

Being transgender, even if we accept your premise, doesn’t.

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Transgender people have an alarmingly high suicide rate. It appears that about 40% of transgender people attempt suicide, while anorexia results in death for about 4% of those afflicted.
Note that suicide attempts and death are not 1:1. I expect the rate of suicide deaths is still higher than 4% in transgender people, but it isn't the same as the attempt rate.

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/means-matter/