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by peanutcrisis 1078 days ago
I'd strongly recommend anyone interested in this topic to find sources outside of the US. The foundation of these studies are largely dubious, consistent with the kind of replication crisis you see in the medical field. Throw activism into the mix and these sources are now biased towards certain outcomes.

For those who lean left, I strongly recommend reading up on Hannah Barnes' book, "Time to Think". The UK and the EU have deemed "gender-affirming care" experimental with US holding out. This should definitely give some pause.
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anaisbetts 1078 days ago
> EU have deemed "gender-affirming care" experimental

This is a lie that Gender Critical people keep repeating, it is simply untrue. The EU continues to treat transgender children according to the same scientifically studied standards of care that they have in the past

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peanutcrisis 1075 days ago
For those reading, comments are an unreliable proxy for politicised topics such as this. As such, if you want to be certain about what your beliefs are (as opposed to blindly inheriting the opinions held by your bubble), always go to the original sources.

For those who wish to validate the claims of my original comment and that of the person replying me, you can check out sources outside of the US, especially Sweden and the UK (i.e. The Cass Report, Hannah Barnes of the BBC), and comments by progenitors of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM).

A good place to start is an investigative feature published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ): https://www.bmj.com/content/380/bmj.p382

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