That's because they count "desistance" as ANYONE who shows ANY level of gender-nonconforming behavior as a child and then shows less of it after adolescence This framing of this study by TERFs is wildly, viciously dishonest
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It is exactly equivalent to homophobes yelling "Well you know what, a lot of gay guys living in the Castro and being out and proud etc are still very unhappy! High rates of alcoholism and suicide!" Yeah no shit, childhood trauma doesn't vanish like the morning dew
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But when you say shit like "And THAT proves that coming out of the closet doesn't make you any happier than if you didn't come out, so being closeted should be socially encouraged on the off chance it turns you straight", [citation needed]
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