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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Replying to @bax_ster @elliotreed and
I say it because when someone is suffering and in pain and there is an obvious way to relieve that distress and you choose not to provide it that makes you an evil person
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Replying to @bax_ster @elliotreed and
Ah, the "It Doesn't Get Better, Actually" argument Doesn't say what you think it says any more than it did when a homophobic pastor tried it on Dan Savage
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Replying to @bax_ster @elliotreed and
This whole abstract says in a very longwinded way, repeatedly, that they have no data at all on the effect of transition on lifetime suicidal ideation Just that they're horrified that it's generally high among trans people, including trans people with access to transition
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Replying to @arthur_affect @bax_ster and
None of this is news to anyone who knows anything The implication they're pushing that "Therefore, it would be better to NOT be trans", has just one tiny problem, assuming that there's a way to magically cure transness
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Replying to @arthur_affect @bax_ster and
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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