Evan Urquhart

who said ROGD is massively common? have you ever interviewed a kid who believes they had it?

A kid who believes they have what, exactly? There's no such condition.

a kid who thinks that they thought they were trans, for a time, because of social ifnluence rather than a deep-seated identity -- whatever you wanna call it

I've interviewed people who experimented with different modes of identity in adolescence. I've never interviewed someone who thinks the trans lobby tricked them into pretending to be transgender, but the world is large, I have heard of such people and don't deny their existence.

However, there's no evidence I'm aware of that their idiosyncratic way of telling the story of their adolescent identity experimentation is a medical diagnosis, or widespread, or what have you.

This is an impossible conversation because you won't stop putting words in my mouth Me: It's hard to study GD kids You: So you're saying ROGD is super common??? Me: Have you talked to a kid who thinks they had it? You: So you're saying the "trans lobby" is to blame??? SIGH

You're upset because, in a comment (not an article) I said it was easy to study GD kids, when what I probably should have said was that if ROGD existed real researchers would be able to find evidence of it. I guess I... apologize for slightly exaggerating in an internet comment?

I just think a lot of otherwise smart people writing about this subject haven't done basic legwork on all the messy clinical stuff. But this is like in the 10th percentile of fuckups on this issue. I also recognize how concepts like ROGD can be weaponized. Briefly: It would be