Evan Urquhart

Can you really not see that wave, it’s already clearly happening

No support for it in the data. I'll believe in it when it's more than anecdotes, and not a moment before.

Setting aside detrans experiences as anecdotes too rare to care about is cruel & shortsighted. All detrans stories show where we can do better for any patient dx’d with dysphoria.

It's not about caring, it's about comparing apples to apples. All treatments have failure rates. The data determine which treatments are likely to be helpful, not compassion for those with a poor experience. Trans care should be held to the same standards of other medicine.

Considering that we are seeing cases like these, and considering we are making irreversible changes based on a model that is still not flawless, it should be held to a higher standard. Why is it a problem when detrans people demand more scrutiny into this model? We want better.

It's a problem when trans medical care is held to a standard that no other treatment in the world is subject to. False postives exist in all medicine, as do negative outcomes and treatment-resistant cases.

When you ask whether a treatment is safe and effective, you base it on the total statistical picture, not on making sure the rare negative outcomes never happen.

Exactly, you base it on the total statistical picture, including the rare negative outcomes. Sweeping the influx of detrans under the rug is not the best move for better transgender healthcare. If we can do better why stop here?