vinegarden

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by vinegarden 4y ago
Sounds like he asked some mildly probing questions that challenged the patient's self-beliefs, and Pink News have decided to spin this as being "conversion therapy". Indeed, it's quite telling that the GMC, who have cond
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by vinegarden 4y ago
> It absolutely is a partisan issue There is nothing inherently partisan about disagreeing with the ideology of gender identity and its effects on law and policy. In particular, opposition to this in the UK has been spearheaded by left-w
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by vinegarden 4y ago
Littman's study hasn't been discredited though. It's been robustly critiqued, as one would expect for any research that advances a novel hypothesis. The main issue that people have with her study is that it challenges the oft
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by vinegarden 4y ago
> Trans healthcare for kids does not involve surgery. Surgeries are not performed for people under the age of 18. Unfortunately that is not true. There are surgeons who perform 'gender affirming' double mastectomies on girls as
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by vinegarden 4y ago
Your comment reminds me of a very interesting interview with Dr Az Hakeem, a psychiatrist and psychotherapist who set up group therapy sessions for gender dysphoric patients: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ycqNoareU
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by vinegarden 4y ago
ROGD is the term given to the phenomenon of teenagers with no history of gender dysphoria suddenly announcing a transgender identity, typically after spending massive amounts of time online, and often after a friend has announced that they
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by vinegarden 4y ago
> All rises in incidents of transgenderism are easily explained by a more tolerant society accepting it. This doesn't explain the disproportionate rise in teenage girls seeking treatment at gender clinics though. Here's a fasci