Your numbers are all from Do No Harm, which offers no independent sources for them. I couldn't find a single cite for those claims anywhere else. "Take our word for it" doesn't fill one with confidence, especially coming from an organization with such an obvious agenda.
"Do No Harm" is a right wing organization which, like so many of thos…
Your numbers are all from Do No Harm, which offers no independent sources for them. I couldn't find a single cite for those claims anywhere else. "Take our word for it" doesn't fill one with confidence, especially coming from an organization with such an obvious agenda.
"Do No Harm" is a right wing organization which, like so many of those organizations, has an excessive interest in anything involving sex, gender or anything else it considers "woke" (which appears to be quite a lot). Especially someone else's sex and gender. One need only look at their web site and look at the headlines to figure that out. Or read up on the people behind it, e.g. https://www.statnews.com/2022/10/17/uptodate-racism-problem-stanley-goldfarb/
Also, you have misrepresented the NHS study (which, I suspect, you either did not read or looked over selectively for something that appeared to support your agenda). I actually read it. I invite anyone else who is interested to do the same. And to also look at the extreme political agenda behind "Stop No Harm."
In any case, it's interesting (as I noted earlier) how excessively interested in this subject some people are, even to the point of injecting their excessive interest in forums that have nothing to do with it. What would Freud say, I wonder?
P.S. Sex and gender are not synonyms. Gender dysphoria is real. It is true that reliable numbers are hard to come by since, as the NHS study notes, definitions are still not as clear as they should be. Citing raw numbers is meaningless since they don't take into account the increase in overall population. And since the medical interventions for gender dysphoria are still relatively new (it wasn't even in the DSM until 1980), it's difficult to make historical comparisons. It's like looking at the increase in cataract surgery numbers and then assuming that there's something suspicious about them.
Here are some earlier numbers from Reuters, less comprehensive because they are based on a smaller set of records:
>The Komodo analysis of insurance claims found 56 genital surgeries among patients ages 13 to 17 with a prior gender dysphoria diagnosis from 2019 to 2021.
>Among teens, “top surgery” to remove breasts is more common. In the three years ending in 2021, at least 776 mastectomies were performed in the United States on patients ages 13 to 17 with a gender dysphoria diagnosis, according to Komodo’s data analysis of insurance claims. This tally does not include procedures that were paid for out of pocket.
>At least 14,726 minors started hormone treatment with a prior gender dysphoria diagnosis from 2017 through 2021, according to the Komodo analysis.
The exponential growth is bad because of the fact that every thorough evidence review has concluded that these procedures have little to no value and the prospect to do great harm. The AAP promised its own evidence review over a year ago but has done nothing.
Your numbers are all from Do No Harm, which offers no independent sources for them. I couldn't find a single cite for those claims anywhere else. "Take our word for it" doesn't fill one with confidence, especially coming from an organization with such an obvious agenda.
"Do No Harm" is a right wing organization which, like so many of those organizations, has an excessive interest in anything involving sex, gender or anything else it considers "woke" (which appears to be quite a lot). Especially someone else's sex and gender. One need only look at their web site and look at the headlines to figure that out. Or read up on the people behind it, e.g. https://www.statnews.com/2022/10/17/uptodate-racism-problem-stanley-goldfarb/
Also, you have misrepresented the NHS study (which, I suspect, you either did not read or looked over selectively for something that appeared to support your agenda). I actually read it. I invite anyone else who is interested to do the same. And to also look at the extreme political agenda behind "Stop No Harm."
In any case, it's interesting (as I noted earlier) how excessively interested in this subject some people are, even to the point of injecting their excessive interest in forums that have nothing to do with it. What would Freud say, I wonder?
P.S. Sex and gender are not synonyms. Gender dysphoria is real. It is true that reliable numbers are hard to come by since, as the NHS study notes, definitions are still not as clear as they should be. Citing raw numbers is meaningless since they don't take into account the increase in overall population. And since the medical interventions for gender dysphoria are still relatively new (it wasn't even in the DSM until 1980), it's difficult to make historical comparisons. It's like looking at the increase in cataract surgery numbers and then assuming that there's something suspicious about them.
Here's some history from the APA for you to ignore, but others may find it useful: https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/diversity/education/transgender-and-gender-nonconforming-patients/gender-dysphoria-diagnosis
Also the Mayo Clinic: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/gender-dysphoria/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20475262
Here are some earlier numbers from Reuters, less comprehensive because they are based on a smaller set of records:
>The Komodo analysis of insurance claims found 56 genital surgeries among patients ages 13 to 17 with a prior gender dysphoria diagnosis from 2019 to 2021.
>Among teens, “top surgery” to remove breasts is more common. In the three years ending in 2021, at least 776 mastectomies were performed in the United States on patients ages 13 to 17 with a gender dysphoria diagnosis, according to Komodo’s data analysis of insurance claims. This tally does not include procedures that were paid for out of pocket.
>At least 14,726 minors started hormone treatment with a prior gender dysphoria diagnosis from 2017 through 2021, according to the Komodo analysis.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-transyouth-data/
The exponential growth is bad because of the fact that every thorough evidence review has concluded that these procedures have little to no value and the prospect to do great harm. The AAP promised its own evidence review over a year ago but has done nothing.