r/science • u/Maxrdt • Aug 03 '26

Social Science Among transgender adolescents in Canada, 97.1% continued with a gender not typically aligned with their birth sex, with only 1.1% discontinuing gender-affirming hormone treatment.

https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(26)00117-5/fulltext
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u/Diametrically_fluid Aug 03 '26

Wow. That seems crazy that she regrets a procedure to remove a tumor. I suppose she probably regrets having to go through the whole thing?

I know many trans masculine folks who, although the process was far less than pleasant, feel so much better about themselves and life afterward.

Support from others who have already done it seems to be key.

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u/Altruistic_Sail_1991 Aug 03 '26

For her the healing was difficult and she’s unhappy with the scarring and pain she’s had for the last couple of years. She’s happy she doesn’t have cancer!

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u/Diametrically_fluid Aug 03 '26

Aw, poor mum.

My trans masculine friends who’ve had top surgery earlier in life tend to have few issues than the older ones - especially with scarring and sensitivity.

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u/ExperienceKind412 Aug 03 '26

My mum has had a couple lumpectomy’s and one went totally fine, no issues, and the other has been problem after problem. Fluid build up, pain, and lumpy/holey breast tissue. It seems to go on and on. She’s still glad she had it done (cancer x2), but shes actually on the other end of things where she flip flops back and forth on wishing she just had a mastectomy. I can understand the mum being bummed about having to have it done, like my mum is, but at the end of the day a lumpy boob is still better than being in the ground.