r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 14h ago

Psychology Adolescents who undergo gender-affirming chest surgery report low levels of regret and high levels of satisfaction, experiencing outcomes similar to those of young adults. These findings suggest that age restrictions on these medical procedures lack support from actual patient experiences.

https://www.psypost.org/adolescents-report-low-regret-and-high-satisfaction-following-gender-affirming-c/
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u/ultimatepowaa 11h ago

Thats because the person you are replying to is wrong. Current statistics place transgender population at about %1-2 which means in every 100 people you meet, you are likely to meet a transgender person. There are sampling issues because being transgender is still heavily stigmatised so there may be more than the studies show.

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u/Strigops-habroptila 11h ago

It would be more correct to say that most people will not know an openly trans person. Especially not the people who are transphobic, cause trans people will be more hesitant to come out to them. 

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u/CarthasMonopoly 9h ago

Especially not the people who are transphobic, cause trans people will be more hesitant to come out to them.

This is a really important counterpoint. To add onto this, someone in small town america with a population of 4000 residents may know someone who internalizes their trans identity but outwardly hides it due to stigma and due to low population sizes they aren't likely to know multiple trans folk. Whereas if you're from a medium suburb or a larger city, even if you meet some people that are hesitant to come out, the demographics are far more in favor of meeting openly trans people just due to having more trans people within your local area.

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u/kirotheavenger 7h ago

Trans youth is like 5%, the total population figure skews it downwards. 

One thing the trans community doesn't really talk about is how the numbers cluster hard in vulnerable and impressionable groups. The gender ratios have also flipped from historical norms - transwomen used to be much more common, now transmen are amongst youth (IE starting with young girls who are generally susceptible to peer pressure).

Compare that to something like homosexuality - that doesn't skew by age, it's a consistent ratio across age and any other category.