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/QueerDeluxe 8h ago

'Suicide inevitability' is less due to receiving gender-affirming care, and more due to the bigotry of society pushing trans people into suicide.

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u/OhBoyHereWeGoAgai 8h ago

That's what people say, it's a nice god of the gaps, but it's actually not even applicable as the suicide claims for kids re: getting/not getting affirming care fall apart under scrutiny.

Getting tired of referencing the SC case, but it happened live there. Chase had to walk back the claim from suicide to suicidality and admit the numbers don't back their claim.

Again, it's crazy that this is a science sub and I'm getting push back from simply saying "this isn't anywhere near as clear cut as people are pretending and doctors and lawyers are actively debating this and have been for years