Anonymous #1 4d

Bc it’s a program by the Texas Children’s Hospital

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the fact it exists in the first place is a bullshit hateful political statement

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They’re opening up a clinic to detransition trans kids despite gender-affirming surgery having only a 1% regret rate

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Anonymous #3 4d

…You should probably count the ones that commit suicide. - NIH

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Anonymous #1 4d

Actually, transgender individuals who receive gender-affirming surgery have lower rates of both suicide and suicidal ideation than those who need the surgery but don’t get it The increased suicide risk mostly attributed to social stigma, stress caused by being a member of a discriminated minority group

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Anonymous #1 4d

You can downvote it, it won’t make it less true. Unfortunately. I’m still waiting to hear how theyre “targeting” anyone. It seems like this would be an elective medical service made available for people who decide it’s right for them, just like gender affirming surgery.

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Anonymous #1 4d

Why does this need a separate clinic? Transgender individuals make up ~1% of the population and less than 1% of those individuals eventually want to de-transition, it seems like a massive waste of resources at best, and a targeted message to trans kids that they’re not valued or welcomed at worst

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Anonymous #5 4d

Yeah let’s all report all the comments we don’t like. Great solution

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Anonymous #1 4d

Sounds like a great deal to me!

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Anonymous #3 4d

Why do we put so much funding into transitional surgeries if they’re so few of the population? Again these two things are just two sides of the same coin. Medical care for those with gender dysphoria

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Anonymous #7 4d

Yeah AGAIN - In. What. Way. Are. They. Targeting. Or. Forcing. Anyone. To do anything? If you show me that I will be against this program. But until then it’s an elective service that’s probably the right decision for some people. You are consciously being hyperbolic lmao you don’t even care

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Anonymous #1 4d

Because it reduces the suicide rate of those people, less than 1% of 1% is a very tiny portion of a state or even the country’s population, 1% of Americans is tens of millions of people and 1% of Texans is at least hundreds of thousands

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Anonymous #1 4d

This specific act isn’t specifically targeting trans children, but to pretend Republican politicians aren’t targeting trans children by attempting to ban gender-affirming care for minors is to deny reality

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Anonymous #3 4d

Well according to the NIH this program would also reduce suicide attempt risk. So… again seems pretty mirrored

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Anonymous #1 4d

The NIH never said that, they don’t issue medical policy or endorse specific clinical outcomes for Texas Children’s Hospital Also, there are no conclusive, long-term studies tracking whether detransitioning directly lowers or raises suicide rates due to how rare it is.

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Anonymous #3 4d

I mean if you want to go that route, sure. There aren’t ANY statistically significant cohort studies done for how to provide medical care for people who believe they’re transgender. Every study will state inadequate population or control size. So no, try again.

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Anonymous #1 4d

This actually isn’t true. There are several statistically significant cohort studies, both prospective studies and retrospective studies, that examine how to provide medical care for transgender people. JAMA Network Open published a cohort study that found that transgender youth who started puberty blockers or hormone therapy had 60% lower odds of depression and 73% lower odds of suicidality than those who didn’t

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Anonymous #1 4d

A PubMed study found that persistent discontinuation of hormone therapy was rare (only in 4% of cases) and typically occurred because patients achieved their desired gender expression goals rather than because patients regretted transition. A similar JAMA Pediatrics study found similarly low levels of regret, with only 4% of respondents expressing regret over any aspects of their care.

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Anonymous #1 4d

just bc you don't understand doesn't mean it doesn't make sense. you are being a dweeb

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Anonymous #3 4d

Lmao this JAMA study states the sample included 434 people, specifically from the U.S. military healthcare system. If you’re going to draw vast and absolute conclusions about the 2.8 MILLION people who identify as trans in the U.S. alone, you need to go back to 10th grade stats.

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Anonymous #1 4d

Of course not, which is why it’s important to reference multiple studies, especially when the majority of research agrees! I don’t think this one study is generalizable to the whole population either, but when you take this study along with the other research on the topic that’s publicly available, you can make those generalizations, it’s like doing a meta-analysis

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Anonymous #3 4d

So if we fund enough insignificant studies and group them together, suddenly we can validate any agenda we want? Wow that sounds almost deliberately strategic.

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Anonymous #3 4d

A children’s hospital opening a dedicated project to the detransitioning of children isn’t targeting trans kids?

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Anonymous #1 4d

That’s how science works, we can generate conclusions from multiple studies on the same topic. It’s common practice in all fields. There is no “agenda” being pushed because all of the research in the field is considered. When you do that, gender-affirming care is supported by the data to lower suicide rates and rates of depression.

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Anonymous #3 4d

The studies have to be significant enough to be considered independently in the first place. Not to mention the amount of funding that rewards pushing the purchase of gender affirming care

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Anonymous #3 4d

Anyway, you’ve done a wonderful job of getting us off track. I’m still waiting for the explanation of how this is “targeting” anyone.

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Anonymous #1 4d

Not true! A study’s independence isn’t determined by its significance but rather by its authors and research methods. Studies with questionable agendas are generally left out of systemic reviews and meta-analyses that compile multiple studies Plus, what rewards for pushing gender-affirming care are there? Neither the current administration or the Department of Human Health Services are pushing gender-affirming care, and it’s often government grants funding health research.

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Anonymous #3 4d

You’re going to believe them because it confirms what you already believe. I’m not because there are other economic and societal factors to be considered. I just hope you’re held accountable when society has to deal with the repercussions of this

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Anonymous #1 4d

This targets trans kids because it eliminates their previously accessible gender-affirming medication and care, dismantles the network of doctors and physicians that provide that medication and care, and the utilization of Texas state infrastructure to enforce a political agenda onto pediatric medicine As part of the settlement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Texas Children’s Hospital must completely stop providing puberty blockers, hormone therapies, or gender-affirming surgeries.

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Anonymous #1 4d

Go get a life

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Anonymous #1 4d

So this hospital now only allows detransitioning while evidence-based gender-affirming medication and care is legally not allowed due merely to a political agenda rather than a health policy recommendation

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Anonymous #1 4d

If we’re talking economics, you should be against the building of this clinic because it’s unnecessarily using important funds. A whole new clinic for 1% of 1% of the population? What a waste.

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Anonymous #1 4d

Held accountable? For supporting transgender people at a time when many want to deny their existence and hate crimes targeting them are regularly occurring? I highly doubt so… I actually think it’s the people that are preventing transgender people from receiving care and spreading hateful rhetoric that are going to face consequences one day And, no, I did not come to support gender-affirming care through a confirmation bias, gender-affirming care is evidence-based

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Anonymous ireallylikepancakes 4d

It’s one clinic dawg 😭 in 2022 $450M was awarded by the NIH to study this 1% of the population you’re talking about. Thats not including significantly more in taxpayer dollars for other programs. Like how can you not see you’re arguing against yourself

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Anonymous #1 4d

Do you know the difference between 1% (1% of the U.S. population is 3.49 million) and 1% of 1% (1% of 1% of the U.S. population is 33,500) You definitely should do research and open health clinics that concern millions of people, even tens of thousands is fair for research, but a whole clinic in a state dedicated to 1% of 1% the population is a massive waste of resources in a way that just 1% isn’t

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Anonymous #1 4d

Interesting how you’ve given up responding to #3

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Anonymous #1 4d

Buddy they literally said parents supporting their trans children are abusive and should have their kids taken from them, tf you mean “uhh how are they forcing them?”

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Anonymous #12 4d

Bro thinks genocidal policies towards trans people is good 🤡🤡🤡

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Anonymous stoner22 4d

No I’m actually genuinely confused bc there ARE people that CHOOSE willingly to detransition… I’m going to support whatever they want for their lives but we can’t just pretend & erase the existence of teens that no longer want to identify as trans & want to detransition. They do exist. Ofc the only thing I’d be worried about is parents forcing them into the program, but in TX of all places how would a kid even start medical transition without parent permission in the 1st place??

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Anonymous #13 4d

That’s why it’s so clearly a target for trans kids, gender-affirming care for minor is entirely illegal in Texas, there is no way to legally transition as a minor in Texas, you can only detransition but we need a whole clinic for the 1% of the 1%

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