Every review of youth gender medicine is just, "there's evidence that this helps and no evidence that this causes harm, but here's why that doesn't count."
reading the HHS "gender dysphoria report" summary and this is some truly insidious shit. sure, all the studies SAY the kids are happier, but we bet they aren't actually. they're all hopped up on something we bet probably
May 1, 2025 12:24“We will derive the secret harm actually being done from first principles”
Yes, this is a major theme I’ve seen in the debunking work I’ve done.
Essentially: let’s ignore what we ACTUALLY know from all the research,and what patients /families ACTUALLY say, and what providers ACTUALLY observe, in favor of the chance that maybe one day some might change their minds.
Cass Review being like "here is why every report about the benefits of transition can only be given medium not high confidence which insufficient to pursue policy... also criticism of transition based on Aristotelian First Principles which is sufficient logic to limit research for fear of harm."
