Looking for info to disprove this stigma, I don’t really have much other than one academic research paper I found but I don’t think if the guy I’m arguing with would be willing to sit through and read that. He dismissed it as queer theory which he says has been “debunked” idk what the hell queer theory is. Anyway from what I can tell with this dude the simple and more obvious the better but it must also be backed by peer reviewed research
detrans is something like 1-2%, and surgical regret is about the same, if not an order of magnitude lower still
Suicide is something like 40% in (all?) trans people and significantly higher if left untreated.
If I remember correctly it’s 40% with untreated trans people, and with those who have gone through any sort of transitioning it drops to a number that’s basically the same as the population at large.
Fortunately that stat is bullshit, it originated in a small study, in some Scandinavian country I think, where there was a follow-up phone call afterwards and 41% of the participants didn’t pick up. I believe it was specifically 4chan that picked that number up, interpreted it the worst way possible on purpose and spread it around everywhere.
Thanks! It can be hard keeping all the relevant numbers in your head, harder still to keep them in the right order.
Turns out, social acceptance and support saves lives. Who knew?
Yeah it’s a real mystery lol