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Perhaps you can link me to an actual medical website instead of an conservative blog that starts bashing "The Left" in the very first sentence?
This is an emotional and medical issue, not a political one. I have no idea how conservatives can't see this.
As for your request, here you go. You could have googled it yourself if you were actually interested:
https://scholar.google.no/scholar?q=gender+affirming+care+suicide+rates&hl=no&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart#d=gs_qabs&t=1658179667630&u=#p=4wofw_LCnfMJ
"Use of GAHT was associated with lower odds of recent depression (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = .73, p < .001) and seriously considering suicide (aOR = .74, p < .001) compared to those who wanted GAHT but did not receive it. For youth under age 18, GAHT was associated with lower odds of recent depression (aOR = .61, p < .01) and of a past-year suicide attempt (aOR = .62, p < .05).
Conclusions
Findings support a relationship between access to GAHT and lower rates of depression and suicidality among transgender and nonbinary youth."
That's pretty much the study the criticism was talking about. Its an incredibly weak study, done by anonymous online survey, and you're quick to post the conclusion but ignore the limitations. These hot button political studies done by online survey or equally weak methods nearly always essentially argue that correlation equals causation , or at least thats how they find the "evidence" that supports the position. The study itself even mentions this:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1054139X21005681
First, causation cannot be inferred due to the study's cross-sectional design. It is possible that those who historically have higher rates of depression and suicidal thoughts and behaviors are also less able to seek or obtain GAHT. However, combined with repeated measures designs of other studies it appears likely that receipt of GAHT may lead to reduced levels of depression and suicidality. Given existing research, it is unlikely that randomized controlled trials of GAHT for youth would be ethically appropriate. To better understand directionality, prospective longitudinal designs are needed.
The evidence of the study shouldnt be dismissed, but it should be presented in context. It gives evidence to, but does not prove, the notion that GAHT lowers suicidality in trans populations. Long term studies are necessary for something like this, not short term. Like I said, this is evidence in favor of the idea that GAHT lowers suicide, but it is far from proof and getting a real scientific answer will take more than online surveys where the participants are brought in by facebook and tik-tok ads.
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