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I have seen a handful of academics raise concern about the alarming lack of clear data on transpeople. For example, we can't even get an accurate headcount of transpeople in the US, because every study/survey defines "trans" differently, from "strict medical transsexuals only" to "I declare myself a potato gender today". Anybody with half a brain can see this broad group of people clearly are going to have different needs.I see something of a reformation coming, the medical field really needs to sit down and hash out some definitions and terms and guidelines for this new era
Unfortunately change is being stalled because dipshits can't keep their political ideologies out of it, so instead of making a sensible argument all sides can agree on, they say everything as "in-group" as possible, which automatically alienates everyone except those who already agreed with them.
(I won't go on a long tale about Queer Theory here, but let's just say it's very insular.)
Indeed. This is another thing frustrating about the "data" for transpeople -- some of it is ridiculously old, and doesn't apply to today. Just because strictly-vetted adult individuals with 2 years of therapy and lived-experience do well post-transition does not mean that a 14 year old with autism can use "informed consent" and magically turn out the same.And the last time that the standards for transitioning were written was back in 1979. Minor updates have been done every so often, but most of it is still stuck in 1979. Back before Blanchard's theory, before informed consent HRT, and written in a time where there were far fewer transgender people. In other words, there's been a lot of changes since when the standards of care were established for gender dysphoria.
One of the biggest face-palming things about parents-of-transkids is the fact that they cannot understand the difference between allowing your kid not to conform to pointlessly-restrictive gender roles, versus "they are the wrong sex/gender!".