Treatment of children with Gender Dysphoria in Australia has a short history:
‘A few cases per year prior to 2009 then rapidly increasing to 821 cases in 2021’.
Thus, while there exists a significant cohort who have undergone Gender Transition (GT) none can be considered ‘long-term’.
In order to understand the long-term outcome (30 - 50 year post GT) we reference European studies where ‘modern’ GT treatments originated in the 1970’s.
. . . I reference 5 (of numerous) long-tern post-GT European studies briefly and summarise the findings.
1. Transition as Treatment: The Best Studies Show the Worst Outcomes
• Key Findings: Total mortality was 51% higher than in the general population, mainly from suicide, AIDS, CVS diseases, drug abuse and unknown causes.
2. Long-Term Follow-Up of Transsexual Persons Sweden (1973– 2023)
• Key Finding: Individuals who underwent sex reassignment surgery exhibited substantially higher risks of mortality, suicidal behaviour and psychiatric conditions compared to the general population.
3. Suicide Mortality Among Adolescents in Finland (1996–2019)
• Key Finding: Gender dysphoria alone did not predict mortality or suicide among adolescents referred to gender clinics. Psychiatric comorbidities were the primary predictors of mortality and medical GT didn’t mitigate suicide risk.
4. Somatic Morbidity and Cause of Death in Denmark (1978–2010)
• Key Finding: Among individuals who underwent GT, somatic morbidity increased from 19.1% pre-surgery to 23.2% post-surgery, with a mortality rate of 9.6%. The average age at death was 53.5 years.
5. Amsterdam Cohort of Gender Dysphoria Study (1972–2017)
• Key Finding: While suicide risk in transgender individuals is higher than in the general population, this risk remains consistent across all stages of GT.
. . . These long-term post GT studies indicate a truly miserable existence for the poor souls involved and I wonder if parents are provide with detailed information as to these possible outcomes as is legally required in the process of informed consent?
Another outstanding piece of research here. As the gallows are built and the rope is oiled, we await the first case against gender clinicians in Australia. I hope it's soon.
Cook self-describes on LinkedIn as an 'LGBTQ+ & trans health/rights aficionado, advisor, advocate, researcher, and health policy specialist'. Seems to be too good to be true to see such a wide list of accomplishments. Knowing that aficianado means a 'person with strong enthusiasm and knowledge,' and that 'knowledge' is never unbiased and always affected by one's 'enthusiasm', interests, potential for greed and other skills for survival, appointing those individuals and the organisations they represent is like appointing executives working for tobacco companies to a Health Department Advisory Committee on Pulmonary Medicine!
INFORMED CONSENT?
Treatment of children with Gender Dysphoria in Australia has a short history:
‘A few cases per year prior to 2009 then rapidly increasing to 821 cases in 2021’.
Thus, while there exists a significant cohort who have undergone Gender Transition (GT) none can be considered ‘long-term’.
In order to understand the long-term outcome (30 - 50 year post GT) we reference European studies where ‘modern’ GT treatments originated in the 1970’s.
. . . I reference 5 (of numerous) long-tern post-GT European studies briefly and summarise the findings.
1. Transition as Treatment: The Best Studies Show the Worst Outcomes
• Key Findings: Total mortality was 51% higher than in the general population, mainly from suicide, AIDS, CVS diseases, drug abuse and unknown causes.
2. Long-Term Follow-Up of Transsexual Persons Sweden (1973– 2023)
• Key Finding: Individuals who underwent sex reassignment surgery exhibited substantially higher risks of mortality, suicidal behaviour and psychiatric conditions compared to the general population.
3. Suicide Mortality Among Adolescents in Finland (1996–2019)
• Key Finding: Gender dysphoria alone did not predict mortality or suicide among adolescents referred to gender clinics. Psychiatric comorbidities were the primary predictors of mortality and medical GT didn’t mitigate suicide risk.
4. Somatic Morbidity and Cause of Death in Denmark (1978–2010)
• Key Finding: Among individuals who underwent GT, somatic morbidity increased from 19.1% pre-surgery to 23.2% post-surgery, with a mortality rate of 9.6%. The average age at death was 53.5 years.
5. Amsterdam Cohort of Gender Dysphoria Study (1972–2017)
• Key Finding: While suicide risk in transgender individuals is higher than in the general population, this risk remains consistent across all stages of GT.
. . . These long-term post GT studies indicate a truly miserable existence for the poor souls involved and I wonder if parents are provide with detailed information as to these possible outcomes as is legally required in the process of informed consent?
So basically because the actual problem wasn't treated the outcome was worse?
Another outstanding piece of research here. As the gallows are built and the rope is oiled, we await the first case against gender clinicians in Australia. I hope it's soon.
It is t be hoped that the more conservative approach is taken and legal action against doctors who break the rules actually happens.
Thank you Bernard for clearly setting out the legal risks for 'gender health' professionals. I note that the Australian Bureau of Statistics has steamrollered ahead, like NSW Health did, with selection of its LGBTIQ expert Advisory Committee (https://www.abs.gov.au/census/2026-census-topic-review/lgbtiq-expert-advisory-committee-2026-census#:~:text=The%20ABS%20formed%20the%20LGBTIQ%2B,met%20on%2028%20September%202023.)--made up of gender identity ideologues who imagine there is an LGBTIQ 'community' and they can speak for the many of us who are gender critical (they cannot).
Not one of us who represent gender critical LGB organisations and who applied to NSW Health was accepted onto their Advisory Committee.
I'm not familiar with some of the names on the ABS list, but I certainly know of the trans bias held by ACON, Equality Australia, the AHRC and another individual on that list--the nefarious Teddy Cook--ex ACON, now chair of Equality Australia's #TransEquality, male pretender and partial to a bit of nudity, bondage and bestiality (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13119521/Sex-secrets-trans-kinky-Australian-bondage-bestiality-nudism-drugs-sex-change.html).
Cook self-describes on LinkedIn as an 'LGBTQ+ & trans health/rights aficionado, advisor, advocate, researcher, and health policy specialist'. Seems to be too good to be true to see such a wide list of accomplishments. Knowing that aficianado means a 'person with strong enthusiasm and knowledge,' and that 'knowledge' is never unbiased and always affected by one's 'enthusiasm', interests, potential for greed and other skills for survival, appointing those individuals and the organisations they represent is like appointing executives working for tobacco companies to a Health Department Advisory Committee on Pulmonary Medicine!