The the oft quoted claim that ‘regret following gender transition was less than 1%’ was the claimed finding in a 2021 paper titled: ‘Regret after Gender-affirmation Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prevalence’
The paper which covered 27 studies and 9,700 subjects did not report a single universal mean-time since transition but did note that the study cohort had undergone ‘transition’ from 0.8 year to 9 year earlier’ and that ‘many of the studies were limited by short follow-up periods (1-2 years)’.
. . . Clearly, the ‘less than 1% regret rate’ claim is unscientific and a clinician advising a patient or parent of this statistic would be misleading them.
I list a random selection of multiple quotes from the obvious regret cited in studies from the poor souls who have defied the 1% regret rate:
• Suicide risk remained elevated throughout all transition stages, with little long-term improvement
• Hormone-treated individuals experienced persistently increased mortality risk over decades.
• Mortality 51% higher than the general population, linked to suicide, cardiovascular issues, and substance abuse.
• Lower scores across general health, physical function, and social role domains.
• Surgical patients had significantly elevated rates of depression, anxiety, suicidality, and substance use disorders
I tried to find some reference as to the qualifications and/or expertise of Teddy Cook who is referenced in this GCN article. This was pretty much what I found:
(he/him) has over 15 years' experience in community health and non-government sectors. He is also an Adjunct Lecturer at the Kirby Institute UNSW in Australia and a queer man of trans experience.
Science is not ideology.
Another disgraceful act by the RACGP.
Totalitarian capture of GPs continues.
THE 1% CLAIMED TRANSITION REGRET RATE IS NONSENSE
The the oft quoted claim that ‘regret following gender transition was less than 1%’ was the claimed finding in a 2021 paper titled: ‘Regret after Gender-affirmation Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prevalence’
The paper which covered 27 studies and 9,700 subjects did not report a single universal mean-time since transition but did note that the study cohort had undergone ‘transition’ from 0.8 year to 9 year earlier’ and that ‘many of the studies were limited by short follow-up periods (1-2 years)’.
. . . Clearly, the ‘less than 1% regret rate’ claim is unscientific and a clinician advising a patient or parent of this statistic would be misleading them.
I list a random selection of multiple quotes from the obvious regret cited in studies from the poor souls who have defied the 1% regret rate:
• Suicide risk remained elevated throughout all transition stages, with little long-term improvement
• Hormone-treated individuals experienced persistently increased mortality risk over decades.
• Mortality 51% higher than the general population, linked to suicide, cardiovascular issues, and substance abuse.
• Lower scores across general health, physical function, and social role domains.
• Surgical patients had significantly elevated rates of depression, anxiety, suicidality, and substance use disorders
I tried to find some reference as to the qualifications and/or expertise of Teddy Cook who is referenced in this GCN article. This was pretty much what I found:
(he/him) has over 15 years' experience in community health and non-government sectors. He is also an Adjunct Lecturer at the Kirby Institute UNSW in Australia and a queer man of trans experience.