We appreciate the comments shared below. Our article next week will focus on responding to some of the comments and feedback received over the last few weeks, and re-affirming our support for trans, nonbinary, detrans, and all GNC people, data-driven transition-related healthcare, and a space to share a wide range of community perspectives. Stay tuned.
It's also greatly concerning that this author also follow Laura Becker. Who is an anti trans detrans activist & is against all transition, not only minors.
The situation in Chile is critical, the existence of surgical interventions for body adaptation to minors has been confirmed, as well as the use of puberty blockers for up to 6 years. Parents who do not agree with the program are reported and may lose custody of their children; there are already cases.
Wait, so you were restricting trans resources from trans youth by discouraging HRT & puberty blockers? These are resources that are proven to work. Instead of restricting resources, we should advocate for more resources, especially to minors.
It's also kind of a red flag that you would refer to trans youth as "trans identified minors". Trans identified- is a dogwhistle for gender criticals when referring to trans people.
People have been using puberty blockers for a long time. Cis kids still use puberty blockers. Puberty blockers only have detrimental side effects if you're on it for more than 2-3 years. The most recent French study of GAC says that. It works.
That's why the newest study that came out recommended not being on puberty blockers for a long time & have a smooth transition towards either natal puberty or HRT.
The pharmaceutical industry creates chronic patients at convenience, it is not healthy to depend on medications from an early age, it is not fair that this is the only alternative for people seeking to solve their conflicts.
Thanks for sharing your experiences. If you are interested in writing a guest post to elaborate, you are very welcome to do that. The One Percent aims to create a space for a wide range of community perspectives, which includes divergent positions on care. Our article next week will focus on responding to some of the comments and feedback received over the last few weeks, and re-affirming our support for trans, nonbinary, detrans, and all GNC people, data-driven transition-related healthcare. Feel free to email us if you'd like to write a post sometime in the future.
Es: "(13) Sobre terapia exploratoria, ver nota 1, párr. 2, y pp. 3-5 del texto en nota 12. Para una metodología práctica sobre terapia exploratoria, ver Gender Exploratory Therapy. (2020) A Clinical Guide for Therapists Working with Gender-Questioning Youth, actualmente en proceso de traducción por Detrans Chile. El nombre actual de GETA es Therapy First. Documento disponible en [XXX]."
En: "(13) On exploratory therapy, see note 1, para. 2, and pp. 3-5 of the text in note 12. For a practical methodology on exploratory therapy, see Gender Exploratory Therapy. (2020) A Clinical Guide for Therapists Working with Gender-Questioning Youth, currently in the translation process by Detrans Chile. GETA's current name is Therapy First. Document available at [XXX]"
GETA, and "gender exploratory therapy" as a whole, is part of an ecosystem of scientific disinformation that undermines public trust in the evidence base of gender affirming care while also targeting detrans people without resources for their own political and financial gain. The founders of GETA and associated organizations are involved in opposing gender affirming care for youth and adults, as well as undermining regional bans on conversion therapy, in multiple countries.
This doesn't even go into the author's interest in Jennifer Bilek, a transphobic conspiracy theorist that believes that trans people are part of a plot by billionaires (many of whom are conveniently Jewish) and Big Pharma to "destroy biological sex" and "merge man with machine".
Please explain how platforming someone with clearly hostile views towards trans people and gender affirming care is part of your "support for trans, nonbinary, detrans, and all GNC people".
Worth also noting that one of the authors of the guide Nicolás Raveau is translating is Stephen Levine, one of the most prolific anti-trans expert witnesses used to target gender affirming care. Again, using disinformation surrounding detransition to do so.
This isn't something you can "both-sides" your way through. Detrans rights are directly connected to trans rights. Uplifting voices that are hostile to trans rights, even if they're detrans, runs directly counter to all of our needs.
Your post is just emotional manipulation. The one percent brings these issues up for debate and I'm glad they present different perspectives. Enough of the thought police. Stop censoring the opinion of others.
Completed suicide is rare, but suicidal IDEATION is not. We don't have extremely high-quality evidence but there's a decent amount of studies that indicate hormones may decrease ideation. Completed suicide is extremely hard to study because it is such a rare event that tiny populations like trans people would require a huge sample size to reach statistical significance in proving a causal link.
Yes, the article is lazy, loaded with political prescriptions, poorly justified and the author completely glosses over the fact that his experimental treatments for gender dysphoria have even less evidence than hormones do. Other sentences like the one about cancer risks are especially silly because sex hormones are always linked to certain cancers. A cisgendered woman will have far more risk of breast cancer than a cis man, that's because of estrogen and similar risks apply to trans women. The author expresses way too much confidence in the efficacy of his approach when it remains untested.
We appreciate the comments shared below. Our article next week will focus on responding to some of the comments and feedback received over the last few weeks, and re-affirming our support for trans, nonbinary, detrans, and all GNC people, data-driven transition-related healthcare, and a space to share a wide range of community perspectives. Stay tuned.
It's also greatly concerning that this author also follow Laura Becker. Who is an anti trans detrans activist & is against all transition, not only minors.
Laura Becker has more integrity than you could ever dream of.
https://open.substack.com/pub/benryan/p/detransitioner-sues-johanna-olson?r=821zc&utm_medium=ios
Hello. Going forward, are you always just going to disappear comments that you don’t like, as you did with this post?
The situation in Chile is critical, the existence of surgical interventions for body adaptation to minors has been confirmed, as well as the use of puberty blockers for up to 6 years. Parents who do not agree with the program are reported and may lose custody of their children; there are already cases.
Wait, so you were restricting trans resources from trans youth by discouraging HRT & puberty blockers? These are resources that are proven to work. Instead of restricting resources, we should advocate for more resources, especially to minors.
It's also kind of a red flag that you would refer to trans youth as "trans identified minors". Trans identified- is a dogwhistle for gender criticals when referring to trans people.
puberty blockers and hormones cause harm in both adults and children, there are not enough studies
People have been using puberty blockers for a long time. Cis kids still use puberty blockers. Puberty blockers only have detrimental side effects if you're on it for more than 2-3 years. The most recent French study of GAC says that. It works.
The problem is that they are used for up to 6 years, as happens in Chile.
That's why the newest study that came out recommended not being on puberty blockers for a long time & have a smooth transition towards either natal puberty or HRT.
The pharmaceutical industry creates chronic patients at convenience, it is not healthy to depend on medications from an early age, it is not fair that this is the only alternative for people seeking to solve their conflicts.
Thanks for sharing your experiences. If you are interested in writing a guest post to elaborate, you are very welcome to do that. The One Percent aims to create a space for a wide range of community perspectives, which includes divergent positions on care. Our article next week will focus on responding to some of the comments and feedback received over the last few weeks, and re-affirming our support for trans, nonbinary, detrans, and all GNC people, data-driven transition-related healthcare. Feel free to email us if you'd like to write a post sometime in the future.
The author of this piece is translating clinical practice material from GETA, gender exploratory therapists, into Spanish to distribute to Chileans.
https://detransch.substack.com/p/transitar-y-la-medicalizacion-de
Es: "(13) Sobre terapia exploratoria, ver nota 1, párr. 2, y pp. 3-5 del texto en nota 12. Para una metodología práctica sobre terapia exploratoria, ver Gender Exploratory Therapy. (2020) A Clinical Guide for Therapists Working with Gender-Questioning Youth, actualmente en proceso de traducción por Detrans Chile. El nombre actual de GETA es Therapy First. Documento disponible en [XXX]."
En: "(13) On exploratory therapy, see note 1, para. 2, and pp. 3-5 of the text in note 12. For a practical methodology on exploratory therapy, see Gender Exploratory Therapy. (2020) A Clinical Guide for Therapists Working with Gender-Questioning Youth, currently in the translation process by Detrans Chile. GETA's current name is Therapy First. Document available at [XXX]"
GETA, and "gender exploratory therapy" as a whole, is part of an ecosystem of scientific disinformation that undermines public trust in the evidence base of gender affirming care while also targeting detrans people without resources for their own political and financial gain. The founders of GETA and associated organizations are involved in opposing gender affirming care for youth and adults, as well as undermining regional bans on conversion therapy, in multiple countries.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/conversion-therapy-lgbtq-anti-trans-gay-gender-affirming-care/
This doesn't even go into the author's interest in Jennifer Bilek, a transphobic conspiracy theorist that believes that trans people are part of a plot by billionaires (many of whom are conveniently Jewish) and Big Pharma to "destroy biological sex" and "merge man with machine".
Please explain how platforming someone with clearly hostile views towards trans people and gender affirming care is part of your "support for trans, nonbinary, detrans, and all GNC people".
Worth also noting that one of the authors of the guide Nicolás Raveau is translating is Stephen Levine, one of the most prolific anti-trans expert witnesses used to target gender affirming care. Again, using disinformation surrounding detransition to do so.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/paid-experts-defending-anti-trans-law_n_65021a7ee4b01df7c3b6d513
This isn't something you can "both-sides" your way through. Detrans rights are directly connected to trans rights. Uplifting voices that are hostile to trans rights, even if they're detrans, runs directly counter to all of our needs.
Steven Levine is insane and killed one of his most famous patients via therepeutic neglegence.
Your post is just emotional manipulation. The one percent brings these issues up for debate and I'm glad they present different perspectives. Enough of the thought police. Stop censoring the opinion of others.
Actually E. Rayne, this whole business about trans youth suicide statistics was overstated.
Chase Strangio said so at the U.S. Supreme Court this week.
Completed suicide is rare, but suicidal IDEATION is not. We don't have extremely high-quality evidence but there's a decent amount of studies that indicate hormones may decrease ideation. Completed suicide is extremely hard to study because it is such a rare event that tiny populations like trans people would require a huge sample size to reach statistical significance in proving a causal link.
Yes, the article is lazy, loaded with political prescriptions, poorly justified and the author completely glosses over the fact that his experimental treatments for gender dysphoria have even less evidence than hormones do. Other sentences like the one about cancer risks are especially silly because sex hormones are always linked to certain cancers. A cisgendered woman will have far more risk of breast cancer than a cis man, that's because of estrogen and similar risks apply to trans women. The author expresses way too much confidence in the efficacy of his approach when it remains untested.