The Myth of Reliable Research In Pediatric Gender Medicine

A new study identifying flaws in gender medicine research demands urgent attention from the medical community

A new open-access publication, “The Myth of Reliable Research in Pediatric Gender Medicine,” focuses on the two Dutch studies that gave rise to “gender-affirmative” care for youth worldwide. The authors convincingly demonstrate that rather than “solid prospective research” or even the “gold standard” in research, as these studies are frequently described by the proponents of “gender-affirmative care,” the Dutch research suffers from profound, previously unrecognized problems. These problems range from erroneously concluding that gender dysphoria disappeared as a result of “gender-affirmative treatment,” to reporting only the best-case scenario outcomesand failing to properly examine the risks, despite the fact that a significant proportion of the treated sample experienced adverse effects.

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A new peer-reviewed open-access study exposes deep flaws in the Dutch studies that formed the foundation for youth gender transition. These studies should have never been used to launch the practice into mainstream medicine, conclude the authors./1https://t.co/45pFlYmkMx

— SEGM (@segm_ebm) January 12, 2023

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