Earlier this year, medical researchers from the University of Texas published the results of a bombshell study documenting the mental health impact of so-called “gender-affirming” surgery.  The study included nearly 110,000 male and female patients who were eighteen or older and diagnosed with gender dysphoria.  Among those patients observed, some underwent surgery, and some did not.

The results were clear: Two years after surgery, those who “transitioned” had “significantly higher” rates of depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and suicidal ideation.  This was true for both males and females.

The study’s authors were careful not to draw conclusions beyond the scope of the data: “Findings suggest the necessity for gender-sensitive mental health support following gender-affirming surgery to address post-surgical psychological risks.”  Pro-“trans” publications framed the research in sympathetic ways, with one insisting, “While affirming surgery remains a crucial step for many, this research highlights the urgent need for post-surgical mental health support.”

However, even those wary of jumping to conclusions recognize that the study underscores the risks to people who undergo “drastic, life-altering procedures” that “demand lifelong management.”  Too many patients are encouraged to make “irreversible changes” to their bodies with hormone therapy and surgery “only to regret” those changes in the next few years.

The Minneapolis “trans” terrorist who murdered praying children on their first day of school confessed in a manifesto, “I am tired of being trans, I wish I never brainwashed myself.”  He admitted that he disliked his long hair but felt cutting it would be an “embarrassing defeat.”  He wrote, “I hate my face” because it “never matches how I feel.”  

The “trans” terror attack against Christians in Minnesota is an exclamation point to the University of Texas research that suggests that enabling people to believe they are something that they are not is dangerous both for those who suffer from delusions and those who are expected to interact with the delusional in real life.

Unfortunately, corporate news publications pretend not to see this connection.  On the contrary, the majority of corporate news stories that have been published since the “trans” terror attack in Minneapolis attempt to blame the........

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