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J. Edward Les: False suicide narratives harm gender-confused youth and their families

Finnish study suggests no evidence of increased suicidality in gender-conflicted youth once one corrects for psychiatric co-morbidities

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Of all the distressing aspects — and there are many — to the ongoing debate around “gender affirming care,” surely the most deplorable has been the weaponization of suicidality.

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“Would you rather have a live son or a dead girl?” parents of gender-confused youth are asked by transition advocates and gender clinic doctors, as if standing in the way of gender “transition” dramatically increases the risk of suicide.

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The truth is, as a Finnish study of more than 2,000 young people concluded, there is zero evidence of increased suicidality in gender-conflicted youth once one corrects for psychiatric co-morbidities (like depression, autism spectrum disorder, anxiety, PTSD, and so on).

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