The New York Magazine lies to parents about trans children
By Kelly Winters, PhD Listen to this article Jesse Singal, the Senior Editor at nymag.com, has enlisted his New York Magazine blog to promote the widely publicized presumption that painful distress with birth-assigned sex and gender are just a phase for the great majority of children who suffer it: While the actual percentages vary from study to study, overall, it appears that about 80 percent of kids with gender dysphoria end up feeling okay, in the long run, with the bodies they were born into. Singal’s article defines “desistance” as, “the tendency for gender dysphoria to resolve itself as a child gets older and older.” Singal praised the 80% “desistance” claim in his article as “solid scientific consensus” and boasted that “every” study, not some, but “every study that has been conducted on this has found the same thing.” He scorned those who do not accept the 80% presumption (Tannehill
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- 1Science, evidence, and expertiseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication100%
- 2Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community83%
- 3Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life49%
- 4Healthcare and medicineTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life24%
- 5Culture, identity, and representationTheme family: Identity, culture, and community21%
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Cristan Williams
Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Education and youth, Transgender identity and history, Healthcare and medicine.
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Cristan Williams
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Gwen Smith
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Shares registered themes including Education and youth, Transgender identity and history, Healthcare and medicine.
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