Retired lawyer from Canada with interest in human rights and medical ethics. Women have a right to same sex spaces and sterilizing children is unethical. ๐จ๐ฆ
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I was a co-author on the critique of the Nature Human Behaviour study on suicidality and "anti-trans" laws. This Substack discusses the study in the context of the ongoing misuse of suicide statistics by transgender activists. Link in next post. โฌ๏ธ
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Link to my latest Subst*ck on the history of the misuse of suicide data by transgender activists.
open.substack.com/pub/justdaโฆ
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Jun 16
Another Major Transgender Suicide Study Crumbles
A widely cited study published in the prestigious @NatureHumBehav claimed that โanti-transgender lawsโ encouraged teen suicide attempts.
A new methodological review dismantles that finding.
New from me in @cityjournal
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๐งตLast year, a paper by the @TrevorProject authors claimed that "anti-transgender" laws cause a 7โ72% increase in youth suicide attemptsโa figure since cited in media, policy, and litigation. A new critique in @NatureHumBehav shows the claim doesn't add up. New SEGM spotlightโฌ๏ธ/1
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๐๏ธSEGM's @will_malone argues in his latest @KevinMD article that the medical establishment's gradual self-correction in pediatric gender medicine is encouragingโexactly what should happen when clinicians follow the evidence, reassess prior assumptions, and adjust practice. /1
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NEW: Zhenya Abbruzzese (@segm_ebm) joins me for a special @CityJournal podcast to discuss pediatric transition advocates' leading piece of evidence: the Utah review.
Conflicts of interest, omission of harms, failure to conduct formal synthesis, and more. Full interview ๐
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Fantastic thread! I would add one more to the mix: ESCAP statement on the care for children and adolescents with gender dysphoria: an urgent need for safeguarding clinical, scientific, and ethical standards
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1/ People have described the process of learning the truth about pediatric gender medicine as "drinking from a firehose." There is so much to learn and often much to unlearn. This thread lists 10 articles from peer-revews journals which provide a good foundation.
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1/ People have described the process of learning the truth about pediatric gender medicine as "drinking from a firehose." There is so much to learn and often much to unlearn. This thread lists 10 articles from peer-revews journals which provide a good foundation.
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