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> I understand there's been a massive increase in cases for transmen in the UK No, there hasn't. You've been lied to. There was no treatment for trans childre
by DanBC 5y ago
> I understand there's been a massive increase in cases for transmen in the UK
No, there hasn't. You've been lied to.
There was no treatment for trans children (in the UK). Then a clinic opened up. We went from zero trans boys to some trans boys.
Anti trans campaigners misuse percentages to show an "alarming" rise, when in fact we've simply gone from "none" to "some".
- golergka 5y agoThat's exactly what the parent comment said, though, isn't it? Increase from none to some is indeed massive.
- DanBC 5y agoNo, the parent said that the numbers of trans people have increased. That's not true. The numbers of trans people able to get treatment is the thing that increased. We went from not counting, to counting. So we didn't increase the number of trans people, we just started counting the trans people that always existed.
- jhgb 5y agoHe said "cases", though, not "people". I'm not sure if you can say that you have a case without treatment or diagnosis.
- pseudalopex 5y agoThey said "increase in transgender kids".
- jhgb 5y agoI'm pretty sure that it's clear that he meant diagnosed cases. Otherwise the text doesn't make sense. You don't ask "Could the reason for more people with X be more people with X?".
- makomk 5y agoI'm pretty sure this is the exact opposite of reality though - there have been clinics for trans children in the UK for decades, and one of the main things affecting the availability of treatment is that the number of cases referred to them skyrocketed recently.
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