Thanks for posting the article here. Some of McHugh's stats/arguments are misleading: 1) "Most of the surgically treated patients described themselves as "sat

Thanks for posting the article here. Some of McHugh's stats/arguments are misleading: 1) "Most of the surgically treated patients described themselves as "satisfied" by the results, but their subsequent psycho-social adjustments were no better than those who didn't have the surgery."-- This could be a valuable piece of data, but you're potentially comparing two different groups of people. The ones that elected to have surgery obviously had stronger feelings than the ones that didn't. If they were denied surgery and joined the latter group, it could potentially lower the average psychological health of the latter group. 2) "Most shockingly, their suicide mortality rose almost 20-fold above the comparable non-transgender population." -- The only stat that would be worthwhile would be comparing transgender who had surgery vs the ones that didn't. Comparing transgender populations who had surgery vs normal population only would show that transgender populations need more help, acceptance, and support. 3) "Facing long sentences and the rigors of a men's prison, they have an obvious motive for wanting to change their sex and hence their prison." -- This is absurd. No one would want to remove their genitalia just so they can be in a different-sex prison. Despite all this, I do think he makes some interesting points when it comes to the nature of children. Altering a child's body dramatically before he/she hits puberty based on some beliefs that we know often change does seem absurd to me. Adults should make decisions for themselves, not anyone else. As with all medically invasive surgery, data and research are key. We should not stop based on some pre-conceived beliefs.