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Indeed. I find it highly disturbing that the (very high) suicide rate for trans people has not precariously fallen as the number of people identifying as trans has risen. That doesn't make statistical sense if suppressing your trans nature is worse than embracing it. Something is wrong here. I wonder if perhaps we're classifying multiple conditions as "being transgender" and only some of them psychologically benefit from transitioning. Considering the charged political climate I doubt we're going to see any rigorous research on the topic for decades.


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You may want to cite some source when asserting things that are contrary to well understood facts.

For instance, here's a NIH article studying extremely high suicide rates among transgendered people[1]. It cites many, many possible reasons for this, but the facts remain. Your assertion appears to have no supporting evidence.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5178031/


Did you read the article you cited, or dig further into the data sources it cites? You may be surprised at how poorly these support your hypothesis.

The article even acknowledges the paucity of data: "However, the exact prevalence of completed suicide among transgender persons remain undocumented".




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