"Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria" Part 1: The Cooties Theory of Transgender Identity

Thanks to Jules Gill-Peterson (jgillpeterson.com) and Julia Serano (patreon.com/juliaserano) for help researching this episode and Evan Urquhart and Parker Molloy for fact-checking!

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Links!

• Origins of "Social Contagion" and "Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria"

• What does the scholarly research say about the effect of gender transition on transgender well-being?

• Mental Health Outcomes in Transgender and Nonbinary Youths Receiving Gender-Affirming Care

• Fresh trans myths of 2017: “rapid onset gender dysphoria”

• Rapid Onset of Gender Dysphoria in Adolescents and Young Adults: a Descriptive Study

• The Detransitioners: They Were Transgender, Until They Weren't

• How the idea of a “transgender contagion” went viral—and caused untold harm

• Mental Health Outcomes in Transgender and Nonbinary Youths Receiving Gender-Affirming Care

• 'Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria' Is Biased Junk Science

• A careful step into a field of landmines

• Detransition, Desistance, and Disinformation: A Guide for Understanding Transgender Children Debates

•  Recognizing and responding to misleading trans health research

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