Sciongrad wrote:Christian Democrats wrote:Gender identity disorder, or gender dysphoria, is detrimental to children by definition. It is a source of significant distress, and two-fifths of patients attempt suicide. The idea that parents and psychiatrists should just allow "childhood experimentation" and make no attempts to help children adjust is preposterous. There is no evidence that psychotherapy for gender identity disorder in children (GIDC) is harmful. The burden of proof is on the nations that want to prohibit such treatments.
You are confusing your variables. It is true that transgender children and people in general disproportionately commit suicide, but the source of stress is often the so-called cure you're proposing. Strong pressure from one's family and community to conform to their sex at birth rather than the gender they identify with is what drives people to suicide. There is no credible, scientifically rigorous and well-replicated evidence that suggests there is a causal relationship between being transgender and suicide when one controls for socialy constructed stigma against transgender individuals.
You're politicking. There's no evidence that letting children "experiment" is good for their mental health. The fact that more than 75% of GIDC patients reidentify with their physical sex is sufficient for the provision of psychotherapy to such patients.
Next, there is no statistically sound way to control for "socialy [sic] constructed stigma against transgender individuals." In fact, suicide attempts among GIDC patients are quite high in all nations, however "affirming" they are.
Again, the burden of proof is on the nations that want to ban a medical practice, not the nations that believe it should be legal.