All Turban's new study says is:
"If you redefine 'desistance' to include people who transitioned part-time before going full-time, then you inflate the seeming number of 'detransitioners'."
"If you redefine 'desistance' to include people who transitioned part-time before going full-time, then you inflate the seeming number of 'detransitioners'."
And, as others have already observed about the source of the data: If you survey members of activist groups, you get results remarkably similar to the groups agenda.
The exact survey question read:
"Have you ever de-transitioned? In other words, have you ever gone back to living as your sex assigned at birth, AT LEAST FOR A WHILE?" (emphasis added).
"Have you ever de-transitioned? In other words, have you ever gone back to living as your sex assigned at birth, AT LEAST FOR A WHILE?" (emphasis added).
Although different authors word it differently, I can't think of any definition that expands transition to include temporary/tentative cases like this.
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