Thread by @4th_WaveNow

For years, your site has been the go-to for takedowns of quackery & pseudoscience. But by studiously ignoring the flood of detransitioners, particularly women who regret adolescent transition, you allowed @ScienceBasedMed to fall prey to confirmation bias. Disappointing.

https://twitter.com/gorskon/status/1410219346748715010

Yes, some people benefit from transition. But your cavalier dismissal of the increase in tween/teen girls not just identifying as trans, but getting double mastectomies & irreversible hormone treatment, along with the voices of women like @lacroicsz & @ImWatson91 is inexcusable.

Are you even aware that several countries have slowed down if not banned underage medical transition? (see: Sweden and Finland) or that a UK High Court ruled in favor of a detransitioner @KLBfax who believes she was unable to give informed consent for the treatment she received?

You've been known for doing thorough research to debunk quackery. It's time to do more on pediatric medical transition. You owe your readers more than the cherry-picked references you chose for your long article.

Your editor @gorskon should stop with snarky comments like an immature teenage boy, about a subject he knows little. And if you think the backlash against underage medicalization is just some right-wing nonsense, you have truly not been paying attention.

https://twitter.com/lacroicsz/status/1407045022655057924?s=20

Even a number of trans people are calling attention to the phenomenon--start with @Aaron_GDAC @elegationvain . They and others can point you to research & professionals who understand the risks inherent in minors undergoing medical transition.

Don't be just another outlet refusing to address the gray areas on this issue. You're better than that--or you were.
spectatorworld.com/topic/media-wr…

Please @stevennovella. Follow up your unbalanced and confirmation-bias-tainted article with something true to the legacy of @ScienceBasedMed . Apply your well-honed skepticism to the sacred cow of pediatric gender medicine which relies on the flimsiest of low-quality evidence.

Even @Newsweek has covered the topic with nuance. By the way, Grace is another voice you ought to listen to. She's not "anti-trans" but speaks eloquently about why she believes she would have benefited from more careful assessment before transitioning.

https://twitter.com/HormoneHangover/status/1408454341015617538

Also, there's a major fallacy in your article, a mistake many make: There is NO WAY to know how many people actually regret transition, because most never return to the clinic where they received services. There is also high "lost to followup" in all studies. Look it up.