WaPo Ignores Huge Errors In Study Claiming 97 Percent Of Opposite-Sex Hormone-Takers Have No Regrets

On Nov. 11, The Washington Post published an article titled “Most transgender people have no regrets years after hormone therapy, study says.” According to the Post, nearly 97 percent of individuals who began taking opposite-sex hormones as youths believed they made the right decision. Only about 3 percent reported regret, and fewer than 2 percent reported harm. Sounds pretty convincing, doesn’t it?

Not so much. The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics on Nov. 9, examined satisfaction and regret among individuals who began taking opposite-sex hormones in their youth. Researchers reported that 360 of 372 respondents believed starting on hormones was the “right decision.” That’s the number making headlines. But here’s what the Post conveniently never shared with its readers.

According to the study’s own participant flowchart, 839 young people underwent an initial assessment at the transgender facility. Of those, 729 consented to the research, and ultimately 698 were sent the annual survey. Of those 698 individuals, 297 never completed it.

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What do other studies show? Well, Do No Harm — an organization that helps concerned citizens keep harmful ideologies out of medicine — lists multiple studies that paint a very different picture.

Read more at the Federalist.