That’s not at odds with the article. The article refutes a claim that there was a surge in suicides due to inability to access puberty blockers. It doesn’t touch on broader subjects like being called what you’d like.
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 1 month ago
Regardless of any change in suicide risk, what’s so wrong about calling people what they want to be called?
Gender is a construct anyway.
BananaSpike@lemm.ee 1 month ago
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 1 month ago
lol so I guess you didn’t read more of the article you posted than the tl;dr section at the top of if which you copy/pasted.
The entire premise in the article of denying any kind of gender-affirming treatment is what I was responding to. Whether or not that translates into a difference in suicide stats, negative perception of gender-affirming treatment prevents the quality of life outcomes that come along with that treatment and further drives people to suicide, but also diminished social acceptance and therefore a lower quality of life.
In other words, suicide isn’t the only negative effect, and it’s can be a more indirect one than a single study like this can show.
Just refer to people the way they want to be referred to and respect their wishes. Isn’t that what we all want?
BananaSpike@lemm.ee 1 month ago
The entire premise in the article of denying any kind of gender-affirming treatment is what I was responding to
What? Can you quote any part of the article that tries to deny “any kind of gender-affirming treatment”? Here is the central claim that they’re refuting:
The central claim, made on X (formerly known as Twitter), is that there has been a large rise in suicide by current and recent patients of the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) service at the Tavistock since an earlier restriction of puberty-blocking drugs that followed a High Court decision in a case (Bell v Tavistock) in December 2020. The rise is described as a “surge” in suicides and “an explosion”, indicating a substantial and, by implication, unequivocal increase. There are multiple references to children dying in future because they are unable to access puberty-blocking drugs.
Just refer to people the way they want to be referred to and respect their wishes. Isn’t that what we all want?
Can you quote any part of the article that conflicts with this statement?
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 1 month ago
You want me to use your own source to argue with you so you don’t have to read your own source?
Lol nah. That’s on you.
ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Why give a shit?
Because it allows big business, and people in the media to distract the public from what they don’t want them discussing. It also gives airtime to politicians from across the political spectrum a chance to sling shit at one another to distract the public from said politicians falling short of their elected duty to their constituents.
Most people just want a respectful and peaceful existence spending the day doing something they find worthwhile, come home to a roof over their head, food in their bellies, the occasional small luxury item, and if they have kids a good future for them.
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 1 month ago
How does respecting someone’s self-image prevent your ability to live peacefully?
ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It doesn’t, in fact respecting their self-image means that they feel welcome. It’s the first law of everything: don’t be a knob-head. Follow that rule and life is more pleasant generally.
Perhaps you misunderstood me.
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 1 month ago
I guess so. Just let people be people. Not too hard a concept.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 1 month ago
That’s exactly what most people want.