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Transgender People are Valid
Forward - an incomplete list of the reputable scientific & social organizations which affirm the validity of transgender people (that transness is not an illness, that trans people are deseving of respect and equal rights, etc). This also serves as a list of the institutions which recognize the difference between sex and gender.
American Psychological Association
American Medical Association
American Psychoanalytic Association
Human Rights Campaign
American Academy of Pediatrics
American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians
United Nations
United Kingdom’s National Health Service
www.apa.org
American Psychological Association
pamphlet on transgender issues
Affirms psychological consensus - that transgender people are valid, have existed throughout history, are subject to discrimination, and that transness is not a mental disorder.
A 2008 Gender Identity Resolution by the American Psychological Association which expands upon the premises listed in the annotation above and supports total equality for transgender people - affirmation of the institutional legitimacy of transness in psychology.
www.apa.org
Identical to the above, essentially, except pertaining to trans and gender-nonconforming youth.
Booklet on LGBTQ issues from the American Psychological Association, outlining their policy and attitudes towards aforementioned communities.
Expressly positive.
Human Rights Campaign document published with the American Academy of Pediatrics & the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians which affirms the validity of transgender youth, encourages appropriate care and respect for their transness and provides resouces on how to do so.
www.nhs.uk
The UK’s National Health Service report on gender dysphoria, which affirms the validity of trans people and discusses ways in which gender dysphoria can be alleviated, the best of which is said to often be social and physical transition.
The American Psychoanalytic Association’s statement on gender identity, in which transness is validated, social stigma against transgender people is cited as a serious cause of harm and ‘reparative therapy’ - attempts to suppress one’s transness and force them to live as the gender they were assigned at birth - is medically invalid.
time.com
The World Health Organization recently stopped classifying transness as a mental disorder.
Multilateral condemnation of ‘conversion therapy’ from essentially every medical institution in the United Kingdom, with reasons provided.
www.unfe.org
Transphobia? The United Nations says no.
Gender Transition has a Positive Effect on Trans People
whatweknow.inequality.cornell.edu
ENORMOUS meta-meta-analysis on transgender people and the effect gender transition has on their mental health
Of 56 studies, 52 indicated transitioning has a positive effect on the mental health of transgender people and 4 indicated it had mixed or no results.
ZERO studies indicated gender transitioning has negative results
This pretty much ends the argument right here.
Longitudinal study on the effectiveness of puberty suppression & sex reassignment surgery on trans individuals in improving mental outcomes
Unambiguously positive results - results indicate puberty suppression, support of medical professionals & SRS have markedly beneficial outcomes to trans individuals’ mental health and productivity.
Meta-analysis of studies concerning individuals who underwent sex reassignment surgery
80% of individuals reported significant improvement in dysphoria
78% of individuals reported significant improvement in psychological symptoms
72% of individuals reported significant improvement in sexual function
Children who socially transition report levels of depression and anxiety which closely match levels reported by cisgender children, indicating social transition massively decreases the risk factor of both.
“A new study has confirmed that transgender youth often have mental health problems and that their depression and anxiety improve greatly with recognition and treatment of gender dysphoria”
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Longitudinal study which indicates transgender people have a lower quality of life than the general population.
However, that quality of life raises dramatically with ‘Gender Affirming Treatment’, the nature of which is detailed extensively in-text.
Extensive and incredibly interesting document on the standards of care for transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals.
A good read, but won’t win you any arguments.
Trans People in Sports
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Meta-analysis covering prior research on trans individuals’ performance in sports and preexisting sports policies concerning trans people
Findings show there is no consistent or direct research indicating transgender women have an unfair athletic advantage at any stage of their transition.
Additional findings show most sports policies are not evidence-based and trans individuals experience substantial discrimination from sports institutions.
Sex is Complicated and not a Binary
www.scientificamerican.com
Scientific American graphic describing the many characteristics which factor into one's sexual identity.
Helpful in indicating the ambiguous and bimodal nature of sex/responding to people who believes it’s as simple as XX/XY
www.nytimes.com
NY Times Op-Ed from a professor of biology & gender studies
Explains the biological complexity of sex and the ways in which the Trump Administration’s attempts to legislate that complexity of of existence is both immoral and unscientific.
Description of modern scientific attitudes towards human sex.
“The view that the world’s population can be separated into a clearly defined dyadic unit of male and female is defunct; not only clinical observations, but molecular biology has established that sexual identity is on a continuum, with an enormous potential for variance”
Forward - an incomplete list of the reputable scientific & social organizations which affirm the validity of transgender people (that transness is not an illness, that trans people are deseving of respect and equal rights, etc). This also serves as a list of the institutions which recognize the difference between sex and gender.
American Psychological Association
American Medical Association
American Psychoanalytic Association
Human Rights Campaign
American Academy of Pediatrics
American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians
United Nations
United Kingdom’s National Health Service
Answers to your questions about transgender people, gender identity, and gender expression
Transgender is an umbrella term used to describe people whose gender identity (sense of themselves as male or female) or gender expression differs from socially constructed norms associated with their birth sex. This includes androgynous, bigendered and gender queer people, who tend to see...
www.apa.org
American Psychological Association
pamphlet on transgender issues
Affirms psychological consensus - that transgender people are valid, have existed throughout history, are subject to discrimination, and that transness is not a mental disorder.
A 2008 Gender Identity Resolution by the American Psychological Association which expands upon the premises listed in the annotation above and supports total equality for transgender people - affirmation of the institutional legitimacy of transness in psychology.
Resolution on Gender and Sexual Orientation Diversity in Children and Adolescents in Schools
Same-sex sexual and romantic attractions, feelings, and behaviors are normal and positive variations of human sexuality regardless of sexual orientation identity; and diverse gender expressions, regardless of gender identity, and diverse gender identities, beyond a binary classification, are...
www.apa.org
Booklet on LGBTQ issues from the American Psychological Association, outlining their policy and attitudes towards aforementioned communities.
Expressly positive.
Human Rights Campaign document published with the American Academy of Pediatrics & the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians which affirms the validity of transgender youth, encourages appropriate care and respect for their transness and provides resouces on how to do so.
Gender dysphoria
Gender dysphoria is a term that describes a sense of unease that a person may have because of a mismatch between their biological sex and their gender identity.
www.nhs.uk
The American Psychoanalytic Association’s statement on gender identity, in which transness is validated, social stigma against transgender people is cited as a serious cause of harm and ‘reparative therapy’ - attempts to suppress one’s transness and force them to live as the gender they were assigned at birth - is medically invalid.
WHO Drops Being Transgender from List of 'Mental Disorders'
Rights groups say it will have a "liberating effect on transgender people worldwide"
Multilateral condemnation of ‘conversion therapy’ from essentially every medical institution in the United Kingdom, with reasons provided.
UN Free & Equal
www.unfe.org
Gender Transition has a Positive Effect on Trans People
What does the scholarly research say about the effect of gender transition on transgender well-being? | What We Know
Overview We conducted a systematic literature review of all peer-reviewed articles published in English between 1991 and June 2017 that assess the effect of gender transition on transgender well-being. We identified 55 studies that consist of primary research on this topic, of which 51 (93%)...
whatweknow.inequality.cornell.edu
Of 56 studies, 52 indicated transitioning has a positive effect on the mental health of transgender people and 4 indicated it had mixed or no results.
ZERO studies indicated gender transitioning has negative results
This pretty much ends the argument right here.
Longitudinal study on the effectiveness of puberty suppression & sex reassignment surgery on trans individuals in improving mental outcomes
Unambiguously positive results - results indicate puberty suppression, support of medical professionals & SRS have markedly beneficial outcomes to trans individuals’ mental health and productivity.
Meta-analysis of studies concerning individuals who underwent sex reassignment surgery
80% of individuals reported significant improvement in dysphoria
78% of individuals reported significant improvement in psychological symptoms
72% of individuals reported significant improvement in sexual function
Children who socially transition report levels of depression and anxiety which closely match levels reported by cisgender children, indicating social transition massively decreases the risk factor of both.
“A new study has confirmed that transgender youth often have mental health problems and that their depression and anxiety improve greatly with recognition and treatment of gender dysphoria”
Quality of life of treatment-seeking transgender adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis - PMC
The study aims to systematically extract and analyse data about Quality of Life (QoL) in the transgender population. A systematic literature search and meta-analysis were conducted using the MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed, and PsycINFO databases, up to ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
However, that quality of life raises dramatically with ‘Gender Affirming Treatment’, the nature of which is detailed extensively in-text.
Extensive and incredibly interesting document on the standards of care for transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals.
A good read, but won’t win you any arguments.
Trans People in Sports
Sport and Transgender People: A Systematic Review of the Literature Relating to Sport Participation and Competitive Sport Policies - PMC
Whether transgender people should be able to compete in sport in accordance with their gender identity is a widely contested question within the literature and among sport organisations, fellow competitors and spectators. Owing to concerns ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Findings show there is no consistent or direct research indicating transgender women have an unfair athletic advantage at any stage of their transition.
Additional findings show most sports policies are not evidence-based and trans individuals experience substantial discrimination from sports institutions.
Sex is Complicated and not a Binary
Beyond XX and XY: The Extraordinary Complexity of Sex Determination
A host of factors figure into whether someone is female, male or somewhere in between
Helpful in indicating the ambiguous and bimodal nature of sex/responding to people who believes it’s as simple as XX/XY
Opinion | Why Sex Is Not Binary (Published 2018)
The complexity is more than cultural. It’s biological, too.
Explains the biological complexity of sex and the ways in which the Trump Administration’s attempts to legislate that complexity of of existence is both immoral and unscientific.
Description of modern scientific attitudes towards human sex.
“The view that the world’s population can be separated into a clearly defined dyadic unit of male and female is defunct; not only clinical observations, but molecular biology has established that sexual identity is on a continuum, with an enormous potential for variance”
i wonder who i should listen to...
