Despite warnings from reprehensible medical "professionals" to parents that refusing to allow their kids to undergo irreversible mutilation of their bodies, including mastectomies and castration — so-called "gender-affirming care" — could lead kids to commit suicide, new evidence suggests the opposite is true, according to a study published in the Oxford Academic Journal of Sexual Medicine.

De facto emotional blackmail, don't you think?

Incidentally, I'm of the opinion that competent adults have the right to do whatever they want with — or to — their bodies, including with other competent adults, behind closed doors. That does not include parading around in front of children, or even more obscene, public school teachers indoctrinating children that it's perfectly normal to believe they're "trapped in the wrong body."

The results of the national database study, published on February 25, revealed that "transgender individuals face heightened psychological distress, including depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation, partly due to stigma and lack of gender affirmation."

According to the study's abstract, the objective was to "evaluate mental health outcomes in transgender individuals with gender dysphoria who have undergone gender-affirming surgery, stratified by gender and time since surgery."

Here's more (emphasis, mine):

Methods 

This retrospective study utilized the TriNetX database, analyzing U.S. patients aged ≥18 with gender dysphoria (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision [ICD-10] F64) between June 2014 and June 2024. Six cohorts were created based on gender and surgery status: Cohorts A-D included patients with or without surgery, and Cohorts E-F allowed for gender comparison among those with surgery. Propensity score matching controlled for age, race, and ethnicity. 

Mental health outcomes included depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, substance use disorder, and body dysmorphic disorder, assessed over two years post-surgery using clinician-verified ICD-10 codes. Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) was analyzed separately and not conflated with gender dysphoria cohorts to ensure the distinction between these conditions. 

From 107, 583 patients, matched cohorts demonstrated that those undergoing surgery were at significantly higher risk for depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and substance use disorders than those without surgery. 

Males with surgery showed a higher prevalence of depression ... and anxiety.  Females exhibited similar trends, with elevated depression ... and anxiety. Feminizing individuals demonstrated particularly high risk for depression ... and substance use disorders.

Unconscionably, the study's conclusion didn't recommend against "gender-affirming" surgery, but rather, simply suggested mental-health therapy to attempt to ward off post-surgery mental health issues.

Gender-affirming surgery, while beneficial in affirming gender identity, is associated with increased risk of mental health issues, underscoring the need for ongoing, gender-sensitive mental health support for transgender individuals’ post-surgery.

"Beneficial in affirming gender identity." Really? To whom? For how long?