Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES) emails
Complaint regarding evidence on puberty blockers
The rationale for early puberty suppression remains unclear, with weak evidence regarding the impact on gender dysphoria, mental or psychosocial health. The effect on cognitive and psychosexual development remains unknown.
(Independent Review of gender identity services for children and young people, also known as the Cass Review.)
Complaint regarding omission of research on autogynephilia
The research that shows that gender dysphoria (unhappiness with one’s sex) is not one thing is essential for families dealing with this issue:
It should be clear by now that “gender dysphoria” is not a precise enough term. Parents of gender dysphoric children should know which type of gender dysphoria their child has. To do so it is necessary to learn about all three of the most common types. That is, in order to understand why one’s child is Type X, it is necessary to know why s/he is not Type Y or Type Z. This is not simply academic. There are essential differences between the different types of gender dysphoria.
If knowledge is power, then lack of knowledge is malpractice…
To us, the most tragic group, along with their families, includes those who have acquired rapid-onset gender dysphoria. That condition appears to be the tragic interaction of the current transgender zeitgeist (“It’s everywhere, and it’s great!”) and social media with the vulnerability of troubled adolescents, especially adolescent girls. They are at risk for unnecessary, disfiguring, and unhealthy medical interventions.
(Gender dysphoria is not one thing by J. Michael Bailey, Ph.D and Ray Blanchard, Ph.D)