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Father, we pray for those who are struggling with gender dysphoria, and for children who are being manipulated and groomed. Show them that irreversible surgery is not the answer, God.
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The idea that transgender surgeries prevent suicide is yet another lie used to manipulate. These people need prayer, not irreversible harm.

From LifeSite. Fox News host Tucker Carlson exposed the claim that transgender surgeries prevent suicidality, arguing that those who have obtained the destructive operations are actually far more likely to commit suicide than those who donā€™t.

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In a clipĀ postedĀ to social media by The Daily Caller on Monday, Carlson said activists ā€œwith a sexual agenda, not a political agenda, have pushed so hard to makeā€ transgender surgery ā€œlegal and then fashionable that weā€™ve ignored it. But the numbers have been there.ā€

In his monologue, Carlson referenced aĀ Swedish cohort study published in 2011. According to the studyā€™s abstract, ā€œpersons with transsexualism, after sex reassignment, have considerably higher risks for mortality, suicidal behavior, and psychiatric morbidity than the general population.ā€ …

 

While transgender advocates oftenĀ cite statisticsĀ to argue that so-called ā€œgender-affirming careā€ helps reduce suicidal ideation, a 2021 JAMA studyĀ foundĀ that efforts ā€œto empirically demonstrate mental health benefits from gender-affirming surgery have generated mixed results.ā€

The study noted that a 2020 correction to aĀ 2010 meta-analysis, ā€œthe largest existing study on this subject to our knowledge,ā€ had ā€œdemonstrated no mental health benefit from gender-affirming surgery after comparison with a control group of [transgender and gender diverse] people who had not yet undergone surgery.ā€

ā€œMental health effects of gender-affirming surgery thus remain controversial,ā€ the studyā€™s authors noted. …

Meanwhile, Carlsonā€™s comments regarding the harms of transgender surgeries come as conservatives have recently upped their game in addressing the cultural celebration of transgenderism and the sterilizing drugs and mutilating surgeries that accompany it. …

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Jeffrey Gosney
September 24, 2022

I have worked in the Mental/Behavioral Health field since 1974 and worked with many people from all walks of life. Transgender-type of surgery does not prevent suicidality; in fact, many times it increases suicidality prior to-, mid-, post-surgery due in part to the vast amount of pharmaceutical and biological changes a person experiences.
Improved results with those who chose to not move forward with transitioning surgery; however, the stats are very convoluted to show that surgery is the answer for the majority.

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