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Bobstandard

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2. Journalist draws wrong conclusion

Reply to Mosby (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2024, 01:38 PM

May 2024

Evidence-based-medicine experts insist that we simply do not know whether gender-transition treatment is safe and effective for minors.

Implying that unresolved questions about pediatric gender medicine calls into question the conclusion that homosexuality is not a pathology is both unsupported by information in the article and intellectually dishonest. Everything from the head headline on down screams clickbait.

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Psychiatrists learned the wrong lesson from the gay rights movement [View all] Mosby May 2024 OP

Huh? I think there are some unknowns regarding long-term effects, but short-term, unblock May 2024 #1

Journalist draws wrong conclusion Bobstandard May 2024 #2

Yes these are two entirely separate issues. Irish_Dem May 2024 #3