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May 2019
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Transgender ‘peer pressure’ study upheld
A study which found that heavy exposure to online content about gender transition is partially behind the phenomenon of ‘rapid-onset gender dysphoria’ (ROGD) has been backed following an extensive peer review. ROGD is a term given to teenagers who suddenly express feelings of being ‘born in the wrong body’, despite never having experienced such feelings in earlier life. The study also found that gender dysphoria spread like wildfire among friendship groups where the majority of children were ‘transgender-identified’. The research was conducted by Dr Lisa Littman from Brown University in America. The results were published in August last year, but activists who disagreed with her...
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