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Originally Posted by JAZZY10
In a memorandum submitted in regard to the committee stage on the British Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (CJ&I 391); November 2007.
( www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmpublic/criminal/memos/ucm39102.htm ) the following was noted:
“Every trans person in the UK today has to undertake a risk analysis that weighs up home imprisonment on welfare benefits, suicide or the risk of physical harm, possibly even rape or murder as the price to be paid for living their lives in their preferred gender role. Research [published by the Equalities Review] showed that the suicide attempt rate for trans people is very high, far higher than the rate for one of the most mentally vulnerable groups; people with ongoing mental health problems as a result of childhood abuse or trauma.”
Not all current trans folk make it to the catwalk even though their delusion takes them to it.
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Correllation does not equal causation. There are a number of factors that could explain those statistics, not just the fact that they are TG. In my layman's perspective, this is an issue related to society and education rather than a specific problem with medical/psychological treatment of TG people.
Undoubtedly there are going to better treatment options and better methodologies that will be discovered to help TG people and research is certainly key to that, so I applaud efforts to find the truth regarding this issue. However, referring to it as "delusion" is dismissive and unhelpful to this discourse. TG people have fought long and hard to have their identities recognized as legitimate and while I certainly do not want any aspect of research repressed, care must be taken to show the people behind those identities respect. IMHO, the word "delusion" does not show respect, it only challenges with negative connotation, ignoring the TG individual's perspective and freedom.
My apologies in advance if I have misunderstood your post.