If transitioning is so wonderful, why aren't the suicide rates going down for these individuals?
Do you want an answer?
It's because they were too young to understand what was happening to them & adults have simply catered to their "whims" at the moment, then regret they ever did the transitioning.
Well, evidently not.
Because that's NOT why suicides don't stop after transition, and why some people have issues and a VERY small minority may transition back to the gender they were before. Also fun fact, Dix, your assumption that they were too 'young' is not correct as current day Trans adults transitioned AS adults not as kids, because when THEY were young, Trans was still a "it doesn't exist/don't talk about it/don't say anything/you're gay, not Trans" subject. Trans kids having help and care now is only a VERY recent development.
The REASON some people still take their lives after is because they thought transitioning would fix everything, and it doesn't. It's only PART of the issue. Another part are people like you in society who don't accept them even after they transition and worse people who abuse, bully, and rape them still. Another part is that all the trauma they had in their lives BEFORE transitioning just is too much and they can't take it, even when they might finally be the gender they should be. And there's more parts than that, but I'm sure you don't actually care about that, do you?
It's a complex issue, and WHY kids should get help early to help PREVENT this kind of shit.
That's why nothing should be done with kids until they're at LEAST 18 and have some knowledge behind them.
See above about this being a complex issue.
Adults making the decision aren't necessarily making things better - in fact, they're making things worse. I feel for these people - they need help.
Yes, they do, they needed help at an earlier age. They need people like YOU to fuck off, stop judging them and if you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all. The KIDS need people like you to fuck off and stop teaching other kids that it's okay to hate on Trans people because they're faking it or crazy or going against God and that only God can heal them, or whatever other fucking sadistic thing parents are telling their "oh so perfectly normal" shits to bully Trans kids over.
If, at an older age, they still want to transition, then it's their decision - not some adult whose ideology believes there are more than 2 genders and have no inclination to examine why this person feels the way they do.
Your ignorance about this entire subject is outstanding. Do some actual research on HOW kids are helped in Trans Care centers instead of relying on right wing lies for once.
Here, I'll even help you.
As part of the Department of Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center, CATCH provides support and care to transgender children, adolescents, and young adults. However your child chooses to identify, our dedicated clinical team is here to support them every step of the way.
www.bmc.org
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, interdisciplinary professional and educational organization devoted to transgender health.
www.wpath.org
And for ADULTS
The GenderCare Center is the first transgender healthcare center in New England to provide such a comprehensive program and is a leader nationally in delivery of gender affirming care.
www.bmc.org
It's disgusting this is happening to our kids & anyone apologizing for it or enabling the transition of minors should be (figuratively) shot! We need to protect our kids, not abuse them.
First, unless you have a Trans kid, it's not happening to YOUR kid and you should STFU about what other parents are doing to help their kids. Second, apologizing for it or enabling transition for kids is actually HELPING them, not hurting them. Instead, you are all for abusing them by NOT helping these trans kids, by thinking that somehow they will magically be okay if they just wait until they're an adult (Trans care isn't GRS and Transitioning is more than getting parts cut off) and continuing ignorance instead of actually educating yourself on what Trans kids deal with on a day to day basis and how Trans Care centers work.
The only people needing to be "figuratively" shot are those who think Trans kids need to be bullied, abused, raped and pushed to suicide because they won't listen to what the kids are saying.
For more info on trans people and suicides:
BOSTON, April 28, 2021—A new study published today in JAMA Surgery found that gender-affirming surgery is associated with improved mental health outcomes
fenwayhealth.org
https://www.mentalhealthcommission.ca/wp-content/uploads/drupal/2019-05/Transgender people and suicide fact sheet.pdf --- this one has a "What can reduce risk" and it says "complete medical transition IF MEDICAL TRANSITION IS DESIRED" which is great to point out because not all trans people want to have GRS and Joe Public needs to realize that.
Now I know you likely won't look at any of the above, Dix, but if ever you DO feel like maybe just educating yourself, it's there.
And another shooting at a GLBT+ club.
But you can't understand why suicides don't stop for Trans people?