New study deflates right-wing claim that trans teens later regret gender care

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Title: New study deflates right-wing claim that many trans teens later regret gender-affirming care
Link To: Article 🔗 [Link: lgbtqnation.com/2026/08/new-​study-​deflates-​right-​wing-​claim-​that-​many-​trans-​teens-​later-​regret-​gender-​affirming-​care/]
Author: Greg Owen
Date: August 4, 2026, 3:00 pm EDT
Trigger Warning: None
Brief summary of the article
A new study of Canadian adolescents referred to pediatric gender clinics found that most continued to identify as transgender or non-binary after an average of 2.4 years. The study reported low rates of re-identification with birth-assigned gender and rare discontinuation of gender-affirming hormone therapy.
Main Points of the Article
"A new study of Canadian adolescents who were referred to pediatric gender clinics is now part of a growing body of evidence showing that rates of "detransition" are remarkably low."

"An overwhelming majority (97.1%) of adolescents who were referred to university-associated clinics in Canada for gender-affirming care continued to identify as transgender or non-binary after an average of 2.4 years."

"Only 2.9% re-identified as being gender aligned with their sex assigned at birth in that time frame."

"These findings support that within a clinical context involving comprehensive psychosocial assessment and support, gender identity among adolescents is highly stable, and rates of reidentification with birth assigned gender and cessation of GAH [gender-affirming hormones] are low"

"Researchers looked at 445 youth diagnosed with gender dysphoria who were seen at four clinics in Canada between 2012 and 2017"

"Of them, 353 began gender-affirming hormone therapy. Only four later stopped hormones, and just one stopped while also returning to an identity aligned with their sex assigned at birth, constituting less than 1% of those who received hormones, the study revealed."

"The gender identity reported at the patients' first medical visit was more fluid in adolescents who initially identified as non-binary, although none reverted to a binary identity aligned with the sex they were assigned at birth, the study added."

"The findings only add to mounting evidence that transition "regret" is remarkably low among adolescents who initiate gender-affirming care."

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