The myths, answered: Triggernometry: the trans debate, with Konstantin Kisin

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Every checkable claim made in the conversation, in the order it came up. Open any one for the answer.

Myth

Being trans is a trauma response like self-harm

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Myth

Puberty blockers disrupt brain pruning and cognition

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Myth

Clinicians providing trans care to children are abusers

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Gender dysphoria diagnosis is just a child's feelings

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Myth

Puberty blockers permanently eliminate sexual feeling

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Myth

Puberty blockers socially isolate children from peers

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Blocking puberty makes sexual development impossible

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Myth

Trans men can never have a fulfilling sex life

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Puberty blockers followed by hormones erase sexual function

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Testosterone causes early menopause and heart problems in trans men

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Gender dysphoria is just a trauma response label

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Myth

Trans adults who say they always felt this way are lying

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No certainty means no medical intervention for trans youth

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Myth

Children cannot consent to losing fertility and sexual function

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Myth

Gender dysphoria is a catchall label for autistic or gay teens

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Myth

Tavistock prescribed blockers after just two sessions

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Myth

Autistic children mistake not fitting in for being trans

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Myth

Parental attention turns a passing remark into an identity

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Myth

A child saying they are a girl is play

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Myth

Children identify as cats and schools must comply

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Myth

Gender identity was invented twenty years ago

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Myth

Children who would have grown up gay are transitioned

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Myth

Phalloplasty cannot give a trans man a working penis

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GRA was for a small group, now misused at scale

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Equality Act protection now covers anyone with a quirky identity

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Talking therapy is the only appropriate response to a trans child

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Phalloplasty surgery does not work

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Providing trans healthcare to children is criminal harm

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A trans woman's passport marker harms other women's rights

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Being transgender is a fetish

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