Two weeks ago, Matthew Memoli, who was acting NIH director at the time, sent an e-mail to the directors of several NIH institutes. It said that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the NIH’s parent agency, “has been directed to fund research on a few specific areas” related to what it calls “chemical and surgical mutilation” of children and adults — a reference to gender-affirming care and surgery. “This is very important to the President and the Secretary” of the HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the e-mail added.
this has already been studied
The regret rate is 1%. you’re more likely to regret having kids (7%), getting a tattoo (16.2%),, or having knee replacement surgery (20%).
While social transitioning and hormone replacement seems to be less studied than gender affirming surgeries (GAS), there was a 2021 study that looked at the factors that involved regret for transitioning. The study found that of participants who ever pursued gender affirmirmation, only 13% reported detransitioning AND of that 13%:
Keep in mind those are % of % so if you want to say the internal-factored regret rate of individuals who pursued gender affirmation and detransitioned then you get 2% (.13 x .159).
Id be very skeptical of any US-gov backed research in these areas going forward
Ah but it hasn’t been studied with threats if you don’t find high regret rates