Tag Archives: youth

“Everyone feels that way”: Are gender dysphoric symptoms a near-universal experience in cisgender adolescents?

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Zinnia Jones

Previously: “Rapid onset gender dysphoria” study: An impossibly wide net of alternative etiologies “Everyone wonders about being the other gender.” “How many hours a day?” —brainsaysgirl Lisa Littman’s study on a proposed new condition called “rapid onset gender dysphoria” occurring … Continue reading →

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What the “rapid onset gender dysphoria” study missed: Timing of identity development and disclosure in LGBT youth

Posted on September 28, 2018 by Zinnia Jones

Previously: Meet the unbiased, reliable, not-at-all-transphobic parents from the “rapid onset gender dysphoria” study Since the publication of Lisa Littman’s paper on an alleged new condition called “rapid onset gender dysphoria” emerging among adolescents and young adults (Littman, 2018), many … Continue reading →

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My letter to the Brown Daily Herald on “rapid onset gender dysphoria”, and Lisa Littman’s response

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Zinnia Jones

Previously: “Rapid onset gender dysphoria” study misunderstands trans depersonalization This weekend, I wrote in to the Brown Daily Herald on the controversy over a recent study on “rapid onset gender dysphoria” by Brown assistant professor Lisa Littman: I am writing … Continue reading →

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5 unanswered questions about the “rapid onset gender dysphoria” hoax diagnosis

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Zinnia Jones

“Rapid onset gender dysphoria” is a proposed diagnosis applied to teen trans boys, positing that their dysphoria appears suddenly in adolescence as the result of receiving it via “social contagion”, such as by having trans friends or reading about trans … Continue reading →

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“Rapid onset gender dysphoria”: What a hoax diagnosis looks like

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Zinnia Jones

Previously: Fresh trans myths of 2017: “rapid onset gender dysphoria” The concept of “rapid onset gender dysphoria” was proposed in July of 2016 by a trio of blogs with a history of overtly transphobic perspectives that are at odds with … Continue reading →

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