Queen's Speech Episode 7 - Dr. Turban's claims examined......
Stonewall and Pink News may come to regret quite so enthusiastically supporting some fairly extraordinary claims now being widely debunked....
Nancy Kelly tweeted this week “Interesting thread using US survey data to examine the idea that social contagion or homophobia is driving young people to identify as trans (finds no evidence of either)” - Clive and I demonstrate in this episode why this may have been deeply unwise…….
Links we discuss in the show here:
Malcolm’s first thread
Malcolm’s second thread including Michael Biggs
Malcolm’s blog
Nathan Williams thread
A quick thread on this new paper which it has been claimed refutes the notion of social contagion in trans adolescents. Even by the poor methodological standards of this topic it's remarkable how weak the evidence is compared to the claims being made. 1/x🚨We have a new paper out today in @aap_peds🚨 We examined 2 hypotheses: 1. That youth identify as #trans due to "social contagion" & adolescents assigned female are more susceptible 2. That youth identify as trans to flee LGB-related stigma Neither was supported by data. 🧵Jack Turban MD 🏳️⚧️🧠🏳️🌈 @jack_turban
Nancy Kelly’s thread including original research
Interesting thread using US survey data to examine the idea that social contagion or homophobia is driving young people to identify as trans (finds no evidence of either)🚨We have a new paper out today in @aap_peds🚨 We examined 2 hypotheses: 1. That youth identify as #trans due to "social contagion" & adolescents assigned female are more susceptible 2. That youth identify as trans to flee LGB-related stigma Neither was supported by data. 🧵Jack Turban MD 🏳️⚧️🧠🏳️🌈 @jack_turban