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Journal Retracts Study of Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria in Youth

The study found social and medical transition associated with 'referral to a gender specialist'

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Journal Retracts Study of Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria in Youth
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Nathan Worcester
Nathan Worcester
Senior Reporter
6/16/2023|Updated: 6/17/2023
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An academic journal has retracted an article on young people whose parents believe they have developed gender dysphoria because of social contagion. The theory is known as rapid-onset gender dysphoria (ROGD).

“It’s easy to study things that make people happy. It’s much harder to study things that are bound to make at least some people unhappy,” one of the study’s authors, Northwestern University Professor J. Michael Bailey, told The Epoch Times in a June 16 interview.

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Nathan Worcester
Nathan Worcester
Senior Reporter
Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
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