1. The New York Times has published a 4,500 word opinion piece by Pamela Paul targeting transgender care. It is filled with inaccuracies, faulty citations, and factually incorrect claims. Lets dive in. Subscribe to support my work.

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2. This isn't the first time Paul has hit LGBTQ+ issues - previously, she chided LGBTQ+ people for the word "queer" and argued trans people erase women. This is her biggest attempt to engage "factually" though. She fails to do so. Read my article here: erininthemorning.com/p/debun…

Debunked: Misleading NYT Anti-Trans Article By Pamela Paul Relies On Pseudoscience

The opinion piece by Pamela Paul relies on routinely debunked disinformation and gets factual information wrong about transgender care. It is the latest NYT published piece to do so.

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3. Lets look at four of the biggest inaccuracies. Claim: Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria is making people trans Fact: Rapid onset gender dysphoria is not a validated theory and has been opposed by over 60 psychological organizations.
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4. In her citations, she relies on a retracted study by Lisa Littman, and cites a study by Lisa Littman's organizational treasurer to claim that "several researchers" support it. Here is a letter from 60 psych orgs stating it is not real: caaps.co/rogd-statement

ROGD Statement — Coalition for the Advancement & Application of Psychological science

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5. Claim: Stephanie Winn was a trans therapist who was attacked for having a more "considerate" approach to gender dysphoria. Fact: Stephanie Winn floated treating transgender kids with accupuncture needles to "see if they like needles" to try to get them to desist
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6. Claim: Trans people might actually "just be gay" and being trans is a form of conversion therapy. Fact: 75% of trans people identify as L,G,B, or Q AFTER transition. Most trans people hear, "why couldn't you just be gay" from those around them. Even Laverne Cox did!
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7. And in fact, if trans people are trying to be gay to "escape discrimination," it's a poor choice - studies show significantly higher attitudes towards transgender people. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article….

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8. If we are trying to "trans away the gay," clearly something isn't working given how many transgender people fully embrace being gay.
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9. Claim: 80% of transgender kids "desist," and various studies show this. Fact: The real number is 2.5%. The studies cited are from decades old data and criteria that classified feminine gay men and tomboys as "gender disordered."
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10. I fully explore these claims and more, in depth, with extensive sourcing in my article. This opinion piece, being paraded around as a "factual" review of trans care, is one of the sloppiest pieces I have seen on the New York Times website yet.
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Edit: Originally, I stated Paul cites a retracted Littman study. This is corrected to read that Paul cited a separate study, which was ALSO retracted. Littman’s study was removed and republished with a correction that it “does not validate the phenomenon" of ROGD with an apology.
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As always, fuck that woman.
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When I read this I was alarmed. The Times has become another sounding board for the disinformation campaign perpetrated by the evangelical right. Not one bit of science in the entire article.
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Replying to @ErinInTheMorn
I understand it’s an “opinion piece” but the fact @nytimes allowed an opinion piece filled with such factual inaccuracy and misrepresentation of basic facts surrounding transgender issues is wild to me. Be better @nytimes.
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Does this SWERF-n-TERF menace know no shame? It's truly appalling, the damage that she does with her platform.
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@nytimes stop supporting people like Pamela Paul and start supporting more people like Erin Reed to cover LGBTQ+ topics. @nytimes is doing a disservice it’s credibility as a news source, but an even bigger disservice to the LGBTQ+ community with trash journalism like this.
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Replying to @ErinInTheMorn @Esqueer_
I wish these people would just go away. They do nothing but hurt people for no understandable reason. They're sad pathetic human beings who are trying to drag the rest of us down with them with hatred and bigotry.
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Replying to @ErinInTheMorn @AriDrennen
When my kid started toying with identity, my biggest rule, “don’t force yourself to stay in a box”, especially until after college. This is THE time to explore. If that means trying on a different hat every day until you the YOU hat, DO IT!!
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Replying to @ErinInTheMorn
If the NY Times doesn't have the standards to remove something that's obviously very harmful misinformation directed towards minorities how can they call themselves journalists?
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Replying to @ErinInTheMorn @assignedmedia
That article by Pamela Paul was so filled with misleading arguments
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Of course it has inaccuracies and incorrect claims. People don't do their research properly or at all. They just use whatever they see as a reasons to discriminate the trans community.
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Oh hell not Pamela Paul crap.
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NYT has become such a shell of its former self. Seems all they put out now is poorly researched articles or reactionary anti-immigrant hit pieces its sad.
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What is the difference between this and genital mutilation to affirm?
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This is why I cancelled my subscription
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Why is this paper giving such free rein on misinformation?!!
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I'd expect this shit from Fox News but not a liberal institution like the New York Times? What's happening?
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It’s shit work like hers and all the people telling me I was just gay when I knew I was a woman who loved women that prevented me from getting the care that I needed when I was young enough for it to be the most effective in helping my express my gender.
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It's frustrating how many people still consider this a serious newspaper. So many better sources of information these days than NYT.
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It's a mental illness.
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She’s a smear merchant
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When I was a child, I was lead by the mysogynist culture, so I didnt want to be a girl because girls cook, take care of children and stay at home, and I wanted to be an author, play football and didnt like cooking. I wonder if she would've count me in this shit...
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Replying to @ErinInTheMorn @LeftwardSwing
Thank you for writing such a thorough and well documented takedown of that pile of schlock that Pamela Paul somehow got published!! You're wilfully spreading harmful, dangerous lies, @nytimes - DO BETTER!!!
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