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Transgender Study Guide
A growing source of evidence-based information about transgender people, providing links to specific studies and other helpful resources
Updated: 22 September 2024
Currently, many individuals and organizations have launched an all-out attack on transgender people, likely in an attempt, not just to stigmatize trans people as they’re finally gaining acceptance, but also to stimulate support for those critics’ broader political agendas.
This page hopes to serve as a resource to address the inaccurate arguments and misinformation leveled against transgender people and their struggle for acceptance and for simple human rights. Each response to these arguments is kept deliberately short but links to evidence-based studies or professional analysis, which explains the topic in detail.
Let’s start with the basics.
No, being transgender is not a mental illness.
As the Cleveland Clinic says, “Being transgender is not a mental illness. But people who are transgender face unique challenges, such as gender dysphoria and discrimination, which can affect their mental health.”
Some trans individuals don’t experience mental health issues at all…
