Thanks for this, and so sorry that you are dealing with it. I especially appreciate the link to the debunking of the suicide stat that is passed around. This is the summary:
PACE claimed they surveyed 2,000 trans people and 48% had contemplated suicide. In fact, 27 (not percent—just 27) of the survey respondents were actually trans.
Thanks for this, and so sorry that you are dealing with it. I especially appreciate the link to the debunking of the suicide stat that is passed around. This is the summary:
PACE claimed they surveyed 2,000 trans people and 48% had contemplated suicide. In fact, 27 (not percent—just 27) of the survey respondents were actually trans.
The study had a stated goal of how mental health services could be improved for LGBT+ people, focusing on three areas in particular:
1. Suicidal ideation among young LGBT+ people
2. Heavy drinking among lesbian and bisexual women
3. Body image among gay and bisexual men
The study had two main parts:
1. To recruit and interview people with direct experience of the above mental health issues.
2. To recruit a large sample of people to complete a survey linking to the above issues to give a picture of how they impact a wide cross-section of people in the UK, including LGBT+.
The survey recruited 2,078 people. Again, 27 of those identified themselves as trans. In addition, from the survey itself, they state that it is possible based on the nature of PACE, and the topic of research that there is a disproportion of participants with experience with the above issues, and they further state that their results are only valid for their sample (i.e., the results should not be applied to any group outside of the 27 or the 2,078 people who participated in the study). In addition, there was no identification of any co-morbidities nor was the fact that participants may have been drawn to participate BECAUSE they had suffered the above issues (i.e., leading to a higher percentage of “positive” participants than would otherwise be found amongst the general population).
But this kind of information is lost on the activists and the poor kids who fall for their b.s.
Thanks for this, and so sorry that you are dealing with it. I especially appreciate the link to the debunking of the suicide stat that is passed around. This is the summary:
PACE claimed they surveyed 2,000 trans people and 48% had contemplated suicide. In fact, 27 (not percent—just 27) of the survey respondents were actually trans.
The study had a stated goal of how mental health services could be improved for LGBT+ people, focusing on three areas in particular:
1. Suicidal ideation among young LGBT+ people
2. Heavy drinking among lesbian and bisexual women
3. Body image among gay and bisexual men
The study had two main parts:
1. To recruit and interview people with direct experience of the above mental health issues.
2. To recruit a large sample of people to complete a survey linking to the above issues to give a picture of how they impact a wide cross-section of people in the UK, including LGBT+.
The survey recruited 2,078 people. Again, 27 of those identified themselves as trans. In addition, from the survey itself, they state that it is possible based on the nature of PACE, and the topic of research that there is a disproportion of participants with experience with the above issues, and they further state that their results are only valid for their sample (i.e., the results should not be applied to any group outside of the 27 or the 2,078 people who participated in the study). In addition, there was no identification of any co-morbidities nor was the fact that participants may have been drawn to participate BECAUSE they had suffered the above issues (i.e., leading to a higher percentage of “positive” participants than would otherwise be found amongst the general population).
But this kind of information is lost on the activists and the poor kids who fall for their b.s.