A study of over 107,000 patients reveals the tragedy of gender “affirmative” care

A new study has confirmed that depression and suicide ideation increase after people undergo surgery to try and appropriate the physical appearance of the opposite sex. 

We are often told that gender confused people desperately need to have their desire of being the opposite sex affirmed, but the reality is, it does not change the fact a person will never change their sex.

The Oxford Academic Journal of Sexual Medicine has studied 107,000 patients over the age of 18 who have undergone surgery to appear as the opposite sex.

The study concluded that bottom and top surgeries are "associated with increased risk of mental health issues." The results section stated that "from 107 583 patients, matched cohorts demonstrated that those undergoing surgery were at significantly higher risk for depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and substance use disorders than those without surgery."

It said of those who got surgery, "Our analysis reveals a significantly elevated risk of mental health disorders-including depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and substance use disorder-post-surgery among individuals with a prior diagnosis of gender dysphoria."

Males and females who underwent surgery had a higher risk of depression, according to the study. Although those who underwent surgery had a higher rate of mental health issues, the study claimed that the surgeries were "beneficial in affirming gender identity."

The study authors noted that "the heightened risk of mental health issues post-surgery was particularly pronounced among individuals undergoing feminizing transition compared to masculinizing transition."

🚨BREAKING: A new study analyzed mental health outcomes in gender dysphoric patients (with no other previous mental health diagnoses) who did and did not receive "gender-affirming surgery."

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— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) February 28, 2025

The reality is no human can change their sex. It is cruel to promise a solution that cannot be delivered. 

Surgical procedures are expensive and create life-long medical patients.

These surgeries cannot be reversed. 

It is no wonder that already vulnerable people are undergoing these surgeries and later realising it hasn’t solved their gender incongruence. 

They are still their natal sex but now have to live with a mutilated body that has not in fact ‘transitioned.’

It is horrifying that medical practitioners who have sworn to ‘do no harm’ are perpetuating the lie that a human can change sex. 

It is an avoidable tragedy that these gender incongruent patients are being left with permanent mental health issues and wounded bodies because doctors refuse to support them in ways that help them accept the reality of their biology.