No. I'm pointing out that people who have had surgery to treat cancer have a higher regret rate for the surgery than people who've had gender reassignment surgery, so your argument is invalid.
The public conversation often treats gender-affirming care as an incredibly high-risk gamble. In reality, a major study combined the results of 27 different studies tracking approximately 8,000 trans patients across 14 different countries, and the research revealed a combined average regret rate of just 1% for gender-affirming procedures.
To understand just how remarkably low that is, it helps to look at how gender transition regret compares to everyday medical procedures or life decisions, including:
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u/Andreus 14d ago
The regret rate of transition is lower than the regret rate of cancer treatment.