cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/38251967
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/38251967
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
I guess to would have to look at the suicide rates in other populations coming out of COVID.
COVID and the associated turmoil certainly did have an effect on the mental health of the country.
That is what I was trying to convey, yes.
Surely a better and far easier measure is to look at suicide rates of the whole population vs suicide rates in trans people specifically? You don’t need to factor in covid at all.
No doubt. But the time correlation (and yes, I know correlation does not automatically equate to causation) together with the direct consequences it would have on trans kids seems much more suggestive of the withdrawal of care playing a role than COVID.
I used COVID as shorthand for “the pandemic, lockdown, restricted NHS care, etc”