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GenderGP
Company blog · gendergp.comhealth
GenderGP is the company blog at gendergp.com, writing about health. Since 2020, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-07-21, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link GenderGP as a source for gender-medicine facts, mainly a detransition rate of about 3% in the US. The comments do not judge the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
GenderGP provides hormone and blocker recommendations, blood tests and counselling as part of our gender-affirming healthcare.
Most-linked posts?
- /detransition-facts/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-04-07
What Hacker News says?
Well, let's think about this. If estrogens or xenoestrogens were at levels in food and drink that they were changing the bodies of young men, what you would see is distress as their body shifts away from their assigned gender. I do not see what about that would lead them to think they are transgender. Far from distress, the rate of dissatisfaction trans people after hormonal transition is very low and is most often…
Comment linking /detransition-facts/
on “Microplastics found in live human lung tissue”Submitted New Study Confirms Low Regret Rates for Gender-Affirming Surgery as a story · 7 points
HN discussionFor the record people that transition, AT ALL AGES, overwhelmingly stay that way and do not regret their decision. * Here is the [*APA's policy statement*]( http://www.apa.org/about/policy/transgender.aspx ) on the necessity and efficacy of transition as the appropriate treatment for gender dysphoria. More from the APA [*here*]( http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbt/programs/transgender/?tab=1 ) * Here is an [*AMA resolution*]…
Comment linking /exploring-detransition-with-dr-jack-turban/
on “‘Gay furries’ group hacks agencies in US states attacking gender-affirming care”Submitted FTM Packers for the 21st Century as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSo your point is that these kids are making a horrible mistake that they are too young to understand. I'll agree that this is a potential problem and that it does happen, albeit a very small percent of the them (~ 3% in the US): https://www.gendergp.com/detransition-facts/ The parents are not gaslighting them, because they're also painfully aware that there are people who hate and fear them for who they are, but the…
Comment linking /detransition-facts/
on “Why Proximity Makes Progressives”Sex change operations are not legally possible in most country under a certain age, around 18. For example in Europe: > In thirteen out of twenty-eight Member States, general surgery rules apply as regards the age at which children can request a sex reassignment surgery. In this context, the age requirement for access to medical treatment without the consent of the parents or of a public authority is 18 years in Bul…
Comment linking /debunking-the-myths-surrounding-puberty-blockers-trans-kids/
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