False Positives

The Dangerous "Science" Behind Gender Transitioning

From the beginning, proponents of the sexual revolution have wrapped themselves in the mantle of science, especially social science. For example, in the 1950s, the "Kinsey Reports" helped normalize a range of sexual behaviors. They were also the source of the still-often-quoted "statistic" that 10 percent of people are same-sex oriented. Both that figure and the methodology behind Kinsey's "research" have long been discredited. Still, that 10 percent number has stuck in many people's heads.

A new wave of studies in recent years paints a rosy picture of the benefits of medical transitions for people with gender dysphoria. So much so that, as Paul Dirks recently wrote at Public Discourse,...