{"id":2704237,"date":"2026-11-13T08:58:56","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T13:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignwapo-ignores-huge-errors-in-study-claiming-97-percent-of-opposite-sex-hormone-takers-have-no-regrets\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T09:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T14:07:35","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignwapo-ignores-huge-errors-in-study-claiming-97-percent-of-opposite-sex-hormone-takers-have-no-regrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignwapo-ignores-huge-errors-in-study-claiming-97-percent-of-opposite-sex-hormone-takers-have-no-regrets\/","title":{"rendered":"WaPo Ignored All These Details To Peddle Faulty Pro-Trans Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignwapo-ignores-huge-errors-in-study-claiming-97-percent-of-opposite-sex-hormone-takers-have-no-regrets%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2704237&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A critique argues the Washington Post overstated a JAMA Pediatrics study claiming nearly 97% of youths who began opposite-sex hormones had no regrets. About 43% of initial patients didn\u2019t respond, so the 372 responders-not the 698 contacted-produced that figure. Regret was higher among those who stopped hormones; many cited inadequate planning, youth, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-simmons-ruled-out-for-nets-game-4-against-celtics\/\" title=\"Ben Simmons Ruled Out for Nets\u2019 Game 4 Against Celtics\">mental-health issues<\/a>. The single-site, staff-run study was WPATH-affiliated, NIH-funded, and paid participants, raising possible bias. Other research shows higher discontinuation and regret. The author urges fuller reporting and cautions against broad policy conclusions from this study.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>On Nov. 11, The Washington Post published an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2026\/11\/11\/most-transgender-people-have-no-regrets-years-after-hormone-therapy-study-says\/?utm_campaign=wp_main&#038;utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a> titled \u201cMost transgender people have no regrets years after hormone therapy, study says.\u201d According to the Post, nearly 97 percent of individuals who began taking opposite-sex hormones as youths believed they made the right decision. Only about 3 percent reported regret, and fewer than 2 percent reported harm. Sounds pretty convincing, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Nearly 97 percent of transgender people who received hormone therapy as teenagers did not regret it five years later, a study found.<\/p>\n<p>Though some patients did regret medically transitioning, those rates are relatively low compared to other medical interventions.\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/2120584876864700502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Not so much. The <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamapediatrics\/fullarticle\/2856355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study<\/a>, published in JAMA Pediatrics on Nov. 9, examined satisfaction and regret among individuals who began taking opposite-sex hormones in their youth. Researchers reported that 360 of 372 respondents believed starting on hormones was the \u201cright decision.\u201d That\u2019s the number making headlines. But here\u2019s what the Post conveniently never shared with its readers.<\/p>\n<p>According to the study\u2019s own participant flowchart, 839 young people underwent an initial assessment at the transgender facility. Of those, 729 consented to the research, and ultimately 698 were sent the annual survey.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Of those 698 individuals, 297 never completed it.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s approximately 43 percent of the people contacted whose experiences remain unknown. The researchers couldn\u2019t determine whether those individuals had started taking opposite-sex hormones, continued treatment, or regretted their decisions. Of the 401 who responded, 25 had never received hormones, leaving 376 participants in the final sample. Four did not complete the regret scale.<\/p>\n<p>So that impressive 97 percent figure represents the responses of 372 people, not the entire population initially assessed. Whether those results represent the missing participants remains unanswered.<\/p>\n<p>The Post told readers that researchers \u201csurveyed 376\u201d people. They didn\u2019t. They surveyed 698. The 376 are simply the respondents who had taken hormones. The 297 who never answered don\u2019t appear anywhere in the Post\u2019s story. And there\u2019s more.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 376 participants who started opposite-sex hormones, 65 were no longer taking hormones when surveyed. Among those 65, approximately 14 percent reported regret. That\u2019s considerably different from the overall 3 percent figure. Nearly everyone reporting regret or harm had discontinued treatment. In fact, 311 of the 376 participants were still taking hormones when surveyed.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers also acknowledged that they never investigated why these individuals discontinued treatment. To make matters more interesting, eight respondents now identified as their biological sex, and seven of those eight accounted for more than half of the 13 participants who reported regret or harm.<\/p>\n<p>Among the nine participants who provided written descriptions of their regret or harm, seven reported not feeling \u201cadequately prepared to make an informed decision\u201d because of their age, maturity, mental health difficulties, or insufficient support.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 92 percent of the participants began opposite-sex hormones at 17 or younger. And while the average time since beginning treatment was approximately five years, some had started as recently as 1.2 months before the survey. The Post, meanwhile, described the responses as coming \u201cfive years after the initial treatment.\u201d Five years was the average, not the minimum. <\/p>\n<p>How much can we possibly know about long-term regret when some participants have barely begun treatment? And who conducted this research? Workers from the very facilities providing the treatment. The authors acknowledged that this relationship might have discouraged some former hormone recipients from participating. Detransitioners (or desisters) already feel bullied, ostracized, and harassed for their decision to reverse course, so expecting them to participate in a study from the very organization that encouraged this form of mutilation is absurd and unrealistic.<\/p>\n<p>That facility followed the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) guidelines \u2014 the same standards of care this study now endorses. The researchers even presented an earlier version of their findings at WPATH\u2019s own 2024 symposium.<\/p>\n<p>Participants were paid between $45 and $65 for completing the survey. And taxpayers footed the bill: The project behind the study has received more than <a href=\"https:\/\/reporter.nih.gov\/project-details\/11398030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$2.5 million<\/a> from the National Institutes of Health. So a facility that follows WPATH\u2019s playbook surveyed its own patrons, paid them to respond, previewed the results at WPATH\u2019s conference, and concluded that WPATH\u2019s standards should stay in place. And the one outside expert the Post chose to quote? Scott Leibowitz, who sits on WPATH\u2019s board. Not a single critic made the cut.<\/p>\n<p>Yet despite these limitations, the researchers concluded that their findings support existing standards of care and oppose categorical restrictions on minors taking opposite-sex hormones. That\u2019s a significant policy conclusion to draw from a single-facility study with so many unanswered questions.<\/p>\n<p>What do other studies show? Well, <a href=\"https:\/\/donoharmmedicine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Do No Harm<\/a> \u2014 an organization that helps concerned citizens keep harmful ideologies out of medicine \u2014 lists multiple studies that paint a very different picture. One of them, a <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35452119\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2022 study<\/a> of 952 young patients in the U.S. military health system, found that nearly 30 percent had stopped hormones within four years, and among those taking testosterone, it was closer to 36 percent. Another <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC8604821\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">survey<\/a> of 100 detransitioners found that only 24 percent ever told their transgender intervention providers they had stopped, which is exactly why a facility surveying its own former patrons may never hear from the ones who walked away.<\/p>\n<p>The Post reported the reassuring percentages while failing to examine the missing responses and the considerably higher regret rate among those who discontinued treatment. None of this proves the missing participants regretted their decisions. But it certainly raises questions about how confidently these findings can be applied to other young people.<\/p>\n<p>When we\u2019re discussing hormonal interventions involving minors and potentially permanent physical changes, the public deserves the full picture. And journalism is supposed to provide it.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Soad Tabrizi, LMFT, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, writer, and founder of Conservative Counselors \u2013 a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >directory connecting reality-based therapists<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignkennedys-hhs-puts-gender-medicines-biggest-medical-groups-on-the-clock\/\" title=\"HHS Puts Gender Medicine\u2019s Biggest Medical Groups On The Clock\">clients seeking mental health care<\/a> without fear of ideological judgment. Based in Orange County, California, she operates a private practice and is licensed in nine states. She writes on Substack, where she also hosts a monthly live show, On the Couch, for her subscribers. Her work challenges the ideological capture of psychology and calls out woke orthodoxy in therapy and culture. An unapologetic Christian and outspoken advocate for conservative clinicians, she fights for their rightful place in the mental health profession.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WaPo: 97% no regrets; ~3% regret, &lt;2% harmed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4444,"featured_media":2704238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Copy-of-Untitled-15.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[69762,73928,56439,50738,72346],"class_list":["post-2704237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-journalism-ethics-2","tag-lgbtq-issues-3","tag-media-bias-2","tag-misinformation-2","tag-washington-post-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Copy-of-Untitled-15.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4444"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2704237"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2704241,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704237\/revisions\/2704241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2704238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2704237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2704237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2704237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}