Transgender Research: Five Things Every Parent and Policy-Maker Should Know.

This concise, six-page research summary has just been published by the Institute for Research & Evaluation (IRE). IRE is a non-profit organization with a stellar reputation for its thirty years of research, especially on the outcomes of different forms of sex education.

This new paper answers five crucial questions in the current debate over “gender identity” and “transgender” issues:

1. Cross-Sex Medical Treatments: What does research show about the benefits and harms of cross-sex medical treatment for minors?
2. Suicide: What does research on medical gender transition tell us about preventing suicide in transgender youth?
3. Gender Dysphoria: Is gender dysphoria in children a permanent condition and one that requires medical treatment?
4. Transgender Identification: Can young people be influenced to identify as transgender, or is it all biologically determined?
5. Sex Ed: What does research tell us about teaching sex education and gender ideology to young children?