Help someone early on the cheap? OK by me. - Lapsdoy

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Starting too early is not help.

I've met a few trans, and had an old friend in his late 50s/60s start transitioning. Every single one of them knew early on they were different, and they know much more now than previously. Early on, they go through a lot of questioning and testing because they are looking for gender confusion, and then start hormones.

Surgical regret
The rate of regret following gender-affirming surgery (GAS) is consistently reported as very low, often less than 1%.

~A 2021 systematic review of 27 studies found the pooled prevalence of regret after GAS was 1% among 7,928 patients.
~A 2024 review found a pooled prevalence of 1.94%, with lower rates for transmasculine surgeries (0.8%) than for transfeminine surgeries (4.0%).
~The regret rate for GAS is substantially lower than for many other common medical procedures.

I realize that's the mantra on the right, but it isn't out of any real concern for a trans - most MAGA would say - fuck trans, let them pay for it.