Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know – The Quackometer
Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know – The Quackometer
Seen the "98% of studies were ignored!" one doing the rounds on social media. The editorial in the BMJ put it in much better terms:
"One emerging criticism of the Cass review is that it set the methodological bar too high for research to be included in its analysis and discarded too many studies on the basis of quality. In fact, the reality is different: studies in gender medicine fall woefully short in terms of methodological rigour; the methodological bar for gender medicine studies was set too low, generating research findings that are therefore hard to interpret."
A better breakdown https://www.advocate.com/health/hilary-cass-nhs-report-debunked#toggle-gdpr
And edited this one too https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26895269.2024.2328249
Ms Reed is not an objective source. Nor does it appear she has much experience with systematic reviews. Indeed she repeats many of the "myths" such as the one about 98% of studies being thrown out.
"A closer inspection of the reviews released alongside the Cass report reveals that 101 out of 103 studies on gender-affirming care were dismissed for not being of "sufficiently high quality," "
That is a lie.
Lastly, it seemingly endorses restrictions on transgender people under the age of 25, stating that they should not be allowed to progress into adult care clinics.
This is another lie from Ms Reed. I am beginning to think this "debunking" article you've shared is actually the original source of most of the myths being peddled on social media.
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