Abstract
In “Outbreak: On Transgender Teens and Psychic Epidemics,” Lisa Marchiano discusses a purported social contagion called “rapid-onset gender dysphoria.” Her article ignores substantial current research on the outcomes of transition for transgender adolescents and young adults. It further portrays gender dysphoria in adolescence as a psychic epidemic rather than a legitimate medical condition, urging parents to encourage their transgender children to accept their assigned gender—an approach that has already been abandoned in the consensus standard of care because of the documented harm it causes.
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