Grounded in science

You've heard a lot about us. Almost none of it was science.

Nearly every American has been inundated with clickbait and "news" about transgender people, and nearly none of it is grounded in science — let alone written by transgender people.

We're trans. We read these studies because our lives run on them — and we built the site we wished existed: short answers first, a source on every claim, nothing you have to take on faith.

Why this site exists

It's easy to tune out as culture-war noise. But repetition works on all of us: framings sink in long before anyone decides to believe them, especially when even sympathetic outlets pick up the same language.

Give it ten minutes. Start with whatever you've heard; every answer is short, every claim has a source, and nothing here asks you to take our word for it.

What have you heard?

Pick what sounds familiar — we'll start the evidence there.

Show me the evidence →

Four numbers to hold onto

~1%regret after transition surgery — 27 studies, 7,928 patients 82.5%of people who ever went back, even briefly, cited outside pressure; only 15.9% cited any doubt about their gender 1 in 5identical twins of trans people are trans too, about 21 times the usual rate 0European countries that banned this care

Even the sympathetic stories leave things out

Not because reporters are villains — framings are sticky and column inches are short. The 2-minute quiz shows what usually gets cut. No score, no judgment.

Read the fine print →

Science under pressure Reviews ordered with the verdict written first, subpoenas for patient records, threats against doctors. And the research that kept going anyway, year by year. See the two columns Have you heard this one? “Trans women are just biological males.” See what the evidence actually says