Ordinary adolescent-onset gender dysphoria has completely eclipsed a previous theory of gender dysphoria that emerged rapidly due to social factors among proponents of the ROGD idea.

In 2018, Lisa Littman estimated that youth with ROGD declared their trans identity between one week and three months after displaying signs of gender dysphoria. When the data failed to back this up, she and other proponents did away with the rapidity.

Anti-trans actors large and small have rushed to find excuses for why a study showing trans people are less likely to regret surgery than almost any other procedure can’t possibly be taken seriously.