Some of you may be interested in this new study, which is now recruiting adolescents and young adults with gender dysphoria and parents of gender-dysphoric adolescents and young adults. — Eliza
The Adolescent and Young Adult Gender Dysphoria Outcomes Study (AYAGDOS) is open for recruitment.The purpose of this research is to learn about gender dysphoria in youth (13-21 years of age) with a focus on psychological well-being, family factors, sexual orientation, health care, and the course of gender dysphoria over time. We hope to enroll pairs of family members–one gender dysphoric youth and one of their parents/guardians–to complete a series of separate online surveys over a period of five years. However, participation of both family members is not required. Gender dysphoric youth can participate without involving their parents, and parents of gender dysphoric youth can participate without involving their gender dysphoric child. An eligibility screening interview will be conducted by video-conference call for the first potential participant from the same family to contact the research team. Research participation requires completing an Internet survey, is voluntary, and is not compensated.
Potentially eligible individuals are either: 1) a person who is 13-21 years of age and has gender dysphoria or 2) a person who is the parent of a 13-21 year old gender dysphoric youth. All participants must be English-speaking and live in one of the countries listed on the study website: WWW.AYAGDOS.ORG. These include the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia, and members of the European Union.
The study investigators are J. Michael Bailey (Principal Investigator); Lisa Littman (Principal Investigator); and Kenneth J. Zucker (Co-Investigator). The Northwestern University IRB Study Number is STU00215665 and the BRANY IRB Study Number is 22-076-1188. For more information and to schedule a screening interview, please visit the study website WWW.AYAGDOS.ORG. Contact the research team at AYAGDOS@gmail.com
Sounds promising.
I hope that there are plans in the study to ensure that, in 5 years after baseline, each and every case can be accounted for. EVERY study in GD has terrible rates of drop-out - 30%, 40%. These make the studies completely worthless.
As a Northwestern alumnus, I am delighted to see that these two pioneer researchers are forging ahead under the aegis of the university. Their work is a tribute to the school's motto, "Quacumque sunt vera", "Whatsoever things are true".
It is terrible to have to say this, but as veterans of vicious attacks on their scholarship and integrity, Bailey and Littman would be well advised to plan and fund an aggressive defense as early in their project as possible. Fiercely tenacious trans activists and their allies will stop at nothing - and I mean nothing - to discredit and censor their work. It is not an exaggeration to say that their scholarship has the potential to be an existential threat to the entire rotten edifice of gender ideology.
In the past, the harassment has included challenging the ethics of Bailey's methods. Enemies of the truth can also be expected to target Bailey and Littman personally as well as the university and any journal that has the temerity to accept their work for publication. It would not surprise me if the usual credulous undergrad activists join in the attack in the name of "trans kids."
In an ideal world, the two researchers would have a benefactor who would cover the cost of suing their detractors for defamation, tortious interference with contract when they try to quash the publication of their research or any other cause of action that would support the imposition of confiscatory money damages.