Tue May 30, 2023 – 3:50 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — A major scientific journal has retracted a study on the social contagion of transgenderism in young adults and adolescents after transgender activists demanded the outlet retract the article and fire the responsible editor.
Springer Nature, which publishes the prestigious academic magazines Scientific American and Nature, has retracted the paper titled “Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria: Parent Reports on 1655 Possible Cases,” citing “a lack of documented consent by study participants.” However, comments made by one of the study’s authors and the fact that transgender activists pressured the outlet to retract the article casts serious doubt upon the sincerity of that justification.
“Parents contacted Suzanna Diaz after seeing her invitation to complete a survey,” study author John Michael Baily wrote on Twitter. “These parents were concerned their children have ROGD [Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria]. They wanted the data out. Obviously.”
“These were parents concerned about their children, concerned enough to take a not-brief survey about the issues. Why would they do this if they didn’t think the information would somehow be made available?” Baily told the Daily Caller.
According to a screenshot of the survey Baily and his co-author
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