Controversial suppressed paper on trans youth procedures is finally published

Published June 6, 2025 3:02pm ET



The results of a study funded by the National Institutes of Health on the mental effects of puberty blockers on gender dysphoric youth were unceremoniously posted online last month following months of outcry about the author’s suppression of her findings.

The study, authored by Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy and colleagues and posted online before journal publication, found that depression symptoms in adolescents diagnosed with gender dysphoria “did not change significantly over 24 months” of being on puberty blockers.

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