for people wondering about whether it’s true that most children just “grow out of” gender dysphoria, I recommend these articles:

https://juliaserano.medium.com/detransition-desistance-and-disinformation-a-guide-for-understanding-transgender-children-993b7342946e

https://juliaserano.medium.com/reframing-transgender-desistance-debates-68648a4fd01a

in particular the four studies that make the 80% desistence claim were found to have major methodological flaws:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15532739.2018.1456390

Meanwhile there is robust empirical evidence that gender affirming care for youth is safe and effective, and is recommended by every major medical association:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15532739.2018.1456390

https://whatweknow.inequality.cornell.edu/topics/lgbt-equality/what-does-the-scholarly-research-say-about-the-well-being-of-transgender-people/