Bauer GR, Lawson ML, Metzger DL. Do clinical data from transgender adolescents support the phenomenon of “Rapid-onset gender dysphoria”? The Journal of Pediatrics, 243, p.224-227. 2021. Brief Report (Open Access).

Although emergence of gender dysphoria at puberty is long established, a distinct pathway of “rapid onset gender dysphoria” (ROGD) was recently hypothesized based on parental data. Using adolescent clinical data, we tested a series of associations that would be consistent with this pathway, however our results did not support the ROGD hypothesis.