Researchers then compared the answers of those who received HRT between ages 14 and 17 to those who received HRT at age 18.

“The average association between [HRT] and the risk of running away is a decrease of 2 percentage points, which constitutes a 20% decrease relative to the baseline rate
of running away,” researchers wrote.

A 2026 study found that trans youth who get HRT are less suicidal. A 2025 study found that gender-affirming medical care has positive effects on the mental health and psychosocial functioning of trans youth. A 2024 study found that 97% of trans youth didn’t regret transitioning, even a decade after receiving such care, and another study that same year found that only 1% of trans teens detransition. A 2023 study also found that HRT improves mental health for trans youth.

Let me get this straight (no pun intended): if you get HRT when you are still a minor, meaning your family supports you and helps you get what you need, you are less likely to run away from home than if you only get them after you are a legal adult and can decide for yourself (meaning your family don't support you and probably think of you like some monster)?

Wow... who would have thought?

It's truly a novel idea.

Yeah and horses make people live longer.

I hope it can help some kids not go through the absolute disaster of a post-pubescent life that I made for myself. Every bit we can learn to help future generations will be absolutely beneficial to humanity.

Yeah this seems like a pretty classic case of "these are the numbers we got, but what's actually causing this is clearly something else."

You can't exactly empirically measure love and support though...