ROGD

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A form of rapid-onset gender dysphoria — A controversial and scientifically unsupported subset of gender dysphoria claimed to be caused by social influence.

Scrabble 6

Meanings

nounROGD (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountablegender criticalpseudoscienceInitialism of rapid-onset gender dysphoria.

    Michael Bailey and Ray Blanchard have expressed some preliminary thoughts based on interviews with mothers of ROGD children and clinicians […]

    2020, Charles Murray, Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class, Twelve, →ISBN
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    Anti-trans campaigners call this 'Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria' (ROGD) but there is no such phenomenon listed in clinical research. The only evidence for ROGD has come from a poorly designed study (Littman 2018) that has been criticised by its own university […]

    2019, Sam Hope, Person-Centred Counselling for Trans and Gender Diverse People: A Practical Guide, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 51

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