Justice Sotomayor’s emotional dissent was fueled by the trans ‘suicide myth.’ So we debunk it.

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For this week’s episode of Citation Needed, we begin with the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti, which upheld Tennessee’s law banning sex trait modification procedures for minors. Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued an emotional dissenting opinion, invoking the oft-repeated claim that these interventions are “lifesaving” and that denyi…