The term ‘rapid-onset gender dysphoria’ (ROGD) was coined in 2016 to describe an alleged epidemic of youth coming out as trans ‘out of the blue’ due to social contagion and mental illness. The term reflects a deliberate attempt to weaponise scientific-sounding language to dismiss mounting empirical evidence of the benefits of transition. This article offers an introduction to the theory of ROGD and its history, presents a detailed critique of the empirical and theoretical claims associated with the theory, and highlights structural concerns with the ROGD discourse. The article argues that claims associated with ROGD, including assertions of declining mental health and degrading familial relationships following coming out, are best explained by the leading ROGD study’s recruitment of parents from transantagonistic websites against a background of growing visibility and social acceptance of trans people. ROGD theory is best understood as an attempt to circumvent existing research demonstrating the importance of gender affirmation, relying on scientific-sounding language to achieve respectability.

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“快速性性别焦虑症”(ROGD) 一词是在 2016 年创造的，用来描述一种所谓的青年流行病，即由于社会传染和精神疾病而“突然出现”的跨性别者。该术语反映了有意将听起来像科学的语言武器化，以驳回越来越多的关于转型好处的经验证据。本文介绍了 ROGD 理论及其历史，详细批评了与该理论相关的经验和理论主张，并强调了 ROGD 论述的结构性问题。文章认为，与 ROGD 相关的声明，包括出柜后心理健康状况下降和家庭关系恶化的断言，最好的解释是领先的 ROGD 研究在跨性别者的知名度和社会接受度不断提高的背景下从反抗性网站招募父母。ROGD 理论最好被理解为试图绕过现有研究证明性别肯定的重要性，依靠听起来科学的语言来获得尊重。