Conspiracy movements always end up like this, a series of mutually exclusive gotchas swirling around an incoherent thesis. According to Helen, a treatment that reduces depression and suicidality among kids is now banned in 26 states — and the villains are the people who said it saves lives?

In any other field, no one would bat an eye at doctors describing a treatment that reduces depression, suicidal ideation and self-harm as "life saving." It's a perfectly acceptable shorthand.

But because gender-criticals have no evidence for their central claim, they constantly resort to gotchas.