Names Are Hard

i’m reminded of the developer of a mapping software who had a variable named ‘legend_handles’ that got refactored into ‘leg_handles,’ ‘leg_hands,’ and finally ‘feet’

I do think "literally zero evidence indicates that gatekeeping medical transition does anything to prevent regret, but the harm done by gatekeeping is extensively documented" is a much stronger argument than "regret isn't real" cause there's always going to be some anecdote that puts you in a weak-looking rhetorical position for the latter, but the former is pretty unassailable.

You really need to approach this "debate" with an understanding that opponents of gender-affirming care are proposing treatments and methodologies backed by Jack Shit. "Gatekeep harder to prevent regret" has an equal amount of evidence backing it as "give them ivermectin to prevent regret" or "try to balance the humours?" or "try putting a scalpel in a glass of water then dilute that water at a 1:1000 ratio 40 times to make a homeopathic cure for the regret"