Studies have shownonline . orgcontent 155 suppl 1 S 131 . full that medical intervention including hormones , puberty delaying drugs , sexreassignment surgery etc . lead to improved quality of life . Just because a more effective treatment has not been discovered yet does not make the current options legitimate . Considering I just gave you scientific proof that medical intervention improves the quality of life of pretransitioning trans people who are often very unhappy with their life to the point of suicide , it ' s safe to assume that the current options literally saves human lives . Are you opposed to saving lives ? Do you think trans people should simply die because you personally don ' t believe scientifically proven results don ' t seem legitimate to yourself ? Perhaps you should put your opinions aside and read some academic studies about transgender people and make a more informed opinion about it .