Whose suffering counts? Research funding, scientific freedom, and the epistemic erasure of sexual and gender diverse children
摘要
The termination of U.S. federal funding for research on sexual and gender diverse youth mental health raises the question of what this commentary proposes to call epistemic obstruction: the systematic prevention of knowledge about a vulnerable population. Drawing on the case of Clark et al., it examines the consequences for scientific freedom, health economic reasoning, and international research responsibility.