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Beyond Trans is an anti-transgender group fronted by ex-trans activists and anti-transgender extremists. Do not get therapy from anyone listed on their site or below.

If you are a minor forced to see someone on this list, try to end the sessions and find supportive alternatives.

note: for the supportive show hosted by trans media personality Mardi Pieronek, see Beyond Trans

Background

Beyond Trans was created in 2023 as part of a web farm controlled by anti-trans extremist Stella O’Malley of Genspect. It is designed to recruit people who have regret, self-doubt, or distress about making changes in their gender identity or expression. Those people are then used to help with anti-trans efforts worldwide.

People

Therapists listed

  • J. Claire Abernathy
  • Robin Atkins (charisetveritasllc.com)
  • Amber Ault
  • Ann R. Best
  • Sue Beaney
  • Claire Blaze – Minnesota (blazepsychotherapy.com)
  • Carolyn Brown
  • Tyson Brown (good-insight-counseling.com)
  • Petra Bueskens (petrabueskens.com)
  • Fiona Davies – UK (fd-counselling-therapy.co.uk)
  • Vincent Deboni
  • Roelien den Ouden
  • Sarah Edmonds (flagstaffpsychologist.org)
  • Leslie Elliott (theradicalcenterconsulting.com)
  • Florence Ellis – Canada (ripplereflection.ca)
  • Kimberly Emery (faultlinecounseling.com)
  • Lynne Evans – UK (lynneevans.uk)
  • Susan Evans
  • Kristen Farrell-Turner
  • Bradley K. Fox (duggantherapyllc.com)
  • Chantal Gagne
  • Christine Gillespie – New Zealand
  • Liz Goodman – Virginia (dbhrichmond.com)
  • Peter Greasley (petergtwt.wixsite.com)
  • David M. Haralson (oasis-ft.com)
  • Judi Heppner – Canada
  • Kelly Hess – Texas
  • Kathryn Hilton (kathilton.com)
  • Catherine Jensen Colorado (catherinejensencounseling.com)
  • Sheri Johnson – Minnesota
  • Stephen B. Levine
  • Amber Liponoga – Missouri (eightdomainstherapy.com)
  • Lir Psychological Services – Ireland (lirtherapy.ie)
  • Michelle Mackness (macknesscounselling.com)
  • David Habib Martin – Oregon (davidmartintherapy.com)
  • David Minor (solidaritycoach.com)
  • Libby Nugent – UK (libbynugent.co.uk)
  • Dwight Panozzo – New Jersey
  • Artemis Papert (jungiantherapy.online)
  • Harriette Parnes – UK (drharrietteparnes.com)
  • Elektra Pavlou
  • Philip J Pellegrino – Pennsylvania (drphilippellegrino.com)
  • Jane Power – UK
  • Amber Redish
  • Fritha Robinson – Texas (robinson.clientsecure.me)
  • Lindsey Robinson – UK (lindseyrobinsontherapy.co.uk)
  • Julia Scott UK
  • Terry Patterson
  • Tisa Pinkerton – Virginia (lifehopeva.com)
  • Mark Pulley
  • Stefanie Schumacher (genderconfidentteen.com)
  • Tom Sherry – North Carolina (ashevillefamilysystems.com)
  • David Teachout (lifeweavings.com)
  • Daniel Enoch Tobin (tobintherapy.com)
  • Lantie Tom (lantiecreativetherapy.com)
  • Gender Crossroads – Canada (gendercrossroads.org)
  • Alan von Kleiss (abhsgroup.com)
  • Jaco van Zyl

Resources

Beyond Trans (beyondtrans.org)

Grace Lidinsky-Smith is an “ex-transgender” activist. Lidinsky-Smith’s work has been cited by conservative psychologist Erica Anderson and others seeking to restrict access to healthcare for gender diverse youth and young adults.

Background

Lidinsky-Smith “detransitioned” after making a gender transition as an adult that included hormones and top surgery.

Lidinsky-Smith then became active in anti-trans organizations like Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network (GCCAN).

References

Jones, Kevin J. (Jun 29, 2021). ‘Gender transition’ regret deserves a voice, says former patient. Catholic News Agency https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/248192/gender-transition-regret-deserves-a-voice-says-former-patient

Lidinsky-Smith, Grace (June 25, 2021). There’s No Standard for Care When it Comes to Trans Medicine | Opinion Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/theres-no-standard-care-when-it-comes-trans-medicine-opinion-1603450

Resources

X/Twitter (x.com)

Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network (gccan.org) [archive]

  • Who We Are [archive]
  • gccan.org/who-we-are

YouTube (youtube.com)

Substack (substack.com/)

Sierra Weir is an American ex-transgender activist who posts gender critical content online using the handle “Exulansic.” Weir gets money and attention by making it harder for others to access trans health services.

If you are transgender, gender diverse, or supportive of the LGBTQ community, do not support Weir’s business. There are many better voice practice and voice therapy options.

Background

Sierra Dullea Weir was born in April 1987.

In 2008, Weir studied Turkish for a year at Middle East Technical University in Turkey. Weir earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 2011. Weir then earned a master’s degree from San Jose State University in 2015. Weir identified as transgender for about four years, then as non-binary:

I lived as a trans man for several years, in community with other gender non-conforming people in the Bay Area, where the culture is open to non-traditional expressions of identity. I went to UC Berkeley, where Judith Butler, author of the seminal Gender Trouble, teaches, and where I majored in Gender and Women’s Studies. At one point, a significant other and I (both trans men at the time) attended a brunch with a group that included Julia Serano, a trans woman biologist whose book Whipping Girl argues that transphobia is a form of misogyny and that rights for trans people must be central to feminism. 

Weir practiced speech therapy at Jewett & Associates, at a middle school via Staffing Options and Solutions, and at Nova Health Therapies. Weir founded Say the Word Speech Therapy in 2018.

Anti-transgender activism

Weir is now part of the gender critical and ex-transgender movements.

Under the pseudonyms “Exulansic” aand “TT Exulansic,” Weir has appeared on Savage Minds, Lou Perez, TRIGGERnometry, Benjamin Boyce, and other anti-trans shows.

References

TT Exulansic (April 8, 2021). How Gender Atheism Saved My Body. The American Mind https://americanmind.org/salvo/how-gender-atheism-saved-my-body/

Resources

Exulansic (exulansic.com) [archive]

Say the Word Speech Therapy (saythewordspeech.com) [archive]

  • NPI: 1144598970 [last updated 2019]

Therapy by Sierra (therapybysierra.com) [archive]

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

X/Twitter (x.com)

The American Mind (americanmind.org)

Muck Rack (muckrack.com)

Substack (substack.com)

Odysee (odysee.com)

Rumble (rumble.com)

Locals (locals.com)

Shopify (myshopify.com)

YouTube (youtube.com)

Gettr (gettr.com)

Discord (discord.com)

Sarah Vaci is an Anglo-Hungarian artist and anti-transgender activist.

Vaci’s activism focuses on the ex-transgender movement. Similar to the ex-gay movement of the 20th century, ex-trans activists and their supporters often believe people can be cured of being transgender through “desistance” or “detransition.”

Vaci is associated with anti-trans extremist group Genspect.

Background

Vaci was born on September 22, 1977. After graduating James Allen’s Girls’ School, Vaci earned a bachelor’s degree from Ravensbourne University London in 1996. Following ten years of working in SEN schools and with children with autism, Vaci earned master’s degrees in 2008 from Goldsmiths, University of London and from the Institute of Education.

Vaci worked in animation and film production from 1999 to 2010, including roles at The Film and Video Workshop. From 2008 to 2014, Vaci ran digital workshops at The British Museum. Vaci then opened a studio to work independently.

Vaci is based in Devon and uses the nickname “Lordy.” Vaci joined anti-trans group Genspect as a digital content creator in 2023.

Metamorphosis 100

On March 12, 2022, Vaci began profiling people whose gender identity or expression has shifted more than once and who identified as women at the time Vaci profiled them.

Because transition regret is so rare, Vaci has spent substantial time trying to find 100 verifiable people in the world to profile. A number of people profiled have withdrawn or asked to be removed, so the current number of profiles is misleading.

1: Laura Becker / Funk God

2: Cat Cattinson

3: Amber

4: Aoife [deleted]

5: Celine

6: Ashlyn

7: Aiden

8: Michelle

9: Maria

10: Emanuely

11: Amanda

12: C

13: Kat

14: Eve / Kylie

15: Jill O’Connor

16: Maria

17: ML

18: Jesse

19: Mnemosyne / Lytonya

20: Angelina Mannino

21: Oliver

22: A

23: Rada Linnea

24: Lexi

25: Jamie

26: Dakota

27: Diana Matos

28: Camille Kiefel

29: Juniper / Ellan K

30: A

31: Prisha Mosley / detransaqua

32: Jordan

33: Raven Mack

34: Jasmine / J.J. McQuade

35: Pip Malone

36: Soren Aldaco

37: Courtney Coulson

38: Rachel

39: Jade

40: [Anonymous]

41: Estella

42: Carol

43: Gabrielle

44: [withdrawn]

45: Tyla

46: Magda

47: Emma

48: [anonymous]

49: Max Robinson

50: Chloe Cole

51: Sabet

52: Violet

53: Evie

54: Victoria Gugenheim

55: Mary

56: Marina

57: Ash

58: Jade

59: Hanna

60: Layton

61: April

62: Calista

References

Linton, Deborah (July 25, 2019). Motheaten! Trump, Kim and Putin face an army of starving pests. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/jul/25/motheaten-trump-kim-putin-artwork-sarah-vaci-clothes-moth-larvae

Vaci, Sarah (August 5, 2021). My Gender Dysphoria Story https://www.sarahvaci.com/post/agenderdysphoriastory

Resources

Sarah Vaci (sarahvaci.com)

Metamorphosis 100 (metamorphosis100.com)

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

Twitter (twitter.com)

Instagram (instagram.com)

Facebook (facebook.com)

YouTube (youtube.com)

Pamela Garfield-Jaeger is a conservative American therapist and activist in the anti-vaccine and ex-transgender movements.

Do not under any circumstances go to Garfield-Jaeger for any kind of therapy. If you are a trans or gender-diverse minor being forced to see Garfield-Jaeger, do everything in your power to end the sessions and find a supportive local alternative.

Background

Pamela H. “Pam” Garfield was born on July 31, 1973. After earning a bachelor’s degree from Ithaca College in 1996 and a master’s degree from New York University in 1999, Garfield-Jaeger was licensed in California in 2005. Garfield-Jaeger has done social work and therapy in New York and California at several locations, including The Family Center, Unity Care Group, Starlight Adolescent Center, YMCA, Institute on Aging, and Adolescent Counseling Services. Garfield-Jaeger has had a standalone LCSW practice since 2007 and has offered photography services.

Garfield-Jaeger “resides in Pacifica, California and loves coastal living.” Garfield-Jaeger’s spouse is civil engineer Gregory Owen “Greg” Jaeger (born August 1968), President and CEO of North Coast Engineering in San Miguel.

Conservative activism

Garfield-Jaeger is an ambassador for Turning Point USA (TPUSA), an American nonprofit promoting conservatism on high school, college, and university campuses.

Garfield-Jaeger is critical of vaccine mandates, mask mandates, critical race theory, and “the harms of gender medicine.”

Garfield-Jaeger is an advisor to the conservative anti-trans parent group Mom Army.

Anti-vaccine activism

On Garfield-Jaeger website, it says:

After losing her job at Sutter Health in 2021 due to Vaccine mandates, Pamela has been building a curriculum to guide parents through the mental health system. Her goal is to provide parents with the information and language so they can be the best advocates for their child’s mental health. Pamela’s mission is to educate parents on how to avoid therapists who lack skill or try to indoctrinate their children. 

Anti-transgender activism

Garfield-Jaeger is active in the ex-transgender movement. Similar to the ex-gay movement of the 20th century, these anti-trans activists believe that they can prevent or cure children from being transgender. Garfield-Jaeger became alarmed when “half the girls identified as trans” in the outpatient mental health program at Mills Peninsula/Sutter Health:

I’m a licensed therapist who discovered how extremely wrong gender affirmative therapy is simply because it became so radical and widespread in the last 5 years. I took a hiatus from my profession due to a physical disability and when I returned, the changes were shocking. My views on gender ideology are not politically motivated.

Garfield-Jaeger also promotes the ex-trans propaganda film Dysconnected:

Over the past few years, a transgender tsunami has swept the nation, completely overtaking the medical, educational, and counseling industries, and forever altering hundreds of thousands of young girls’ lives. What is going on? How did it come to this? Who is behind it? And what is coming next? Filmmaker and father Don Johnson traveled the country to find out.

According to a 2023 promotion for a conservative women’s event:

Pamela has done several podcasts and YouTube interviews and starred in three documentaries about the harms of gender medicine. You can stream “Dysconnected” by Don Johnson from www.dysconnectedmovie.com. There is a forthcoming film from the Epoch Times (not yet released and title unknown) and another by Simon Esler called “Cut-Daughters of the West” soon to be available on YouTube. Pamela is part of the advisory board of a new movement called MOM Army (www.mom-army.com). Many of them are sexual abuse and trafficking survivors with a mission to stop the war on our children.

Garfield-Jaeger was on hand to document “Detransition Awareness Day,” a 2023 Sacramento gathering of about 10 ex-trans people, 30 supporters, and hundreds of counter-protestors. Participants included “Chloe Cole,” “detransaqua,” “Layla Jane,” “Exulansic,” “onedonebunu,”, Allie Snyder, Ciara Wall., Jay W. Richards, and Abel Garcia

References

Bay Area GOP (March 15, 2023). Therapy, Not Indoctrination. Mid Peninsula Republican Women Federated https://bayareagop.com/wp-content/images/MPRWF-March2023.pdf

Garfield-Jaeger, Pamela (May 25, 2023). Are We Headed Toward a Genderless, Sexually Dysfunctional World? The Epoch Times https://www.theepochtimes.com/are-we-headed-toward-a-genderless-sexually-dysfunctional-world_5292413.html

Garfield-Jaeger, Pamela (May 25, 2023). They Are Scared: Proponents of Gender Affirmation Showed Their Fear at a Conference. The Epoch Times https://www.theepochtimes.com/they-are-scared-proponents-of-gender-affirmation-showed-their-fear-at-a-conference_5292526.html

Resources

The Truthful Therapist (thetruthfultherapist.com)

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

Twitter (twitter.com)

Instagram (instagram.com)

Substack (substack.com)

Jaeger Pics (jaegerpics.com) [archive]

Mom Army (mom-army.com)

Dysconnected (dysconnectedmovie.com)

The Epoch Times (theepochtimes.com)

Pamela Buffone is a Canadian software executive and anti-transgender activist.

Background

Pamela Neely “Pam” Buffone earned a bachelor’s degree from University of Ottawa in 1993 and a master’s degree from Western University in 1998.

Buffone and spouse Jason Buffone have a child and live in Ottawa.

Anti-transgender activism

Buffone’s child reportedly became “distressed” during a first-grade lesson about gender identity and expression. After complaining to the school, Buffone filed a discrimination case. The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal held a hearing in 2022, after which the case was dismissed/

Buffone founded anti-trans news site Canadian Gender Report and is an advisor to Genspect. Buffone lists all the usual anti-trans sources on Canadian Gender Report:

References

Behne, Alexander (September 8, 2022). Tribunal rules ‘teachable moment’ on gender identity did not breach Grade 1 student’s rights. CBC https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/tribunal-gender-identity-human-rights-ottawa-1.6575214

Resources

Canadian Gender Report (genderreport.ca)

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

Twitter (twitter.com)

Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans (PITT) is an anti-transgender activist organization focused on the “parental rights” faction of anti-trans activism.

PITT is supported, in part, by anti-trans group Genspect.

Key people

  • Josie Alexander, RN (Oregon)
  • Dina Samuels (east coast)

PITT published the 2023 book Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans. It was edited by Josie and Dina with a foreword by Stella O’Malley of Genspect.

They list the following resources:

Resources

Substack (substack.com)

The ex-trans movement will often describe the support they received as bad. They use the same words that transphobic people use to describe our community.

“Gender ideology”

  • gender cult
  • gender theory
  • gender dogma
  • gender theory
  • postmodern
  • anti-science
  • unethical

Disease

  • social contagion
  • derangement
  • delusion
  • plague
  • epidemic
  • abnormality
  • mass hysteria
  • syndrome

An ethical problem

  • iatrogenesis
  • medicalization
  • mutilation
  • atrocity

A problematic trend

  • craze
  • mania
  • frenzy
  • obsession
  • fad
  • clique
  • subculture

A political problem

  • conspiracy
  • movement
  • revolution
  • empire
  • collapse
  • faction

A sexual problem

  • deviance
  • a sexual seduction (grooming)
  • fetish
  • kink
  • defilement
  • corruption of innocence
  • rape
  • a crime against nature

A hate movement

  • misogyny
  • homophobia
  • heterophobia

A supernatural problem

  • demonic
  • evil