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Sarah Mittermaier aka “Eliza Mondegreen” and “elizaoltramare” is an American-Canadian anti-transgender activist. Mittermaier is affiliated with numerous anti-trans organizations and figures:

Mittermaier has a Substack titled gender:hacked and has appeared on numerous media platforms hosted by anti-trans activists, including Benjamin Boyce, Leslie Elliott Boyce, Meghan Daum, Wesley Yang, Louise Perry, Women’s Declaration International, and The Center for Bioethics Culture & Network.

Background

Sarah Beth Mittermaier was born in May 1987 to Paul Mittermaier, an Episcopal minister, and Beth (Wagel) Mittermaier, an artist. Both parents are from Ohio, but Sarah Mittemaier grew up in Wisconsin.

Mittermaier attended University of Wisconsin-Madison, earning a bachelor’s degree in 2009. Mittermaier was a copy editor at the Daily Cardinal and a contributor to the Badger Herald. Mittermaier worked at several organizations, including the Prevention Institute, before returning to school at McGill University in Montreal.

Mittermaier was a member of WPATH while residing in Washington, DC.

Anti-transgender activism

In 2021 Mittermaier and Kitty Robinson founded the “LGB erasure” conspiracy website Unspeakable for “finding a language for female experiences in the LGBTQ+ community.” It allowed people to post anonymous rants, mostly from anti-trans people who identify as lesbian.

Mittermaier earned a master’s degree from McGill University in 2024. Mittermaier’s thesis was on “detransition” in the context of reddit communities, especially r/detrans. Mittermaier’s advisors were Samuel Veissière and Cecile Rousseau. Mittermaier includes a disclosure about being involved with SEGM:

During my time as an M.Sc. student, I worked with the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine to help organize three conferences for researchers and clinicians working in the area of youth gender dysphoria. The first conference took place at Tampere University in Finland in June 2023, drawing researchers and clinicians from 17 countries with the objective of facilitating dialogue across the divide between affirming and exploratory approaches to youth gender distress. The second conference took place in New York City in October 2023. The third—Questioning Gender: Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Youth Gender Dysphoria—will be hosted by the Medical School of Athens in October 2024.

Mittermaier’s profile for the 2024 SEGM conference states:

Researcher and writer exploring the online communities where young people adopt new attitudes and beliefs about gender and set expectations and intentions for transition. Her MSc. thesis, Questions and doubts in online trans communities, will be available this autumn through McGill University. She writes gender:hacked on Substack.

Informed Dissent podcast

In December 2024, Mittermaier began co-hosting Informed Dissent, a “gender critical” podcast with Ben Appel, Cori Cohn, Lisa Selin Davis, and Jamie Reed. Guests include Alex Byrne, Anna Hutchinson, Maud Maron, Leor Sapir, Lauren Schwartz.

References

Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (October 2024). Questioning Gender: Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Youth Gender Dysphoria. https://trans.so/files/SEGM24_AgendaPrint_9-16-24.pdf

Mittermaier, Sarah (October 26, 2018). PI’s Weekly Media Digest: New report on reproductive coercion in abusive relationships, and how Trump admin has reframed media coverage of immigrants and asylum-seekers. Prevention Institute https://www.preventioninstitute.org/blog/pis-weekly-media-digest-new-report-reproductive-coercion-abusive-relationships-and-how-trump

Selected anti-trans writing by Mittermaier

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (November 22, 2024). Democrats refuse to change course on trans The party’s unpopular position is losing voters. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/democrats-refuse-to-change-course-on-trans/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (October 23, 2024). Why are gender clinicians withholding research? UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/why-are-gender-clinicians-withholding-research/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (August 14, 2024). NYT columnist refuses to accept Cass Review findings Lydia Polgreen insists on the importance of youth gender transitions. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/nyt-columnist-refuses-to-accept-cass-review-findings/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (August 5, 2024). Boxing chief questions eligibility of Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting at Olympics Chris Roberts criticised the IOC for not acting on the information he provided. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/boxing-chief-questions-eligibility-of-imane-khelif-and-lin-yu-ting-at-olympics/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (July 9, 2024). The Guardian is ignoring the risks of testosterone on trans people The paper is more concerned about its implications for menopausal women. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/why-is-the-guardian-ignoring-the-risks-of-testosterone-on-trans-people/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (June 12, 2024). Gender dysphoria cases soar after pandemic A new study warns about a rising social contagion. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/gender-dysphoria-cases-soar-after-pandemic/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (May 28, 2024). The hidden long-term risks of youth gender transition New research raises concerns about testosterone use among trans patients. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-hidden-long-term-risks-of-youth-gender-transition/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (May 23, 2024). Youth gender transition bans split red and blue states South Carolina is the latest state to restrict the practice. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/youth-gender-transition-bans-split-red-and-blue-states/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (April 30, 2024).The grim truth about egg-freezing A new report details just how risky the practice is. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-grim-truth-about-egg-freezing-is-coming-out/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (April 17, 2024). ‘Polycule’ relationships are a bureaucratic nightmare When 20 people are in the one relationship, someone’s bound to be a loser. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/polycule-relationships-are-a-bureaucratic-nightmare/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (April 2, 2024). Women’s group blames patriarchy for trans sport exclusion: The National Organization for Women has embraced intersectionality. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/national-organization-for-women-blames-patriarchy-for-trans-exclusion-in-sport/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (March 27, 2024). Judith Butler faces difficult questions on book tour Even in liberal California, public opinion is turning on the theorist. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/judith-butler-faces-difficult-questions-on-book-tour/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (March 13, 2024). Andrea Long Chu’s gender advice is a danger to children The writer’s rationale for trans surgery is ill-informed. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/andrea-long-chus-gender-advice-is-a-danger-to-children/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (March 7, 2024). WPATH files fallout is just the beginning The public finally has a window into what goes on behind closed doors. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-wpath-files-fallout-is-just-the-beginning/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (February 26, 2024). ‘Instagram moms’ are facilitating paedophiles — report A New York Times article lays bare the disturbing rise of girl influencers. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/investigation-instagram-moms-are-facilitating-paedophiles/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (February 8, 2024). Major trans survey avoids mention of detransitioners A new report provides a skewed view of gender surgeries. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/major-trans-survey-avoids-mention-of-detransitioners/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (February 2, 2024). New York Times gets braver with gender coverage The paper is no longer shying away from difficult questions around transitioning. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/new-york-times-gets-braver-with-gender-coverage/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (January 25, 2024). Was Jon Stewart always this insufferable? The presenter’s late-night return is no cause for excitement. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/why-isnt-jon-stewart-funny-anymore/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (January 18, 2024). Trans activists have a new target: the Middle Ages A new paper explores the rich history of ‘transmisogyny’ during the Byzantine era. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/trans-activists-have-a-new-target-the-middle-ages/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (January 10, 2024). Activists are deceiving the public on gender reassignment surgery A misinformation war over trans issues is taking place in Ohio. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/activists-are-deceiving-the-public-on-gender-reassignment-surgery/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (January 3, 2024). 2024 could be the year America’s trans bubble bursts The public’s position on gender identity is hardening. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/2024-could-be-the-year-americas-trans-bubble-bursts/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (December 28, 2023). WHO quietly announces controversial gender guidance The organisation used the Christmas period to slip out the news. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/who-quietly-publishes-controversial-gender-guidance/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (December 17, 2023). Civil rights group condemns feminists as white supremacists The ‘Captain Report’ is an exercise in misinformation about the trans movement. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/southern-poverty-law-center-condemns-feminists-as-white-supremacists/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (December 14, 2023). The secret life of gender clinicians. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/12/the-secret-life-of-gender-clinicians/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (December 12, 2023). PEN America’s new president is no free speech champion: Jennifer Finney Boylan disowned a letter signed by J.K. Rowling. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/pen-americas-new-president-is-no-free-speech-champion/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (December 3, 2023). New York Times publishes bizarre case for youth gender transition: The paper’s latest op-ed is littered with half-truths and misdirections. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/new-york-times-publishes-bizarre-case-for-youth-gender-transition/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (November 28, 2023). Puberty blocker use on the rise in the UK: The NHS’s clampdown on the controversial treatment is failing. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/puberty-blocker-use-on-the-rise-in-the-uk/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (November 23, 2023). The American Academy of Pediatrics is doubling down: Evidence of medical harm among minors is still being ignored. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/the-american-academy-of-pediatrics-is-doubling-down/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (November 13, 2023). Netflix’s ‘Escaping Twin Flames’ is wrong about trans: A new show ignores the community’s own cultish streak. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/netflixs-escaping-twin-flames-is-wrong-about-trans/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (November 9, 2023). Disciplinary ordeal continues for nurse who backed J.K. Rowling: Canadian Amy Hamm is being investigated for her gender-critical beliefs. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/legal-ordeal-continues-for-nurse-who-backed-j-k-rowling/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (October 31, 2023). America’s trans surgeons could learn from European whistleblowers: A pioneer of ‘gender-affirming care’ has spoken out against the practice. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/americas-trans-surgeons-could-learn-from-european-whistleblowers/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (October 23, 2023). Detransitioner files lawsuit against ‘gender-affirming’ clinicians: Layton Ulery’s case has shone a light on highly experimental practices. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/detransitioner-files-lawsuit-against-gender-affirming-clinicians/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (October 16, 2023). New play features ‘interview’ with JK Rowling over her trans views: One playwright has resorted to putting words in the author’s mouth. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/trans-activist-to-interview-jk-rowling-in-new-play/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (October 4, 2023). US states hit the brakes on ‘gender-affirming care’: Nebraska is the latest to follow the Scandivanian model on trans treatment UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/us-states-hit-the-brakes-on-gender-affirming-care/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (September 25, 2023). Gavin Newsom is changing his tune on trans issues: Is the California Governor laying the groundwork for a presidential run?. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/gavin-newsom-is-changing-his-tune-on-trans-issues/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (September 21, 2023). In Canada, the gender wars are now a national issue: Thousands of Canadians protested against trans ideology this week. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/in-canada-the-gender-wars-are-now-a-national-issue/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (September 12, 2023). The pullback from youth gender transition has begun: States are pressuring hospitals to stop prescribing puberty blockers. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/the-pushback-against-youth-gender-transition-has-begun/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (September 11, 2023). Trans Journalists Association rolls out ‘refreshed’ style guide: Reporters are now advised against referring to biological sex. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/trans-journalists-association-rolls-out-refreshed-style-guide/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (September 2, 2023). In defence of Róisín Murphy: The singer does not deserve to lose her career over gender-critical views. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/in-defence-of-roisin-murphy/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (August 28, 2023). The dark truth about gender surgeries: Medical complications are being reframed as opportunities. UnHerd /https://unherd.com/thepost/the-dark-truth-about-gender-surgeries/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (August 4, 2023). Medical groups are memory-holing their trans guidance: The American Academy of Pediatrics wants to review youth gender treatments. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/medical-groups-are-memory-holing-their-trans-guidance/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (July 11, 2023). Gender surgeon promotes bizarre range of ‘nonbinary surgeries’: Blair Peters’s field has strayed from the core tenets of medical care UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/gender-surgeon-promotes-bizarre-range-of-nonbinary-surgeries/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (June 29, 2023). GLAAD pushes Big Tech to censor trans ‘disinformation’: The organisation called for a clampdown on discussing gender-affirming care UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/glaad-pushes-big-tech-to-censor-trans-disinformation/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (June 12, 2023). Publisher doubles down on retracted gender paper: Springer Nature has once again bowed to trans activist pressure. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/publisher-doubles-down-on-retracted-gender-paper/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (June 1, 2023). Glamour magazine celebrates Pride with a pregnant man: Logan Brown shows that miracles do happen. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/glamour-magazine-celebrates-pride-with-a-pregnant-man/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (May 26, 2023). The New York Times is caving to trans activist pressure: The paper’s latest piece on gender issues is dangerously misguided. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/the-new-york-times-is-caving-to-trans-activist-pressure/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (May 18, 2023). What the New York Times gets wrong about detransitioning: The newspaper is painting a one-sided picture. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/what-the-new-york-times-doesnt-understand-about-destransitioning/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (March 29, 2023). The violent rhetoric of trans activists has to stop: The shooting in Nashville is a wake-up call. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/the-violent-rhetoric-of-trans-activists-has-to-stop/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (August 26, 2022). The American Academy of Pediatrics is denying reality: Frustrated doctors are beginning to go public. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/the-american-academy-of-pediatrics-is-denying-reality/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (July 5, 2022). The dangers of gender-affirmative care. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/07/the-dangers-of-gender-affirmative-care/

“Mondegreen, Eliza” (June 14, 2022). Why should lesbians have sex with men? UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/06/why-should-lesbians-have-sex-with-men/

Mittermaier, Sarah (10 Jun 2021). Written Comment: Title IX Public Hearing (don’t equate sex with gender identity) https://ocrcas.ed.gov/sites/default/files/storage/correspondence/202106-titleix-publichearing-comments/smittermaier.pdf

Somji, Alisha’ Mittermaier, Sarah (December 7, 2017). How we all together can build a future free from sexual harassment. San Francisco Chronicle https://web.archive.org/web/20171208115210/https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/How-we-all-together-can-build-a-future-from-12414346.php

Mittermaier, Sarah; Fields-Johnson, Dana (March 15, 2019). Civil suits will transform the way we understand the problem of opioids. The Hill https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/434095-civil-suits-will-transform-the-way-we-understand-the-problem-of-opioids/

Selected academic writing

Mittermaier, Sarah (August 2024). Questions and doubts in online trans communities. [master’s thesis] McGill University https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/theses/m326m754q?locale=en

Rousseau C, Johnson-Lafleur J, Ngov C, Miconi D, Mittermaier S, Bonnel A, Savard C, Veissière S. (2023). Social and individual grievances and attraction to extremist ideologies in individuals with autism: Insights from a clinical sample. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders (Vol. 105, p. 102171) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2023.102171

Sims J, Baird R, Aboelata MJ, Mittermaier S (2022). Cultivating a Healthier Policy Landscape: The Building Healthy Communities Initiative. Health Promotion Practice (Vol. 24, Issue 2, pp. 300–309). https://doi.org/10.1177/15248399221114341

Rousseau C et al. (May 2022). Living together in socially polarized contexts: vulnerability and resilience in the university community. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/668953bc9928de19ab00ca30/t/668c485eae44874a0f854c51/1720469603062/Final_RapportUniversite_EN_v0.01.pdf

Media

Ben Appel, Cori Cohn, Lisa Selin Davis, “Eliza Mondegreen,” Jamie Reed (Apr 05, 2025). Episode 18: “Be Kind and Rewind.” Informed Dissent https://informeddissentpodcast.substack.com/p/episode-18-be-kind-and-rewind

Genspect (Feb 26, 2025). Gender as a Body-Modification Youth Sub(cult)ure – Eliza Mondegreen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqrdj4sVpd4

Benjamin Boyce (Nov 5, 2024). “The Right to Regret” and other Gender Insanity | with Jamie Reed & Eliza Mondegreen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3FnZAJ26z0

Benjamin Boyce (Jul 9, 2024). Lies, Darn Lies, and Journalism | with Eliza Mondegreen & Lisa Selin Davis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH8NGP24dhc

Benjamin Boyce (Mar 9, 2024). California Foster Care’s Gender Meat Grinder | with Laura Haynes & Eliza Mondegreen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejIERSUPl3E

Transparency (Feb 4, 2024). 78: The New York Times “Opinion” Piece & USPATH’s “Medical” Conference – with Eliza Mondegreen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz2xO8Ctc4w

Sandra Ramírez (Feb 1, 2024). Eliza Mondegreen, USA/Canada, The secret life of gender clinicians #FQT #WDI. Women’s Declaration International https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrbxNvEc-bY

Sasha White (Jan 29, 2024). Why Young Women and Girls Struggle with Identity | Eliza Mondegreen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_djzA-x78M

Chloe Pacey and Keshia Tognazzini (Jan 22, 2024). Exploring Affirmative Care: Navigating Online Trans Communities with Eliza Mondegreen. The Road To Wisdom Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APK-0Cw3DV0

Benjamin Boyce (Dec 14, 2023). Coming of Age in the Internet Era | with Eliza Mondegreen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YutbI1e63rs

Benjamin Boyce (Oct 25, 2023). Fixing/Spaying “Gender Medicine” | with Eliza Mondegreen & Jamie Reed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8hzatAUjAo

Meghan Daum (Oct 24, 2023). Down The Rabbit Hole: Gender and Online Communities with Eliozan Mondegreen and Sarah Haider. A Special Place in Hell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJew30KNxqk

Genspect (Oct 24, 2023). The Bigger Picture Conference: Shame, Resistance and Ethical Challenges – Q&A. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv9jbEOE8Y4

Genspect (Oct 14, 2023). The Bigger Picture Conference: Preliminary Findings from Online Trans/Detrans Communities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42N1U0NP3Zo

Louise Perry (Oct 8, 2023). When girls think they’re boys – Eliza Mondegreen | Maiden Mother Matriarch 34. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SoRYl_e1tQ

Benjamin Boyce (Sep 23, 2023). Weirdos of the World, Unite | with Eliza Mondegreen & Jessie Mannisto. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ8mQSMsBgE

Benjamin Boyce (Jul 21, 2023). The Gauntlet of Modern Girlhood | with Eliza Mondegreen & Lisa Marchiano. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUZubRe4bFM

Leslie Elliott Boyce (Jul 12, 2023). Eliza Mondegreen: Gender as an Idiom of Distress. The Radical Center https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YICE24MknGg

Wesley Yang (Jun 21, 2023). In the Belly of the Gender Beast [Eliza Mondegreen, Lisa Selin Davis, Corinna Cohn]. Year Zero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBChnNon0Ec

Benjamin Boyce (Jun 13, 2023). So Over The Rainbow | with Alasdair Gunn & Eliza Mondegreen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCpKJ9DXavk

Benjamin Boyce (May 27, 2023). Fatal Flaws in “Gender Affirming” Care | with Eliza Mondegreen & Aaron Terrell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f2-a7fY9Zc

Gender: A Wider Lens (May 26, 2023). EP 115: How Online Communities Shape, Thought, Desire, & Doubt about Transition, w/ Eliza Mondegreen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tAvRWq7wOA

Benjamin Boyce (Mar 28, 2023). The Dangerous Radicalization of Gender Rhetoric | with Stella O’Malley & Eliza Mondegreen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63-bfpx2yy0

Genspect (Mar 26, 2024). Webinar Four: Writers’ Roundtable- Eliza Mondegreen and Jonathan Kay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiJWHUu65Ac

Transparency (Feb 19, 2023). EP57 – The Eunuch Makers – With Eliza Mondegreen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB069ziTUNc

Sarah Phillimore (Feb 14, 2023). Eliza Mondegreen on WPATH conference, research on gender affirming care and more. [Rona Duwe, Eliza Mondegreen, Shannon Thrace] Women’s Declaration International https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6NFf8e3Is8

Benjamin Boyce (Jan 28, 2023). Smells Like Social Contagion | with Eliza Mondegreen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGEezaAPp20

Benjamin Boyce (Nov 30, 2022). Medical Fads & Fanatics | with Eliza Mondegreen & Mia Ashton. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b2DxfTeSjw

The Center for Bioethics Culture & Network (Nov 30, 2022). A conversation with Eliza Mondegreen & Jennifer Lahl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Xs5FCRAJI

Benjamin Boyce (Nov 4, 2022). Gender Medicine Has Gone INSANE | An Inside Investigation, with Eliza Mondegreen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk0-s9LEAxM

Julia Long (Jul 4, 2022). Language and the Values that Underlie Our Movement [Kara Dansky, Eliza Mondegreen, Jesika Gonzalez, and Amanda Stulman]. Women’s Declaration International https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6oKt-wLo5g

Resources

Unspeakable (unspeakablelgbtq.weebly.com)

X/Twitter (x.com)

Substack (substack.com)

UnHerd (unherd.com)

World Professional Association for Transgender Health (wpath.org)

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Quora (quora.com)

Flickr (flickr.com)

Isthmus (https://isthmus.com/api/search.html?q=mittermaier)

Reddit (reddit.com)

Facebook (facebook.com)

Corinna Cohn is an American software developer who identifies as transsexual and gender critical. Cohn frequently appears in media to share conservative opinions and criticize various aspects of the trans rights movement.

Cohn was an officer in the Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network, an organization which promotes gatekeeping models of care.

Background

Corinna Ariel “Cori” Cohn was born on June 13, 1975 and transitioned in the 1990s.

Cohn ran a comic store and website called Otakurama from 2002 to 2005.

Cohn is a software engineer who has worked for Fusion Alliance and Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance.

Activism

Cohn is a longtime internet troll who participates in virulently anti-trans forums.

In 2018 Cohn was triggered by Twitter’s revised policies that prohibited deadnaming and misgendering trans and gender diverse people. Cohn began making media appearances soon after.

Cohn has appeared in media with an number of gender critical and anti-transgender people, including Benjamin Boyce, Miranda Yardley, Nina Paley, Carey Callahan, Genspect, Call Me Sam, Mars F (Upperhandmars), Stephanie Winn, Gender Dysphoria Alliance, ICONS – Independent Council on Women’s Sports, and Feminist Heretics.

Cohn is a board member of Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network, an activist group involved in the “ex-trans” movement that seeks to reduce options for medical transition.

In 2021 Cohn and fellow gender critical activist Nina Paley began the podcast Heterodorx.

In 2022 Cohn published a regret narrative in the Washington Post, suggesting that minors and young adults considering transition should “slow down.” Cohn has expressed the following regrets:

  • “a lifetime set apart from my peers”
  • “I wasn’t old enough to make that decision”
  • “I have resigned myself to never finding a partner”
  • “became a medical patient and will remain one for the rest of my life”
  • “intercourse never became pleasurable”
  • “I’m still working out how much regret to feel”

Via Media Matters for America:

Cohn, who hosts the podcast Heterodorx, has recently begun to put her anti-trans views into action. In late January, Cohn spoke in front of the Indiana House of Representatives in favor of HB 1041, a legislative effort that Cohn claimed would “strengthen the rights for girls and young women competing in sport” by excluding trans student athletes from competition. In her testimony, Cohn defined herself as “a transsexual,” arguing that her “sex is male, and neither science nor medicine can change that.” In the months since, Cohn has served as an expert and a witness for legislative efforts to restrict gender-affirming care in both Alabama and Ohio. 

Cohn signed her testimony to the Ohio General Assembly as the secretary and treasurer of Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network. GCCAN was founded in 2019 under the stated mission “to empower recipients of gender transition-related care to become healthy and whole,” but it has rapidly aligned itself with the right-wing campaign against gender-affirming care policies, with Cohn serving as a board member. 

Informed Dissent podcast

In December 2024, Cohn began co-hosting Informed Dissent, a “gender critical” podcast with Ben Appel, Lisa Selin Davis, “Eliza Mondegreen”, and Jamie Reed. Guests include Alex Byrne, Anna Hutchinson, Maud Maron, Leor Sapir, Lauren Schwartz.

References

Tirrell, Alyssa (October 31, 2022). Recent witness in anti-trans legislative hearings claims that trans people “did not even exist in 1939” and could not have been victims of the Holocaust. Media Matters for America https://www.mediamatters.org/twitter/recent-witness-anti-trans-legislative-hearings-claims-trans-people-did-not-even-exist-1939

Steve Hammer and Chuck Workman (September 3, 2003). 30 under 30: Innovators in the arts. Nuvo https://www.nuvo.net/arts/30-under-30-innovators-in-the-arts/article_c99ebd9c-ae71-5c71-93dd-4f0f26bc75bc.html

Selected writing by Cohn

Cohn, Corinna (April 11, 2022). Opinion: What I wish I’d known when I was 19 and had sex reassignment surgery. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/11/i-was-too-young-to-decide-about-transgender-surgery-at-nineteen/

Cohn, Corinna (June 22, 2020). For 30 Years, I’ve Tried to Become a Woman. Here’s What I Learned Along the Way. Quillette https://quillette.com/2020/06/22/for-30-years-ive-tried-to-become-a-woman-heres-what-i-learned-along-the-way/

Resources

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Ben Appel is an American author and anti-transgender activist. Appel is a regular contributor to Queer Majority, UnHerd, Quillette, and other anti-trans publications.

Background

Benjamin John “Ben” Appel was born in February 1983 to Nancy Sue (Lipman) Gunzelman (born 1954) and Randy Appel (1949–2019). Appel grew up in Catonsville and Ellicott City, Maryland in a “fundamentalist” Catholic household with three siblings: Erin, Jessica, and Bret.

Appel had many “feminine” interests as a child (particularly My Pretty Pony) and has concerns that children like him are now encouraged to make a gender transition:

“I, like a lot of other LGB (and some trans) people, believe that many children and some adolescents presenting at gender clinics today would likely desist and grow up to be gay, lesbian, or bisexual if they were given proper emotional support. In other words, in many cases, the medicalization of “trans kids” might actually be the medicalization of homosexuality.”

In 2015 Appel married attorney Andrew Charles “Drew” Leaser (born 1976). They live in New York.

Appel worked as a hairdresser in Maryland for ten years before earning a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in 2020.

Appel has written about getting sober and has criticized Alcoholics Anonymous for working toward inclusivity:

“I was finishing my last year of study at Columbia University. Having entered the university in 2017 as a self-described radical progressive planning a career in LGBT activism, I was graduating an exile. I had become disillusioned with, and spoken out against, my fellow progressives’ tactics: suppressing free speech, purity policing and reducing every individual to his or her skin colour, gender and sexual orientation. During my last semester, which was moved online due to the pandemic, I’d sign on to virtual AA meetings after class, and immediately be struck by how similar the two spaces had become. Pronouns lit up the screen. Whereas opening readings once consisted of the AA preamble, the 12 Steps and 12 traditions, and details about the meeting, now some groups chose to add a thinly veiled threat: ‘We will not tolerate racist, homophobic, sexist or transphobic rhetoric in this space.’”

Appel was also upset that AA revised its language to be more gender-inclusive.

Anti-transgender activism

Appel’s forthcoming memoir from Post Hill Press is titled Cis White Gay. The book was pitched as:

about growing up in a Christian fundamentalist cult before becoming a gay rights activist while a student at Columbia University, only to encounter there a cultural landscape ruled by gender ideology and a puritanical cult of social justice resembling The Handmaid’s Tale dystopia of his childhood

In 2023, Appel was announced as a participant in an anti-trans conference by SPLC-designated hate group Genspect.

Appel is an “autogynephilia” activist and frequently criticizes “gender ideology.”

Informed Dissent podcast

In December 2024, Appel began co-hosting Informed Dissent, a “gender critical” podcast with Ben Appel, Cori Cohn, Lisa Selin Davis, “Eliza Mondegreen”, and Jamie Reed. Guests include Alex Byrne, Anna Hutchinson, Maud Maron, Leor Sapir, Lauren Schwartz.

References

Appel, Ben (March 2, 2025). ‘Conclave’ Isn’t The Pro-Trans Film People Think It Is. Rather, it illustrates the insanity of the trans/queer movement. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/conclave-isnt-the-pro-trans-film

Appel, Ben (February 2, 2025). Enough With Their Lies: LGBT organizations and mainstream news outlets do more to contribute to the youth mental health crisis than the Trump Administration ever could. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/enough-with-their-lies

Appel, Ben (January 19, 2025). It’s Time for This Madness to End. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/perhaps-its-time-we-went-scorched

Appel, Ben (December 14, 2024). That Which Must Not Be Named. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/that-which-must-not-be-named

Appel, Ben (December 26, 2023). The Re-deminzation of the Gay Male. Queer Majority https://www.queermajority.com/essays-all/the-re-demonization-of-the-gay-male

Appel, Ben (May 14, 2023). Homophobia in drag: Transgender ideology has breathed new life into a dark, old prejudice. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/05/14/the-new-homophobia/

Appel, Ben (September 2, 2022). Victimhood is one helluva drug. [alternate title: “Chase Strangio, you can have ‘fa**ot’ if you want it.”] Queer Majority https://www.queermajority.com/essays-all/victimhood-is-one-helluva-drug

Apprl, Ben (May 12, 2023). How Alcoholics Anonymous lost its way Addicts with the ‘wrong opinions’ no longer fit in. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/05/how-alcoholics-anonymous-lost-its-way/

Appel, Ben (April 21, 2022). The New Homophobia | Opinion. Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/new-homophobia-opinion-1698969

Adler, Dahlia (February 25, 2022). February 2022 deal announcements. LGBTQ Reads https://lgbtqreads.com/2022/02/25/february-2022-deal-announcements/

Appel, Ben (January 13, 2022). The stifling conformity of campus sexual politics. Washington Examiner https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-stifling-conformity-of-campus-sexual-politics

Appel, Ben (July 8, 2021). As a Gay Child in a Christian Cult, I Was Taught to Hate Myself. Then I Joined the Church of Social Justice—and Nothing Changed, Quillette https://quillette.com/2021/07/08/as-a-gay-child-in-a-christian-cult-i-was-taught-to-hate-myself-then-i-joined-the-church-of-social-justice-and-nothing-changed/

Appel, Ben (January 17, 2018). How to Be Cisgender. Quarto https://quartomagazine.com/nonfiction/how-to-be-cisgender

Iacia, Samantha (January 14, 2015). Wedded: Ben Appel and Drew Leaser. Baltimore Sun https://www.baltimoresun.com/features/bs-lt-wedded-0118-20150114-story.html

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Lisa Selin Davis is an American author and “gender critical” activist involved in anti-transgender extremism. Since 2013, Davis has become a key anti-trans voice in American media, part of the movement’s “parental rights” faction. Davis has a gender diverse child and is unaccepting of the child’s interest in gender transition.

Davis’ attacks on the trans rights movement center on several gender critical tactics:

Davis claims “there is a dominant narrative about trans kids that the media is promoting.” According to Davis, this alleged narrative is merely “mantras by activists” and based on “feeling over fact.” Davis claims to have concerns about the affirmative model of care and is troubled that fellow anti-trans activists can no longer publish their conservative beliefs without consequence.

Davis claims to be a liberal who is part of the “silenced center.” Davis disavows being part of the gender critical world or the gender affirming world and simply wants to “diversify the media narrative.” So far, Davis’ “viewpoint diversity” efforts have largely been the promotion of extremist clinicians, cultural critics, and activists with similar gender critical beliefs.

Background

Davis was born January 18, 1972. Davis’ parent Peter is a musician who plays in a group called Annie and the Hedonists. Davis’ youth was spent in a Massachusetts suburb with parent Helaine Selin (born 1946), a librarian and author.

Helaine Selin worked at Hampshire College and helped “nepo baby” Davis attend, then graduate in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in film studies. Davis then moved to New York City and lived with sibling Benjamin Lazar Davis, a musician. Davis built props at Nickelodeon for a few years, then earned an MFA in writing from Arizona State University in 2003.

Davis has edited a number of publications and websites, including Upstate House magazine, Senior Planet, KGB Bar, upstater.net, and brownstoner.com. Davis is the author of young adult novels Belly (2005) and Lost Stars (2016). Davis stopped writing in the genre, alleging it was no longer possible to write about characters from other demographic groups. Davis’ non-fiction writing has appeared in several publications, including Grist, The Wall Street Journal, Time, the New York Times, Quillette, and Quartz.

Davis and spouse Alex F. Sherwin live in New York with their two children, Enna and Athena. Davis’ 2020 book Tomboy is dedicated to them.

2013 Parenting article

In 2013, Davis wrote a piece for Parenting just before the magazine closed, titled “My Daughter Wants to be a Boy!” The title was stealth edited in 2017 to “My Daughter Is a Tomboy!” and the article was edited to remove some identifying information. The article was removed from the Parenting.com website in 2018, though the site remains online as part of a 2021 asset transfer from Meredith to Dotdash. The original version describes Davis’ child:

She insisted on being Spiderman for Halloween, and on getting light-up superhero sneakers “like my friend Luca’s” when she needed new shoes. They told us at school that she gravitated toward the boys, and though she is quite small for her age, and not particularly hearty, they told us she could hold her own with the rowdy bunch of them. 

And again, I thought, “How great is she?”

Well, okay, 90% of me said that. The other 10% thought, “uh-oh.” As she started to announce in ways both subtle and direct that she’s a boy, and ask me questions like “Why can’t boys have vaginas and girls have penises?” the ratio of heartwarming to heart-sinking has shifted.

Let me say that I don’t hold particularly conventional views about gender or sexuality. There are so many lesbians in my family that I fully expect either or both of my daughters to be gay (though of course I will love and accept them if they turn out to be heterosexual). But there is something about having the only girl who won’t play princess, the only girl in the school who thinks and says she’s a boy, that has shaken me a bit. Dressing like a boy? Cool. Thinking you actually are a boy? Way more complicated. […]

Some of my fears for Enna-as-boy are rooted in reality. It’s a much harder way to move through the world, identifying with the gender you weren’t assigned at birth.

2017 New York Times op-ed

In 2017, Davis wrote an op-ed in the New York Times insisting that their child is not transgender, but instead a “tomboy.” Davis says author Jennifer Finney Boylan gave it the thumbs up, and Davis claims the whole community on Twitter then gave it the thumbs up.

Following its warm reception among conservatives and anti-trans thought leaders, Davis was given a book deal and turned the piece into the 2020 book Tomboy. Despite a book deal and many subsequent writing gigs and media appearances, Davis claims to have been “cancelled” for the op-ed. Davis reportedly met with Chase Strangio and Kate Bornstein about Davis’ “concerns about the dominant narrative” that affirming care benefited gender diverse youth.

Drawing parallels to the response to Jesse Singal’s transphobic 2018 piece in The Atlantic, Davis claims to be part of a group of “left wing” people who meet surreptitiously to plan strategies that undermine affirming care and promote the “Dutch protocol” for gender diverse youth, a gatekeeping model of care sometimes called “watchful waiting.”

2020 book Tomboy

In an expansion of the 2017 op-ed, Davis’ thesis is that masculine girls have recently disappeared from the cultural landscape. This erasure narrative about “tomboys” and lesbians is a major talking point among gender critical and trans-exclusionary separatists.

Cultural criticism

The narrative Davis puts forth is permeated with metaphors of disease and impairment. Davis describes some gender diverse youth as being influenced by peers and having “comorbidities” that should be cured before they are approved for gender affirming health services. Davis has concerns that medical transition is being used “as a panacea for other mental health issues.”

Davis’ binary view about transitioning to “the opposite sex” presents trans rights as a moral dilemma that could harm cisgender people: “Do we want to make decisions that are worse for the majority of people but they benefit a small group?”

Davis has criticized Stanford University School of Medicine psychiatrist Jack Turban for asking the media not to use the term “detransition.” Davis was offended after getting criticized by Turban during an interview request. Davis uses the term “activist” as a thought-terminating pejorative for anyone who does not share similar views, even subject matter experts like Strangio and Turban.

Meanwhile, Davis supports numerous controversial disease models of sex and gender diversity, including Ray Blanchard‘s sex disease “autogynephilia” and Kenneth Zucker‘s diseases like “gender identity disorder” and “gender dysphoria.” Davis has spoken with ex-trans activists like James Shupe and supports conservative trans people such as Aaron Kimberly and Scott Newgent.

2022 Quillette profile of Erica Anderson

Davis complained after The Nation noted that gender critical publication Quillette was deemed transphobic for promoting “rapid-onset gender dysphoria” and other conservative beliefs about gender diverse youth. Davis told fellow anti-trans activist Benjamin Boyce, “I don’t read Quillette, but I know they have a more diverse media narrative around this issue.”

A couple of months later, Davis profiled conservative transgender clinician Erica Anderson in Quillette. Anderson began litigating conservative clinical views about trans and gender diverse youth in the press in 2021. Because USPATH had specifically stated that clinical disputes should be discussed among professionals and not litigated in the lay press, Anderson resigned from USPATH in a move to get more attention for these conservative clinical views from people like Davis.

2022 Newsweek op-ed

In a classic case of false balance and “bothsidesism,” Davis made the case against affirmative care in a Newsweek piece titled “What Both Sides Are Missing About the Science of Gender-Affirming Care.” As usual, one of the best ways to analyze Davis’ bias is via the proportion of text and links. These pieces always start of with a veneer of journalism, then quickly make a case for one position. Unlike the infamous 2018 Atlantic piece by Jesse Singal, at least this one is labeled opinion.

Davis cites 3 neutral sources and 7 sources that reflect expert medical consensus. Davis cites 35 sources that dispute expert medical consensus and support the gender critical view, which could basically be summarized thus: being trans is a rapidly spreading disease that should be monitored and controlled by a state-run healthcare system overseen by conservative clinicians and legislators, where even one bad outcome must be prevented at all costs. Even if the cost is 100 good outcomes. Others with Davis’ cis-centric point of view would add even if the cost is prosecuting the families and doctors who work toward good outcomes.

2022 San Francisco Chronicle op-ed

This piece purports to condemn extremist anti-trans legislators. It also suggests that mainstream medical consensus is the extremism at the other end of the political spectrum. Davis once again praises federal healthcare systems that require children to travel to centralized clinics run by state-funded gatekeepers in hopes of receiving medical care capped by a federal budget. Despite extensive evidence about the drawbacks of such systems for minorities seeking health services, like the US Veteran’s Administration or Canada’s CAMH, Davis is convinced that systems like Sweden’s, or worse, the UK’s will prevent rare cases of regret.

 2022 Skeptic special edition

Anti-trans activist Michael Shermer paid other members of the gender critical faction in the skeptic community to present their version of “the debate” about trans people. No trans contributors were invited. Joining Shermer in this attack were Harriet Hall, Carol Tavris, and Davis, whose piece is titled “Trans Matters: An Overview of the Debate, Research, and Policies.” Davis bristles about being lumped in with “conservative, transphobic bigots” and claims support for affirming models of care “is now a test of loyalty” among its supporters.

April 2022 Quillette piece

It was inevitable that Davis would become a regular contributor to Quillette’s steady stream of anti-trans articles. Davis’ efforts continued with a dogwhistle piece about “the encroachment of ideology on medicine by activists” and the “propaganda surrounding medical literature.” While the piece seems to condemn the national deluge of anti-trans legislation criminalizing trans healthcare, Davis’ real point is to claim that the government has gone too far in supporting trans youth. Davis cites several examples gleaned from anti-trans parenting forums.

September 2022 Boston Globe piece

Davis continues to place the same article in any outlet that will take it, in this case repurposing a Substack piece in the Boston Globe, which was then reprinted in the New York Post as “Kid gender guidelines not driven by science.” Davis blames WPATH for bomb threats against trans-affirming children’s hospitals, because they did not publish better Standards of Care. Davis quotes anti-trans allies including Julia Mason of Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine and James Cantor, formerly of CAMH. Davis once again holds up federally controlled conservative gatekeeping as the ideal protocol.

Podcast

Beginning in 2022, Davis began a series of interviews, mostly with conservative and anti-transgender guests.

  • August 22, 2023: Heterodox Trans People #6: Phil Illy
  • August 14, 2023: Telling Our Own Stories [PITT]
  • July 13, 2023: “Never Let Them in the Door. Immediately Lawyer Up.” [Erin Friday of Our Duty]
  • May 11, 2023: Heterodox Trans People #5: Julia Malott
  • April 6, 2023: “Gender Ideology Is Hurting My Trans Son” [unsupportive parent]
  • March 3, 2023: Heterodox Trans People #4: The Aarons [Aaron Kimberly and Aaron Terrell]
  • December 31, 2022: Heterodox Trans People #3: Corinna Cohn
  • December 14, 2022: Heterodox Trans People #2: “Stillman Cray”
  • December 5, 2022: Heterodox Trans People #1: Zander Keig
  • November 25, 2022: An Untenable Situation [ex-trans teacher]
  • October 19, 2022: “My whole body is a scar. My voice is a scar.” [ex-trans activist]
  • August 24, 2022: Gender Heretics Radio Hour [Ben Appel]
  • August 15, 2022: What You Need to Know About Title IX [Candice Jackson]
  • August 2, 2022: Everyone Should Read Bob Ostertag’s Book [Bob Ostertag]
  • June 13, 2022: From Tomboy to Transgender Trend [Stephanie Davies-Arai]

Informed Dissent podcast

In 2024, Davis began co-hosting Informed Dissent, a “gender critical” podcast with Ben Appel, Cori Cohn, “Eliza Mondegreen”, and Jamie Reed. Guests include Alex Byrne, Anna Hutchinson, Maud Maron, Leor Sapir, Lauren Schwartz.

References

Damour, Lisa (October 7, 2020). ‘Tomboy’ Looks at Gender Roles, and Role-Playing, Through the Ages. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/books/review/lisa-selin-davis-tomboy.html

McNamara, Heather (April 25, 2017). Lisa Selin Davis’ Child Is (Not) Transgender. Gender Analysis https://genderanalysis.net/2017/04/lisa-selin-davis-child-is-not-transgender/

Ira, Stephen (April 24, 2017). What Lisa Selin Davis Got So Wrong In Her New York Times Essay About Her “Tomboy” Daughter. NewNowNext http://www.newnownext.com/lisa-selin-davis-new-york-times-transgender/04/2017/

Urquhart, Evan (April 21, 2017). In Our Gender Diverse Era, Parents Should Practice Humility With Their Kids. Slate https://slate.com/human-interest/2017/04/parents-of-gender-diverse-kids-need-to-embrace-humility-not-certainty.html

Selected anti-trans writing by Davis

Davis, Lisa Selin (December 10, 2022). Liberal media refuses to tell full truth about transgender kids. New York Post https://nypost.com/2022/12/10/liberal-media-refuses-to-tell-full-truth-about-transgender-kids/

Davis, Lisa Selin (August 30, 2022). How to treat gender dysphoria. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/08/how-to-treat-gender-dysphoria/

Davis, Lisa Selin (May 13, 2022). These parents didn’t embrace gender-affirming care. Texas investigated them. Dallas Morning News https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2022/05/15/texas-parents-investigated-for-not-embracing-gender-affirming-care/

Davis, Lisa Selin (May 11, 2022). Investigative Issues: The Shaky Foundation of ‘Gender-Affirming Care.’ Via Year Zero Substack by Wesley Yang. https://wesleyyang.substack.com/p/the-gender-affirming-house-of-cards/

Davis, Lisa Selin (2022). Trans Matters: An Overview of the Debate, Research, and Policies. Skeptic by Michael Shermer, Volume 27 Number 1 https://www.skeptic.com/magazine/transgender-matters/ original url https://www.skeptic.com/magazine/archives/27.1/

Davis, Lisa Selin (March 4, 2022). Gender-Transition Decisions Should Be Made by Families, Not the State. Quillette https://quillette.com/2022/04/25/gender-transition-decisions-should-be-made-by-families-not-the-state/

Davis, Lisa Selin (March 4, 2022). Texas investigations into gender-affirming care for kids aren’t just cruel, they hurt science. San Francisco Chronicle https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Texas-investigations-into-gender-affirming-care-16975929.php

Davis, Lisa Selin (February 22, 2022). What Both Sides Are Missing About the Science of Gender-Affirming Care. Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/what-both-sides-are-missing-about-science-gender-affirming-care-opinion-1681396

Davis, Lisa Selin (January 6, 2022). A Trans Pioneer Explains Her Resignation from the US Professional Association for Transgender Health. Quillette https://quillette.com/2022/01/06/a-transgender-pioneer-explains-why-she-stepped-down-from-uspath-and-wpath/

Davis, Lisa Selin (December 19, 2021). Tomboys, trans boys and ‘West Side Story.’ Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-12-19/tomboys-west-side-story-anybodys-gender-nonconforming-trans-people

Shupe, James [edited by Lisa Selin Davis] (September 14, 2021). Auogynephilia: In seach of my cure. Freed from editors and media outlets to report the truth about autogynephilia. Autogynephilia Diaries https://autogynephilia.substack.com/p/autogynephilia-in-search-of-my-cure [archive]

Davis, Lisa Selin (2020). Tomboy: The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different. Grand Central Publishing, ISBN 9780316458290 

Davis, Lisa Selin (April 18, 2017). My Daughter Is Not Transgender. She’s a Tomboy. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/opinion/my-daughter-is-not-transgender-shes-a-tomboy.html

Davis, Lisa Selin (April 3, 2017). For 18 years, I thought she was stealing my identity. Until I found her. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/03/identity-theft-racial-justice

Davis, Lisa Selin (2013). “My Daughter Wants to be a Boy!” [retitled in 2017 as “My Daughter Is a Tomboy!” and removed in 2018] Parenting http://www.parenting.com/article/tomboy [archive]

Books

Davis, Lisa Selin (2024). Housewife: Why Women Still Do It All and What to Do Instead. Legacy Lit, ISBN 978-1538722886

Davis, Lisa Selin (2020). Tomboy: The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different. Legacy Lit, ISBN 978-0316458313

Media

Feminist Heretics with Holly Lawford-Smith and Lisa Selin Davis (May 14, 2025). Lisa Selin Davis & Holly Lawford-Smith | What is ‘Gender Identity’? And (Why) Is It Important? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R84Kv2S6Rw8

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy and Lisa Selin Davis (Mar 20, 2025). Confronting the Truth About The Trans Movement – Lisa Selin Davis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Yi7S1FXgw

Cut The Bull! Podcast with Wilfred Reilly, Christy Kelly, Charles Love, Buck Angel, and Lisa Selin Davis (Feb 7, 2025). Episode 168 – Buck Angel and Lisa Selin Davis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtvFpjIL3tM

The Liberal Patriot with Ruy Teixeira and Lisa Selin Davis (Jan 23, 2025). Feminism and Gender Ideology during Trump 2.0 (with Lisa Selin Davis). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDGkNf0zdYw

Maiden Mother Matriarch with Louise Perry and Lisa Selin Davis (Aug 11, 2024). The Temptation of Suburbia – Lisa Selin Davis | Maiden Mother Matriarch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh3OI2HuySg

Maiden Mother Matriarch with Louise Perry and Lisa Selin Davis (Jul 14, 2024). Housewife – Lisa Selin Davis | Maiden Mother Matriarch 95. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_yrKNqBHak

Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce, “Eliza Mondegreen,” and Lisa Selin Davis (Jul 9, 2024). Lies, Darn Lies, and Journalism | with Eliza Mondegreen & Lisa Selin Davis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH8NGP24dhc

Lou Perez and Lisa Selin Davis (Jul 4, 2024). The Lou Perez Podcast Episode 85 – Lisa Selin Davis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLFgbWgBNG4

Gender: A Wider Lens with Stella O’Malley, Sasha Ayad, and Lisa Selin Davis (Jul 1, 2024). Breaking News: The Latest WPATH Scandal, with Lisa Selin Davis | Ep 171. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX8REnmfACk

Unspeakable with Meghan Daum and Lisa Selin Davis (Aug 9, 2023). #57 Lisa Selin Davis: The Gender Movement Is A “Giant Mess.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_8cWDJbd8Q

Heterodorx with Nina Paley, Corinna Cohn, “Angus Fox,” and Lisa Selin Davis (May 4, 2023). Heterodorx with Lisa Selin Davis discuss Genspect and EPATH. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMPz0qbqA94

Gender: A Wider Lens with Stella O’Malley, Sasha Ayad, and Lisa Selin Davis (December 24, 2021). Who Gets to Decide What’s Normal: A Conversation w/ Lisa Selin Davis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrWL9X9TybY

Transparency with Aaron Kimberly and Aaron Terrell (December 19, 2021). Tomboy: with Lisa Selin Davis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ip7R8znFyw

Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and Lisa Selin Davis (September 26, 2021). Tomboys & Other Untold Tales. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PH-MjV7Dms

To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé and Lisa Selin Davis (December 27, 2020). Woman Thought Leader Lisa Selin Davis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtnKjA48Uvc

Big Think (November 9, 2020). Should parents de-emphasize gender norms? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf52XWX27kU

Dr. Taz MD with Lisa Selin Davis (Sep 30, 2020). Tomboy, Feminism And Gender Identity with Lisa Selin Davis | The Dr. Taz Show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DfR_JfC518

Dr. Robyn Silverman with Lisa Selin Davis (Sep 15, 2020). How to Talk to Kids about Gender and Identity with Lisa Selin Davis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0mNCPauITQ

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Transparency is a podcast that promotes conservative and anti-transgender views.

note: for the trans-focused podcast hosted by Shelbe Chang, Shane Ivan Nash, Jessie McGrath, and Blossom C. Brown, see Transparency.

Background

Transparency is hosted by conservative trans activists Aaron Kimberly and Aaron Terrell of Gender Dysphoria Alliance.

Episodes

  • Gender Ideologies – with Helen Pluckrose Mar 10, 2024
  • Trouble with Gender – with Alex Byrne Mar 03, 2024
  • It’s Okay to be a Man – with NJada Feb 25, 2024
  • The Shaman Brain – with Courtney Coulson Feb 18, 2024
  • Another Whistle Blown – with Tamara Pietzke Feb 11, 2024
  • The New York Times ”Opinion” Piece & USPATH’s ”Medical” Conference – with Eliza Mondegreen Feb 04, 2024
  • Autogynephilosophy – with Ray Alex Williams Dec 03, 2023
  • A Brief History of Trans (2023)
  • EP75 – Enabled and Embedded – with Helen Joyce Oct 09, 2023
  • EP74 – Taking Stock at Tavistock – With Anastassis Spiliadis & Dr Anna Hutchinson Sep 24, 2023
  • EP73 – Exploring The Unexpected Penis – with Amanda Kovattana Aug 20, 2023
  • EP72 – Backpedaling Pediatrics – with Dr Julia Mason Aug 13, 2023
  • The Denton Report – with Jamie Reed Aug 07, 2023
  • Managing Dysphoria without Transition – with “Anna” Jul 30, 2023
  • The old hippie soul, on Transsexual Unity – Guest: “Marc” Jul 23, 2023
  • EP68 – The silent majority begins to speak – with “Daniel”
  • EP67 – The Butch Lesbian to Gay Man Pipeline Jul 02, 2023
  • Special Series – National Transgender Health Summit – Ep. 3 – American Psychological Association
  • Special Series – National Transgender Health Summit – Ep. 2 – Dr Karasic Jun 04, 2023
  • Special Series – National Transgender Health Summit – Ep. 01 – Dr. Diane Ehrensaft May 28, 2023
  • EP66 – AAP: Aaron, Aaron & Phil Jun 11, 2023
  • EP65 – National Transgender Health Summit 2023 May 14, 2023
  • EP64 – When Dad Became Joan – with Cath Lloyd Apr 23, 2023
  • EP63 – Sexology in Samoa – with Dr Paul Vasey Apr 10, 2023
  • EP62 – The Autism Connection – with Christina Buttons Apr 02, 2023
  • EP61 – Soft Spoken. Soft hearts – with Julia Malott Mar 26, 2023
  • EP60 – The sound a whistle makes – with Jamie Reed Mar 19, 2023
  • EP59 – Internalizing/externalizing GNC – With Zander Keig Mar 05, 2023
  • What is Gender Dysphoria?
  • EP58 – A Serenity Prayer for TRAs – With Laura Hobbs Feb 26, 2023
  • EP57 – The Eunuch Makers – With “Eliza Mondegreen” Feb 19, 2023
  • EP56 – The Cost of Transparency Feb 12, 2023
  • EP55 – Autohetero – with Phil Illy Feb 05, 2023
  • EP54 – A bandaid on a broken leg – with Torren Danowski Jan 29, 2023
  • EP53 – Back up the rabbit hole – with KC Miller Jan 22, 2023
  • EP52 – Contagious, Like Laughter – with Lisa Marchiano  Jan 15, 2023
  • EP51- Binning Non-Binary – with Kiyah Jan 08, 2023

2022 episodes

  • EP50 – Good Therapy in the Age of Cancel Culture – with Dr Kenneth Zucker Oct 02, 2022
  • EP49 – What the @$%! WPATH?! Sep 25, 2022
  • EP48 – Gays Against Gr*mers – with Matt Rey Sep 11, 2022
  • EP47 – It’s Ms. Watson, thank-you – with Sinead Watson Sep 05, 2022
  • EP46 – Owning Male Femininity – with Shape Shifter Aug 29, 2022
  • EP45 – Me without the “T” – with Mars Fernandez Aug 21, 2022
  • EP44 – Questions and Answers Aug 14, 2022
  • EP43 – The Bubble Will Burst – with Shannon Boschy Aug 07, 2022
  • What is homosexual gender dysphoria?
  • EP42 – Identifying Toxic Ideas – with Frederik Ribersson Jul 17, 2022
  • EP41 – Ask Hard Questions: With “Stillman Cray” Jul 10, 2022
  • EP40 – I should send them a fruit basket – with Katie Herzog Jul 03, 2022
  • EP39 – The Only Autogynephile – Debbie Hayton  Jun 26, 2022
  • EP38 – Heterodorx of the TERF-Tranny Alliance – With Corinna Cohn May 07, 2022
  • EP37 – Disability & Dysphoria – with Jayme May 01, 2022
  • EP36 – The Two Boomerangs of AGP – with Kristina [Strawberry Lemonade Kristina]
  • EP35 – GNC in Rural Germany – with Julian Apr 17, 2022
  • EP34 – Internalized Transphobia? Apr 10, 2022
  • EP33 – How to look like a butch lesbian – with Renee Sullivan Apr 03, 2022
  • EP32 – Creating LGBT Dignity in Uganda – with Severus Hama-Owamparo Mar 27, 2022
  • EP31- A Good Bad Craic – with Stella O’Malley Mar 20, 2022
  • EP30 – Dysphoria and Differential Diagnosis – with Addison Mar 14, 2022
  • EP29 – Embracing Trans Reality – with Miyoko Mar 06, 2022
  • EP28 – Made By History – with Alice Dreger Feb 27, 2022
  • EP27 – Culture, Class, and the Bakla – with Rod Fleming Feb 20, 2022
  • EP26 – Light Reading for Grandparents – With Dr Michael Bailey Feb 13, 2022
  • EP25 – The Reason of the Middle – with Kathleen Stock Feb 06, 2022
  • EP24 – The Power of Suggestion – with Sasha Ayad Jan 30, 2022
  • EP23 – Autoandrophilia Files – With Laura Reynolds Jan 23, 2022
  • EP22 – Tumblr Trans – with Helena Kerschner Jan 16, 2022

2021 episodes

  • EP21 – Tomboy: with Lisa Selin Davis Dec 19, 2021
  • EP20 – What a mess WPATH! Dec 12, 2021
  • EP19 – Splintered Ego: AGP – with Limpida Nov 28, 2021
  • EP18 – What is Gender Dysphoria? With Dr Ray Blanchard Nov 21, 2021
  • EP17 – ROGD & Detransition Research: with Dr Lisa Littman Nov 14, 2021
  • EP 71 – The Denton Report – with Jamie Reed Aug 07, 2023
  • EP 70 – Managing Dysphoria without Transition – with Anna Jul 30, 2023
  • EP 69 – The old hippie soul, on Transsexual Unity – Guest: Marc Jul 23, 2023
  • EP 16 – Right Mind, Wrong Spectrum: With Michelle Alleva Nov 07, 2021
  • EP 15 – Okapi versus clarity: A conversation with Luke Oct 31, 2021
  • EP 14 – Buck Angel: Trans in the Peak Parade Oct 24, 2021
  • EP 13 – Cynthia: A Woman’s Choice to Not Medicalize Gender Oct 17, 2021
  • EP 12 – Golden Calves & Holy Priests: A Conversation with Cat Oct 10, 2021
  • EP 11 – Carole Hooven – Testosterone Oct 02, 2021
  • EP 10 – Viewer Q&A Sep 26, 2021
  • EP 09 – Dysphoria is so GAY! With Arty and Robbie Sep 12, 2021
  • EP 08 – Lauren Black – Dysphoria is manageable…is there a cure for cancel culture? Sep 05, 2021
  • EP 07 – Mars Fernandez on packers and what needs unpacking Aug 30, 2021
  • EP 06 – Lisa Shupe – What’s Hiding Under Gender Dysphoria? Aug 26, 2021
  • EP 05 – The Legal Fiction of Transition with Kenneth Pirie and “Kevin” Aug 26, 2021
  • EP 04 – Single Sex Spaces with Janet Scott Aug 26, 2021
  • EP 03 – Autogynephilia with Kenneth Pirie and Scott Newgent Aug 26, 2021
  • EP 02 – Measuring Medical Transition Outcomes with Kenneth Pirie and Scott Newgent Aug 25, 2021
  • EP 01 – Gender Ideology versus Gender Dysphoria Aug 25, 2021




Anti-trans activist Benjamin Boyce hosts Calmversations, a show featuring conservative, ex-transgender, and anti-transgender guests.

Below is a list of all episodes through 2024.

2024

s07e39 | The Road to Tyranny is Paved with “Natural Rights” with Kevin Dolan 3 days ago

s07e38 | WTF is the “Woke Right” with Neil Shenvi & Dave Greene 5 days ago

s07e37 | So, I Transed My Lesbian Wife… with Tali 9 days ago

s07e36 | Abortion as a Right, with Seth Gruber 11 days ago

s07e35 | It Ain’t Easy, Bein’ Heathen, with BIG DAVE MARTEL 15 days ago

s07e34 | US Law & “Gender Medicine” with Leor Sapir 18 days ago

s07e33 | Morality Plays & Governance – TheDeepEnd #23 with Leslie Elliott Boyce 23 days ago

s07e33 | Raw Egg Nationalist, in Calmversation 25 days ago

s07e32 | Millennial Woes Interviews Me (or at least tries) 29 days ago

s07e31 | It Ain’t Easy, Being Heathen, with Mike Maxwell of Imperium Press Dec 14th, 2024

s07e30 | In the Shadow of the Meaning Crisis, with John Vervaeke Dec 11th, 2024

s07e29 | Debating the “Post War Consensus” with Dave Greene & Wokal Distance Dec 9th, 2024

s07e28 | In Defense of Liberalism, with Joseph Klein Dec 3rd, 2024

s07e27 | Taste the Biscuit: TheDeepEnd no. 22 with Leslie Boyce Dec 1st, 2024

s07e26 | Surf & TERF with Meghan Murphy! Nov 29th, 2024

s07e25 | Trauma & Transition: A Detrans Story, with Roxanne Reed Nov 26th, 2024

s07e24 | The Cool Kids Are Alt-Right, with Rudyard Lynch, aka WhatIfAltHist Nov 22nd, 2024

s07e22 | The Strange Death of Late Night, with Wade Stotts Nov 20th, 2024

s07e23 | Political Horseshoe Theory is Meigh: TheDeepEnd no.21 with Leslie Elliott Boyce Nov 18th, 2024

s07e21 | Is Trump a Libertarian Win? with Clint Russell Nov 13th, 2024

s07e20 | Young Men: Get Yourselves Off the Ground! | Trump’s Message to the Chuds Nov 11th, 2024

s07e19 | Restoring American Fraternity, with RedHawk of The Old Glory Club Nov 8th, 2024

s07e18 | “The Right to Regret” and other Gender Insanity, with Eliza Mondegreen & Jamie Reed Nov 6th, 2024

s07e17 | Election Incoherence: TheDeepEnd #20 Nov 4th, 2024

s07e16 | A Democrat’s Case for Trump, with Joomi Kim Oct 31st, 2024

s07e15 | Libertarian Tech-Bro Utopia, with Jeremy Kauffman Oct 27th, 2024

s07e14 | Nina Power: Speaking Truth to Stupidity Oct 24th, 2024

s07e13 | Darryl Cooper: The Making of a Martyr Oct 17th, 2024

s07e12 | The Gentle Parenting Trap, with Dr. Camilo Ortiz Oct 13th, 2024

s07e11 | Arming Parents Against Gender Ideology, with Kris Kaliebe Oct 10th, 2024

s07e10 | Will Tanner: Zoomer with a View (of History) Oct 7th, 2024

s07e09 | Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me, with Professor Wilfred Reilly Oct 1st, 2024

s07e08 | How Boomers Broke Britain, or, The Endless End of the English Empire, with Connor Tomlin Sep 28th, 2024

s07e07 | Why is Israel Important to the West? with King Crocoduck Sep 25th, 2024

s07e06 | Discussing “The Woke Right” with Konstantin Kisin Sep 19th, 2024

s07e05 | Mythologies of The Current Era, TheDeepEnd #19 with Leslie Elliott Sep 18th, 2024

s07e04 | Economics of Connection and Conflict with Professor Ashley Hodgson Sep 14th, 2024

s07e03 | No Fault Divorce & the Unraveling of the American Family, with Dr. Stephen Baskerville Sep 10th, 2024

s07e02 | Why Oliver is Transitioning (Female to Male) Sep 6th, 2024

s07e01 | Courage in an Age of Madness, with Jordan Hall Sep 2nd, 2024

s06e134 | Lies, Damn Lies, & Gender Journalism with Benjamin Ryan Aug 31st, 2024

s06e133 | Ulysses S. Grant: Civil War Super Star, with Beau Dade Aug 29th, 2024

s06e132 | How We Met & Why We Married #TheDeepEnd #18 with Leslie Elliott Boyce Aug 27th, 2024

s06e131 | Escaping Extremist Islam, with Yasmine Mohammed Aug 21st, 2024

s06e130 | How the West was Undone, with Professor Eric Kaufmann Aug 19th, 2024

s06e129 | Postmodernism on the Right, with Neema Parvini, the Academic Agent Aug 16th, 2024

s06e128 | Electoral Dysphoria | TheDeepEnd #17 with Leslie Elliott Boyce Aug 14th, 2024

s06e127 | What Are We Voting For? (Likely Trump/Vance Policies) | with Jeremy Carl Aug 12th, 2024

s06e126 | Conspiracy Nuts—and Bolts! | with Jay Dyer Aug 9th, 2024

s06e125 | Why Eithan Haim Blew The Whistle on Child Gender Medicine Aug 5th, 2024

e06e124 | Alex Kaschuta: Ex-Darling of the Alt-Right Aug 3rd, 2024

s06e123 | American Diversity vs. Ideological Purism, with Isaac Simpson Aug 1st, 2024

s06e122 | Evergreen Meltdown Watch Party #7 (final show!) with Leslie Elliott Jul 30th, 2024

s06e121 | Progressive Manipulations, from Climate to Gender, with Melanie Bennet & Leslie Elliott Jul 25th, 2024

s06e120 | Online Extremism, Satanic Cults, & Accelerationism, with Bx Jul 23rd, 2024

s06e119 | This Perilous Political Moment, with Peachy Keenan Jul 20th, 2024

s06e118 | Evergreen Fiasco Watch Party #6 with Leslie Elliott Boyce Jul 17th, 2024

s06e117 | Getting Interviewed by Malcolm and Simone Collins Jul 13th, 2024

s06e116 | Lies, Damn Lies, and Journalism | with Lisa Seline Davis and Eliza Mondegreen Jul 11th, 2024

s06e115 | Jamie Bambrick: A Pastor With Christian Opinions Jul 9th, 2024

s06e114 | Tavistock: The OG Propaganda Mill? with Courtenay Turner Jul 5th, 2024

s06e113 | Simone Collins: Techno-Matriarch Jul 3rd, 2024

s06e112 | Devon Eriksen: Author, Engineer, Opinionator Jun 26th, 2024

s06e111 | Evergreen College Implosion Watch Party #4 w/ Leslie Elliott Jun 24th, 2024

s06e110 | Anatomy of a Transition, with Schylar Jun 22nd, 2024

s06e109 | Has Liberalism Failed Us? | with Carl Benjamin Jun 20th, 2024

s06e108 | Gen X’s Politically Homeless Problem | with Jenny Holland Jun 17th, 2024

s06e107 | How The Gnostic Sausage Is Made | with Right Side Jun 14th, 2024

s06e106 | “Scary Ideas” & The Mainstream Legitimacy Crisis, with Lomez Jun 6th, 2024

s06e105 | Detrans Lawfare: Holding “Gender” Doctors Accountable | with Lynn Chadwick & Katherine Dooley Jun 4th, 2024

s06e104 | Evergreen Implosion Watch Party #3 (with Leslie Elliott) Jun 2nd, 2024

s06e103 | Natalism vs. Nihilism | with Malcolm Collins May 30th, 2024

s06e102 | TransMan in a TradLand, a detrans story, with Maia May 29th, 2024

s06e101 | The Unprotected Class: Honestly Tackling Anti-White Racism, with Jeremy Carl May 27th, 2024

s06e100 | Evergreen College Implosion Watch Party Part 2 with Leslie Elliott May 22nd, 2024

s06e99 | Surviving Social Justice: A Detrans Story, with Mazy May 20th, 2024

s06e98 | Liberalism’s Last Stand, with Helen Pluckrose May 15th, 2024

s06e97 | So I Married An Autogynephile… A Detrans Story, with Jules Louise May 14th, 2024

s06e96 | Auron MacIntyre’s Total State: How Liberal Democracies Become Illiberal Tyrannies May 8th, 2024

s06e95 | Evergreen College Implosion: 7 Year Anniversary Watch Party May 6th, 2024

s06e94 | Race Is Poison (White Guilt, Black Power) | with Eli Steele May 4th, 2024

s06e93 | The Evergreening of America, with James Lindsay May 2nd, 2024

s06e92 | Cluster-B Blues, with Josh Slocum of Disaffected Apr 26th, 2024

s06e91 | Fear & Self-Loathing: A Detrans Story, with LaRell Herbert Apr 24th, 2024

s06e90 | TheDeepEnd #16: Snacks-Positivity and the Limits of Power Apr 22nd, 2024

s06e89 | Counseling As Conversation, with David Minor Apr 21st, 2024

s06e88 | Post-Liberal Bedtime Stories, with Mike Nayna & Gio Pennacchietti Apr 19th, 2024

s06e87 | DeTrans Stories Legacy: Helena Kerschner, 2019 Apr 15th, 2024

s06e86 | Healing From Sissy Hypno, with Shane Cole Apr 12th, 2024

s06e85 | Unnatural Selection: Rise of Genetically Modified Babies, with Jonathan Anomaly Apr 9th, 2024

s06e84 | Experts & Sex Cults | TheDeepEnd 15 with Leslie Elliott Apr 8th, 2024

s06e83 | It’s Time America’s Backbone Grew a Spine, with Rebecca Velo Apr 3rd, 2024

s06e82 | Realistic Expectations for A.I., with Brian Chau Apr 1st, 2024

s06e81 | Can Christianity Save American Masculinity? with Will Spencer Mar 29th, 2024

s06e80 | Is “Gender” A Useless Concept? [TheDeepEnd #14 w Leslie Elliott] Mar 28th, 2024

s06e79 | From Gender Fantasy to Race Realism: A Gen Z Journey, with PsiKey Mar 26th, 2024

s06e78 | Autism, Gender, Gen Z (A Young Interviewee Returns), with Simon Amaya Price Mar 25th, 2024

s06e77 | The Queering of American Education, with Logan Lancing Mar 22nd, 2024

s06e76 | The WPATH To Hell… with Mia Hughes Mar 20th, 2024

s06e75 | Caste Away: The Indelicacy of IQ Inquiry, with Bo Winegard Mar 18th, 2024

s06e74 | Life After Mormonism, with Joshua Neal Mar 16th, 2024

s06e73 | Kaiser REALLY Wants to Trans You, with Beth Bourne Mar 14th, 2024

s06e72 | Real Parasocialism Has Never Been Tried, TheDeepEnd 13 with Leslie Elliott Mar 11th, 2024

s06e71 | California Foster Care’s Gender Meat Grinder Mar 10th, 2024

s06e70 | Do Genetics Dictate Politics? with Edward Dutton, The Jolly Heretic Mar 7th, 2024

s06e69 | Equality vs. Reality: The Taboo of “Race Realism” | with Nathan Cofnas Mar 5th, 2024

s06e68 | The Feminization of Politics, or, Why Democracy Sucks, with Aydin Paladin Mar 2nd, 2024

s06e67 | Beneath Sheep’s Clothing, or, Why Communism SUCKS | with Julie Behling Feb 29th, 2024

s06e66 | Conspiracies In Theory & Practice | with Courtenay Turner Feb 29th, 2024

s06e63 | Equitocracy vs. Meritocracy in Medicine | with Dr. Rick Bosshardt Feb 28th, 2024

s06e65 | Splitting Crosshairs: TheDeepEnd #12 with Leslie Elliott Feb 26th, 2024

s06e62 | Karen Straughan on Motherhood, Vaccines, and Gender Feb 25th, 2024

s06e64 | The Art of Thoughtfulness, with Warren Smith Feb 23rd, 2024

s06e61 | Woke Persecution of a Christian Church, with Rev Bradley Helgerson Feb 19th, 2024

s06e60 | Trans Narcissism & Overcoming AGP, with Ray Alex Williams Feb 17th, 2024

s06e59 | The God-Shaped Machine, with New Polity’s Marc Barnes Feb 13th, 2024

s06e58 | Viral Purity Spirals | TheDeepEnd #11 with Leslie Elliott Feb 12th, 2024

s06e57 | Medical Madness: The Downward Spiral of US Healthcare, with Andrew Zywiec Feb 10th, 2024

e6e56 | Andrew Doyle’s Haberdashery of Haters Feb 8th, 2024

s06e55 | “Gender Me This…” A Candid Chat with Sasha Ayad & Stella O’Malley About Therapy, Gender, & Online Bullies Feb 6th, 2024

s06e54 | Theo Jordan Saves America: One Floridian’s Fight For Truth, Justice, & Saner Times Feb 3rd, 2024

s06e53 | The Center Mustn’t Scold, with Katherine Brodsky Jan 31st, 2024

s06e52 | The War On Boobs, with Leslie Jan 29th, 2024

s06e51 | Pull-No-Punches Punditry, with Tony Kinnett Jan 27th, 2024

s06e50 | The Queering of the American Child, with James Lindsay and Logan Lancing Jan 25th, 2024

s06e49 | Is It Ethical To Transition Yourself | with Artemis Jan 22nd, 2024

s06e48 | Canada’s “Safe Supply” Drug Program: The Literal Opiate of the Masses, with Dr. Lori Regenstreif, MD Jan 20th, 2024

s06e47 | The Detrans to Tradwife Pipeline is Real, with Daisy Strong (née Ollie Chadra) Jan 18th, 2024

s06e46 | The Shaming of the Prude: TheDeepEnd #9 w/ Leslie Elliott Jan 16th, 2024

s06e45 | Public School Tried To Trans My Daughter, with January Littlejohn Jan 12th, 2024

s06e44 | Killing D.E.I. Softly, with Carob Marcelle Jan 9th, 2024

s06e43 | A Warning To America, From Communist China, with Xi Van Fleet Jan 4th, 2024

s06e42 | Trans Daughter, or Prodigal Son?: How Parents Are Coping With Trans Identification, with Kallie Jan 2nd, 2024

2023

s06e41 | Widowed by Transition, with Shannon Thrace Dec 31st, 2023

s06e40 | From The Opioid Crisis to Gender “Medicine”: How Health Care Harms | with Carrie Mendoza Dec 27th, 2023

s06e39 | “Lolcows,” Kiwifarms, and The Death of the Open Internet, with Josh Moon Dec 22nd, 2023

s06e38 | Luka Hein’s Detransition Story Dec 21st, 2023

[Holiday Special] | Twas the Night Before Wokemas Dec 18th, 2023

s06e37 | Internet As Neurosis Accelerator, with Eliza Mondegreen Dec 15th, 2023

s06e36 | Inspecting Henpeckery (TheDeepEnd #7 with Leslie Elliott) Dec 12th, 2023

s06e35 | Authority & Authoritarianism II: A Christian Response, with Jonathan Pageau Dec 10th, 2023

s06e34 | Before (and After) Trans Was Cool, with Dr. Az Hakeem Dec 8th, 2023

s06e33 | Wokery 101: A College Student’s Guide to Surviving DEI, with Aaron Kindsvatter & David Tomasi Dec 4th, 2023

s06e32 | Authority & Authoritarianism, with James Lindsay Dec 1st, 2023

s06e31 | Gender Affirmation & The Law | with Shape Shifter and Mitra Forouhar Nov 30th, 2023

s06e30 | Based Gen Z: Resisting The Resistance | with The Right Side of History™

  • “The Right Side of History” 28 NOV

s06e29 | ?Mr. Probelmatic Hands? | The DeepEnd #6 with Leslie Elliot

  • Leslie Elliot 27 NOV

s06e28 | Stella O’Malley & Kellie Jay Keen, in Calmversation

s06e27 | Art and Ideology, with J.G. Fox

  • J.G. Fox 22 NOV

s06e26 | Creepin’ Creepers! TheDeepEnd with Leslie Elliott

  • Leslie Elliott 21 NOV

s06e25 | Autogynephilia: Malignant Fetish or Benign Orientation? A Debate with Phil Illy and Rudy

s06e24 | So I Married An Interviewee…. (my first calmversation with Leslie Elliott… Boyce)

  • Leslie Elliott Boyce 15 NOV

s06e23 | Fashion Police: Freedom of Expression VS Safeguarding, with Solid Ground

  • “Solid Ground” 13 NOV

s06e22 | Child Transition First Responders: Stephanie Davies Aria & Denise Caignon

s06e21 | Sage’s Story: How Gender Identity Lead to Sex Trafficking, with Laura Bryant Hanford

  • Laura Bryant Hanford 9 NOV

s06e20 | Fixing “Youth Gender Medicine” with Eliza Mondegreen and Jamie Reed

s06e19 | Sainthood & Sanity, or, Eastern Orthodoxy and Mental Health, with Thaddeus Patrick

  • Thaddeus Patrick 23 OCT

s06e18 | Gender, Sex, & Identity: My Thoughts After 5 Years of Interviews, feat. Jane Gatsby

  • Jane Gatsby 19 OCT

s06e17 | The Fog of War: How Social Media Warps Reality | TheDeepEnd #5 with Leslie Elliott

  • Leslie Elliott 16 OCT

s06e16 | Discussing Dogma & Religious Experience with Michael Witcoff (Brother Augustine)

  • Michael Witcoff 14 OCT

s06e15 | Venture Politics: Using Capital to Shape Society, with Nate Fischer

  • Nate Fischer 12 OCT

s06e14 | “My Body Is A Puberty Blocker”: Talking About Intersex Conditions with James Linehan

  • James Linehan 6 OCT

s06e13 | How T Overtook LGB, with Iseult White & Malcolm Clark

s06e12 | The Life Parasocial (DeepEnd #4 with Leslie Elliott)

  • Leslie Elliott Boyce 2 OCT

s06e11 | Rise of the Art-Right, with Gio Pennacchietti

  • Gio Pennacchietti 29 SEP

s06e10 | “Human Rights” vs. Women’s Rights, with Meghan Murphy & K. Yang

s06e09 | Lies, Damn Lies, and Information Warfare, with Cat Girl Kulak

  • “Cat Girl Kulak” 25 SEP

s06e08 | Normalizing the Pathological, Pathologizing the Normal with Eliza Mondegreen and Jessie Mannisto

s06e07 | Derailed Development: a Detrans Story, with Abel Garcia

s06e06 | The Globalist Agenda, with Jason Bradley

  • Jason Bradley 18 SEP

s06e05 | Dealing with Dysphoria, with Oak Leaves and Onions

  • “Oak Leaves and Onions” 14 SEP

s06e04 | Trauma, Drama, & Pharma, with Katelyn Yntema

  • “Katelyn Yntema” 12 SEP

s06e03 | Nietzsche, Hinduism, and The Great Books | with Jash Dholani

  • Jash Dholani 8 SEP

s06e02 | Parents VS. California: Saving Kids from Gender Ideologues, with Erin Friday & Jonathan Zachreson

s06e01 | No Enemies To The Right!?, with The Distributist & Wokal Distance

  • “The Distributist” & “Wokal Distance”/Michael Young 3 SEP

s05e119 | The Psychology of Victimhood, with Jaco van Zyl

  • Jaco van Zyl 26 AUG

s05e118 | Challenging Gender Medicine from Within, with Jamie Reed & Aaron Kimberly

s05e117 | The Trans-fixation of Kevin / Evelyn: A Detrans Story

  • “Kevin / Evelyn” 22 AUG

s05e116 | YouTube Bans Me For Talking About COVID Authoritarianism (Sunday Stream with Leslie Elliott)

  • Leslie Elliott Boyce 20 AUG

s05e115 | Canadian Justice VS. COVID Tyranny, with William Roy & Dr. Chris Milburn

  • William Roy & Dr. Chris Milburn 19 AUG

s05e114 | Resisting Indoctrination in Education, with Angel SanMartin

  • Angel SanMartin 18 AUG

s05e113 | When Kids Say They’re Trans | with Sasha Ayad & Some Moms

s05e112 | Why Woke Won’t Work, with James Lindsay & Wokal Distance

s05e111 | Ancient Wisdoms, Modern Attitude, with Spencer Klavan

  • Spencer Klavan 9 AUG

s05e110 | Orphaned & Owning It, with Veera Mirjam

  • Veera Mirjam 7 AUG

s05e109 | How Advertising Became Totally Cringe, with Isaac Simpson

  • Isaac Simpson 2 AUG

s05e108 | The Future is… Feudal? with Maximum Leader Charles Haywood

  • Charles Haywood 31 JUL

s05e107 | From Maoist China to “Woke” America: The Living Memory of Xi Van Fleet

  • Xi Van Fleet 26 JUL

s05e106 | The Prodigal Transitioner, with Austin Unbridled

  • “Austin Unbridled” 24 JUL

s05e105 | The Gauntlet of Girlhood, with Lisa Marchiano & Eliza Mondegreen

s05e104 | Can Lawfare Save US from Wokeness? with David Pivtorak, Esq.

  • David Pivtorak 19 JUL

s05e103 | Alexander Hamilton: Architect of the Deep State? with B.B. Dade

  • B.B. Dade 16 JUL

s05e102 | Neuroscience & Spirituality, with David Tomasi

  • David Tomasi 15 JUL

s05e101 | Thailand’s “Third Gender” with Amanda Kovattana

  • Amanda Kovattana 13 JUL

s05e100 | Stairway to Selfhood: Life after Detransition, with Elle Palmer

  • Elle Palmer 10 JUL

s05e99 | Documenting & Executing the “Grievance Studies Affair” with James Lindsay & Mike Nayna

s05e98 | Stunted by Transition | a Detrans Story, with Kobe (male to male detransitioner)

  • “Kobe” 4 JUL

s05e97 | When Butch Is Not Enough, a Detrans Story, with Terffy

  • “Terffy” 3 JUL

s05e96 | “Wokeness” as a Post-Christian Nationalism, with Josh Daws

  • Josh Daws 1 JUL

s05e95 | The Sacred & The Psychological, with the Solid Ground Streamers

  • “Solid Ground” 29 JUN

s05e94 | PTSD: A Physical Injury with a Physical Cure? with Jamie Mustard

  • Jamie Mustard 25 JUN

s05e93 | The Politics of Addiction, with Doctor Randall Bock

  • Randall Bock 23 JUN

s05e92 | Autogynephilia’s Impact on Intimacy | with Phil Illy

s05e91 | So Over The Rainbow | with Alasdair Gunn & Eliza Mondegreen

s05e90 | Unscripted Remarks on Gender (from “Breaking the Narrative” hosted by Center for Bioethics & Culture)

  • Center for Bioethics & Culture 14 JUN

s05e89 | Gender Idolatry: A Christian Take on Transgenderism, with Brandon Showalter

  • Brandon Showalter 13 JUN

s05e88 | How “Population Control” Guides Global Governance, with Jason Bradley

  • Jason Bradley 7 JUN

e05e87 | Parenting an ROGD Kid, with Stoic Mom

  • “Stoic Mom” 4 JUN

s05e86 | This Episode is Gay! with Ritchie and Rudy

s05e85 | Dilating the Overton Window, with J. Burden

  • “J. Burden” 1 JUN

s05e84 | Nobody Expects the Spanish Transition! with Ane Maiora

  • Ane Maiora 31 MAY

s05e83 | Fatal Flaws in “Gender Affirming” Care | with Eliza Mondegreen & Aaron Terrell

s05e82 | Men in Women’s Prisons: What Could Go Wrong? with Amie Ichikawa

  • Amie Ichikawa 25 MAY

s05e81 | Crash Course in Libertarianism, with Micheal Scott of Fabian Liberty

  • “Micheal Scott” 23 MAY

s05e80 | Let’s Hear It From The Boys (a Genspect debrief), with Alasdair, Corinna, & Ritchie

s05e79 | How US Law Enforces Transgenderism, with Leor Sapir

s05e78 | “What If They’re Gay Not Trans?” A Genspect Panel with Alasdair Gunn, Ritchie Herron, Iseult White, Jet London, and Malcolm Clark

s05e77 | “What About the Boys?” A Genspect Panel with Joe Burgo, Marcus Evans, Corinna Cohn, and Alasdair Gunn

s05e76 | Detransition: A Group Discussion | from Genspect’s Bigger Picture Conference

s05e75 | Winning the Gender War, with Stella and Alasdair (on location in Ireland)

s05e74 | Is there a Science to Story? with Justin Wells

  • Justin Wells 1 MAY

s05e73 | Ethics of Surrogacy, with Lexi of Stop Surrogacy Now UK

  • “Lexi” 28 APR

s05e71 | IN The Matrix, Not OF The Matrix, with Kruptos

  • “Kruptos” 23 APR

s05e70 | Posie Parker Down Under, with Kellie-Jay Keen

s05e69 | Lydia Leitermann Interviews Me

  • Lydia Leitermann 18 APR

s05e68 | The Sophistry of Gender, with Tomas Bogardus

s05e67 | Notes on the Luciferian West, with Jonathan Pageau, Paul VanderKlay, & “Wokal Distance”/Michael Young

  • Jonathan Pageau, Paul Vander Klay, & “Wokal Distance”/Michael Young 13 APR

s05e66 | Crisis in Counseling, with Leslie Elliott, Jennifer Friend, & Aaron Kindsvatter

  • Leslie Elliott, Jennifer Friend, & Aaron Kindsvatter 11 APR

s05e65 | How Pregnancy Put Cynthia’s Dysphoria in Perspective, w Cynthia Breheny & Zach Elliott

  • Cynthia Breheny & Zach Elliott 9 APR

s05e64 | Tomboy, Interrupted: A Detrans Story, with Chloe Cole

s05e63 | Catherine, A Female Fed Up With Feminism

  • “Catherine” 4 APR

s05e62 | This Little Student Went To Market: A School Choice Primer, with Jason Bedrick

  • Jason Bedrick 1 APR

s05e61 | The Dangerous Radicalization of Gender Rhetoric, with Stella O’Malley & Eliza Mondegreen

s05e60 | The Decline of General Intelligence, with Dr. Edward Dutton

  • Edward Dutton 23 MAR

s05e59 | Autism, Isolation, and Autogynephilia, with Naxelas

  • “Naxelas” 21 MAR

s05e58 | Genspect’s “The Bigger Picture” Conference, with Joe Burgo & Alasdair Gunn

s05e57 | Lost in Transition: A Detrans Story, with Sarah Elizhar

  • Sarah Elizhar 10 MAR

s05e56 | Tale of a “Trans Widow” with Tracy Shannon

s05e55 | Arming Warrior Teachers with a Winning Mindset, with Barry Wall

  • Barry Wall 5 MAR

s05e54 | The Libtard-to-TradCath Pipeline, with Peachy “Domestic Extremist” Keenan

  • “Peachy Keenan” 25 FEB

s05e53 | In Defense of Common Sense, with Jodi Shaw & Leslie Elliott

  • Jodi Shaw & Leslie Elliott 22 FEB

s05e52 | America’s Abusive Relationship with Itself, with Josh Slocum

  • Josh Slocum 18 FEB

s05e51 | Creativity, Sexuality, Identity, with Corinna Cohn & Nina Paley

s05e50 | Ditching the Therapeutic Treadmill, with Camille Keifel

s05e49 | The Ethics of Transition, with Taftaj

  • “Taftaj” 10 FEB

s05e48 | The Liberal Parasite – with James Lindsay and Carl Benjamin (aka Sargon of Akkad)

s05e47 | Moral Compasses, Social Contagions, with Eliza Mondegreen

s05e46 | Should Porn Be Banned? with Aella and Meghan Murphy

s05e45 | MAiD in Canada: From Medical Transition to Assisted Suicide, with Lois and Eva Kurilova

s05e44 | Live with James Lindsay: Woke Gnosticism and the Oxford Debate

s05e43 | The Life of a Dominican Nun, with Sister Mary of Jesus

  • Sister Mary of Jesus 15 JAN

s05e42 | Is it High Time for Gen X to Step to the Plate? with Nina Power

s05e41 | Curing the Gender Curse: A Detrans Story, with Teiresias

  • “Teiresias” 4 JAN

s05e40 | Understanding Psychopathy | with Jon Uhler, LPC

  • Jon Uhler 1 JAN

2022

s05e39 | …And What About Living With Dignity? with Alasdair Gunn (Angus Fox)

s05e38 | Restoring Ethics to Canadian Journalism, with Terry Newman

  • Terry Newman 27 DEC 2022

s05e37 | Manly Virtues, Manly Vices, with Joseph Burgo

s05e36 | Celebrating the Superpower of Pregnancy, with Brit the Slightly Twisted Female

  • “Brit” 20 DEC 2022

s05e34 | The Art of Being Pwned, with Curtis Yarvin

  • Curtis Yarvin 13 DEC 2022

s05e33 | Canada’s Elective Death Sentence (“MAiDs”), with Darshan Maharaja

  • Darshan Maharaja 11 DEC 2022

s05e32 | Kellie-Jay Keen Saves the Day

s05e31 | Medical Fads and Fanatics, with Eliza Mondegreen & Mia Ashton

s05e30 | Decoding “Stochastic Terrorism” & Other Games of the Ruling Class, with DR. ROLLERGATOR and JAMES LINDSAY

s05e29 | Beyond Gender: a chat over whiskey, with Stella O’Malley & Angus Fox

s05e28 | Dark Heart of the Ivory Tower: Corruption of Psychology Departments, with Christine Sefein

  • Christine Sefein 25 NOV 2022

s05e27 | Canada’s Easy-Access Euthanasia Program, “MAiD” with Rupa Subramanya

  • Rupa Subramanya 21 NOV 2022

s05s26 | Crisis in Counseling, with Leslie Elliott (The Radical Center)

  • Leslie Elliott 21 NOV 2022

s05e25 | Rethinking “Gender Therapy” with Lisa Marchiano

s05e23 | The Long Road To Self-Acceptance, with Veera Mirjam

  • Veera Mirjam 8 NOV 2022

s05e22 | Gender Medicine Has Gone INSANE: Inside WPATH, with Eliza Mondegreen

s05e21 | Teen Transition Fast Track, with Prisha

s05e20 | Furry Fandom & Detransition, with Ria

  • “Ria” 28 OCT 2022

s05e19 | The Politics of “Trans Kids” with Corinna Cohn and Denise Caignon

s05e18 | From “Boys Will Be Boys” to “Boys Won’t Be Boys”… with Angus and Ritchie

s05e17 | Economic Impacts of Lockdowns on the Working Class, with Sarah St. Onge

  • Sarah St. Onge 17 OCT 2022

s05e16 | Everyone’s Conspiring, All of the Time, with DR. ROLLERGATOR

  • “Dr. Rollergator” 17 OCT 2022

s05e15 | Gender Absurdities in US Law, with Candice Jackson & Lauren Bone, sisters in lawfare

s05e14 | Saving Kids from Gender… and the State, with Erin Friday

s05e13 | How Gender Activists Dictate “Standards of Care” | with Stella O’Malley

s05e12 | Trans Rush, Detrans Regret, with Jenni

  • “Jenni” 10 OCT 2022

s05e11 | Hot Topics & Cold Showers, with James Lindsay

s05e10 | Saving Children’s Medicine from Gender Ideology, with Julia Mason, MD

s05e09 | Documenting Detransition Stories, with Jennifer Lahl

s05e08 | The Secret Life of Angus Fox

s05e07 | Talking Therapies & Gender Identities, with Marcus and Susan Evans

s05e06 | Castration Affirmation?? New Medical Guidelines Promote Eunuchs, with Genevieve Gluck of REDUXX

s05e05 | Overcoming Autogynephilia, with Andrius

  • “Andrius” 15 SEP 2022

s05e04 | Child Services Sicced on Mom for Celebrating Daughter’s Desistance, with Brette & Anna

  • “Brette” & “Anna” 12 SEP 2022

s05e03 | Using Artificial Intelligence to Study Social Media Contagion, with Shannon Boschy

  • Shannon Boschy 7 SEP 2022

s05e02 | Mediocracy: The Dumbing-Down of American Elites | with Wilfred Riley

s05e01 | Right Winging It, with The Distributist

  • “The Distributist” 4 SEP 2022

s04e92 | Biology: The New Hate Speech, with Colin Wright

s04e91 | From Transition to Liberation: A Detrans Male Story, with Torren Danowski

  • Torren Danowski 28 AUG 2022

s04e90 | Catholic Feminism & The Genesis of Gender | with Abigail Favale

  • Abigail Favale 27 AUG 2022

s04e89 | Andrew Doyle HEARTILY SHUNS the Woke Puritans

s04e88 | From Maoist China to Woke America: Alvin Lui Stands Up

  • Alvin Lui 23 AUG 2022

s04e87 | Surviving Awkward: from Aspergers to Anime to Transition | a Detrans Story, with Emmie

  • “Emmie” 17 AUG 2022

s04e86 | Speaking Truth to Gender, with Sasha Ayad & Stella O’Malley

s04e85 | Cultural Revolution: from Communist China to Woke USA, with Erica Li

  • Erica Li 11 AUG 2022

s04e84 | Political vs. Personal Christianity, with Neil Shenvi

  • Neil Shenvi 7 AUG 2022

s04e83 | Counseling Ex-Cons, with Gar Lock

  • Gar Lock 5 AUG 2022

s04e82 | Is Liberal Feminism Anti-Woman? | with Louise Perry

s04e81 | Courage & Cowardice In Canadian Public Schools, with Chanel Pfahl??

  • Chanel Pfahl 16 JUL 2022

s04e80 | Liberal World Disorder, with Auron MacIntyre & Wokal Distance

  • Auron MacIntyre & “Wokal Distance”/Michael Young 12 JUL 2022

s04e79 | Trauma, Transition, & an Intersex Condition: a Detrans Story, with Theo

  • “Theo” 1 JUL 2022

s04e78 | Right Winging It, with Auron MacIntyre

  • Auron MacIntyre 28 JUN 2022

s04e77 | How the West was Undone, with Carl Benjamin (aka Sargon of Akkad)

s04e76 | Indoctrination in California’s Public Schools, with Kelly S

  • “Kelly S” 26 JUN 2022

s04e75 | Daughter of God, Bride of Christ: Maria Brandell on Becoming a Nun

  • Maria Brandell 26 JUN 2022

s04e74 | The Genius of Thomas Sowell, with Alan Wolan

  • Alan Wolan 19 JUN 2022

s04e73 | Transition and Redemption: A Detrans Story, with NJada

  • “NJada” 14 JUN 2022

s04e72 | When Transition Goes Wrong, a Detrans Story with Shape Shifter

s04e71 | When Transition Works, with Zander Keig

s04e70 | The Impact of Feminism on Young Men, with Helena Kerschner, Josh Slocum & Limpida

s04e69 | Life & Times of an Internet TERF | with Mia

s04e68 | The New Homophobia, with Ben Appel

  • Ben Appel 25 MAY 2022

s04e67 | Five Years Later: Catching Up With Bret Weinstein

  • Bret Weinstein 23 MAY 2022

s04e66 | The Science of Sex / The Faith of Gender, with Zach Elliott

  • Zach Elliott 21 MAY 2022

s04e65 | Curtis Yarvin, on How American Power Operates, At Home & Abroad

  • Curtis Yarvin 18 MAY 2022

s04e64 | Sex Differences in Detransition, with Sinead & Tullip

s04e63 | Adolescence Via Internet: a Detrans Story, with Michelle

s04e62 | A Catholic Critique of Liberalism, with Marc Barnes of New Polity

  • Marc Barnes 3 MAY 2022

s04e61 | Speaking Truth to Gender, with Helen Joyce & Stephanie Davies-Arai

s04e60 | Why “Woman” Needs to Mean, Well, *Woman*, with DR. Karleen Gribble

  • Karleen Gribble 26 APR 2022

Special Episode: The Family Sex Show: A Dramatic Website Reading [Explicit Content]

  • 24 APR 2022

s04e58 | Detrans Stories: Depression & Addiction, with Brian W

  • “Brian W” 24 APR 2022

s04e57 | Dysphoria & Self-Acceptance, with Cynthia Breheny

  • Cynthia Breheny 15 APR 2022

s04e56 | Facts & Fictions of the “TransKid” Phenomenon, with Denise of 4thWaveNow

s04e55 | Revolution, Rationalism, Revelation: Imaging A Post-Woke World, with James Lindsay & Jonathan Pageau

s04e54 | Testosterone! The Science, The Experience, with Carole Hooven & Helena Kerschner

s04e53 | Can Culture Survive the Culture War? with Famous Artist Birdie Rose

  • Birdie Rose 2 APR 2022

s04e52 | Inflation Nation: Energy Policy & Your Wallet, with Joan Sammon & Alma Cook

  • Joan Sammon & Alma Cook 26 MAR 2022

s04e51 | On the Ground in Ukraine, with Erin Smith

  • Erin Smith 18 MAR 2022

s04e50 | In The Beginning Was The Discourse, with Wokal Distance

  • “Wokal Distance”/Michael Young 15 MAR 2022

s04e49 | How to Become Bully-Proof, with Stella O’Malley

s04e48 | What Feminism Gets Wrong About Men, with Janice Fiamengo

  • Janice Fiamengo 7 MAR 2022

s04e47 | All The News Unfit To Print: Failures of Elite Journalism, with Trish Wood

  • Trish Wood 28 FEB 2022

s04e46 | S.E.L.ing Out US Schools, with Lisa Logan

  • Lisa Logan 24 FEB 2022

s04e45 | Psychoanalysis in Theory and Practice, with Jonathan Shedler

  • Jonathan Shedler 21 FEB 2022

s04e44 | School to Sex Work Pipeline: Grooming in Education, with Charlie Jacobs

  • Charlie Jacobs 19 FEB 2022

s04e43 | Logos, Chaos, Meaning Crisis, with Professor John Vervaeke

  • John Vervaeke 13 FEB 2022

s04e42 | Crisis in Education, with Paul Rossi and Frank McCormick

  • Paul Rossi and Frank McCormick 8 FEB 2022

s04e41 | The Science of Climate, the Climate of Science, with ScioSophia

  • “ScioSophia” 4 FEB 2022

s04e40 | Woke as Cancer: Diagnosis & Treatment, with James Lindsay & King Crockoduck

s04e39 | Detrans Stories: Education, Autism, Gender, Communism, with Limpidă

  • “Limpidă” 28 JAN 2022

s04e38 | Pandemic Impacts: Canadian Prisons, with Heather Mason

  • Heather Mason 27 JAN 2022

s04e37 | Liberals Fall While Conservatives Decline, with Mary Harrington

s04e36 | Political Mythologies, with Michael Millerman

  • Michael Millerman 16 JAN 2022

s04e35 | Appreciating Men, with The Prim Reaper

  • “The Prim Reaper” 15 JAN 2022

s04e34 | Gender Absurdities, with Exulansic

s04e33 | James Lindsay Lets Loose, with James Lindsay, Letting Loose

s04e32 | Getting Hormonal, with Carole Hooven

s04e31 | God & The Devil: Catholic Counter-Woke Strategies, with Noelle Mering

  • Noelle Mering 1 JAN 2022

2021

s04e30 | Feminine Overcorrection in Academia, with JD Haltigan

  • JD Haltigan 30 DEC 2021

s04e29 | What is “Street Epistemology”? | with Reid Nicewonder of Cordial Curiosity

  • Reid Nicewonder 24 DEC 2021

s04e28 | Sidewalk Skepticism, with Billboard Chris

s04e27 | Biological Sex and US Law, with Candice Jackson

s04e26 | Abandon Cope, Ye Who Enter Here, with James Lindsay

s04e25 | Counter Wokecraft: Using Cold War Tactics against Critical Social Justice, with Charles Pincourt

  • Charles Pincourt 29 NOV 2021

s04e24 | The Gender Cope: a Detrans Story, with Isaac

  • “Isaac” 28 NOV 2021

s04e23 | Evolutionary Psychology of the Incel Phenomenon, with William Costello

  • William Costello 23 NOV 2021

s04e22 | Rejuvenating Journalism, with Nancy Rommelmann

  • Nancy Rommelmann 18 NOV 2021

s04e21 | Cognitive Dissidents, with Sasha Ayad LPC

s04e20 | Sacred Profanities, with Jonathan Pageau of The Symbolic World

  • Jonathan Pageau 11 NOV 2021

s04e18 | Orthodoxy in Public Education, with Frank McCormick @CBHeresy

  • Frank McCormick 31 OCT 2021

s04e17 | Being A Woman Being A Man, with Aaron Terrell

s04e16 | Truth Is No Stranger To Comedy, with Maye Muses

  • “Maye Muses” 24 OCT 2021

e04e15 | Heather Heying; in Calmversation

s04e14 | Self Esteem is for Suckers; Critical Thinking is for Everyone, with Steve Salerno

  • Steve Salerno 19 OCT 2021

s04e13 | Rise of the Well-Adjusted Weirdos, with Jessie Mannisto of Third Factor Magazine

s04e12 | Inside Antifa: Tactics of the Radical Left, with Erin Smith

  • Erin Smith 13 OCT 2021

s04e11 | Countering Critical Theory’s Nihilism with Mindful Humanism, with Jason Littlefield

  • Jason Littlefield 10 OCT 2021

s04e10 | Bureaucratic Incompetence & the Death of Expertise, with Michelle Naef

  • Michelle Naef 6 OCT 2021

s04e09 | Writing Fantasy, Making History: On Craft & Communism | with Steven Brust

  • Steven Brust 3 OCT 2021

s04e08 | Babymaking is Crazymaking! Reproductive Mental Health with Robin Atkins, LMHC

  • Robin Atkins 29 SEP 2021

s04e07 | Tomboys & Other Untold Stories, with Lisa Selin Davis

s04e06 | The Failure of NYC Public Schools, with Maud Maron

s04e05 | A Rational Feminism, with Erika Bachiochi

  • Erika Bachiochi 14 SEP 2021

s04e03 | Woke Psychopathy: Cluster B & Activism, with Josh Slocum of Disaffected Podcast

  • Josh Slocum 7 SEP 2021

s04e02 | How to Stop Being a Jerk and Get Along with the Opposite Sex, with Lorelei

  • “Lorelei” 5 SEP 2021

s04e01 | Challenging Gender Ideology in Public Schools, with Peavy

  • “Peavy” 1 SEP 2021

s03e114 | When Ideology Meets Reality, with Helen Joyce

s03e113 | Based & PoliSci Pilled, with Wilfred Reilly

s03e112 | Gender & Autism, with Ash and Raphael

  • “Ash” and “Raphael” 24 AUG 2021

s03e111 | Hardship and Hope: a Detrans Story, with Veera

  • “Veera” 20 AUG 2021

s03e110 | Are US Public Schools Beyond Saving? Deb Fillman Argues for Abolition

  • Deb Fillman 18 AUG 2021

s03e109 | Cult Thinking Then & Now: An Okay Boomer Story, feat. Jim Heller

  • Jim Heller 14 AUG 2021

s03e108 | Teen Mental Illness & Trans Identity, with Ella Washington

  • Ella Washington 11 AUG 2021

s03e107 | Writing About Women & Reviled for Writing “Woman” with Milli Hill

s03e106 | GenZ: The Politicized Generation, with Elika Imanaga

  • Elika Imanaga 6 AUG 2021

s03e105 | Canceled out of Counseling, with James Esses

s03e103 | Crowdsourcing COVID & Vaccine Facts, with Alexandros Marinos

  • Alexandros Marinos 26 JUL 2021

s03e102 | Bullying in the Trans Community, with Aaron Kimberly

s03e101 | United States’ Path to a World Power: The War of 1812, with B.B. Dade

  • B.B. Dade 21 JUL 2021

s03e100 | “South Africa is a CRT State” with Vincent De Boni

Righting the Left | with Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix

s03e99 | Nobody’s in the Wrong Body | with Erin Brewer

s03e98 | You Are Your Avatar (Identity in the Profile Age) | with Professor H. Georg Moeller

  • H. Georg Moeller 7 JUL 2021

s03e97 | Damaged by Gender: A Detrans Story, with Garrett

  • “Garrett” 6 JUL 2021

s03e96 | Much Ado About Transition, with Blaire White

s03e95 | Human Contact, Devil’s Contract with Jodi Shaw

  • Jodi Shaw 28 JUN 2021

s03e94 | The End of Women’s Sport, with Coach Linda Blade

s03e93 | “Transkids” and Medical Ethics, with Jennifer Lahl

s03e92 | Through the Looking Glass: A Detrans Story, with Issa Ismail

  • Issa Ismail 17 JUN 2021

s03e91 | Critical Race Thinking, with Kimi Katiti

  • Kimi Katiti 15 JUN 2021

s03e90 | The Hormone Hangover: A Detrans Story, with Grace

e03s89 | A Preponderance of Gender, with Sasha Ayad LPC

e03s88 | Pride & Prejudice, with Helena and Sinead

s03e87 | The Lost Boys of Genderland, with Angus Fox

s03e86 | Liberating Women from Patriarchy Part 2, with Julie Bindel

s03e85 | Liberating Women from Patriarchy, with Kara Dansky

s03e84 | WOKEBUSTERS! with James Lindsay and Wokal Distance

  • James Lindsay and “Wokal Distance”/Michael Young 30 MAY 2021

s03e83 | Detrans Stories: Dominic Lauren

  • “Dominic Lauren” 27 MAY 2021

s03e82 | Bret Weinstein: Four Years Later

  • Bret Weinstein 23 MAY 2021

s03e81 | How Queer Theory Interferes with Good Therapy, with Aaron Kimberly

s03e80 | Update on the Hormone Health Crisis, with Dr. William Malone

s03e79 | Oh, the Humanities! with Stephen Blackwood

  • Stephen Blackwood 14 MAY 2021

s03e78 | Asian Americans: The Inconvenient Minority, with Kenny Xu

s03e77 | Resisting Dogmatism—Both Religious and Secular, with Sarah Haider

  • Sarah Haider 10 MAY 2021

s03e76 | Standing Up to CRT in Education, with Paul Rossi

  • Paul Rossi 8 MAY 2021

s03e75 | Rebuilding the Love Story, with Alison Tieman of Honey Badger Radio

  • Alison Tieman 4 MAY 2021

s03e74 | Libertarian Principles, with Christian Watson

  • Christian Watson 2 MAY 2021

s03e73 | Black Victim to Black Victor, with Adam B. Coleman

  • Adam B. Coleman 30 APR 2021

s03e72 | Revelation & Rebellion, with Jonathan Pageau

  • Jonathan Pageau 28 APR 2021

s03e71 | Equity in Corporate & Federal Hiring, with Amy Bee

  • Amy Bee 27 APR 2021

e03s70 | Dysphoria & Acceptance, with Natasha Ybarra-Klor

  • Natasha Ybarra-Klor 21 APR 2021

s03e69 | Social Media Censorship: A Legal Perspective, with Ramsey Ramerman

  • Ramsey Ramerman 18 APR 2021

e03s68 | What Is Up With Men and Their Issues??? (with Brian Martinez from Honey Badger Radio)

  • Brian Martinez 16 APR 2021

s03e67 | LGB Advocacy, with Belissa Cohen & Carrie Hathorn

  • Belissa Cohen & Carrie Hathorn 13 APR 2021

s03e64 | Critical Theory’s Threat to Jewish-Muslim Relations, with David Bernstein & Suhail Khan

  • David Bernstein & Suhail Khan 11 APR 2021

s03e66 | Native Americans & Classical Liberalism, with Jason Miller

  • Jason Miller 11 APR 2021

s03e65 | Debunking “White Fragility” with Jonathan Church & Christopher Paslay

  • Jonathan Church & Christopher Paslay 8 APR 2021

s03e63 | Critical Critical Theory Theory, with James Lindsay & Wokal Distance

s03e62 | Diversity & Exclusion, with Lindsay Shepherd

  • Lindsay Shepherd 4 APR 2021

s03e61 | Gnosticism / Nihilism / Humanism, with Professor Bruno Chaouat

  • Bruno Chaouat 1 APR 2021

s03e60 | #IStandWithMaya, with Maya Forstater

e03s59 | The Art of (Narrative) War, with Cactus Chu

  • Brian Chu 25 MAR 2021

s03e58 | The Corruption of US Colleges, with Aaron Kindsvatter

  • Aaron Kindsvatter 21 MAR 2021

S03E57 | The Plight of Women in India, with Vaishnavi Sundar

  • Vaishnavi Sundar 19 MAR 2021

356 | The Rhetoric of Woke / Anti-Woke Discourse, with Professor Erec Smith

  • Erec Smith 15 MAR 2021

355 | Managing Crippling Anxiety, with Jess

  • “Jess” 14 MAR 2021

354 | What Men & Women Want, with Nina Power

353 | (Culture) War & Peace, with Jeremy Pollack

  • Jeremy Pollack 8 MAR 2021

352 | Autogynephilia: One Man’s Account, with Kayla

  • “Kayla” 7 MAR 2021

351 | Comedy Uncanceled, with Francis Foster

350 | Basic Biology: Somehow Controversial??? with Emma Hilton & Colin Wright

349 | Russia’s Past, America’s Present | with Ora Itkin

  • Ora Itkin 1 MAR 2021

348 | The Fib In Women’s Lib, with Inez Stepman

  • Inez Stepman 25 FEB 2021

347 | The Future of Content Creation & Consumption, with LBRY founder Jeremy Kauffman

  • Jeremy Kauffman 24 FEB 2021

346 | An Unconventional Millennial, with Little Apostate

  • “Little Apostate” 22 FEB 2021

345 | A Postmodern Humanity, with Mary Harrington

344 | Detrans Stories: The Feminine & Divine, with Waffling Willow

  • “Waffling Willow” 18 FEB 2021

343 | Speaking Out For Children, with Christoph Elston

342 | Parting The BS Seas: The Capitol, Trauma, and Trump, with Karlyn Borysenko

  • Karlyn Borysenko 12 FEB 2021

341 | Tonic Masculinity, with Jack Murphy

  • Jack Murphy 11 FEB 2021

340 | Portrait of the Podcaster: A Brief Autobiography

  • 8 FEB 2021

339 | Courageous Gratitude, with Konstantin Kisin

338 | Straying from the Woke Script, with Jodi Shaw

  • Jodi Shaw 1 FEB 2021

337 | The Broken Religion of Identity Politics, with Professor Joshua Mitchell

  • Joshua Mitchell 30 JAN 2021

336 | When The Left Left Women, with Ani O’Brien

  • Ani O’Brien 28 JAN 2021

335 | Ethical Failures in Academia, with Abby Nissenbaum

  • Abby Nissenbaum 27 JAN 2021

334 | Executive Disorders, with James Lindsay & Wokal Distance

333 | Counseling & the Human Condition, with Timothy Courtois

332 | All the Birthing People, with Isabella Malbin

331 | The Art of the Puppet, with Barnaby Dixon

  • Barnaby Dixon 11 JAN 2021

330 | Seeking the Woke Antidote, with Keri Smith

  • Keri Smith 6 JAN 2021

2020

329 | When Government Regulates “Gender Identity”, with Katherine Deves

  • Katherine Deves 30 DEC 2020

328 | Debunking the Gender Myth, with Stephanie Davies-Arai

327 | Developing Giggle: A Women’s Social Media App, with Sall Grover

326 | Detrans* Stories: Suffering & Sincerity | with Torren

  • “Torren” 16 DEC 2020

325 | Gender: A Wider Lens, with Sasha Ayad and Stella O’Malley

324 | Facetious Navidad, with Andrew Doyle

323 | The Authenticity Quest, with Daisy Chadra (A DeTrans Story)

  • Daisy Marie Chadra 6 DEC 2020

322 | The Postmodern Jedi, with James Lindsay

321 | World of WokeCraft: Mists of Postmodernia, with Wokal Distance

  • “Wokal Distance”/Michael Young 27 NOV 2020

320 | Rock ‘n Realism, with Karen Davis

  • Karen Davis 24 NOV 2020

319 | Bypassing Bias with Dr. Dina McMillan

  • Dina McMillan 21 NOV 2020

318 | The Woke Encroachment into Therapy, with Seerut Chawla

  • Seerut Chawla 17 NOV 2020

317 | First Principles First, with Jane Gatsby

  • Jane Gatsby 13 NOV 2020

316 | Ethics & Aesthetics in Marketing & Design, with Christ Bintliff

  • Christ Bintliff 11 NOV 2020

315 | The Life & Thoughts of an Online Sex Worker, with Aella

  • “Aella” 7 NOV 2020

314 | Criminal Therapies: Gender Conversion in Canada, with Drs Debra Soh & James Cantor

313 | Conscious Conservatism and the Black Vote, with Felecia Killings

  • Felecia Killings 30 OCT 2020

312 | Teaching to Profess, with Lara Ayad

  • Lara Ayad 29 OCT 2020

311 | Black Conservatism: Where It’s At, Where It’s Going, with Julian Acciard

  • Julian Acciard 23 OCT 2020

310 | Rethinking The War on Drugs, with Benjamin Boyce

  • 19 OCT 2020

309 | “Don’t Tell Me What I Kant Do!” • Discussing Ethics with Sam Hoadley-Brill

  • Sam Hoadley-Brill 18 OCT 2020

308 | Gender, Conversion & Conformity, with Donovan Cleckley

  • Donovan Cleckley 10 OCT 2020

307 | What Makes Critical Race Theory Wrong (and Racist), with James Lindsay

306 | The Gender Trap, with Dr. Debra Soh & Abigail Shrier

305 | Black Minds Matter: Heterodoxy in Black American Thought, with Brittany King

  • Brittany King 27 SEP 2020

304 | Missteps of Modern Feminism, with Alex Kaschuta

  • Alex Kaschuta 21 SEP 2020

303 | Something Wokéd This Way Comes, with Wokal Distance

  • “Wokal Distance”/Michael Young 14 SEP 2020

302 | Breaking Through Black & White Thinking, with Desi-Rae

  • “Desi-Rae” 12 SEP 2020

301 | Whistleblowing on Woke Government, with Casey Petersen

  • Casey Petersen 1 SEP 2020

268 | Falsifying Wokeness, with King Crocoduck

  • “King Crocoduck” 30 AUG 2020

267 | Art Like An Egyptian, with Professor Lara Ayad

  • Lara Ayad 29 AUG 2020

266 | The Rise of Unreason in Academia, with Dr. James Cantor, PhD

265 | Evergreen Protests Through a Sociological Lens, with Shaun Cammack

  • Shaun Cammack 22 AUG 2020

264 | Decoding the Gender Matrix, with Helen Joyce

263 | Detrans Stories: Taking the Reins, with Chiara

262 | The Phantom Moderate: Left Coast Life, with Christopher Rufo

261 | Truths About Transition, with Buck Angel

260 | How Antiracism Disempowers, with Professor Erec Smith

  • Erec Smith 5 AUG 2020

259 | Detrans Stories: Helena, The Problematic

258 | A More Perfect Transition: Trans Health Advocacy, with Corinna Cohn

257 | Children’s Rights, Trans Realities with Scott Newgent

256 | Cops, Crime, & Sociology with Roderick Graham

  • Roderick Graham 24 JUL 2020

255 | The Diversity Dilemma, with Cedrick-Michael Simmons

  • Cedrick-Michael Simmons 24 JUL 2020

254 | Speech, Privacy, Capital, with Sarah Downey

  • Sarah Downey 17 JUL 2020

253 | End of Days Survivor’s Guide, with Jonathan Pageau & Paul Vander Klay

  • Jonathan Pageau & Paul Vander Klay 15 JUL 2020

252 | Sundown Town Stories, with Adrian Lee Oliver

  • Adrian Lee Oliver 13 JUL 2020

251 | Modeling a Minority Opinion, with @EricsElectrons

  • “EricsElectrons” 9 JUL 2020

250 | Why “White Fragility” Is Such An Ego Trip, with Christopher Paslay

  • Christopher Paslay 8 JUL 2020

249 | Girlhood, Interrupted: Teen Mental Health & the Transgender Trend, with Abigail Shrier

248 | Organization Psychology & The Woke Encroachment, with Dr. Karlyn Borysenko

  • Karlyn Borysenko 1 JUL 2020

247 | What We Do With The Shadows, with Jungian Therapist Anderson Todd

  • Anderson Todd 24 JUN 2020

246 | A Crash Course in Black U.S. History, with John Wood Jr.

  • John Wood Jr. 18 JUN 2020

245 | Surviving a Moral Panic, with Lisa Marchiano, Jungian Analyst

244 | America’s New Religion, with James Lindsay & Mike Nayna

243 | Inoculation to Indoctrination: Exploring Cult Techniques with Chris Shelton

  • Chris Shelton 11 JUN 2020

242 | Chloé Valdary: Collective Guilt, Common Pride

  • Chloé Valdary 3 JUN 2020

241 | Bret Weinstein: Three Years After the Protest

  • Bret Weinstein 26 MAY 2020

240 | Enlightenment Virtues & Vices, with Carl Benjamin

239 | Courage & Detransition, with Chris (Male)

  • “Chris” 10 MAY 2020

238 | Having a Moment with Claire Graham

237 | Two if by Prime: Amazon’s Logistic Revolution, with Hannah the Logistics Lady

  • “Hannah the Logistics Lady” 13 APR 2020

236 | Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria: A Primer | with Lisa Littman and Sasha Ayad

235 | Mackenzie’s Detransition Story

  • “Mackenzie” 4 APR 2020

234 | Quarantine Conversations, with Katie Herzog

233 | Comedy & Catastrophe, with Andrew Doyle

232 | Suppose Sex Is Real… with Colin Wright

231 | A Straight Talking Gay Man, with Arty Morty

230 | Quarantine Conversation: with Posie Parker

229 | Lucifer’s Wager, with Bo Winegard

  • Bo Winegard 19 MAR 2020

228 | Engendering an Authentic Self, with Stella O’Malley

227 | Gendered Enough: A Detrans Story with Leigh

  • “Leigh” 16 MAR 2020

226 | A Woman Without Feminism, with Claire Graham

225 | The Limits of Feminism, with Belinda Brown

  • Belinda Brown 14 MAR 2020

224 | Interview with a Woman

  • “radley_ms” 5 MAR 2020

223 | The Problematization of Everything, with Meghan Daum

222 | New Discourses, with James Lindsay

221 | Canadian Government Suppresses Impact Reports of Bill C-16

  • “Jennifer Anne” / JenniferAnne_s 19 FEB 2020

220 | Outwitting Wokeness, with Andrew Doyle

219 | Escaping Abuse, Evolving Agency, with Lara

  • “Lara” 14 FEB 2020

218 | Journalism, Gender, & Justice, with Helen Joyce

217 | The Cancel Culture Club, with Graham Linehan

216 | Consider the Gender, with Debbie Hayton

215 | Renegotiating Womanhood: A Detrans Story, with Laura

  • “Laura” 21 JAN 2020

214 | What the Hormones Didn’t Change: a Detrans Story, with Watson

213 | Trauma & Transition, with Rachel

  • “Rachel” 7 JAN 2020

212 | Growing Out of GroupThink, with Helena

211 | Unity and Disunity in the LGBT Community, with Arielle Scarcella

2019

210 | Banned but not Broken, with GNC_Centric

  • “GNC_Centric” 31 DEC 2019

209 | Coercive Tolerance, with Sasha Ayad

208 | Transgender & Right-of-Center, with Mars

  • Mars Fernandez 20 DEC 2019

207 | Stephen Hicks: Postmodernism and Its Discontents

  • Stephen Hicks 13 DEC 2019

206 | Maturing into Masculinity, with Logan McCree

  • Logan McCree 5 DEC 2019

205 | Germany’s Free Speech Problems, with Logan McCree

  • Logan McCree 3 DEC 2019

204 | Posie Parker: Sticking Up for Sex Differences

203 | Masculine Actualities, Feminine Possibilities, with Jonathan Pageau

  • Jonathan Pageau 22 NOV 2019

202 | Collateral Cancelation, with John Sonmez

  • John Sonmez 20 NOV 2019

201 | The State of College Debate, with Michael Moreno

  • Michael Moreno 30 OCT 2019

74 | Free Range Discourse with the Future Thinkers Euvie Ivanova and Mike Gilliland

  • Euvie Ivanova and Mike Gilliland 12 SEP 2019

73 | Defense Lawyer Speaks About Ramifications of the Yaniv Case

  • John Carpay 2 AUG 2019

72 | Blaire White: Persona and Personality

71 | Civility and Citizenship with Philosopher Steven Clouse

  • Steven Clouse 29 JUL 2019

70 | Transition by Tumor: An Accidental Androgen Story

  • “kate” / unqueenlyandsh1 25 JUL 2019

69 | Saving Our Religions, with Paul Vander Klay

  • Paul Vander Klay 24 JUL 2019

68 | A Postmodern Postmortem with James Lindsay

67 | Transsexual vs. Transgender, with Amazon Eve

  • Amazon Eve 15 JUL 2019

66 | The Science of Hormones with William Malone, MD

65 | A Life in Transition, with Miranda Yardley

64 | Parkouring Life’s Obstacles, with Rafe Kelley

  • Rafe Kelley 28 JUN 2019

63 | Creativity & Cancellation, with playwright Libby Emmons

  • Libby Emmons 13 JUN 2019

62 | The Unbearable Whiteness of Being, with Jonathan Church

  • Jonathan Church 31 MAY 2019

61 | Intuition and Wholeness in Jungian Therapy, with Lisa Marchiano

60 | Identity, Gender, and Development, with Dr. Ken Zucker

59 | The Biology of Male and Female, with Robin Forbes-Lorman

  • Robin Forbes-Lorman 17 MAY 2019

58 | Stigma and Censorship with Dr Ray Blanchard

57 | Parenting the Gender Dysphoric Child, with Sasha Ayad

56 | True Fantasy, with Steven Brust

  • Steven Brust 9 MAY 2019

55 | Telling the Grievance Studies Story, with Mike Nayna

  • Mike Nayna 8 MAY 2019

54 | Identity Politics is Rubbish, with Rose of Dawn

  • “Rose of Dawn” 3 MAY 2019

53 | Storytelling & Transition with Wheston Chancellor Grove

  • Wheston Chancellor Grove 24 APR 2019

52 | Trauma and Dysphoria with Erin Brewer

51 | Becoming a Feminine Entity with Jadis Argiope

  • Jadis Argiope 14 APR 2019

50 | Hierarchy, Trauma, & Psychology with Dr. Patrick Lockwood

  • Patrick Lockwood 12 APR 2019

49 | Is Social Justice a Cultural Revolution Reboot? with Simon Chen

  • Simon Chen 10 APR 2019

48 | Let’s Talk About Intersex with Claire Graham

47 | From Dysphoria to Euphoria with Therapist Carey Callahan

46 | Adolescent Identity & Exploration with Sasha Ayad, Licensed Professional Counselor

45 | Inside Radical Islam with Filmmaker François Margolin

  • François Margolin 3 APR 2019

44 | Art Dies Where Correctness Thrives | with Alexander Adams

  • Alexander Adams 1 APR 2019

43 | Dr. Ray Blanchard on Sex, Research, and Typology

42 | Gender Biology & Ideology with Kalvin Garrah

41 | Taking on the Gender Industry with Maritza Cummings

  • Maritza Cummings 24 MAR 2019

40 | Toward a Trans-Centrism with Rhys McKavanagh

  • Rhys McKavanagh 18 MAR 2019

39 | Curb Your Postmodernism with Helen Pluckrose

38 | Conformity and Abuse in the Gender Ideology Community with GNC-Centric

  • “GNC-Centric” 14 MAR 2019

37 | Hip To Be Trans? with Jesse, of The Pique Resilience Project

36 | Therapy & the Teen Gender Crisis with Sasha Ayad, LPC

35 | A TransMan’s Cautious Transition with Sean Lindsey

  • Sean Lindsey 9 MAR 2019

34 | Reforming the Social Sciences with Lee Jussim

33 | Smashing the (Non)Binary with Jamie Shupe

32 | Social SPIDERS! & What They Say About Us, with Colin Wright

31 | Sexuality & Gender Identity with Dr J Michael Bailey

30 | Teen Transition and Social Media with Helena

29 | Free Will & Inescapable Bias with Dr. Cory Clark

  • Cory Clark 27 FEB 2019

28 | Transition vs Transformation with Jungian Analyst Lisa Marchiano

26 | Detransition & Self Acceptance with Chiara

25 | The Divine Feminine, with Rachel Fulton Brown

  • Rachel Fulton Brown 16 FEB 2019

24 | Radical Feminism & Power Structures with Dr. Jane Clare Jones

  • Jane Clare Jones 14 FEB 2019

23 | BJ Campbell: Guns, Memes, & Societal Ills

  • BJ Campbell 9 FEB 2019

22 | John Vervaeke: Wisdom, Myth, and Artificial Intelligence

  • John Vervaeke 6 FEB 2019

21 | Egolibrium: A story of lost lovers

  • 6 FEB 2019

20 | Art & Identity with Alexander Adams

  • Alexander Adams 3 FEB 2019

19 | Lior Leser: Sargon, Patreon, & The Case Against Paypal

  • Lior Leser 24 JAN 2019

18 | Dr Jane Clare Jones: Communicating Feminism

  • Jane Clare Jones 23 JAN 2019

17 | Adaptations in Masculinity with Eric Anderson, PhD

  • Eric Anderson 23 JAN 2019

16 | Physicist Sam Gregson: Resisting Media Manipulation

  • Sam Gregson 21 JAN 2019

15 | A Crash Course in Sexology with Dr. James Cantor

14 | Kinesis: Beyond the Trans Identity

  • Asha Britt 18 JAN 2019

13 | Kinesis on the Potentials of Trans People

  • Asha Britt 18 JAN 2019

12 | Psychologist Oren Amitay: Social Media & its Discontents

11 | Graham Linehan: In Good Faith

10 | Corinna on Trans Rights & Wrongs

09 | Esther O’Reilly: Unapologetic Christian Apologetics

  • Esther O’Reilly 14 JAN 2019

08 | Robynne on the Reality of Transition

  • Robynne Merguerdijian 14 JAN 2019

07 | Journalist William Ray: On the Death of the Left

  • William Ray 14 JAN 2019

06 | Filmmaker Jay Shapiro: On the Future of Tolerance

  • Jay Shapiro 14 JAN 2019

05 | Dr. Kathleen Stock: On Being vs Identifying as Female

04 | Arno Michaelis: Life After a Hate Group

  • Arno Michaelis 14 JAN 2019

03 | Carrey Callahan: Rethinking Transition

02 | Coleman Hughes: Categories and Consequences of Race

  • Coleman Hughes 14 JAN 2019

01 | Reverend Paul Vander Klay: “Walk Softly & Carry a Big Cross”

  • Paul Vander Klay 22 DEC 2018

Benjamin Ryan is an American writer and anti-transgender activist.

Ryan opposes US medical consensus on healthcare for trans and gender diverse youth. Ryan frequently supports other anti-trans colleagues like Dan Savage, Jesse Singal, Jon Kay, and Jennifer Block as objective experts covering trans issues.

Ryan also supports sexologist and anti-transgender activist Kenneth Zucker, believing Singal’s version of why Zucker was fired in 2015. In 2023, Ryan began pitching a piece seeking “physicians who might have misgivings about the gender-affirming care model, or who otherwise have theories about why we have seen such a recent surge in trans-identifying young people.”

Background

Benjamin R. “Ben” Ryan was born in June 1978 to Sara “Sally” Stubbs Ryan (1944–1999), an educator, and John A. Ryan, Jr. (born ~1943) a general surgeon. Ryan has two siblings. Ryan attended The Bush School, an elite private school in Seattle, graduating in 1997, then earned a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in 2001. Ryan volunteered with the Northwest AIDS Foundation and New York’s Gay Health Advocacy Project prior to beginning a journalism career.

Ryan has written for The New York Sun, The New York Observer, New York Post, Gay.com, HIV Plus, Gilt City, Smart + Strong, NBC News, Thomson Reuters Foundation, The Guardian, The New York Times, Washington Post, The Nation, The Atlantic, New York, The Marshall project, PBS, The Village Voice, Money, Men’s Journal, City & State, Out, and The Advocate. Ryan’s work focuses on HIV, viral hepatitis, mpox, COVID-19, and cancer. Ryan wrote for Jesse Singal at New York.

Ryan has been a guest on Sirius Satellite Radio, NPR, iHeart Radio’s Daily Dive, Dan Savage’s Savage Love podcast, Owen Jones’ podcast, and NBC News Now.

2023 pitch attacking gender affirming care

On April 14, 2023, Harvard lawyer Alejandra Caraballo revealed that Ryan was working on a story attacking gender-affirming care for youth, writing:

“The New York Times and Benjamin Ryan are writing another transphobic hit piece looking for providers who “have misgivings about gender affirming care.” Providers and advocates should ignore any outreach or requests for comment from Ryan as he is another Jesse Singal.”

Caraballo (2023

Caraballo included the text of Ryan’s inquiry:

From: Benjamin Ryan
Date: Thu, Apr 6, 2023
Subject: New York Times article on how pediatricians are responding to rising rates of trans youth

I am writing an article for the New York Times about how pediatricians, family practitioners, psychologists and other front-line physicians who care for broad populations of children and adolescents are responding to the rising numbers of trans-identifying youths. What has it been like for these health care providers to care for such young people of late?

For one, I am interested in covering this subject from the perspective of a newly fractured legal landscape, in which various states have banned the treatment of gender dysphoria in minors with puberty blockers and hormones. What is it like for health care providers to care for trans-identifying kids in these states?

I am also interested in hearing from physicians who might have misgivings about the gender-affirming care treatment model, or who otherwise have theories about why we have seen such a recent surge in trans-identifying young people.

I would greatly appreciate your help in finding physicians for me to speak with. (Note that this article is not focusing on gender-care specialists.) I know this is a highly sensitive topic. So while I would prefer to get sources on the record, I am more than happy to accommodate anyone’s requests for anonymity.

Thanks very much for your help and your time.

All the best,

Ben Ryan

Benjamin Ryan
benryan.net
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Follow me on Twitter:
twitter.com/benryanwriter

Caraballo (2023) [emphasis mine]

Because the New York Times handles all transphobic content in-house now, Ryan published a different piece for NBC News instead on June 23, 2023. Ryan’s published piece has no mention of physicians who might have misgivings about the gender-affirming care treatment model.

Ryan told Jesse Singal:

“I sent that email and other versions of it to over 200 doctors and press reps at medical institutions. I asked people to send it to others and to email it to listservs. I knew very well that it would probably end up on Twitter and that Alejandra would post it. So I am fine with it being out there.”

Author and journalism professor Steven Thrasher minced no words in condemning Ryan:

https://twitter.com/thrasherxy/status/1646875700245192704

2021 deleted tweets

In 2021, Ryan posted then deleted a series of tweets complaining about people criticizing Jesse Singal’s biased coverage.

March 23

  • https://twitter.com/benryanwriter/status/1374595992746606596
  • That is a truly dreadful thing of him to say. But where are the faults in his actual article about Singal?

March 24

  • https://twitter.com/benryanwriter/status/1374786380728041472
  • Notice how in all your own tweets, you have yet to challenge any of the facts that @jonkay said about Singal. You have just attempted to discredit Kay and the website he writes for.
  • https://twitter.com/benryanwriter/status/1374791116290146311
  • If you cannot make any substantive criticisms about ajonkay’s specific arguments supporting the thesis that Signal has been unfairly tarred and feathered, then we’re done here.
  • https://twitter.com/benryanwriter/status/1374797128762032131
  • Please show where Signal defended Kenneth Zucker’s practices and describe how that means that Singal believes that conversion therapy is a-okay.

2023 deleted tweets

March

  • A bombshell article by @WritingBlock challenges claims by activists that the science supporting the treatment of gender dysphoria in minors is “settled” and that the use of puberty blockers and hormones in transgender kids is “evidence based.” http://press.psprings.co.uk/bmj/february/transgender.pdf
  • Many argue that giving puberty blockers and hormones to trans minors is uncontroversial & backed by high-quality science. Block’s reporting disputes this. Swedish health authorities, for example, say the risks “currently outweigh the possible benefits”. 2/ http://press.psprings.co.uk/bmj/february/transgender.pdf
  • [March 2, deleted] The Dutch protocol came about some 15 years ago. And the rise of the use of puberty blockers for this purpose is quite recent. That said, a very small number of children actually currently receive them. But the trend is heading upward quickly. Or it was before these bans.
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  • The prescription of hormones to trans-identifying minors is often framed as a choice of life on meds vs death by suicide. But researchers have not actually shown that hormonal treatment for gender dysphoria impacts death by suicide. 5/ http://press.psprings.co.uk/bmj/february/transgender.pdf
  • @HRC said in a press release today that “ALL gender-affirming care is age appropriate and medically necessary.” But in the UK, health experts found there’s “scarce & inconclusive evidence to support clinical decision-making” for kids with dysphoria. 6/ http://press.psprings.co.uk/bmj/february/transgender.pdf
  • Mark Helfand of Oregon Health & Science University criticized @WPATH’s recommendations for treating #transgender minors, including a lack of grading system to assess the quality of scientific evidence backing the guidelines. #trans 7/ http://press.psprings.co.uk/bmj/february/transgender.pdf
  • At an October meeting of the AAP, @WritingBlock reports, @DrScottHadland of Harvard Med said, “Ten thousand pediatricians stand in solidarity for trans and gender diverse kids & their families to receive evidence-based, lifesaving, individualized care.” 8/ http://press.psprings.co.uk/bmj/february/transgender.pdf
  • Gordon Guyatt (@GuyattGH) of McMaster University found “serious problems” with the Endocrine Society’s guidelines for treating #trans kids, such as making strong recommendations based on weak evidence–meaning they should not be called “evidence based”. 9/ http://press.psprings.co.uk/bmj/february/transgender.pdf
  • In contrast to @DrScottHadland, @GuyattGH said, “When there’s been a rigorous systematic review of the evidence” about treating #trans kids “and the bottom line is ‘we don’t know,’ anybody who then claims they *do* know is not being evidence based.” 10/ http://press.psprings.co.uk/bmj/february/transgender.pdf
  • While myriad medical organizations in the US back prescribing puberty blockers & hormones to trans-identifying minors, standards abroad are very different. Sweden did systematic reviews in ’15 and ’22, found evidence was “insufficient and inconclusive.”11/ http://press.psprings.co.uk/bmj/february/transgender.pdf
  • The Endocrine Society ( @TheEndoSociety) commissioned 2 systematic reviews for its clinical practice guideline for treating #trans adolescents with sex steroids and found the quality of the evidence regarding health risks was “low” or “very low”. 12/ http://press.psprings.co.uk/bmj/february/transgender.pdf
  • In sum, @WritingBlock’s reporting suggests that @WPATH and @TheEndoSociety’s guidelines for treating #trans adolescents are not truly “evidence based”, nor uncontroversial, nor do they balance the known and potential risks v benefits of such treatment. 13/ http://press.psprings.co.uk/bmj/february/transgender.pdf
  • @MattWalshBlog, who doesn’t so much debate the science behind care for trans minors as douse the field with gasoline & set it on fire, has made the topic so combustible in Tennessee, he teed up the politicization of #HIV prevention there, I reported: 14/
  • @WritingBlock reviews the history of gender medicine in @BMJ_Latest. Note that her article was peer reviewed. 15/ http://press.psprings.co.uk/bmj/february/transgender.pdf…
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  • Kindly do not come to this thread disrespectfully. I will not tolerate malicious statements toward anyone and the misgendering of transgender people.
  • Also, for anyone coming to this thread who thinks they know who I am, what I think or believe or what I’m about, do take note that I do not share my personal opinions about many issues on Twitter. I invite you to read my reporting on LGBTQ issues: http://benryan.net/lgbtq.html
  • Context: https://ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Issues/SexualOrientation/IESOGI/Other/Rebekah_Murphy_20191214_JamesCantor-fact-checking_AAP-Policy.pdf
  • She said two academic experts reviewed it.

March 4

  • When @JesseSingal, @WritingBlock and I or others report about the science of treating gender dysphoria in minors, we are constantly subjected to overtures of violence, commands that we should kill ourselves, or in my own case, expressions of regret that cancer didn’t kill me. 1/
  • Meanwhile, press freedoms are also being threatened from the right as Florida Republicans in particular seek to clamp down on reporters’ abilities to freely do their jobs and to seek the truth about contentious and important questions. 2/

Coverage in anti-trans press

Singal, Jesse (April 25, 2023). On Alejandra Caraballo vs. Benjamin Ryan vs. Steven Thrasher. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/on-alejandra-caraballo-vs-benjamin

Selected anti-trans writing by Ryan

Ryan, Benjamin (September 3, 2025). The taming of a gender researcher: Activists targeted Gordon Guyatt’s promising field. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2025/09/the-taming-of-a-gender-researcher/

Ryan, Benjamin (June 22, 2025). Breakout New York Mayoral Contender Zohran Mamdani Wants To Spend $65 Million on Medical Gender Treatments for Minors and Adults. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/breakout-new-york-mayoral-contender-zohran-mamdani-wants-to-spend-65-million-on-medical-gender-treatments-for-minors-and-adults

Ryan, Benjamin (June 18, 2025). Supreme Court Ruling on Gender Treatments for Minors Is Major Blow to Transgender Movement, but Could Be Narrower Than Trump Administration Hopes. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/supreme-courts-decision-to-uphold-state-ban-on-medical-gender-transitions-for-minors-is-a-devastating-loss-for-transgender-people-aclu-says

Ryan, Benjamin (March 18, 2025). UK Plans Landmark Study on Puberty-Blockers’ Effect on Children With Gender Distress: Critics Express Doubt It Will Advance the Weak Evidence Base. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/uk-plans-landmark-study-on-puberty-blockers-effect-on-children-with-gender-distress-critics-express-doubt-it-will-advance-the-weak-evidence-base

Ryan, Benjamin (February 10, 2025). $544,000-a-Year, Nonbinary ACLU Executive Makes Incorrect Claims About Pediatric Gender Medicine: Will This Impact Landmark Supreme Court Case?  New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/544000-per-year-newly-nonbinary-aclu-deputy-makes-incorrect-claims-about-pediatric-gender-medicine-will-this-impact-the-landmark-supreme-court-case

Ryan, Benjamin (February 8, 2025). Trump’s Justice Department Won’t Pull Out of Supreme Court Case About Gender Treatments for Minors, Paving Way for Landmark Decision. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/trumps-justice-department-wont-pull-out-of-supreme-court-case-about-gender-treatments-for-minors-paving-way-for-landmark-decision

Ryan, Benjamin (January 23, 2025). New Research Raises More Doubts About Safety and Benefits of Gender Transition Treatments for Minors. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/new-research-raises-more-doubts-about-safety-and-benefits-of-gender-transition-treatments-for-minors

Ryan, Benjamin (December 4, 2024). Supreme Court Appears Likely To Uphold State Law Banning Gender Treatments for Minors: Ruling Would Deal a Major Blow to Transgender Activists. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/supreme-court-appears-likely-to-uphold-state-law-banning-gender-treatments-for-minors-ruling-would-deal-a-major-blow-to-transgender-activists

Ryan, Benjamin (October 31, 2024). ‘Shocking’ and ‘Reckless’: Top Gender Clinic Assesses Children for Gender-Altering Medical Treatments in Just 2 Hours, Lawsuit Lays Bare. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/shocking-and-reckless-top-gender-clinic-assesses-children-for-gender-altering-medical-treatments-in-just-2-hours-lawsuit-lays-bare

Ryan, Benjamin (September 27, 2024). The AAP Files: Inside Feud Within American Academy of Pediatrics, Torn Over Transgender Issues, About Group’s Decision To Hold Meeting in ‘Anti-LGBTQ’ Florida of Ron DeSantis. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/the-aap-files-inside-feud-within-american-academy-of-pediatrics-torn-over-transgender-issues-about-groups-decision-to-hold-meeting-in-anti-lgbtq-florida-of-ron-desantis

Ryan, Benjamin (September 18, 2024). New Evidence Challenges Institutionalized Belief That Transgender Teens Become Transgender Adults, Undermining Core Defense of Medical Gender Transitions for Minors. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/new-evidence-challenges-institutionalized-belief-that-transgender-teens-become-transgender-adults-undermining-core-defense-of-medical-gender-transitions-for-minors

Ryan, Benjamin (August 9, 2024). Ohio Court Is Latest to Back State Bans on Gender-Transition Treatments for Minors, as Supreme Court Prepares To Hear Landmark Tennessee Case. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/ohio-court-is-latest-to-back-state-bans-on-gender-transition-treatments-for-minors-as-supreme-court-prepares-to-hear-landmark-tennessee-case

Ryan, Benjamin (August 2, 2024). From the Face of Pediatric Gender Medicine Comes a Quietly Radical Manifesto. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/from-the-face-of-pediatric-gender-medicine-comes-a-quietly-radical-manifesto

Ryan, Benjamin (July 10, 2024). ‘Damning’ Information About Trans Medical Group Expected To Reach Supreme Court, as Justices Consider Challenge to Ban on Gender Treatments for Minors. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/damning-information-about-trans-medical-group-expected-to-reach-supreme-court-as-justices-consider-challenge-to-ban-on-gender-treatments-for-minors

Ryan, Benjamin (June 27, 2024). Claim of Suicide Surge in Youths on U.K. Wait List for Gender Care Undermined by ‘Cass Review’ New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/claim-of-suicide-surge-in-kids-on-u-k-wait-list-for-gender-care-undermined-by-cass-review

Ryan, Benjamin (April 10, 2024). Major U.K. Report Finds Pediatric Gender Medicine Is Based on ‘Remarkably Weak Evidence.’ New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/major-u-k-report-finds-pediatric-gender-medicine-is-based-on-shaky-evidence

Ryan, Benjamin (March 12, 2024). Leaked Files From Influential Transgender Medicine Group Cause Uproar, Could Imperil Liberal Efforts To Undo State Bans on Gender-Transition Treatments for Children. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/leaked-files-from-influential-transgender-medicine-group-cause-uproar-could-imperil-liberal-efforts-to-undo-state-bans-on-gender-transition-treatments-for-children

Ryan, Benjamin (February 1, 2024). Beleaguered World Health Organization Wades Into Transgender Debate and Is Met With Uproar Over Plans To Develop Guidelines on Trans Healthcare  New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/beleaguered-world-health-organization-wades-into-transgender-debate-and-is-met-with-uproar-over-plans-to-develop-guidelines-on-trans-healthcare

Ryan, Benjamin (December 21, 2023). Sued Over Policies on Transgender Children, American Academy of Pediatrics Pulls Forthcoming Book, Takes Steps To Protect Emails From Prying Eyes. New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/sued-over-policies-on-transgender-children-american-academy-of-pediatrics-pulls-forthcoming-book-takes-steps-to-protect-emails-from-prying-eyes

Ryan, Benjamin (December 26, 2023). Lawsuits by Regretful ‘Detransitioners’ Take Aim at Medical Establishment’s Support for Gender-Transition Treatments for Minors New York Sun https://www.nysun.com/article/lawsuits-by-regretful-detransitioners-take-aim-at-medical-establishments-support-for-gender-transition-treatments-for-minors

Ryan, Benjamin (June 23, 2023). The LGBTQ population is growing, but medical schools haven’t caught up. NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/lgbtq-health-care-curriculum-medical-school-training-rcna89599

Ryan, Benjamin (February 2, 2023). How Tennessee axed millions in HIV funds amid scrutiny from far-right provocateurs. NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/tennessee-axed-millions-hiv-funds-scrutiny-far-right-provocateurs-rcna67769

Ryan, Benjamin (March 16, 20223). Transgender woman, 79, can claim Maine nursing home discriminated against her. NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/transgender-woman-79-can-claim-maine-nursing-home-discriminated-rcna20314

Ryan, Benjamin (July 3, 2023). Trump vs DeSantis – where do they stand on LGBTQ+ rights? Openly http://www.openlynews.com/i/?id=954c4808-5e45-450d-b21a-4e00c0450e71

Ryan, Benjamin; Anarte, Enrique; Greenhalgh, Hugo (July 3, 2023). Trans U.S. seniors fear bleak future in residential care. Openly https://www.openlynews.com/i/?id=4ad6f631-853c-42b1-ad75-993aac2652a3

Media

Dollcast with Brianna Wu, Kelly Cadigan, Schyler Bogert, and Ben Ryan (December 18, 2024). The Plot to Destroy Ben Ryan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLVrQPMmzeM

Buck Angel with Benjamin Ryan (November 8, 2024). The big question is what’s next in pediatric gender medicine. with Ben Ryan- Buck U: LIVE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKDv1ayC5iU

Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and Benjamin Ryan (August 30, 2024). Speaking Truth To Gender | with Benjamin Ryan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q3zzk8Y4_s

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Hannah Barnes is a British author and anti-transgender activist. Barnes is a key historical figure in the oppression of trans and gender diverse youth.

Barnes was an invited speaker at a 2023 conference organized by SPLC-designated anti-trans hate group Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine. Barnes frequently writes anti-trans pieces for The New Statesman.

Background

Barnes earned a bachelor’s degree from University of Oxford in 2005 and a degree from City University of London in 2006.

After roles at DeHavilland and GCap Media, Barnes joined the BBC in 2014. Barnes is a significant contributor to anti-trans publication The New Statesman.

Anti-trans activism

Barnes is a key figure in FUD propaganda around healthcare for gender diverse youth, with a special focus on medications for unwanted puberty.

Time to Think

Barnes authored the 2023 book Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock’s Gender Service for Children. The Tavistock was typical of bureaucratic centralized federally funded clinics that have emerged under nationalized healthcare systems. These clinics often deliver substandard care due to unacceptable wait times. Countries like Canada and the UK have closed these kinds of clinics in favor of decentralized options.

The acknowledgements list many key figures in global anti-trans activism:

This book would never have been written without the endless support of my husband, Pat, who has kept our family on track while allowing me to research, conduct interviews, write and rewrite. Enormous thanks are also due to my parents and step-parents for their love, and for their help with looking after their amazing grandchildren. To all those who shared their experience of GIDS as service users or as their family members, thank you for telling your stories. Ellie, Jack, Phoebe, Hannah, ‘Jacob’, ‘Michelle’, ‘Diana’, ‘Harriet’ – thank you for trusting with me with such personal accounts, and, in some cases, highly sensitive information.

I owe a huge debt of gratitude to all of the GIDS clinicians who have given me their time, shared their thoughts – whatever they may be – and who met or spoke with me, even if they did not feel comfortable being interviewed. To Anna Hutchinson, who patiently shared her experiences over many hours, to Matt Bristow, Will Crouch, Kirsty Entwistle, Sue Evans, Az Hakeem, Melissa Midgen, Natasha Prescott, Anastassis Spiliadis, and to the many, many others who have spoken on condition of anonymity – thank you. For some, I am aware it has been a difficult experience, and I do not take lightly how daunting it might have been to share your views – for a variety of reasons. There are also further, unnamed clinicians who have spoken out over several years, and who have tried to bring about change away from the public eye. Thanks too to all who have spoken with me who work or worked in the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, or were charged with its governance: Sonia Appleby, Juliet Singer, David Bell, Marcus Evans, Stanley Ruszczynski, David Taylor, Marilyn Miller and those who do not wish to be named. Paul Moran, Donal O’Shea, Russell Viner, David Freedman and Stephanie Davies-Arai also deserve my thanks, as do Lucy Bannerman, Susan Matthews and Richard Stephens.

My first, and exceptionally brilliant, reader was my uncle, Robert Barnes, and I thank him for his many thoughtful, wise suggestions and feedback. My second was Julia Murphy, who managed to squeeze in reading alongside work and family life. Thank you. This book would also not have been written without the encouragement of Innes Bowen, who convinced me that I had it in me. Nor would it have been possible without my agent Toby Mundy, who took it – and me – on, and who has been a consistent voice of calm when I have needed it. And to Mark Richards and Diana Broccardo at Swift Press, who were brave enough to publish it. For bringing coherence to the many, many references, thank you to the ever-patient Alex Middleton. The seeds were sown at BBC Newsnight, and there would have been no book without the original backing and courage of my former editor, Esmé Wren, and my friend and former colleague Deborah Cohen, as well as support from deputy editors Dan Clarke, Verity Murphy and Stewart Maclean. Finally, thank you to everyone who has sent me source material or shared information, and to those whose names I don’t know who have had the wisdom to archive hundreds of webpages. I am indebted to you all.

Selected anti-trans writing by Barnes

Barnes, Hannah (14 June 2025). Do our politicians understand the Supreme Court’s gender ruling? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-report/2025/06/do-our-politicians-understand-the-supreme-courts-gender-ruling

Barnes, Hannah (27 May 2025). Exclusive: Why Wes Streeting changed his mind on cross-sex hormones. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2025/05/exclusive-why-wes-streeting-changed-his-mind-on-cross-sex-hormones

Barnes, Hannah (23 April 2025). Labour’s cynical shift on biological sex. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2025/04/labours-cynical-shift-on-biological-sex

Barnes, Hannah (26 March 2025). How gender ideology corrupted government data. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2025/03/how-gender-ideology-corrupted-government-data

Barnes, Hannah (27 February 2025). The new puberty blockers trial is expensive and adds little. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/02/the-new-puberty-blockers-trial-is-expensive-and-adds-little

Barnes, Hannah (12 February 2025). Katharine Birbalsingh: “They’re going to destroy our schools.” New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/education/2025/02/katharine-birbalsingh-interview-destroy-our-schools-bridget-phillipson-academies

Barnes, Hannah (23 January 2025). Are politicians trying to undermine the Cass Review? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/01/are-politicians-trying-to-undermine-the-cass-review

Barnes, Hannah (20 December 2024). Why courts could stop a teenager changing their gender. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/12/why-courts-could-stop-a-teenager-changing-their-gender

Barnes, Hannah (29 November 2024). The Scottish government is ignoring women’s rights. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/11/scottish-government-is-ignoring-womens-rights

Barnes, Hannah (3 December 2024).Why courts could stop a teenager changing their gender. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2024/12/why-courts-could-stop-a-teenager-changing-their-gender

Barnes, Hannah (November 2024).The Scottish government is ignoring women’s rights. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/11/scottish-government-is-ignoring-womens-rights

Barnes, Hannah (21 October 2024). Questions remain over NHS youth gender care, despite Cass Review. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/thestaggers/2024/09/the-bma-turns-away-from-rejecting-the-cass-report

Barnes, Hannah(27 September 2024). The BMA turns away from rejecting the Cass Report. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/09/the-bma-turns-away-from-rejecting-the-cass-report

Barnes, Hannah (25 September 2024). The intolerant age. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/09/intolerant-age-free-speech-britain-institutions

Barnes, Hannah (18 September 2024). Data and ideology don’t mix. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/09/data-and-ideology-dont-mix

Banres, Hannah (25 September 2024). Has Labour shifted on sex-based rights? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/09/has-labour-shifted-on-sex-based-rights

Barnes, Hannah (8 August 2024). Hundreds of doctors are challenging the BMA’s stance on puberty blockers. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/08/hundreds-of-doctors-are-challenging-the-bmas-stance-on-puberty-blockers

Barnes, Hannah (26 July 2024). Why are BMA Council’s confidential discussions on the Cass Review a matter of public interest? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/07/why-are-bma-councils-confidential-discussions-on-the-cass-review-a-matter-of-public-interest

Barnes, Hannah (16 July 2024). Why are British doctors considering rejecting the Cass report? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2024/07/why-are-british-doctors-voting-to-reject-the-cass-report

Barnes, Hannah (26 June 2024). The vexed history of British feminism. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2024/06/the-vexed-history-of-british-feminism

Barnes, Hannah (25 June 2024). Labour’s women problem. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/labour/2024/06/labour-starmer-women-problem-jk-rowling-gender

Barnes, Hannah (12 June 2024).Politicians ignore the Mumsnet manifesto at their peril. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/06/politicians-ignore-the-mumsnet-manifesto-at-their-peril

Barnes, Hannah (5 June 2024). Why won’t Labour tell the truth about the NHS? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/06/why-wont-labour-tell-truth-about-nhs-debates

Barnes, Hannah (5 June 2024). Kemi Badenoch and the legal definition of sex. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/06/kemi-badenoch-and-the-legal-definition-of-sex

Barnes, Hannah (30 May 2024). The government’s 11th-hour ban on puberty blockers. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2024/05/government-11th-hour-ban-puberty-blockers-gender

Barnes, Hannah (8 May 2024). Hilary Cass: “Do I regret doing it? Absolutely not.” New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/ns-interview/2024/05/hilary-cass-interview-review-transgender-identity-tavistock-puberty-blockers-do-i-regret-it

Staff (April 11, 2024). How will the gender care report affect politics? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2024/04/how-will-the-gender-care-report-affect-politics

Barnes, Hannah (10 April 2024). The Cass Review into children’s gender care should shame us all. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2024/04/the-cass-review-into-childrens-gender-care-should-shame-us-all

Barnes, Hannah (31 March 2024). Why the Tavistock gender identity clinic was forced to shut … and what happens next. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/31/why-the-tavistock-gender-identity-clinic-was-forced-to-shut-and-what-happens-next

Barnes, Hannah (20 March 2024). Inside the collapse of the Tavistock Centre. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/03/inside-the-collapse-of-the-tavistock-centre

Barnes, Hannah (24 February 2024). Reem Alsalem on the biggest obstacles to ending violence against women. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-interview/2024/02/reem-alsalem-biggest-obstacles-ending-violence-against-women

Barnes, Hannah (8 February 2024). Kemi Badenoch sticks to the facts. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/02/kemi-badenoch-facts-select-committee

Barnes, Hannah (24 March 2024). New legal challenge aims to restrict private gender clinics for teenagers. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/03/legal-challenge-stop-private-gender-clinics-teenagers-tavistock

Barnes, Hannah (12 March 2024). No more puberty blockers for children, says NHS England. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/03/no-more-puberty-blockers-for-children-says-nhs-england

Barnes, Hannah (16 January 2024). Inside NHS England’s faltering plan to replace the Tavistock. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/01/inside-nhs-englands-faltering-plan-to-replace-tavistock

Media

Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (April 8, 2024). SEGM NYC23 – Hannah Barnes – Lessons from The Largest Youth Gender Clinic in the World. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaZ8xEbctx8

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UnHerd is a British group blog that publishes consistently anti-transgender content.

Background

UnHerd was founded in 2017 by conservative British political activist Tim Montgomerie with funding from Paul Marshall. Montgomerie had previously founded ConservativeHome. In 2018 anti-trans activist Sally Chatterton took over editing from Montgomerie, leading to significantly increased anti-trans coverage.

They are known for publishing “the kind of people who are generally ‘unheard’ because people edge away from them at parties.”

The only exception is balanced writing on religion and trans issues, including work by Christopher Rhodes and Alexander Faludy.

UnHerd produces the show Undercurrents with Emily Jashinsky.

Originally available without a paywall, they have since added one. In 2023, they set up UnHerd Club, a gathering place for contributors and their orbiters.

Key people

Contributors

2024 Dissident Dialogues event

UnHerd partnered with Ground News, FIRE, and ThirdRail to hold an event in New York City called “Dissident Dialogues.” It was produced by talent agency This Is 42, which handled logistics.

Panels included anti-trans activists speaking on “What is the future of feminism?” and “The end of ‘gender medicine.'”

Speakers included:

  • Alex Berenson
  • Uri Berliner
  • Stephen Blackwood
  • Africa Brooke
  • Jewher Ilham
  • Tom Nash
  • John Vervaeke

Chris Williamson and Nathan Robinson were scheduled but apparently removed.

A number of anti-trans activists were in attendance, including Christina Buttons, Cathy Young, Carrie Mendoza, Colin Wright, Benjamin Ryan, and Meghan Daum.

Other visited websites

Readers of UnHerd also like other anti-trans outlets:

References

Jeffries, Stuart (November 11, 2023). Far from the Madding Hive Mind: Inside the UnHerd Club, London’s liveliest—and most controversial—new literary salon. Air Mail https://airmail.news/issues/2023-11-11/far-from-the-madding-hive-mind

Mayhew, Freddy (September, 25 2018). Former Times columnist Tim Montgomerie leaves Unherd news website he founded last year. Press Gazette https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/former-times-columnist-tim-montgomerie-leaves-unherd-news-website-he-founded-last-year

Childs, Simon (July 25, 2017). The UnHerd and the Whining of the Perfectly-Well-Represented. Vice https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/a3d95p/the-unherd-and-the-whining-of-the-perfectly-well-represented

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Allsides (allsides.com)

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On June 15, 2022, the New York Times Magazine published a piece by Emily Bazelon about healthcare for transgender and gender diverse youth. It was assigned by editor Jake Silverstein and centered on the 2022 Version 8 of the WPATH Standards of Care, a ritual document developed in the 1950s and codified in 1979 to protect healthcare providers from litigation and legislation via medical gatekeeping.

Bazelon’s piece was centered on psychiatrist Scott Leibowitz, an author of the section on young people.

Tweets

About a month after the 2022 trans piece ran, Bazelon deleted all Twitter posts. Below are the relevant deleted tweets. Each bullet is a separate tweet, in order posted by Bazelon.

@emilybazelon June 15, 2022:

  • For @NYTMag, I wrote about transgender healthcare for teenagers and the debate among medical professionals who treat them. [link to NYT article]
  • Here’s a gift article from NYT, meaning anyone can read it through this link (I hope!). [link to NYT article]
  • The focus of the story is a chapter on adolescents in a set of guidelines known as the Standards of Care, to be released by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (@wpath) this summer. It’s WPATH’s first update of the Standards in a decade.
  • WPATH’s Standards of Care are meant to set a gold standard for the field of transgender health. A draft was released in December. The adolescent chapter is one of 18 chapters—and the one that generated the most discussion and debate.
  • WPATH gave me exclusive access to the final version of the Standards of Care & lifted confidentiality agreements so I could talk about the process of creating it with some authors, who are clinicians & researchers (trans, non-binary, cis) with long track records in the field.
  • I also talked to many young people and parents for this story. Their voices stayed with me. Thank you all for talking to me. I learned a ton from you. I’ve tried to represent many points of view in my piece.
  • As is often the case in medicine, the crux of the story is about how to apply existing research for the growing numbers of patients — in this case, teenagers — lining up for care.
  • The intrusion of politics into science makes it more difficult to set standards and to provide care. It is really hard to work on *improving* the quality of care when politicians are trying to ban it.
  • But that’s what’s happening as some states pass or consider bills to outlaw gender-affirming medical treatments for minors.
  • As with other fraught issues like abortion, America is becoming a split screen. In some states, gender-related care for young people is already rare yet faces legal threats.
  • At clinics that are mostly in progressive metropolitan areas, meanwhile, it’s not clear how common comprehensive assessments are. This is the type of evaluation, before medical intervention, that the new Standards of Care recommends.
  • Some families are bewildered by a landscape in which there are no labels for distinguishing one type of therapeutic care from another.
  • This is all unfolding as the number of teenagers who identify as trans in the U.S. is significantly rising, as my colleague @azeen reported last week. (Azeen is the fabulous NYT reporter on this science beat and if you’re interested in this issue, you should follow her!)
  • There are a lot of links in the piece to scientific research. Here also are a few historical sources that I want to highlight, starting with this article on the origins of WPATH by @beansvelocci [link to Standards of Care: Uncertainty and Risk in Harry Benjamin’s Transsexual Classifications]
  • The book Transgender History by @susanstryker [link]
  • The book Histories of the Transgender Child by @gp_jls [link]
  • This 1987 essay by Sandy Stone [link]
  • This 2018 essay by @andrealongchu [link to On Liking Women]
  • Comments are open on my piece and I’ll try to respond to some later today, at the NYT link above.

Follow-up

  • I think an important point has gotten lost in the Twitter din over my @NYTmag piece on gender therapy for teenagers. (For the record, the response has been far different in NYT comments and very positive feedback from readers, including trans people & practitioners in the field.)
  • I have zero appetite for Twitter combat. It’s been horrifying to me to be called a murderer and compared to Nazis for writing about a debate that is happening, with consequential effects, *within* the field of gender-affirming providers.
  • I’m responding in this thread to criticism, not really expecting to persuade anyone to change perspectives, but to make some basic points about journalism that apply in this case and others, I think.
  • 1) Criticism: The timing of the story was wrong because of the right-wing assault on trans rights. –My editors and I talked a lot about the political backdrop, which is threaded through my story and has deepened divisions in this field.
  • We decided the conflict makes WPATH’s Standards of Care, issued for the 1st time in a decade, more important. The Standards are the story’s focus *and the source* of the points that have caused controversy here, about how teens should be evaluated & the role of social influence.
  • The Standards at issue in my piece have the consensus support of the working group that wrote them and of WPATH’s leadership. Those groups include trans and non-binary practitioners.
  • 2) Criticism: The framing of the story was wrong because it didn’t center the trans community. –No group of millions of people has a single community. It’s true that this story didn’t center trans activists or trans kids. (Though I did quote them at length.)
  • Those are also good stories, which the NYT has told and will tell. But this one is primarily told through the eyes of clinicians in & around WPATH. It’s about a scientific debate. Trans providers express every point of view the story contains about gender-affirming care.
  • 3) Criticism: The story doesn’t include trans kids who are doing well. –False. Two kids in the story, nicknamed Tori & Charlie, are medically transitioning & thriving. Two adults (Yael & F.G.) speak to how critical transitioning in adolescence has been for their well-being.
  • 4) Criticism: The story “platformed” the wrong people. –The story, in a total of 11,400 words, includes 363 words from the perspective of parents who are skeptical of medical interventions for minors. Some are affiliated with the group Genspect.
  • I made it clear what Genspect stands for by including comments of members & a post on strategy from an affiliated Substack. Skeptical parents are politically active, testifying in statehouses in favor of banning medical interventions for minors. Leaving them out of the story … would deny that reality, which would be a disservice to readers who want to understand the full landscape.
  • 5) Criticism: There’s no evidence that substantial numbers of kids are transitioning without the kind of diagnostic assessments or process WPATH recommends. –No one is tracking this. Anecdotally, many clinicians—not one or two & very much including trans clinicians—told me … they are aware of this happening. I heard firsthand accounts—from teenagers as well as parents—of clinics offering medication during a first brief session. I did NOT hear of this in states that are proposing bans, where care seemed to be more conservative.
  • Parents can say no to medication. But doing so when a provider is offering it can cause serious conflict within families. I’m surprised to see journalists who have not covered this topic dismissing the assessment issue out of hand when it is a focus of WPATH’s Standards of Care.
  • 6) Criticism: Patient Zero is an offensive term –I referred to F.G., the first Dutch patient to take puberty suppressants as a teenager, as Patient Zero because the Dutch used that term for him & he used it in our interview.
  • Readers have pointed out the term is associated w/ communicable disease. Because of how the Dutch use it, I didn’t think of that association. Neither did anyone who read the piece before it published, including our outside trans readers.
  • In the context of my story, Patient Zero means the first adolescent to receive gender-affirming medical treatment.
  • tl;dr: Much of the criticism of my piece reflects a profound disagreement over the role of journalism on a controversial topic involving a vulnerable group.
  • To me, being a journalist means following the facts where they lead. It isn’t advocacy. I didn’t know where this story would go when I started reporting eight months ago.

References

Bazelon, Emily (June 15, 2022). The Battle Over Gender Therapy. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/15/magazine/gender-therapy.html

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