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Henrik AnckarsÀter was a Swedish psychologist and anti-transgender activist.

AnckarsÀter was affiliated with anti-trans group Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine (SEGM) and with the Centre for Ethics, Law and Mental Health.

Background

PĂ€r Henrik Georg Söderström was born October 12, 1966 in Göteborg, Sweden.

In 2005 AnckarsĂ€ter was appointed associate professor at Lund University, and in 2008 assumed a professorship in forensic psychiatry at the University of Gothenburg. AnckarsĂ€ter was also a visiting professor at the University of Paris XII from 2006 to 2007 and in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Lund University, Malmö, from 2009 to 2015.

AnckarsĂ€ter’s spouse is Rolf AnckarsĂ€ter. AnckarsĂ€ter died on March 9, 2021 in Askim, Sweden.

References

Staff (May 11, 2021). In memory of Henrik AnckarsÀter. https://akademiliv.se/en/2021/05/74108/

Henrik AnckarsÀter 1, Christopher Gillberg (2020). Methodological Shortcomings Undercut Statement in Support of Gender-Affirming Surgery. Am J Psychiatry. 2020 Aug 1;177(8):764-765. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.19111117

Resources

Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

Facebook (facebook.com)

Twitter (twitter.com)

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

James Caspian is a British therapist and anti-transgender activist in the “ex-transgender” movement.

Caspian was a member of the anti-trans organization Pediatric & Adolescent Gender Dysphoria Working Group.

Background

James Caspian was born in ~1959.

Anti-transgender activism

In 2016, Caspian proposed studying “detransition” while in graduate school, but Bath Spa University rejected the proposal.

Caspian then became a cause célÚbre among anti-trans activists, who showered Caspian with money and attention.

Caspian appeared in the 2018 anti-trans propaganda piece Trans Kids: It’s Time to Talk hosted by Stella O’Malley.

References

Staff report (September 25, 2017). Bath Spa University ‘blocks transgender research.’ BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41384473

Petherick, Sam (). Bath Spa University vetoes ‘politically incorrect’ transgender surgery reversal study -https://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/news/bath-news/bath-spa-university-vetoes-politically-533956

Media

Genspect (June 7, 2022). Trans Kids: It’s Time to Talk | 4: James Caspian. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXH_6CEjnRQ

Oren Amitay (January 27, 2018). Academic Cleansing: Fight for Truth & Free Speech vs Political Correctness and Trans Ideology. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQIWoDW63ak

Resources

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

CrowdJustice (crowdjustice.com)

  • Free Speech Matters
  • https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/free-speech-matters-round2/

Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077577183412)

  • https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077577183412

Alessandra Cavalli was an Italian therapist and anti-transgender activist.

Cavalli was a member of the anti-trans organization Pediatric & Adolescent Gender Dysphoria Working Group.

Background

Alessandra Cavalli was born in Italy on April 27, 1957 and grew up with five siblings in Concordia. Cavalli studied in Munich, then lived in Belgium.

In 1998, Cavalli moved to London to train in Jungian child analysis.

Cavalli died on May 17 2020, possibly from COVID.

References

Wiener, Jan; Bisagni, Francesco (May 27, 2020). Alessandra Cavalli, 1957 – 2020. https://iaap.org/alessandra-cavalli-1957-2020/

Dianna T. Kenny is an Australian psychologist and anti-transgender extremist.

Kenny was a member of the anti-trans organization Pediatric & Adolescent Gender Dysphoria Working Group.

Kenny contributed chapters to two anti-trans books by Heather Brunskell-Evans.

Background

Dianna Theadora Kenny earned a bachelor’s degree from University of Sydney in 1975, followed by training in music and education. Kenny then attended Macquarie University, earning a master’s degree in 1980 and a doctorate in 1988. While in school, Kenny worked in troubled students. Kenny taught at University of Sydney from 1988 to 2019. In 2019 Kenny founded DK Consulting.

Media

TERF Talk Down Under (Sep 15, 2022). TERF Talk #48 Dr Dianna Kenny, the truth about gender dysphoria. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZbEsaJMvRU

Resources

Dianna T. Kenny (diannakenny.com.au)

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

Twitter (twitter.com)

Tania Marshall is an Australian therapist and anti-transgender activist.

Marshall was a member of the anti-trans organization Pediatric & Adolescent Gender Dysphoria Working Group.

Background

Marshall attended University of Calgary, earning a bachelor’s degree in 1998 and an master’s degree in 2002.

Marshall has written frequently about neurodiversity.

Resources

Substack (substack.com)

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

Tania A. Marshall (taniaannmarshall.wpcomstaging.com)

Robert Withers is a British psychologist and anti-transgender activist.

Withers was a member of the anti-trans organization Pediatric & Adolescent Gender Dysphoria Working Group.

Background

Robert “Bob” Withers earned a master’s degree from University of Sussex.

Withers helped establish the Rock Clinic in Kemp Town in 1990.

Anti-trans activism

In 2015, Withers published an article titled “The seventh penis,” which was later withdrawn over patient consent issues:

The above article published online on 19 May 2015 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), and in print and online in issue 60:3 (cover date June 2015) has been withdrawn by agreement between the author, the journal’s Editors-in-Chief, Marcus West and Nora Swan-Foster, and John Wiley & Sons Limited. The withdrawal has been agreed because consent to publish was not obtained. The author and the journal apologize for this oversight.

References

Flourish, Clare (July 26, 2020). Robert Withers. https://clareflourish.wordpress.com/2020/07/26/robert-withers-transgender-professional-standards/

Admin (Sep 13, 2021). The full story: the misconduct of anti-trans psychotherapist Robert Withers. We talk with Ms. A. Transiness https://www.transiness.com/post/the-full-story-the-misconduct-of-anti-trans-psychotherapist-robert-withers-we-talk-with-ms-a

Withers R (2020). Transgender medicalization and the attempt to evade psychological distress. J Anal Psychol. 2020 Nov;65(5):865-889. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5922.12641

Withers R (2015). The seventh penis: towards effective psychoanalytic work with pre-surgical transsexuals. J Anal Psychol. 2015 Jun;60(3):390-412. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5922.12157.

Withdrawal statement: R. Withers, ‘The seventh penis: towards effective psychoanalytic work with pre-surgical transsexuals’, Journal of Analytical Psychology, 2015, 60, 3, 390-412, (https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5922.12157).

Resources

Rock Clinic Association (rockclinic.org.uk)

Jungian Therapy Sussex (jungiantherapysussex.info)

  • Bob Withers
  • http://www.jungiantherapysussex.info/our-therapists/bob-withers/

Twitter (twitter.com)

Open Therapy Institute (OTI) is an American psychology organization associated with several anti-transgender activists.

Do not go to people associated with Open Therapy Institute for therapy. If you are a minor forced to see an OTI therapist, do everything in your power to end the sessions and find a supportive local therapist.

Background

OTI is based in New York City. It operates on the belief that “political ideologies have become unquestionable orthodoxies,” stating on their site:

As mental health care becomes more political and one-sided, many clinical issues are going unaddressed. As political ideologies have become unquestionable orthodoxies throughout society, more people are struggling but patients are having a harder time finding therapists who are truly open, empathic, and supportive. As more organizations have become ideologically stifling, people are struggling to find innovate ways to keep the workplace free, nuanced, and truly inclusive of all viewpoints. Many people are looking for thoughtful solutions to address new challenges, and tools from clinical psychology are often indispensable.

People

Team

  • Andrew Hartz, founder
  • Sally Satel, senior advisor
  • Warren Procci, senior advisor
  • Ira Moses, senior advisor
  • Larry Amsel, senior advisor
  • Val Thomas, senior advisor
  • Pamela Paresky, senior advisor
  • Camilo Ortiz, clinical director
  • Richard Redding, head of research
  • Craig Frisby, head of research
  • Michael Strambler
  • Chloe Carmichael
  • Neil Kressel
  • Paul Garcia-Ryan
  • Katherine Cullen

People listed as OTI scholars include:

  • Chloe Carmichael
  • Craig Frisby
  • Andrew Hartz
  • Camilo Ortiz
  • Pamela Pareksy
  • Richard Redding
  • Sally Satel
  • Val Thomas

OTI has been promoted in the media by a number of anti-trans activists, including:

References

Satel, Sally; Redding Richard (February 27, 2023). Are Florida Universities Training Therapists to Be Political Activists? National Review https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/02/are-florida-universities-training-therapists-to-be-political-activists/

Resources

Open Therapy Institute (opentherapyinstitute.org)

Facebook (facebook.com)

Twitter (twitter.com)

LinkedIn (inkedin.com)

Carole Sherwood is a British psychologist and anti-transgender activist.

Sherwood and Valerie Jean Thomas are associated with anti-trans group Critical Therapy Antidote.

Background

Carole Barbara Patricia Sherwood was born in February 1953.

Anti-transgender activism

Via the site Save Mental Health, Sherwood believes that “important areas of the behavioral sciences – in research, practice, and policy work – have been increasingly captured by censorious ideological orthodoxies.”

Save Mental Health lists other like-minded organizations:

  • Academics for Academic Freedom (afaf.org.uk)
  • BPSWatch (bpswatch.com)
  • Campaign for Common Sense (campaigncommonsense.com)
  • Centre for Male Psychology (centreformalepsychology.com)
  • Counterweight (counterweightsupport.com)
  • Critical Therapy Antidote (criticaltherapyantidote.org)
  • Don’t Divide Us (dontdivideus.com)
  • Free Speech Union (freespeechunion.org)
  • Heterodox Academy (heterodoxacademy.org)
  • The ManKind Initiative (mankind.org.uk)
  • New Discourses (newdiscourses.com)
  • Psychreg (psychreg.org)
  • Society for Open Inquiry in Behavioral Science (openinquirybehavio.wixsite.com/oibs)
  • Thoughtful Therapists (thoughtfultherapists.org)

References

Sherwood., Carole (November 2, 2022). The politicisation of clinical psychology. CIEO https://cieo.substack.com/p/the-politicisation-of-clinical-psychology

Carole Sherwood, Paul M. Salkovskis, Katharine Rimes Help-seeking for depression: The role of beliefs, attitudes and mood. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 10.1017/s1352465807003815

Retired Clinical Psychologist email: [email protected] Report: https://save-mental-health.com/training-courses/

Resources

Save Mental Health (save-mental-health.com)

Critical Therapy Antidote (criticaltherapyantidote.org)

YouTube (youtube.com)

Facebook (facebook.com)

Reddit (reddit.com)

Thoughtful Therapists is an anti-trans consortium of therapists based in the United Kingdom

2021 survey

Their goal is to allow non-affirming models of care for gender diverse youth to be legalized. They frequently call this “gender exploratory therapy.”

In a 2021 survey, the organizers state: “We are concerned that the proposed Bill to Ban Conversion Therapy may criminalise or ban beneficial exploratory therapy in the context of gender dysphoria.”

People acknowledged as associated with Thoughtful Therapists

References

Jenkins, P. and Esses, J. (2021) Thoughtful Therapists: Scoping Survey for Government Equalities Office Consultation on Conversion Therapy. https://sex-matters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ThoughtfulTherapistsScopingSurvey.pdf

Resources

Thoughtful Therapists (thoughtfultherapists.org)

Twitter (twitter.com)

Gender Dysphoria Support Network (GDSN) is a website run by anti-transgender extremists. GDSN is closely aligned with global anti-trans ringleader Stella O’Malley.

Open letters

GDSN published a 2022 open letter by Stella O’Malley of Genspect titled “An Open Letter to Pediatric Gender Clinics.”

GDSN published a 2021 open letter critical of EPATH and signed by anti-trans activist groups.

Signatories:

GDSN recommendations

The GDSN site recommends like-minded anti-trans extremism

Books

Podcasts

Films

  • Trans Kids: It’s time to talk
  • Dysphoric (a four-part documentary series)
  • The Trans Train (a three-part Swedish documentary series with English subtitles)
  • Trans Mission – What’s the rush to reassign gender?

YouTube

In the media

  • The Federalist – Is transgender the new anorexia?
  • The Economist – An English Ruling on Transgender Teens Could Have Global Repercussions
  • Newsweek – We need balance when it comes to gender dysphoric kids
  • Quillette – No one is born in the wrong body
  • The Sunday Times – The Detransitioners
  • Public Discourse – The Impossibility of Informed Consent for Transgender Interventions
  • Sexology Today – Do trans-kids stay trans- when they grow up?

Key studies

  • Lisa Littman – Parent reports of adolescents and young adults perceived to show signs of a rapid onset of gender dysphoria
  • SEGM – Correction of a Key Study: No Evidence of “Gender-Affirming” Surgeries Improving Mental Health
  • Lisa Marchiano – Outbreak: On Transgender Teens and Epidemics
  • Roberto D’Angelo, Ema Syrulnik, Sasha Ayad, Lisa Marchiano, Dianna Theadora Kenny & Patrick Clarke – One Size Does Not Fit All: In Support of Psychotherapy for Gender Dysphoria
  • Anastassis Spiliadis – ‘Taking the lid off the box’: The value of extended clinical assessment for adolescents presenting with gender identity difficulties
  • Elie Vandenbussche – Detransition-Related Needs and Support: A Cross-Sectional Online Survey

Recommended Online Reading

  • Transgender terminology
  • Top ten tips for parents
  • Lisa Marchiano – Guidance for Parents of Teens with Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria
  • Lisa Marchiano – New Guidance for Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria
  • Lisa Marchiano – Should I take testosterone?
  • Sasha Ayad – Finding Support at Home and Beyond
  • Carey Callahan – Advice for gender dysphoric teens
  • Stella O’Malley – ‘Gaslighting the Concerned Parents of Trans Children – A Psychotherapist’s View

Exploring Specific Issues

  • Puberty Blockers – I couldn’t sit by while so many others made the same mistake: Keira Bell
  • Autism – Autism, Puberty, and Gender Dysphoria: Elizabeth Hawker
  • Gender-questioning Boys (Angus Fox) – When Sons Become Daughters: Parents of transitioning boys speak out on their own suffering
  • Gender-questioning Boys – Masculinity, anime and gender dysphoria
  • Suicidality – Suicide facts and myths, Gender dysphoria and suicide
  • Parental Alienation – Trans kids may reject family, not the other way around

Detransition

  • Elle Palmer – Channel
  • Daisy Chadra – Channel
  • DeTrans Stories: Suffering & Sincerity with Torren
  • Detransition: The Elephant in the Room Documentary

Resources

GDSN lists other anti-trans resources

INTERNATIONAL

  • Gender Critical Resources Support Board
  • Oasis: A Place for Parents (Facebook group)
  • Our Duty – UK , USA, Australia, Canada
  • Parents of ROGD Kids
  • Amanda Familias

BY COUNTRY

  • Cry For Recognition (Belgium)
  • No Corpo Certo (Brazil)
  • Kirjo (Finland)
  • Ypomoni (France)
  • Transteens Sorge berechtigt (Germany)
  • Genitori De Gender (Italy)
  • Aotearoa Support (NZ)
  • Genid: Gender Identity Challenge – Norway, Sweden
  • AMQG (Switzerland)
  • Bayswater Support Group (UK)
  • Cardinal Support Network (US – Ohio)

INTERNATIONAL

BY COUNTRY