“Mungeri Lal” vs. transgender people

“Mungeri Lal” aka “mungeribabu” is an anti-transgender activist affiliated with anti-trans hate group Genspect, the Manhattan Institute and Democrats for an Informed Approach to Gender (DIAG).

“Mungeri Lal” is the unaccepting parent of a transfeminine adult child.

Background

According to the DIAG website:

ML was born and brought up in India (the pseudonym is a reference to a Walter Mitty-like character on Indian television during the previous century – ML was a subscriber of the New Yorker as long as he can remember). ML came to the United States for a PhD and became an academic somehow. When his son decided to identify as a transgender lesbian woman at the age of 20 after getting rejected by (by his count) the eighth or ninth woman since high school, he decided to look into the research and found it hideously awful. Even supporters of medicalization fail to find any evidence that estrogen helps males, and there is a lot of evidence in the medical literature that points to emerging harm. ML’s days of supporting NPR and the ACLU are over, but he’s still fiercely liberal.

“Mungeri Lal’s” 2025 Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy paper with Lauren Schwartz states that “Lal” is affiliated with “Department of Research, The Killarney Group, Genspect.”

Selected anti-trans writing by “Mungeri Lal”

Schwartz, L., & “Lal, M.” (2025). Order of Magnitude: On the Critical Distinction Between Self-Reported Identity and Clinical Prevalence in Adolescent Gender Dysphoria: A Methodological Commentary. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 51(8), 998–1003. https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623x.2025.2566764

“Mungeri Lal” (January 14, 2026). The zombie that refuses to die. https://mungeribabu.substack.com/p/the-zombie-that-refuses-to-die

“Mungeri Lal” (June 25, 2025). The different layers of mourning. ML’s Substack https://mungeribabu.substack.com/p/the-different-layers-of-mourning

“Mungeri Lal” (June 9, 2025). Marci Bowers, evangelist. ML’s Substack https://mungeribabu.substack.com/p/marci-bowers-evangelist

“Mungeri Lal” (May 29, 2025). The HHS Report on Pediatric Gender Dysphoria – a summary (Part 4 of 4). ML’s Substack https://mungeribabu.substack.com/p/the-hhs-report-on-pediatric-gender-32e

“Mungeri Lal” (May 26, 2025). The HHS Report on Pediatric Gender Dysphoria – a summary (Part 3 of 4). ML’s Substack https://mungeribabu.substack.com/p/the-hhs-report-on-pediatric-gender-f9e

“Mungeri Lal” (May 21, 2025). The HHS Report on Pediatric Gender Dysphoria – a summary (Part 2 of 4). ML’s Substack https://mungeribabu.substack.com/p/the-hhs-report-on-pediatric-gender-5f6

“Mungeri Lal” (May 21, 2025). The HHS Report on Pediatric Gender Dysphoria – a summary (Part 1). ML’s Substack https://mungeribabu.substack.com/p/the-hhs-report-on-pediatric-gender

“Mungeri Lal” (March 3, 2025). The other Olson’s research. ML’s Substack https://mungeribabu.substack.com/p/the-other-olsons-research

“Mungeri Lal” (January 17, 2025). The 0.1% smokescreen. ML’s Substack https://mungeribabu.substack.com/p/the-01-smokescreen

Sapir, Leor; “Mungeri Lal” (September 19, 2024). HHS Has Misled on Gender Medicine. City Journal https://www.city-journal.org/article/hhs-has-misled-on-gender-medicine

“Mungeri Lal” (April 23, 2024). Hilary Cass, Superwoman. ML’s Substack https://mungeribabu.substack.com/p/hilary-cass-superwoman

“Mungeri Lal” (March 14, 2024). The unending desires of Andrea Long Chu. ML’s Substack https://mungeribabu.substack.com/p/the-unending-desires-of-andrea-long

“Mungeri Lal” (March 16, 2023). My conversation with Hank. ML’s Substack https://mungeribabu.substack.com/p/my-conversation-with-hank

“Mungeri Lal” (March 15, 2023). Estrogen is really bad for men. ML’s Substack https://mungeribabu.substack.com/p/estrogen-is-really-bad-for-men

Resources

Substack (substack.com)

• mungerilal
• ML’s Substack
• mungeribabu.substack.com

ROGD Boys (rogdboys.org)

City Journal (city-journal.org)

• Mungeri Lal
• city-journal.org/person/mungeri-lal