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:
- AMQG (Switzerland)
- Bayswater Support (UK)
- Gender Dysphoria Alliance (Canada)
- Gender Dysphoria Support Network (Europe)
- GENID (Sweden, Norway)
- Genspect (international)
- Kirjo (Finland)
- La Petite Sirène (France)
- LGB Alliance
- No Corpo Certo (Brazil)
- Our Duty (UK, Germany, Australia, USA)
- Parents of ROGD Kids (UK, Germany, USA)
- Post Trans (Belgium)
- Thoughtful Therapists (UK and Ireland)
- TransTeens Sorge berechtigt (Germany)
GDSN recommendations
The GDSN site recommends like-minded anti-trans extremism
Books
- Abigail Shrier – Irreversible Damage
- Susan & Marcus Evans – Gender Dysphoria: A Therapeutic Model for Working with Children, Adolescents and Young Adults
- Heather Brunskell-Evans & Michele Moore (eds) – Transgender Children and Young People: Born in Your Own Body
- Heather Brunskell-Evans & Michele Moore (eds) – Inventing the Transgender Child
- Az Hakeem – Trans: Exploring Gender Identity and Gender Dysphoria
- Debra Soh – The End of Gender: Debunking the myths about sex and identity in our society
Podcasts
- Gender: A Wider Lens
- Abigail Shrier on Joe Rogan
- Savage Minds
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
- Benjamin A. Boyce – Gender, Sexuality, Transition and Detransition
- Triggernometry – Transgender Clinic Whistle Blower Speaks Out: Marcus Evans
- Sasha Ayad – Parenting a young adult with ROGD
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
- Genspect
- 4th Wave Now
- Detrans Voices
- Gender Dysphoria Alliance
- Gender Exploratory Therapy Association
- Gender Health Query
- Institute for Comprehensive Gender Dysphoria Research
- LGB Alliance
- PITT (Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans)
- Post-trans
- Rethink Identity Medicine Ethics
- Society of Evidence-based Gender Medicine
- Thoughtful Therapists
- Trans Widows Voices
- Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender
BY COUNTRY
- Canadian Gender Report (Canada)
- La Petite Sirène (France)
- Harry Benjamin Ressurssenter (Norway)
- dsdfamilies (UK)
- Safe Schools Alliance (UK)
- Sex Matters (UK)
- Transgender Trend (UK)
- Child and parental rights campaign (US)
- Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network (GCCAN) (US)