Abigail Shrier vs. transgender people

Abigail Shrier is an American author and anti-transgender extremist. Shrier is a key historical figure in the oppression of trans and gender diverse youth.

Shrier is author of the 2020 book Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters and testified against the Equality Act before Congress in 2021. Shrier has contributed to numerous anti-trans publications, including The Wall Street Journal and group blogs Quillette and The Free Press. Shrier was affiliated with PragerU and is a fellow of Manhattan Institute, an anti-trans think tank.

Background

Abigail Brett Krauser Shrier was born June 21, 1978 and grew up in College Park, Maryland. Shrier’s parents are Sherrie L. Krauser, a judge of the Circuit Court of Maryland, and Peter B. Krauser, a judge of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals and former chair of the Maryland Democratic Party.

Shrier attended Sheridan School and Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School. After earning a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in 2000, Shrier earned a bachelor’s degree from Oxford in 2002. Shrier then earned a law degree from Yale University in 2005. After clerking for Judith W. Rogers and Chief Justice Aharon Barak of the Supreme Court of Israel, Shrier was admitted to the New York Bar in 2006 and the California Bar in 2007. Shrier was an associate attorney at Irell & Manella from 2006 to 2008 before becoming a full-time writer in 2009. Shrier’s California license became inactive in 2009.

Shrier is a registered Republican and married wealth manager Zachary Loren Shrier in 2007.

Anti-trans activism

Shrier’s anti-trans activism focuses on:

disease models of gender identity
- “rapid onset gender dysphoria” (ROGD)
- “social contagion” theory
- the ex-trans movement: “desistance” and “detransition”
other political controversies
- personal pronouns
- athletes
- prisoners
- public accommodations
- “gender ideology”
- “biologic sex”

Wall Street Journal (2018–2021)

From 2018 through 2021, Shrier wrote opinion pieces for the Wall Street Journal. Topics included:

attacking required use of a person’s pronouns
promoting “rapid onset gender dysphoria”
defending sex segregationism
attacking transgender prisoners, especially their accommodations
promoting fellow anti-trans extremist Paul McHugh, who also claimed being trans is a fad
attacking transgender athletes
attacking the Equality Act
attacking the trans-supportive American Academy of Pediatrics
promoting Irreversible Damage by
- claiming libraries and companies like Amazon and Target were censoring or banning the book
- implying that the ACLU wanted to ban the book because of a tweet by ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio

Selected articles by Shrier:

(August 29, 2018) The Transgender Language War: California threatens to jail health workers who refuse to use ‘preferred’ pronouns.
(January 6, 2019) When Your Daughter Defies Biology: The burden of mothers whose children suffer from ‘rapid onset gender dysphoria.’
(March 26, 2019) The Transgender War on Women: The Equality Act sacrifices female safety in restrooms, locker rooms and even domestic-violence shelters.
(May 3, 2019) Standing Against Psychiatry’s Crazes: In 1979 Dr. Paul McHugh closed the sex-change clinic at Johns Hopkins. In the ’80s he testified against phony ‘recovered memories.’ He hasn’t given up the fight.
(June 22, 2020) Amazon Enforces ‘Trans’ Orthodoxy: The company won’t allow a publisher’s ads for my skeptical book.
(November 15, 2020) Does the ACLU Want to Ban My Book? Target stopped selling it in response to two Twitter complaints. A professor even wants to burn it.
(January 22, 2021) Joe Biden’s First Day Began the End of Girls’ Sports.
(May 14, 2021) To Be Young and Pessimistic in America: Generation Z is lonelier than millennials and more reluctant to embrace the responsibilities and joys of adulthood. Life online seems to be a reason.
(May 31, 2021) Male Inmates in Women’s Prisons: If Congress passes the Equality Act, California’s dangerous policy would go nationwide.
(August 9, 2021) A Pediatric Association Stifles Debate on Gender Dysphoria: Doctors who question the orthodoxy won’t be allowed to set up a booth at its annual conference.

Irreversible Damage (2020)

In January 2019, Shrier published a opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal promoting “rapid onset gender dysphoria.” Titled “When Your Daughter Defies Biology: The burden of mothers whose children suffer from ‘rapid onset gender dysphoria,” that article claims that increase in trans visibility is part of a “social contagion.” The piece received so much response that Shrier turned it into a book for conservative publisher Regnery. The op-ed was first promoted by Shrier’s PragerU colleague Candace Owens, followed by Ben Shapiro at the Daily Wire and Benjamin A. Boyce at Calmversations.

The book’s cover depicts a young girl with a void where her reproductive organs would be. One historian linked it to Nazi propaganda. The book was blurbed by other key anti-trans extremists, including:

Following the book’s release on June 30, 2020, Shrier appeared on BlazeTV with Steve Deace and on the podcast Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy. Amazon declined to run ads for the book on their site, which led to claims of censorship.

Shrier and the book got an enormous boost on July 16 after Shrier appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience. Philip Ellis noted in Men’s Health:

“Shrier invalidated the lived experience of trans and nonbinary kids and teens, and made numerous dangerous, entirely unsound false equivalencies. She compared transitioning among teenagers to historic adolescent phenomena such as eating disorders, self-harm, and (bafflingly) the occult, calling this age group ‘the same population that gets involved in cutting, demonic possession, witchcraft, anorexia, bulimia.’ She even described wanting to transition as a ‘contagion’ with the potential to infect other children with the same ideas, drawing yet more scientifically baseless parallels with eating disorders.”

Target briefly pulled the book in response to concerns, which led to more claims of censorship. Several book launches were canceled, leading to more claims of censorship. Several local libraries faced backlash after including it. After lawyer Chase Strangio posted support for banning the book, conservatives claimed this was the view of Strangio’s employer, the ACLU. Some translators refused to translate the book into other languages. In July 2021, the American Booksellers Association apologized after including the book in a monthly mailing.

The book is notable for how a network of anti-trans academics and media figures worked together to present Shrier as a free speech martyr being “candeled” by the “trans mob,” similar to how the 2003 anti-trans book The Man Who Woould Be Queen was promoted.

Quillette (2020–present)

Around the time Irreversible Damage was released, Shrier began posting self-promotional pieces on anti-trans group blog Quillette, including:

(July 8. 2020) Discovering the Link Between Gender Identity and Peer Contagion.
(November 7, 2020) Gender Activists Are Trying to Cancel My Book. Why is Silicon Valley Helping Them?
(December 6, 2020) PODCAST 126: Abigail Shrier on Her New Book About Peer Contagion and Gender Dysphoria.
(February 29, 2024) When Therapy Makes Things Worse.

The Free Press (2021–present)

Shrier’s friend Bari Weiss hired Shrier to write for anti-trans group blog The Free Press in 2021. On October 5 of that year, Shrier published a piece featuring Erica Anderson and Marci Bowers where they “sound off on puberty blockers, ‘affirmative’ care, the inhibition of sexual pleasure, and the suppression of dissent in their field.” Many of Bowers’ peers were stunned by the report, and both WPATH and USPATH released a statement in the wake of negative community response.

(June 26, 2021) The Books Are Already Burning The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/the-books-are-already-burning
(October 4, 2021) Top Trans Doctors Blow the Whistle on ‘Sloppy’ Care https://www.thefp.com/p/top-trans-doctors-blow-the-whistle
(December 21, 2021) Abigail Shrier on Freedom in an Age of Fear https://www.thefp.com/p/abigail-shrier-on-freedom-in-an-age
(June 19, 2022) Abigail Shrier: In Defense of Political Escalation https://www.thefp.com/p/abigail-shrier-in-defense-of-political
(February 27, 2024) How Bad Therapy Hijacked Our Nation’s Schools https://www.thefp.com/p/how-bad-therapy-hijacked-american-schools
(May 2, 2024) Abigail Shrier: There Are Two Sets of Rules for Speech https://www.thefp.com/p/abigail-shrier-there-are-two-sets
(July 18, 2024) Abigail Shrier: California’s New Law Lets Schools Keep Secrets from Parents https://www.thefp.com/p/abigail-shrier-california-gender-law-newsom
(July 31, 2024) Abigail Shrier: Republicans, You’re Going After Kamala All Wrong https://www.thefp.com/p/abigail-shrier-republicans-kamala
(September 2, 2024) Abigail Shrier: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Our Government Censors https://www.thefp.com/p/abigail-shrier-elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg
(October 31, 2024) Abigail Shrier: The Kindergarten Intifada https://www.thefp.com/p/abigail-shrier-the-kinderfada-revolution
(January 30, 2025) Abigail Shrier: How the Gender Fever Finally Broke https://www.thefp.com/p/abigail-shrier-how-the-gender-fever-broke-trump-executive-order

References

Gessen, M (November 22, 2024). What Democrats Are Getting Wrong About Transgender Rights. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/opinion/trans-rights-donald-trump.html alt title: The Secret Behind America’s Moral Panic

Cass Eris (April 26, 2024). Introduction to “Bad Therapy”, Abigail Shrier’s latest book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDR64_LVojI

Staff report (December 6, 2023). Japan firm nixes translation of U.S. Book questioning trans surgery. Kyodo News https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/45155

Jones, Imara (July 26, 2023). Episode 4: ‘A Voice for Anti-Trans, Mass Media’ | The Anti-Trans Hate Machine. Translash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv0bTrNdBNo Transcript https://translash.org/articles/a-voice-for-anti-trans-mass-media-animated-short/

Harkov, Lahav (May 23, 2023). Trans activists shut down book launch, sparking free speech debate. The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-743968

Fox, Max (October 26, 2022). Learning From the “Bad Gays” of History. The Nation https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/bad-gays-podcast-interview/

Hsu, V. J. (2022). Irreducible Damage: The Affective Drift of Race, Gender, and Disability in Anti-Trans Rhetorics. Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 52(1), 62–77. https://doi.org/10.1080/02773945.2021.1990381

Bokat-Lindell, Spencer (April 8, 2021). How Trans Children Became a Political Football. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/opinion/transgender-children-sports-medical.html

Samantha Lux (April 1, 2021). Reacting To A Transphobic Prager U Video ft. Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uou_PDNmoCo

Cass Eris (January 1, 2021). “Irreversible Damage” – Introduction, from a cognitive psychologist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OLNEiECN24

(Jan 29, 2021). Rapid-onset gender dysphoria? | “Irreversible Damage” from a cognitive psychology perspective

Eckert AJ (July 18, 2021). Irreversible Damage to the Trans Community: A Critical Review of Abigail Shrier’s Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters (Part Two). Science-Based Medicine https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/irreversible-damage-to-the-trans-community-a-critical-review-of-abigail-shriers-book-irreversible-damage-the-transgender-craze-seducing-our-daughters-part-two/

Iati, Marisa (July 16, 2021). Booksellers association apologizes for ‘violent’ distribution of ‘anti-trans’ title. The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/07/16/irreversible-damage-anti-trans-booksellers-association/

Italie, Hillel (July 15, 2021). Booksellers association apologizes for anti-trans mailing. AP News https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-entertainment-business-arts-and-entertainment-amazoncom-inc-26035c9ee8c2720d1bd2dc7983b035f3

Eckert AJ (July 4, 2021). Irreversible Damage to the Trans Community: A Critical Review of Abigail Shrier’s Irreversible Damage (Part One). Science-Based Medicine https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/irreversible-damage-to-the-trans-community-a-critical-review-of-abigail-shriers-book-irreversible-damage-part-one/

Lovell, Rose (July 2, 2021). Abigail Shrier’s Irreversible Damage: A Wealth of Irreversible Misinformation. Science-Based Medicine https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/abigail-shriers-irreversible-damage-a-wealth-of-irreversible-misinformation/

Novella, Steven (June 30, 2021). The Science of Transgender Treatment. Science-Based Medicine https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-science-of-transgender-treatment/

Ryan, Haley (May 30, 2021). Pride breaks with Halifax libraries after controversial book kept on shelves. CBC https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/pride-breaks-with-halifax-libraries-after-controversial-book-kept-on-shelves-1.6045823

Gill-Peterson, Jules (April 5, 2021). Transgender Childhood Is Not a ‘Trend.’ New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/opinion/transgender-children.html

Ferguson CJ (January 19, 2021). A Review of “Irreversible Damage” by Abigail Shrier. Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/checkpoints/202101/review-irreversible-damage-abigail-shrier

Fonseca, Sarah (January 17, 2021). The Constitutional Conflationists: On Abigail Shrier’s ‘Irreversible Damage’ and the Dangerous Absurdity of Anti-Trans Trolls. Los Angeles Review of Books https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-constitutional-conflationists-on-abigail-shriers-irreversible-damage-and-the-dangerous-absurdity-of-anti-trans-trolls/

Sarcasmnation (December 31, 2020). Abigail Shrier Is Yelling ‘Fire’ In A Crowded Theater. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vDtohokRJY

Tracy, Matt (November 13, 2020). Bigots Swarm Twitter as Target Flip-Flops on Transphobic Book. Gay City News https://www.gaycitynews.com/bigots-swarm-twitter-as-target-flip-flops-on-transphobic-book/

Turban, Jack (December 6, 2020). New Book “Irreversible Damage” Is Full of Misinformation. Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/political-minds/202012/new-book-irreversible-damage-is-full-of-misinformation

Factora, James (November 17, 2020). Target Removed a Transphobic Book From Shelves — Then Replaced It a Day Later. them https://www.them.us/story/target-transphobic-book-removed-irreversable-damage-abigail-shrier

Valens, Ana (November 16, 2020). Target restocked a transphobic book because of money—not “censorship.” The Daily Dot https://www.dailydot.com/irl/target-transphobia-book/

Valens, Ana (November 13, 2020). Bari Weiss Defends Transphobic Book Pulled From Target. The Daily Dot https://www.dailydot.com/irl/bari-weiss-transphobic-book-target/

Quah, Nicholas (November 3, 2020). Should Spotify Be Responsible for What Joe Rogan Does? Vulture https://www.vulture.com/2020/11/spotify-responsible-joe-rogan.html

Cox, Joseph; Maiberg, Emanuel (September 16, 2020). Spotify CEO Defends Keeping Transphobic Joe Rogan Podcasts Online. VICE https://www.vice.com/en/article/spotify-joe-rogan-transphobic/

Ellis, Philip (July 22, 2020). Joe Rogan Is Spreading Transphobic Hate Speech and It’s Putting Lives in Danger. Men’s Health https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a33391944/joe-rogan-abigail-shrier-interview-transphobia/

Princess JelyFish (August 30, 2020). I Read Abigail Shrier’s Book So You Didn’t Have To. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W54nEWcoWvk

Jella Joie (July 29, 2020). Joe Rogan X Abigail Shrier Transgender Podcast Reaction/Commentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPJ-EZhig1Q

Parsons, Vic (June 23, 2020). Amazon refuses to advertise renowned anti-trans journalist’s book suggesting trans teens are a ‘contagion’. PinkNews https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/23/amazon-abigail-shrier-book-refuse-adverts-regnery-publishing/

Boylan, Jennifer Finney (January 8, 2019). Coming Out as Trans Isn’t a Teenage Fad. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/opinion/trans-teen-transition.html

Staff report (June 10, 2007). Achievement and Reasonable Pride. PrawfsBlawg https://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2007/06/achievement_and.html

Coverage in anti-trans press

Editors (December 17, 2024). Abigail Shrier Was Vilified. Now She’s Been Vindicated. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/abigail-shrier-was-vilified-youth-gender-care

Williamson, Elizabeth (February 3, 2024). ‘My Heart Sank’: In Maine, a Challenge to a Book, and to a Town’s Self-Image. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/03/us/libraries-book-bans.html

Bazelon, Emily (March 17, 2023). The Battle Over Gender Therapy. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/15/magazine/gender-therapy.html

Gil, Vincent E. (January 2023). Review: Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters. On Knowing Humanity Journal 7(1), January 2023 https://doi.org/10.18251/okh.v7i1.182

Paul, Pamela (July 24, 2022). There’s More Than One Way to Ban a Book. New York Times https://nytimes.com/2022/07/24/opinion/book-banning-censorship.html

Hall, Harriet (July 2021). Gender Dysphoria in Adolescents. https://www.skepdoc.info/gender-dysphoria-in-adolescents/

O’Donovan, Caroline (June 1, 2022). Amazon employees protest the sale of books they say are anti-trans. The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/01/amazon-trans-pride-month-books-protest/

Long, Katherine Anne (May 3, 2021). Amazon overrules employees’ calls to stop selling book questioning mainstream treatment for transgender youth. The Seattle Times https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-overrules-employees-calls-to-stop-selling-book-questioning-controversial-treatment-for-transgender-youth/

Strimpel, Zoe (April 30, 2022). Abigail Shrier: Taking on the trans lobby has made me Public Enemy No 1. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/abigail-shrier-taking-trans-lobby-has-made-public-enemy-no-1/

Hall, Harriet (June 17, 2021). Trans Science: A review of Abigail Shrier’s Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters. Skeptic https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/trans-science-review-of-abigail-shier-irreversible-damage-transgender-craze-seducing-our-daughters/

Original [retracted] (June 15, 2021). Book Review: Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, by Abigail Shrier. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/irreversible-damage-the-transgender-craze-seducing-our-daughters/

Kirchick, James (March 31, 2021). The Disintegration of the ACLU. Tablet https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/the-disintegration-of-the-aclu-james-kirchick

Beattie, Tina (March 10, 2021). No Turning Back. The Tablet https://www.thetablet.co.uk/books/10/19579/no-turning-back-polemicist-abigail-shrier-on-transgenderism

Hourican, Emily (January 17, 2021). Girls who would be boys: The rise in teen gender dysphoria. The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/girls-who-would-be-boys-the-rise-in-teen-gender-dysphoria-39975855.html

Cater, Nick (January 30, 2021). Queer Teen Craze. The Spectator Australia https://www.spectator.com.au/2021/01/queer-teen-craze/

Patterson, Christina (January 3, 2021). Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier review — the risks of transgender activism. The Sunday Times https://www.thetimes.com/article/irreversible-damage-by-abigail-shrier-review-the-risks-of-transgender-activism-tmlwhpdm9

Turner, Janice (December 30, 2020). Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier review — resisting the ‘transgender craze.’ The Times https://www.thetimes.com/article/irreversible-damage-by-abigail-shrier-review-resisting-the-transgender-craze-8mzrt3gk9

Staff report (December 3, 2020). Cold comforts – Our books of the year. The Economist https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2020/12/03/our-books-of-the-year

Staff (November 26, 2020). Miss gender – A book on transitioning girls is denounced as transphobic. The Economist https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/11/26/a-book-on-transitioning-girls-is-denounced-as-transphobic

Pavia, Will (November 21, 2020). Author Abigail Shrier faces threats after warning of trans epidemic. The Sunday Times https://www.thetimes.com/world/article/author-abigail-shrier-faces-threats-after-warning-of-trans-epidemic-sd6qjt8ww

Halon, Yael (November 16, 2020). Author accuses Target of caving to ‘woke activists’ by briefly pulling book deemed ‘transphobic’ on Twitter. Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/media/abigail-shrier-book-deemed-transphobic-target-pulls

Steele, Anne (October 31, 2020). Joe Rogan’s Podcast Sparks Tensions Inside Spotify. The Wall Street Journal https://archive.today/20201031153328/https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-rogans-podcast-sparks-tensions-inside-spotify-11604156400

Kearns, Madeleine (October 19, 2020). The Beginning of Gender. National Review https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2020/10/19/transgender-craze-harms-young-women-especially/

Riley, Naomi Schaefer (June 16, 2020). The Trans Cult. Commentary https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/naomi-schaefer-riley/transgender-children-craze/

Golden, Sheri (2020). Review of Abigail Shrier’s (2020) Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters. Journal of Human Sexuality Alliance for Therapeutic Choice and Scientific Integrity Volume 11, p. 122ff https://www.journalofhumansexuality.com/_files/ugd/ec16e9_0946e401cbb54e20a6f78207667dc190.pdf

Selected anti-trans material by Shrier

Shrier, Abigail (2024). Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up. Sentinel, ISBN 978-0593542927

Shrier, Abigail (August 9, 2021). A Pediatric Association Stifles Debate on Gender Dysphoria: Doctors who question the orthodoxy won’t be allowed to set up a booth at its annual conference. Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/opinion/pediatric-association-gender-dysphoria-children-transgender-cancel-culture-11628540553

Shrier, Abigail (June 2021). Gender ideology run amok. Imprimis June/July 2021 | Volume 50, Issue 6/7 https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/gender-ideology-run-amok/ reprint: https://endeavourforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2022-12-01_EFN_No180_Dec2022.pdf

Shrier, Abigail (May 31, 2021). Male Inmates in Women’s Prisons: If Congress passes the Equality Act, California’s dangerous policy would go nationwide. Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/opinion/male-inmates-in-womens-prisons-11622474215

Shrier, Abigail (May 14, 2021). To Be Young and Pessimistic in America: Generation Z is lonelier than millennials and more reluctant to embrace the responsibilities and joys of adulthood. Life online seems to be a reason. Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/opinion/to-be-young-and-pessimistic-in-america-11621019488

Shrier, Abigail (March 15, 2021). Equality Act testimony. (video) https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Shrier%20EQUALITY%20ACT%20TESTIMONY%20-%20%203-15-21.pdf

Shrier, Abigail (January 22, 2021). Joe Biden’s First Day Began the End of Girls’ Sports. Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/opinion/joe-bidens-first-day-began-the-end-of-girls-sports-11611341066

Shrier, Abigail (November 15, 2020). Does the ACLU Want to Ban My Book?: Target stopped selling it in response to two Twitter complaints. A professor even wants to burn it. Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/opinion/does-the-aclu-want-to-ban-my-book-11605475898

Shrier, Abigail (November 7, 2020). Gender Activists Are Trying to Cancel My Book. Why is Silicon Valley Helping Them? Quillette https://quillette.com/2020/11/07/gender-activists-are-trying-to-cancel-my-book-why-is-silicon-valley-helping-them/

Shrier, Abigail (July 8, 2020). Discovering the Link Between Gender Identity and Peer Contagion. Quillette https://quillette.com/2020/07/08/discovering-the-link-between-gender-identity-and-peer-contagion/

Shrier, Abigail (June 22, 2020). Amazon Enforces ‘Trans’ Orthodoxy: The company won’t allow a publisher’s ads for my skeptical book. Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-enforces-trans-orthodoxy-11592865818

Shrier, Abigail (June 2020). Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters. Regnery, ISBN 978-1684510313

Shrier, Abigail (May 3, 2019). Standing Against Psychiatry’s Crazes: In 1979 Dr. Paul McHugh closed the sex-change clinic at Johns Hopkins. In the ’80s he testified against phony ‘recovered memories.’ He hasn’t given up the fight. Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/standing-against-psychiatrys-crazes-11556920766

Shrier, Abigail (March 26, 2019). The Transgender War on Women: The Equality Act sacrifices female safety in restrooms, locker rooms and even domestic-violence shelters. Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-transgender-war-on-women-11553640683

Shrier, Abigail (January 6, 2019). When Your Daughter Defies Biology: The burden of mothers whose children suffer from ‘rapid onset gender dysphoria.’ Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-your-daughter-defies-biology-11546804848

Shrier, Abigail (August 29, 2018). The Transgender Language War: California threatens to jail health workers who refuse to use ‘preferred’ pronouns. Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-transgender-language-war-1535582272

Media supporting Shrier

The Spectator with Freddy Gray and Abigail Shrier (March 11, 2025). The truth about child therapy – Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVvkO8CsYPA

Macdonald-Laurier Institute with Coleman Hughes, Mia Hughes, and Abigail Shrier (January 17, 2025). Coleman Hughes and Abigail Shrier on Identity, Speech, and Policy / MLI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0Vt3EkSjvs

PragerU with Marissa Streit and Abilgail Shrier (Aug 7, 2024). Have America’s Classrooms Become Profit Centers for the Mental Health Industry? | Real Talk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGXDZXpNHvI

PowerfulJRE with Joe Rogan and Abigail Shrier (June 27, 2024). Joe Rogan Experience #2109 – Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTNjc8HyOaE

Gad Saad (April 2, 2024). My Chat with Abigail Shrier, Bestselling Author of “Bad Therapy” (THE SAAD TRUTH_1665). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzMNVGluc0E

Gender: A Wider Lens with Stella O’Malley, Sasha Ayad, and Abigail Shrier (June 14, 2024). Bad Therapy and Irreversible Damage with Abigail Shrier | Episode 168. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xxrs1VrE38

Real Time with Bill Maher, Matt Welch, and Abigail Shrier (June 7, 2024). Overtime: Matt Welch, Abigail Shrier | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW9_J76MQRE

Ben Shapiro (May 5, 2024). Resisting Indoctrination | Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qNK7jN9vdo

Chris Williamson (April 20, 2024). Debating Therapy Culture & Gen Z – Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5YuHvB2eso

Reason TV with Nick Gillespie and Abigail Shrier (April 10, 2024). Stop obsessing over our children’s happiness | Abigail Shrier | The Reason Interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwfIKOrWXCk

Real Alex Clark (April 4, 2024). “Therapy Is Preventing Kids From Growing Up.” – Author Abigail Shrier | The Spillover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_7Me9clH4g

Praxis Circle (March 29, 2024). Warning to Parents: The Value Vacuum Is Hurting Your Kids | Abigail Shrier Interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjfWAW3sqjg

article (February 16, 2024). New Contributor: Abigail Shrier! https://praxiscircle.com/blog/new-contributor-abigail-shrier/

Andrew Klavan (March 27, 2024). Why Gen Z Struggles So Much With Mental Health | With Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYXLeFU8ocs

UnHerd with Flo Read and Abigail Shrier.(March 19, 2024). Abigail Shrier: How therapy culture creates victims. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJMhyG50N-Y

Maiden Mother Matriarch with Louise Perry (March 17, 2024). The Mental Health Industrial Complex – Abigail Shrier | Maiden Mother Matriarch 61. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaIWsR0Qlac

Glenn Beck (March 16, 2024). Is Too Much Therapy Hurting Our Kids? | Abigail Shrier | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 213. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubnyW3kkhE0

Manhattan Insights with Yael Hungerford and Abigail Shrier (March 7, 2024). Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up | A Conversation with Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHBILSnloCc

Spiked with Brendan O’Neill and Abigail Shrier (March 7, 2024). Abigail Shrier: Bad therapy is hurting our kids. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYy28tK5z_0

Allie Beth Stuckey (March 6, 2024). How Gentle Parenting Hurts Kids | Guest: Abigail Shrier | Ep 963. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s0PO57rs00

Coleman Hughes (March 1, 2024). Is Therapy Bad for You? with Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvBk5huq8w0

Jordan B Peterson (February 29, 2024). Bad Therapy, Weak Parenting, Broken Children | Abigail Shrier | EP 427. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4roLI_Gb12I

Bridget Phetasy (February 29, 2024). Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren’t Growing Up – Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIAlYi22b08

“YOUR WELCOME” with Michael Malice (February 28, 2024). “YOUR WELCOME” with Michael Malice #300: Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sw87u86i2E

Sitch & Adam Show with “Adam Friended” and “PSA Sitch” (October 30, 2022). John Oliver GASLIGHTS Trans Children – Debunking “Last Week Tonight” LIES LIES LIES : Show 215. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLFlZ4XnpbI

Clip (November 2, 2022). John Oliver HATES Abigail Shrier, but can’t fight her FACTS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z-xsJbUnAg

Misha Petrov (September 9, 2022). The “Transgender Epidemic” – Why So Many Young Girls Are Transitioning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ0x5xJL_X8

Turning Point USA with Alex Clark and Abigail Shrier (April 1, 2022). Abigail Shrier exposes the TRUTH to Parents about the Trans Movement in Schools Across America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Rj5SIbfvw

FAIR with Bion Bartning, Abigail Shrier, Colin Wright, Zander Keig, Carrie Mendoza, Candice Jackson, & Miriam Grossman (Dec 17, 2021). FAIR’s Gender Webinar with Abigail Shrier, Colin Wright, Zander Keig, and more! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XYzCE1ph5s

John Anderson Media (August 6, 2021). Abigail Shrier | Social Contagion and Gender Identity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlekg5imwjQ

Glenn Beck (July 16, 2021). Trans Activism Will End Your Parental Rights | Abigail Shrier | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 110. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlGxrN7SLeU

ReasonTV with Nick Gillespie and Abigail Shrier (July 13, 2021). Abigail Shrier Worries Teenage Gender Transitions Lead to ‘Irreversible Damage.’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk-1iqa1jbY

republished on PhilosophyInsights (July 25, 2021). Irreversible Damage: The Rapid Increase of Female Trans-Teens | Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k_FIc4nhUU

Matt Walsh (July 6, 2021). The Transgender Craze Seducing America: An Interview With Author Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ2I_pzOvJU

Gad Saad (June 24, 2021). Tomorrow’s Guest, Abigail Shrier, Has Sent Me Into Hiding (THE SAAD TRUTH_1263). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69vd_uB8vPM

Hillsdale College (May 12, 2021). Science, the Transgender Phenomenon, and the Young | Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWbxIFC0Q2o

PragerU with Georgia Howe and Abigail Shrier (May 7, 2021). Transgenderism: The Unintended Victims | Interviews. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGfYOPFrvXU

PragerU with Abigail Shrier (March 29, 2021). Are Schools Telling Girls to Become Boys? | 5 Minute Video | PragerU. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7bMJd_QAXs

Jordan B Peterson (March 22, 2021). Irreversible Damage? | Abigail Shrier | EP 159. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSKQfATa-1I

Clip (March 26, 2021). Reasons to Oppose Gender Transition Therapies | Abigail Shrier & Jordan B Peterson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djFHxbE5rl4
Clip (March 24, 2021). Illogical Claims About Gender Fluidity | Abigail Shrier & Jordan B Peterson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJp-5qU58Ow
Clip (March 22, 2021). Gender Dysphoria Diagnosis and Treatment | Abigail Shrier & Jordan B Peterson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IbbcDXWxfA

PBS NewsHour (March 17, 2021). WATCH LIVE: Senate Judiciary committee holds hearing on Equality Act for LGBTQ rights. https://youtu.be/iK7eOudkkZg?t=4486

Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University (February 15, 2021). C-SPAN Book TV: Irreversible Damage. https://www.c-span.org/program/book-tv/irreversible-damage/589785

TRIGGERnometry with Konstantin Kisin, Francis Foster, and Abigail Shrier (January 24, 2021). Abigail Shrier: “The Trans Issue Shouldn’t Be Political.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uqht5dcJAI

Skeptic with Michael Shermer and Abigail Shrier (Feb 27, 2021). Michael Shermer w/ Abigail Shrier—Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFQKFYPL0tc

The Babylon Bee with Kyle Mann, Ethan Nicolle, and Abigail Shrier (January 12, 2021). Abigail Shrier Interview: The Truth Behind Trans Children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C6YTHGg0fA

Clip (January 14, 2021). Abigail Shrier Looks At The Science of Gender Dysphoria. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsMW02FHxTQ

The Rubin Report with Dave Rubin and Abigail Shrier (December 20, 2020). Exposing the Reality of the Transgender Craze in Teen Girls | Abigail Shrier | WOMEN | Rubin Report. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIFdWhRwfFg

Quillette with Jonathan Kay and Abigail Shrier (December 6, 2020). PODCAST 126: Abigail Shrier on Her New Book About Peer Contagion and Gender Dysphoria. https://quillette.com/2020/12/06/podcast-126-abigail-shrier-on-her-new-book-about-peer-contagion-and-gender-dysphoria/

Mellen Baker (November 25, 2020). Book review: Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rafnOvvkRNc

Ben Shapiro (November 22, 2020). Abigail Shrier | The Ben Shapiro Show Sunday Special Ep. 108. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uSlmfp7euo

Clip (November 23, 2020). Abigail Shrier Responds to the Push to Censor Her Book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alYs4owc76s

Family Research Council with Tony Perkins and Abigail Shrier (October 30, 2020). Abigail Shrier details the heartbreaking dangers of the transgender movement on young girls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl3WyPtnFTU

The Same Drugs with Meghan Murphy and Abigail Shrier (October 16, 2020). The Same Drugs: Abigail Shrier on girls and the trans trend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c7G4dGBGFI

Benjamin Boyce with Debra Soh and Abigail Shrier (October 1, 2020). The Gender Trap | with Dr. Debra Soh & Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNhn2ufmSVg

“Waffling Willow” (September 5, 2020). “Irreversible Damage” by Abigail Shrier || Intro (Book Review by FtM Detransitioner). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PllbYA56Uzg

Isaac Butterfield (September 3, 2020). The Transgender Craze – Abigail Shrier – The Butterfield Effect Podcast 041. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD4jyEBjmKQ

Graham Linehan (August 26, 2020). A chat with Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH5wKHxF-bA

Wild at Heart with Morgan Snyder and Abigail Shrier (August 11, 2020). Become Good Soil Interview – Abigail Shrier on Dignity Restored to Masculinity and Feminity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrNRypyrRyc

The Federalist with Emily Jashinsky and Abigail Shrier (July 31, 2020). Why Transgenderism Is Exploding Among Teenage Girls: Abigail Shrier Explains. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH_-p0oPtXA

Patrick Coffin (July 21, 2020). 190: The Trans Attack On Our Daughters with guest Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91-uj-6CezM

Andrew Klavan (July 19, 2020). Abigail Shrier On The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-6JoXKvaVg

PowerfulJRE with Joe Rogan and Abigail Shrier (July 16, 2020). Joe Rogan Experience #1509 – Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtftWcgXjdg

JRE Clips with Joe Rogan and Abigail Shrier (July 16, 2020). #1509: The Dangers of Giving Hormones to Kids with Gender Dysphoria. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUPHqTkL5Nw
JRE Clips with Joe Rogan and Abigail Shrier (July 16, 2020). #1509: Why Abigail Shrier Took on the Transgender Craze Amongst Teenage Girls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MYb0rBDYvs

Bridget Phetasy (July 15, 2020). Walk-Ins Welcome Podcast #86 – Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GikPmEv6_UE

BlazeTV with Steve Deace and Abigail Shrier (July 7, 2020). The Second Wave Scam | Guest: Abigail Shrier | 7/7/20. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bHFvHA8iHc

Benjamin A. Boyce (July 4, 2020). What’s the Matter with Girls Today? | with Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdtxUcvkJWA

Ben Shapiro (June 28, 2020). How the Supreme Court Transgender Ruling is Harming Women, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86t46InP3qw

Clip (November 23, 2020). The Influence of Politics within Gender Science w/Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4lqX8J47q0

Save Women’s Sports Fox Nation with Bill McGurn, Rachel McKinnon, Jaycee Cooper, and Abigail Shrier (March 5, 2021). Abigail Shrier on Fox Nation with Rachel McKinnon and Jaycee Cooper (2019). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PIkN1uH3Jo

PragerU with Candace Owens and Abigail Shrier (June 2, 2019). The Candace Owens Show: Abigail Shrier. https://soundcloud.com/user-579946570/the-candace-owens-show-abigail-shrier