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‘Gender: A Wider Lens’ – anti-transgender podcast

Gender: A Wider Lens is a podcast that platforms conservative and anti-transgender activists. It is hosted by anti-trans extremists Stella O’Malley and Sasha Ayad.

Episode list

141 – Silenced for Asking Questions About Gender Medicine with Dr. Jillian Spencer

  • Guest: Jillian Spencer 17th November 2023

140 – Gender: A Wider Lens Live from Denver with Chloe Cole

139 – Sex, Politics, and Double-Standards in Women’s Sports with Coach Linda Blade

138 – The Emotional Lives of Parents Caught in the Gender Maelstrom

  • 27th October 2023 

137 – Conspiracy Theories, Hoaxes, and the Detransition Time Bomb with Wilfred Reilly

136 – Gender as a Communication, It’s Not What You Think with Maggie Goldsmith

  • Guest: “Maggie Goldsmith” of PITT Oct 12, 2023

135 – Intersex, Identity, & Ideology with Aaron Kimberly

134 – Genspect’s “The Bigger Picture” Comes to Denver

  • Oct 3, 2023

133 – Is Trans REALLY the New Gay?

  • Sep 29, 2023

132 – How To Have Impossible Conversations About Gender with Peter Boghossian

131 – Facing Futility: You Can’t Actually Change Sex, with Corinna Cohn

130 – Katie Herzog: Unblocked & Recorded

129 – Is “Gender-Affirming Care” an Oedipus Trap

  • Sep 1st, 2023

128 – As Weird as a Chicken Crying: AAP Statement on Pediatric Gender Transition with Dr. Julia Mason

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  • Aug 22nd, 2023

127 – Help! Gender Is a Mess at My School: For Teachers, Counselors, & Administrators

  • Aug 18th, 2023

126 – Hot Takes: Sasha & Stella Revisit Controversies from Season 3

  • Aug 11th, 2023

125 – From Gender Expert to Skeptical Dissenter with Sara Stockton

124 – A Culture of Desistance: Schools and Gender w/ Alex Capo

123 – Drag, Drinking and Taking off the Mask with Calvin Lunt

122 – We Wrote a Book: When Kids Say They’re Trans | A Guide for Thoughtful Parents

  • Jul 14th, 2023

Follow-Up Episode: 116 Part II – Retraction w/ Dr. Michael Bailey

121 – Practical Advice for Managing Gender Identity in Schools with Dr. Kate Goonan

120 — Pioneer Series: Researching Sexual Behaviors with James Cantor

119 — Who Gets Embroiled in the Gender Debates

  • Jun 23rd, 2023

118 – Prioritizing Expensive & Invasive Interventions: American Healthcare w/ Zhenya Abbruzzese

117 – Gender, Parents, and Public Schools with Kate Parker

  • Guest: Kate Parker Jun 9th, 2023

116 — Identity Politics vs. The Pursuit of Knowledge with Dr. Michael Bailey

115 — How Online Communities Shape Thought, Desire, and Doubt about Transition: with Eliza Mondegreen

114 — The Dutch Protocol: A Deprivation of Sexual Development with Julia Mason and Stephen Levine

113 — Gender A Wider Lens LIVE from Ireland

112 — Jamie Reed: “Every Ethical Line I Drew Was Walked On… We Are Hurting People”

Flashback Episode | 41 – Trans: A Conversation with Helen Joyce

111 — Affirmation Therapy: Necessary, But Not Sufficient

  • Apr 21st, 2023

110 — Pathologizing Normal: The Lure of Identity Labels & Diagnoses

  • Apr 14th, 2023

109 — What If We Are All Wrong: A Mother’s Regret with Rose

  • Guest: “Rose” Apr 7th, 2023

108 — Genspect Vision: The Bigger Picture with Joe Burgo & Alasdair Gunn

107 — What Your Teen is Trying to Tell You

  • Mar 24th, 2023

106 — Detransition Awareness: Beyond Identity & Political Narratives

  • Mar 17th, 2023

105 — From Rejecting the Body to Finding Female w/ Victoria Smith

  • Guest: Victoria Smith Mar 10th, 2023

104 — No Time to Think with Hannah Barnes: The Downfall of GIDS at the Tavistock

103 — Follow the Gender-brick Road: from Bi to Pan to Trans

  • Feb 24th, 2023

102 — Dutch Journalists: Words Matter…The Media’s Influence to Share or to Silence

  • Guests: Jan Kuitenbrouwer and Peter Vasterman Feb 17th, 2023

101 — Michael Biggs on Puberty Blockers: From Curiosity to Exposé

100 — Falling Down the Gender Rabbit Hole: A Tale of Two Therapists

  • Feb 3rd, 2023

TOP 5 of 2022 Countdown: #1 EP 93 – A Takedown of Gender Politics with Wesley Yang

TOP 5 of 2022 Countdown: #2 EP 69 – Pioneers Series: Post-Series Analysis & Break!

  • Jan 20th, 2023

TOP 5 of 2022 Countdown: #3 EP 71 — Gender: The American State of Affairs with Jesse Singal

TOP 5 of 2022 Countdown: #4 EP 88 – Gender: Philosophy, Institutions, and Policy with Leor Sapir

TOP 5 of 2022 Countdown: #5 EP 66 – Pioneers Series: Where it All Started – The Dutch Researchers Steensma & De Vries

  • Thomas Steensma & Annelou De Vries Jan 2nd, 2023

99 — Detransitioned & Damaged by the Dutch Protocol: Teiresias

  • Guest: “Teiresias” Dec 9th, 2022

98 — StoicMom: Using Her Child’s Trans Identity for Personal Individuation

  • Guest: “StoicMom” Dec 2nd, 2022

97 — The Freedom to Believe or Not To with Rev. Bernard Randall

  • Guest: Bernard Randall Nov 25th, 2022

96 — Official Launch: Clinical Guide for Therapists Working with Gender-Questioning Youth

95 — How We Think About Sex: Leonore Tiefer

94 — WPATH’s Bizarre 8th Standards of Care

  • Nov 4th, 2022

93 — A Takedown of Gender Politics with Wesley Yang

92 — Brian Belovitch: From Boy to Girl to Woman to Man

  • Guest: Brian Belovitch Oct 21st, 2022

91 — Uncovering the GIDS Disaster: Dr. Dave Bell

  • Guest: Dave Bell Oct 14th, 2022

90 — Tomboy at Tavistock: Ellie’s Desistance Story

  • Guest: “Ellie” Oct 7th, 2022

89 – Ritchie’s Detransition: The Myth of Adult Invulnerability

88 – Gender: Philosophy, Institutions, and Policy with Leor Sapir

87 — Medical Technology & Ethics w Jennifer Lahl

86 – Hormones & Identity with Bob Ostertag

  • Guest: Bob Ostertag Sep 9th, 2022

85 — Mother-Daughter Story: “I Didn’t Want to be Yours Anymore” w/ Dr. Maggie Goldsmith

  • Guest: “Maggie Goldsmith” Sep 2nd, 2022

84 — Denise Caignon From 4thWaveNow: The View From Behind the Scenes

83 — Trans Widow: Off the Grid with Shannon Thrace

82 – ASD & Gender: Who am I? with Dr. Tony Attwood

  • Guest: Tony Attwood Aug 12th, 2022

81 – An Unlikely Court Case w/ Maya Forstater

80 — Desistance Part II — Advice for Parents

  • Jul 29th, 2022

79 – Gender Identity: Literally False, Metaphorically True with Dr. Bret Alderman

  • Guest: Bret Alderman Jul 21st, 2022

78 — Affirming Reality for Kids with Stephanie Davies-Arai

77 — Desistance Pt 1 — Accepting Reality: Now vs Then

  • Jul 8th, 2022

76 — Detransition Part II — The Emerging Picture in Research

  • Jul 1st, 2022

75 – Borderline Personality: Distorted Attempts to Integrate – A Conversation w/ Lisa Duval

  • Guest: Lisa Duval Jun 24th, 2022

74 – Detransition – Part 1: Going Back & Moving Forward

  • Jun 17th, 2022

73 – Shame, Narcissism, and the Transition Fantasy w/ Joe Burgo

72 – Disenchanted by Transition

  • Jun 3rd, 2022

71 – Gender: The American State of Affairs with Jesse Singal

70 – We’re Back! — Parents Lost in a Medical Scandal

  • May 20th, 2022

69 – Pioneers Series: Post-Series Analysis & Break!

  • Apr 1st, 2022

68 – Pioneers Series: Cultural Misunderstandings with Paul L. Vasey

67 – Pioneers Series: Men Trapped in Men’s Bodies, with Anne Lawrence

66 – Pioneers Series: Where It All Started – The Dutch Researchers Steensma & De Vries

65 – Pioneers Series: Gender – The Big Picture with Susan Bradley

64 – Pioneers Series: Psychotherapy Pre- and Post-Transition with Az Hakeem

63 – Pioneers: Mid-Series Analysis

  • Feb 18th, 2022

62 – Pioneers Series: Adolescent Identity with Riittakerttu Kaltiala

61 – Pioneers Series: Autogynephilia: Myth and Meaning with Ray Blanchard

60 – Pioneers Series: We Contain Multitudes with Stephen Levine

59 – Pioneers Series: 46 Years of Treating GD in Kids with Kenneth Zucker

58 – Pioneers Series: Male Sexuality with Michael J. Bailey

57 — Pioneers Series: Male Femininity w/Paul L. Vasey

56 – New Year’s Resolutions & Introducing the “Pioneers Series”

  • Dec 31st, 2021

55 – Who Gets to Decide What’s Normal: A Conversation w/ Lisa Selin Davis

54 – Finding a Therapist for Your Gender-Questioning Teen: A Conversation W/ Lisa Marchiano

53 – You Affirmed Your Child’s Gender… How to Roll Back

  • Dec 10th, 2021

52 – Gender Dysphoria & Detransition Research: A Conversation W/ Dr. Lisa Littman

51 – Clearing of the Pink Mist: A Conversation w/ Debbie Hayton

50 – When Gender Hits the Holidays

  • Nov 19th, 2021

49 – Archives of an Epidemic: A conversation w/ Benjamin Boyce

48 – When an Adult You Love Transitions

  • Nov 5th, 2021

47 – When Parents Disagree

  • Oct 29th, 2021

46 – Helena Part II: Advice for Parents from a Former Trans Kid

45 – Helena Part 1: Social Justice, Fandoms & FtM Gay Boys

44 – Multiple Meanings of Gender Dysphoria: A Conversation with Aaron Terrell

43 – Sasha & Stella Answer Your Questions: Part 3

  • Oct 1st, 2021

42 – ROGD and the Struggle to Grow Up

  • Sep 24th, 2021

41 — Trans: A Conversation with Helen Joyce

40 — Social Transition: A Powerful Psychosocial Intervention

  • Sep 10th, 2021

39 – Nonbinary Identities

  • Sep 3rd, 2021

38 – DSDs and the “Sex Spectrum”: A conversation w/ Claire Graham

37 – Womanhood: A Conversation with Milli Hill

36 – Talking Testosterone with Carole Hooven

35 – Communicating About Gender: Translating Between Parent & Child

  • Aug 6th, 2021

34 – Gender Dysphoria & Suicide

  • Jul 30th, 2021

33 – Beyond the ‘Gifted’ Label: A Conversation w/ Jessie Mannisto

32 – Stereotypes

  • Jul 16th, 2021

31 – Silencing Thought: A Conversation with Heather Brunskell-Evans

30 — Sasha & Stella Answer Your Questions: Part 2

  • Jul 2nd, 2021

29 – Conversion Therapy: A Conversation with Bob Withers

28 – Behind the Curtain: Wrapping Up Gender Exploratory Therapy

  • Jun 18th, 2021

27 – Marcus and Sue Evans both worked as clinicians in the Tavistock Centre in London for many years. Noticing red flags since the early 2000s, Sue was the first whistle-blower in the Tavistock Centre and Marcus resigned as its governor

26 – Behind the Curtain: Depth Work in Gender Exploratory Therapy – Part II

  • Jun 4th, 2021

25 – Behind the Curtain: Depth Work in Gender Exploratory Therapy

  • May 28th, 2021

24 – Behind the Curtain: Getting Started In Gender Exploratory Therapy

  • May 21st, 2021

23 – Sasha & Stella Answer Your Questions

  • May 14th, 2021

22 — An Unexpected Gender Evolution: A Conversation with Lauren

  • Guest: “Lauren” May 7th, 2021

21 – Gender Dysphoria in Boys: Part 2 — A Conversation with Angus Fox

20 – Gender Dysphoria in Boys: Part 1

  • Apr 23rd, 2021

19 – ADHD & Gender Dysphoria

  • Apr 16th, 2021

18 – COVID, Dysphoria & Listener Shout-Outs

  • Apr 9th, 2021

17 – Autism and Gender Dysphoria

  • Apr 2nd, 2021

16 – Gender Dysphoria: What It’s Like For Parents

  • Mar 26th, 2021

15 – One Detrans Voice: A Conversation with Carol

  • Guest: “Carol” Mar 19th, 2021

14 – The REAL Ways to Manage Gender Dysphoria

  • Mar 12th, 2021

13 – Are Brilliant People More Likely Trans?

  • Mar 5th, 2021

12 – Identity vs Role Confusion in Adolescence

  • Feb 26th, 2021

11 – Sex Therapy & Education: why are all the therapists ‘affirming’?

10 – Queer Theory: Subverting Life’s Categories

  • Feb 12th, 2021

9 – The Politicization of Gender

  • Feb 5th, 2021

8 – TransGenerational Wisdom: A conversation with Buck Angel

7 – Collective Collusion

  • Jan 22nd, 2021

6 – Gender Intervention: Treatment or Experiments?

  • Jan 15th, 2021

5 – Hormonal Interventions — from Fringe to Mainstream: A conversation with Dr. Will Malone

4 – Why Do People Seek a New Identity?

  • Jan 1st, 2021

3 – Feminine Boy to Gay Man: a Conversation With Arty Morty

2 – Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria

  • Dec 18th, 2020

1 – Trans: Identity vs Dysphoria

  • Dec 18th, 2020

Gender: A Wider Lens Trailer

  • Nov 30th, 2020