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J. Edward Les vs. transgender people

Jacob Edward “Ed” Les is a Canadian pediatrician who has written inflammatory materials about trans and gender diverse people.

Les is involved with anti-trans organization Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM).

Les maintained a blog called Ruminations on a personal site, later moved to Substack.

In 2023, Les began hosting a podcast called Cloudy with a Risk of Children.

References

Siobhan (January 30, 2019). Calgary Physician Calls Transgender People “Demented, Distorted.” Freethought Blogs https://freethoughtblogs.com/atg/2019/01/30/calgary-physician-calls-transgender-people-demented-distorted/ [archive]

“Dr Sarah” (February 1, 2019). The Transphobic Comments Of Dr Jacob Edward Les. Geeky Humanist / Freethought Blogs https://freethoughtblogs.com/geekyhumanist/2019/02/01/the-transphobic-comments-of-dr-jacob-edward-les/ [archive]

Resources

Ed Les (dredles.com) [site active 2018–2021: archive]

Twitter (/twitter.com)

Substack (substack.com)