Debra Soh vs. transgender people

Debra Soh is a Canadian psychologist and anti-transgender activist.

Soh is a member of the intellectual dark web, a loose alliance described as a “gateway to the far right.” Soh has promoted a number of disease models of gender identity and expression:

“rapid onset gender dysphoria” (ROGD)
paraphilias including “autogynephilia“
the ex-trans movement including “detransition” and “desistance“

Background

Debra W. Soh was born in 1990, is of Malaysian-Chinese descent, and grew up in Canada.

Soh earned a doctorate from York University in 2016. Soh’s dissertation is titled: “Functional and Structural Neuroimaging of Paraphilic Hypersexuality in Men” The examining committee included K. Schneider, James Cantor, G. Turner, D. Stevens, D. Vanderlann, C. Davis

Soh left academia in order to promote anti-trans views in the media.

Anti-transgender activism

Soh authored the 2020 anti-trans book The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society.

Soh and anti-trans activist Jonathan Kay co-hosted the Wrongspeak podcast for anti-trans platform Quillette.

From 2021 to 2023, Soh hosted The Dr. Debra Soh Podcast. Guests included many other key members of the anti-transgender movement.

Soh is a regular guest at conservative and anti-transgender outlets, including

References

Jones, Zinnia (October 31, 2018 ) Debra Soh is really bad at trans science (part 1). Gender Analysis https://genderanalysis.net/2018/10/debra-soh-is-really-bad-at-trans-science-part-1/

Jones, Zinnia (October 31, 2018 ) Debra Soh is really bad at trans science (part 2). Gender Analysis https://genderanalysis.net/2018/10/debra-soh-is-really-bad-at-trans-science-part-2/

Jones, Zinnia (October 31, 2018 ) Debra Soh is really bad at trans science (part 3). Gender Analysis https://genderanalysis.net/2018/10/debra-soh-is-really-bad-at-trans-science-part-3/

Soh, Debra (22 February 2021). Attacks on Asian-Americans reveal a strange racial double standard. The Globe and Mail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-attacks-on-asian-americans-reveal-a-strange-racial-double-standard/