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Healthcare journalist Jennifer Block (Jennifer Block) has a new 18-minute documentary called The Liberal Case for Rethinking Gender Medicine. It’s the best one I’ve seen on this topic. A must watch. Link below ⬇️

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In 1979, psychiatry’s leading critic Thomas Szasz wrote an article for the The New York Times criticizing the emerging practice of medicalizing transsexualism and how anyone who questioned whether this was truly progress was branded a bigot. 46 years later, the script hasn’t changed.

In 1979, psychiatry’s leading critic Thomas Szasz wrote an article for the <a href="/nytimes/">The New York Times</a> criticizing the emerging practice of medicalizing transsexualism and how anyone who questioned whether this was truly progress was branded a bigot. 46 years later, the script hasn’t changed.
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Szasz warned that declaring transsexualism a disease relied on a “strategic abuse of language”—mistaking correlations between biology and social roles for proof of a biological cause. Nearly half a century later, no biological cause has ever been found. nytimes.com/1979/06/10/arc…

Szasz warned that declaring transsexualism a disease relied on a “strategic abuse of language”—mistaking correlations between biology and social roles for proof of a biological cause. Nearly half a century later, no biological cause has ever been found. nytimes.com/1979/06/10/arc…
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Medical transition is not a cure for psychological pain. It's an extreme form of body modification often offered to people in deep distress. After years of listening to trans people, detransitioners and families, one thing is clear: this is a mental health issue, not a surgical

Medical transition is not a cure for psychological pain. It's an extreme form of body modification often offered to people in deep distress. 
After years of listening to trans people, detransitioners and families, one thing is clear: this is a mental health issue, not a surgical
𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠 (@waywardgreg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🧵 Does Planned Parenthood need federal funding to survive? Well, let’s take a look at their finances. Planned Parenthood’s 2023-24 Annual Report, reports a total revenue of approximately $2.03 billion.

James Cantor (@jamescantorphd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I have been doing interviews with media all over the world, for decades now, including several with CBC. I must regretfully agree with that assessment of the current CBC. Any commitment to diversity is only skin deep. For diversity of hearts and minds, intolerance remains.

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Writing for The Bulwark, Jill Lawrence argued that the “transgender issue” is not a distraction for Democrats but an opportunity to champion human rights, morality, and science. Her piece arrived just a day before the University of Pennsylvania reached a resolution with the

Writing for <a href="/BulwarkOnline/">The Bulwark</a>, <a href="/JillDLawrence/">Jill Lawrence</a> argued that the “transgender issue” is not a distraction for Democrats but an opportunity to champion human rights, morality, and science. 

Her piece arrived just a day before the University of Pennsylvania reached a resolution with the
Kara Dansky (@kdansky) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Shout-out to the OG TERFs. Who's a woman who has been toiling away to rid the world of gender woo for 10 years or more? I'll start with Dr. Julia Long, aka Julia Long POW.

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People are often in a state of disbelief when I tell them that, as a therapist, I want less pathologising, less diagnosing, less labelling, and less dependency on therapy. The obsession with mental health is actually making people more unwell.

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Why did The Bulwark disable comments on Jill Lawrence’s article spreading sex and gender pseudoscience, while allowing comments on their other articles? How does this square with her call for Dems to stop "avoiding confrontation" and to "dominate this debate, not dodge it"?

Why did <a href="/BulwarkOnline/">The Bulwark</a> disable comments on <a href="/JillDLawrence/">Jill Lawrence</a>’s article spreading sex and gender pseudoscience, while allowing comments on their other articles?

How does this square with her call for Dems to stop "avoiding confrontation" and to "dominate this debate, not dodge it"?
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Some dems think the fight over "gender affirming care" is just a political distraction. Here's why gay adults (among others) are sincerely concerned about medicalizing gender nonconforming kids youtu.be/yu8rDNKxf3U?si… via YouTube

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In a new The Hill op-ed, two Northwestern psychology researchers say the university suppressed debate in pediatric gender medicine, and express hope that the SCOTUS Skrmetti ruling is a chance to challenge “a clinical dogma that has captured our field" .⬇️ /1

In a new The Hill op-ed, two Northwestern psychology researchers say  the university suppressed debate in pediatric gender medicine, and express hope that the SCOTUS Skrmetti ruling is a chance to challenge “a clinical dogma that has captured our field" .⬇️ /1