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Helen Pluckrose is a political and cultural writer and commentator, addressing current affairs from a liberal humanist perspective. Her particular focus is current Critical Social Justice (woke) scholarship and activism. Helen took part in the Grievance Studies Affair (along with Peter Bogossian and James Lindsay) which submitted shoddy, ridiculous and ideologically biased papers to academic journals known for publishing Critical Social Justice scholarship. In 2020, she co-authored Cynical Theories with James Lindsay, which traced the evolution of postmodern thought into Critical Social Justice scholarship. In that same year, she co-founded Counterweight, an organization for helping individuals push back at authoritarian Critical Social Justice policies and training programs at their place of work, university or child's school. Helen continues to work with individuals and organizations to resist ideological capture. Helen really just wants you to value evidence-based epistemology and consistently liberal principles.

Alex Byrne is a professor of Philosophy at MIT. A few years ago he started working on philosophical issues relating to sex and gender. And he just published a book on the topic called “Trouble with Gender: Sex Facts, Gender Fictions”. Pick up your copy here: http://www.alexbyrne.org/trouble-with-gender.html

NJada is a detransitioned man who began social transition in 2013 at the age of 19, and HRT the following year. He ultimately detransitioned in 2015. Since then he has been gradually working through stages of self-acceptance. After taking a break from the whole topic of gender for a time, he began to get in touch with other detransitioners in late 2018. In 2022 he began to write and speak publicly about his experience on Twitter and Substack. He hopes to share what he's learned about the draw to identify as a woman and how he has come to accept and even love being a man.

Courtney Coulson is an Australian detransitioner and YouTuber exploring the real psychological and social motivations behind gender dysphoria. In this conversation, Courtney discusses a topic not nearly covered enough on this podcast, which is the role of online fandoms in Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria and motivating adolescent females to transition. A note to listeners: Courtney is a quick thinker and this conversation takes a lot of interesting turns. So if you're like me and often listen to podcasts with the speed increased, best to leave this one at 1. Courtney's video on Autoandrophilia: https://youtu.be/S1NjLzFszFs?si=YaYW7M1Td__wW3iE

Tamara Pietzke is a whistleblower from Washington State whose story was published by The Free Press last week. Tamara has a Masters in social work from the University of Washington. She's since worked with older adults, pregnant and postpartum women, the chronically mentally ill, those in inpatient centers, and she's spent the last six years doing outpatient community mental health. She told us that she never sought out to be a whistleblower but she believes whole-heartedly in having a voice when something is wrong, even when it seems like you're standing alone. The Free Press article: https://www.thefp.com/p/i-refused-to-approve-all-teen-gender-transitions

Eliza Mondegreen researches online trans and detrans communities, where she explores the ways questions and doubts are handled. She also writes about gender medicine for Substack, UnHerd, and other outlets.  We had Eliza back on the pod to discuss Friday's New York Times article on detranistioners (featuring Aaron K! and others) as well as her latest WPATH conference experience.  The New York Times article discussed: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/opinion/transgender-children-gender-dysphoria.html WHO campaign by the LGBT Courage Coalition: https://www.lgbtcourage.org/who Video from the San Francisco Trans Health Summit in which Dan Karassic threw Aaron T under the bus : https://youtu.be/7IBOIEOFYJw?si=J2I-7dHBi5knXtoR Eliza's article: https://unherd.com/2023/12/the-secret-life-of-gender-clinicians/

Jared Kavan is an attorney by training but became interested in the broader gender discourse upon reading Autoheterosexual: Attracted To Being The Other Sex by Phil Illy in 2023. Jared became aware of the theory of autogynephilia in his early twenties, and has been particularly interested in how AGP impacts the male experience of cultivating a fulfilling, integrated life in modern society.

Ray Alex Williams is a detrans philosopher who wrote a book on trans feminism and philosophy when he was still identifying as trans. After detransition, however, he started a YouTube channel to share his experiences and educate people on gender issues suppressed in mainstream discourse. Ray's YouTube - youtube.com/@RayAlexWilliams Ray's Twitter - twitter.com/RayAlexWilliams

Helen Joyce is author of “TRANS: When Ideology Meets Reality”, (recently reissued as “Trans: Gender Identity and the New Battle for Women's Rights”). TRANS was published in July 2021 by OneWorld and has been in paperback since May 2022.  A Times of London and Spectator book of the year, it is a UK and Amazon top ten bestseller. It received rave reviews in publications ranging from the Telegraph to the New York Times, and endorsements from, among others, Daniel Dennett (“A sane, humane book”), Lionel Shriver (“Utterly unintimidated by extremist orthodoxy”) and Richard Dawkins (“Thoroughly researched, passionate and very brave”). Until April 2022, Helen was The Economist's Britain editor. She joined the paper in 2005 as education correspondent; subsequent jobs include Brazil correspondent (based in São Paulo), International editor, Finance editor and Executive editor for events. Before that she edited Plus, an online magazine about maths published by the University of Cambridge, and was founding editor for the Royal Statistical Society's magazine, Significance. She has a bachelor's degree from Trinity College Dublin, a Master's from Cambridge and a PhD from University College London, all in mathematics. Helen now works as director of advocacy for Sex Matters, a human-rights organisation that campaigns for sex-based rights. Her independent journalism and subscription newsletter can be found on her website: thehelenjoyce.com. She has a regular column in the Critic magazine and tweets @hjoycegender. Helen's book: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/56897445   The Coddling of the American Mind https://www.thecoddling.com Crazy Like Us https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Crazy-Like-Us/Ethan-Watters/9781416587095 Edward Shorter: https://www.history.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/edward-shorter   ************* Support our work: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US   For more information: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com  

Anastassis Spiliadis is a psychotherapist and psychologist based in London & Athens, working with individuals couples and families. He works clinically in private practice and as an Education Lead in the NHS. He has worked for many years with people of all ages affected by eating disorders, gender-related distress, relationship challenges and often enduring mental health difficulties. Anastassis worked in the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) at The Tavistock Clinic as a clinician and trainer between 2015 and 2019 where he also established and led a Family Therapy Clinic. There he witnessed and reported unethical clinical practices alongside some thoughtful work by other therapists. He disagreed openly with the service's treatment model and in 2017 coined the term Gender Exploratory Therapy aiming to develop a therapeutic approach away from conversion and affirmative practices. Anastassis continues to work with gender-related distress alongside his generic practice and supervises and trains clinicians and  University students from different modalities. He is particularly interested in the development and evaluation of treatment approaches for eating disorders, gender-related distress and co-occurring difficulties holding on to a family-focused and developmental lens.  -------- Dr Anna Hutchinson is a London based clinical psychologist with twenty-five years of frontline experience. She is the co-director of an independent practice and employed by the NHS as an Education Lead. Clinically, she specializes in adolescent mental health, gender and physical health. Anna worked in the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) at The Tavistock Clinic at a senior level between 2013 and 2017 where she witnessed unprecedented changes in the patient demographics, referral numbers and an emerging evidence base that challenged practice. Her publications document a shift in her thinking as a result - in 2016 she was writing from a gender affirmative position, by 2019-2020 she was discussing rapid/late onset gender dysphoria and detransition/regret. Her testimony alongside those of many colleagues, formed a key part of the narrative in “Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children,' by Hannah Barnes. Since leaving GIDS, Anna has been working with others to improve awareness of the complex needs of young people experiencing gender related distress. She continues to teach and write in the area, with a particular focus on the need for ethical psychotherapy for young people and families coping with issues related to gender. ------ Links: The Cass Review: https://cass.independent-review.uk Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children by Hannah Barnes https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/time-to-think-hannah-barnes/1142106254 Keira Bell: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11065005/I-never-changed-gender-16-Brave-young-woman-reveals-story-Tavistock-clinic.html   Data from Tavistock GIDs regarding mental health benefits of puberty blockers: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-66842352 Gender Exploratory Therapy Model: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334559847_Towards_a_Gender_Exploratory_Model_slowing_things_down_opening_things_up_and_exploring_identity_development In support of research into ROGD https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31317286/   Butch Identity Development: The Formation of an Authentic Gender: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959353505049709   ************* Support our work: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US   For more information: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com    

Amanda Kovattana is a biracial, tri-cultural writer who grew up in Bangkok, in a pre-industrialized Thailand before immigrating to California in 1968. She was born in England to an English mother and a Thai father and lived in England during their college years. As a gender non-conforming child, living in Thailand, she benefited from the “third gender” culture of her Thai heritage. Her coming of age in the San Francisco Bay Area, as a lesbian, introduced her to the gay community and the evolving gay liberation movement. Her skill set draws from her engineer father teaching her how to fix things, while her mother's profession, as a child therapist and family counselor, gave her an understanding of child development and neurodivergent brain styles. She makes a living as a professional organizer specializing in the chronically disorganized and neurodivergent personalities. In this episode, we discuss her new book, The Unexpected Penis, which is lined in our liner notes.   Links: The Unexpected Penis: https://a.co/d/hHNyOaS Amanda's Substack. https://amandakovattana.substack.com   ************* Support our work: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US   For more information: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com

Dr. Julia Mason is a board-certified pediatrician and Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois and completed residency training in Pediatrics at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Dr. Mason has a busy pediatrics practice; in the past several years she's encountered increasing numbers of gender dysphoric adolescents, most with neurodevelopmental challenges or psychiatric comorbidities.    Last week The AAP Board of Directors voted to reaffirm their 2018 policy statement on gender-affirming care but with an important announcement that they will conduct a systematic review of the evidence and revise their guidance for pediatricians accordingly. Dr Mason has been a leading advocate for that systematic review, so we were excited to have her join us to tell us more.   And here's our conversation with Dr Mason   Links:   Aug 4, 2023 AAP Statement https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/25340/AAP-reaffirms-gender-affirming-care-policy?autologincheck=redirected   Dr Jason Rafferty's Original Policy Statement: https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/142/4/e20182162/37381/Ensuring-Comprehensive-Care-and-Support-for?autologincheck=redirected   Dr James Cantor's Critique: https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Issues/SexualOrientation/IESOGI/Other/Rebekah_Murphy_20191214_JamesCantor-fact-checking_AAP-Policy.pdf     ************* Support our work: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US   For more information: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com  

This episode is a little different, in that it started as an informal conversation between Aaron Kimberly, Aaron Terrell and our friend Jamie Reed from the LGBT Courage Coalition. We're weren't entirely sure it would become a podcast episode, so it might be a little more disorganized than even we are known for.  In this recording, we're discussing a document that some refer to as the Denton Report which was a joint project in 2019 by the Denton's Law Firm, Thompson Reuters Foundation, and IGLYO to analyse trans activism in Europe and make recommendations that would advance trans activism elsewhere. As such, it outlines key mandates and strategies, including the focus on children, and forced teaming with other issues. We've provided a link to this document below.   The Document: https://gendercriticalwoman.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/iglyo_v3-1.pdf   https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-document-that-reveals-the-remarkable-tactics-of-trans-lobbyists/ ************* Support our work: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US   For more information: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com  

Anna is a Boston-based musician that has lived with gender incongruence her whole life. After trying medical transition, she decided to move away from this treatment approach for her condition, even after seeing some benefits. Regardless of her approach moving forward, she seeks to reestablish a new relationship with what it means to be a female both physiologically and socially at this very moment in her life. In this, she identifies as a feminist, and someone in solidarity with transsexual people.    ************* Support our work: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US   For more information: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com

Marc is a 40 year old, married transsexual man from Michigan. By day he's a Senior Legal Processor at a Real Estate Law Firm. He and his wife also have an Etsy business, The Winking Owl Designs. Marc describes himself as an old hippie soul, an avid animal lover, music lover, cannabis connoisseur, and lover of all humans. He started speaking publicly about some of the things going on in the LGBT community about a year ago, because he doesn't agree with many things being pushed by the transgender ideology, especially once they brought children into the fight. He joined the board of Transsexual Unity to help others find understanding, build bridges, and find common ground through open conversation. ************* Support our work: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US For more information: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com

No guest this week. Instead Aaron T makes the case for why he believes so many butch lesbians become gay transmen after taking testosterone. This is a phenomena widely observed within FtM communities, but neither the people experiencing this sexuality change, nor the clinicians prescribing the hormones, seem to understand why it is happening.   A lot of sexological terms are thrown around in this episode and not defined. Here are some terms that might be useful to know:   "Allo" means other, or external. "Auto" means self, or internal. "Gyno" means female. "Andro" means male. "Philia" means love (or, less euphemistically, sexual attraction). "Meta" means self-referential   The vast majority of people are, in sexologic terms, alloheterosexual. A typical heterosexual male is technically "allogynephilic". But a male who is attracted to the thought or image of himself as female is "autogynephilic", while a female who is attracted to herself as male is "autoandrophilic". Both can collectively be referred to as "autoheterosexual". The final term above, meta, is used in this context to describe the type of external sexual behaviors of autoheterosexuals, who often experience (and act upon) homosexual desires as a means of validating their self-perception as the opposite sex. For example, an autogynephilic male is not attracted to other males (not alloandrophilic), but sexual behavior with males serves as a validation of the self as female. That is metaandrophilia.   Aaron T mentions a recent episode of the 'A Special Place in Hell' podcast: https://youtu.be/PoJnbL9QMq8

Don't listen to this podcast. At least not here. Head over to YouTube https://youtu.be/UKQErjjStIk where you will find a transcript to accompany the often difficult to hear audio.    In the third installment of our special series covering the 2023 National Transgender Health Summit, we bring you the recording of a task force from the American Psychological Association (APA), who were presenting their working Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Transgender and Gender Diverse People. All four people on the task force identify as transgender or non-binary.   Here is the current version of the APA's Guidelines, written in 2015: https://www.apa.org/practice/guidelines/transgender.pdf   We were grateful to again be joined by a Bay Area pediatrician who attended the conference and was at this session with Aaron T.

We brought Phil Illy back for the launch his book: Autoheterosexual: Attracted to Being the Other Sex. Available today as a paperback, with the ebook and hardcover available on Tuesday, June 13th. Here is what our own Aaron Terrell had to say about Autoheterosexual, "Expertly researched yet entirely accessible to any layperson interested in this topic. Illy explores the most common type of gender dysphoria with compassion and clarity...You will come away from this book with a much deeper understanding of the human experience at the heart of this current cultural phenomenon." Head over to Amazon (https://t.co/sVsGOmehu9) where you can purchase your copy as well as read reviews from other friends of the pod, including Dr. Michael Bailey. -------- Phil Illy is an autoheterosexual author who, in his words, “aims to mainstream autoheterosexuality and destigmatize it so that more of his kind can jettison shame and live in union with their inner cross-gender spirit.” Prior to writing Autoheterosexual: Attraction to Being the Other Sex, Phil received degrees in physics and mechanical engineering before retiring to Portland, Oregon, where he became best known for his skill at handstand twerking and juggling hula hoops. Where to Find Phil: Twitter: https://twitter.com/autogynephilic Substack: https://phililly.substack.com PayPal: https://paypal.me/phililly   Some terms and references are used in this episode that may not be clear to the average listener. Here is a brief glossary of terms: "Allo" means other, or external. "Auto" means self, or internal. "Gyno" means female. "Andro" means male. "Philia" means love (or, less euphemistically, sexual attraction). "Meta" means self-referential   The vast majority of people are, in sexologic terms, alloheterosexual. A heterosexual male is technically "allogynephilic". But a male who is attracted to the thought or image of himself as female is "autogynephilic", while a female who is attracted to herself as male is "autoandrophilic". These last two are what our guest has termed "autoheterosexual". The final term above, meta, is used in this context to describe the type of external sexual behaviors of autoheterosexuals, who often experience (and act upon) homosexual desires as a means of validating their self-perception as the opposite sex. For example, an autogynephilic male is not attracted to other males (not alloandrophilic), but sexual behavior with males serves as a validation of the self as female. That is metaandrophilia.   Other resources on the topic: Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism webinar with Dr Michael Bailey about different kinds of gender dysphoria: https://www.youtube.com/live/Hb0RwBgkotA?feature=share Dr. Michael J. Bailey's book is The Man Who Would be Queen. https://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu... Dr. Anne Lawrence's book is Men Trapped in Men's Bodies. https://surveyanon.files.wordpress.co...  

In this second episode of our special series on the National Trans Health Summit, we bring you into the room for a presentation by Dr Dan Karasic.   Karasic is the lead author of the mental health chapter of WPATH's Standards of Care 8, speaking here about working with patients with autism. We're joined by two Bay area clinicians who attended the conference, to provide commentary on the presentation.   Please note that the first minute or so of the audio recording is hard to hear but does improve so stay with us. ************* Support our work: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US   For more information: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com

Our guest this week is Dr. Diane Ehrensaft. Dr. Ehrensaft is director of mental health, and a founding member of the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Child and Adolescent Gender Center Clinic. She is a developmental and clinical psychologist in the San Francisco Bay Area. We're kidding. Sort of. Aaron T recently attended the Annual Trans Health Summit in San Francisco, where he met up with two similarly concerned local Bay Area clinicians - one a pediatrician and the other a clinical psychologist - the latter of whom managed to covertly record every session of the conference she attended. What you are about to hear is that audio in full, along with commentary by the Aarons and the aforementioned clinicians who will remain anonymous for professional reasons.  This is the first in a multipart series, where we will bring you into the room of the recent Annual Trans Health Summit. The audio will kick off with a recording and will be frequently paused for commentary from the four of us. Subsequent episodes in this series will have the same format.  We now give you Dr. Ehrensaft. 

“Sophia” is a clinical psychologist with a private practice in San Francisco, CA. Her practice is dedicated to providing psychoanalytic psychotherapy to gender-dysphoric and trans-identified adolescents and young adults as well as detransitioners, and parent consultation. She, along with my co-host Aaron Terrel, recently attended the National Transgender Health Summit in San Francisco. ************* Support our work:  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US   For more information: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com

Cath Lloyd is the daughter of male to female trans parent. In 1987 her Dad suddenly announced that he was going to undergo gender reassignment treatment. This was a total shock to the whole family, except for her Mum who had known about her Dad's gender dysphoria for 10 years. There were no warning signs. Once Cath finally got through her bereavement process for her Dad, she wrote her book, "When Dad Became Joan" to support other people going through gender reassignment. Links: https://cathlloyd.co.uk About Cath's book: https://whendadbecamejoan.co.uk Cath's TEDx talk: https://youtu.be/DFm3AOsT2MM ************* Support our work: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US For more information: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com  

Dr Paul L. Vasey is Professor and Board of Governors Research Chair in Culture, Organization and Society at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada. His research has focused on understanding the development, evolution and psychobiology of gender diversity and sexual orientation. He has studied female homosexual behavior in Japanese monkeys for the past 33 years. This work has been described as “transformative” by leading scholars in the field. For 19 years, he has conducted annual fieldwork in Samoa, a culture where feminine same-sex attracted males are identified as a “third” gender, called fa'afafine, that is distinct from cisgender men and women. In 2015, Dr. Vasey established another fieldsite in the Istmo region of Oaxaca, Mexico. In this area, the indigenous Zapotec people recognize feminine same-sex attracted males as a third gender called, muxe. This work has been complemented by his long-term research on cisgender gay men in Canada and Japan. His cross-cultural research has been described by external reviewers as “cutting-edge” and “stunningly original.” Vasey is one of only a handful Canadian scholars to receive research grants from NSERC, CIHR and SSHRC, as well as NIH.  His research has been reported on in hundreds of newspapers and magazines worldwide including the New York Times, Oprah, Playboy, National Geographic and TIME. He has been interviewed on camera for several television documentaries, most recently by the American journalist Katie Couric, for the National Geographic documentary, Gender Revolution, in which he spoke about the special role fa'afafine play in promoting the well-being of their families.    Dr Vasey at the University of Lethbridge: https://people.uleth.ca/~paul.vasey/PLV/home.html   Lecture at the University of Lethbridge: https://youtu.be/hNyy3g2yVfs   ************* Support our work:  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US   For more information: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com

Christina is an independent journalist who writes about gender, pseudoscience, mental health, autism and critical thinking. She advocates for early autism screening and education and a model of transition care that prioritizes thorough, individualized assessments that explore gender-related distress. https://buttonslives.substack.com/p/how-autistic-traits-can-be-mistaken   ************* Support our work:  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US   For more information: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com

Julia Malott is a transgender woman in Ontario, Canada. After running as a candidate for her 2022 school board trustee election, she has been active in school boards across Ontario. Julia holds herself as a voice against illiberal ideologies and seeks to bridge conversations about sex and gender in a way that brings about workable solutions for everyone. Julia's podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@alottamalotta Book by Mark Yarhouse: https://www.amazon.ca/Understanding-Gender-Dysphoria-Mark-Yarhouse/dp/0830828591 ************* Support our work:  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US   For more information: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com

Jamie Reed is a self described Queer woman and mom of 5. She holds a Masters of Science in Clinical Research Management and previously worked as a case manager at the Washington University School of Medicine's paediatric transgender centre at St Louis Children's Hospital. She left the position in November of 2022 due to concerns that they were harming more than helping many of their patients. Last month she published a story in the Free Press of what she described as morally and medically appalling clinical practices.    Free Press Article: https://www.thefp.com/p/i-thought-i-was-saving-trans-kids Webinar about the article: https://youtu.be/_6sPG7gleOs Article by Jesse Singal: https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/gender-clinic-whistleblower-jamie   ************* Support our work:  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US   For more information: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com

Zander Keig is an award winning clinical social worker and a female to male transsexual of Mexican heritage. His advocacy work involves serving as Welcome Ministry Board President, Transgender American Veterans Association Board Director of the Community & Fellowship Committee, Advisory Board member, and Senior Fellow for the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism. Zander is the co-founder of the LGBTQ Caregiver Center and serves on the National Alliance of Caregiving Mental Health Advisory Committee, the RISE National Advisory Board, and the Better Living for Seniors Special LGBT Committee. In this episode, Aaron Kimberly discusses with Zander some of their similarities and contrasting experiences of gender non-conformity and gender dysphoria. ************* Support our work:  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US   For more information: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com

Laura Hobbs is a self described "Gay-GP", a play on Autogynephilia (AGP) with a meta attraction to men. Having once been a controversial and radical trans activist, she has learned that self awareness and acceptance, not the activist narrative, has greatly improved her overall mental health. Laura's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCLGOwgwMHCYy65YrtX2EHzw Laura on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommieDGurl?s=20 ************* Support our work: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US For more information: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com  

Eliza is a graduate student researching online trans and detrans communities, with a focus on how these communities influence attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge about gender and expectations and intentions toward transition and/or detransition. She attended the WPATH SOC 8 launch conference in September 2022 and describes her some of her observations there. Her substack, Gender:Hacked - https://elizamondegreen.substack.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/elizamondegreen?s=20&t=QXEMxI7NmT6rUS4exj7ILA ************* Support our work: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US For more information: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com  

Earlier this week, the Gender Dysphoria Alliance published a blog article chronicling the ripple-effect impact that speaking publicly has had on Aaron Kimberly's family. In this episode of Transparency, the two hosts discuss the spirit in which that article was written, reminding our audience that at the centre of everything is our humanity and interconnectedness. The blog article discussed can be found here: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.c... The recent article by a gender clinic insider can be found here: https://www.thefp.com/p/i-thought-i-w... Article about Two Spirit people: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.c... An interview with Canadian transsexual who's applied for MAiD: https://youtu.be/l61tSgkpFTg ************* Support our work: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAll... For more information: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com

Phil Illy is an autoheterosexual author who, in his words, “aims to mainstream autoheterosexuality and destigmatize it so that more of his kind can jettison shame and live in union with their inner cross-gender spirit.” Prior to writing a soon to be released book about his sexual orientation, Phil received degrees in physics and mechanical engineering before retiring to Portland, Oregon, where he became best known for his skill at handstand twerking and juggling hula hoops. Phil's website: http://autoheterosexual.com/   Some terms and references are used in this episode that may not be clear to the average listener. Here is a brief glossary of terms: "Allo" means other, or external. "Auto" means self, or internal. "Gyno" means female. "Andro" means male. "Philia" means love (or, less euphemistically, sexual attraction). "Meta" means self-referential A typical heterosexual male is technically "allogynephilic". The vast majority of people are, in sexologic terms, alloheterosexual. But a male who is attracted to the thought or image of himself as female is "autogynephilic", while a female who is attracted to herself as male is "autoandrophilic". These last two are what our guest has termed "autoheterosexual". The final term above, meta, is used in this context to describe the type of external sexual behaviors of autoheterosexuals, who often experience (and act upon) homosexual desires as a means of validating their self-perception as the opposite sex. For example, an autogynephilic male is not attracted to other males (not alloandrophilic), but sexual behavior with males serves as a validation of the self as female. That is metaandrophilia.   Resources mentioned in this episode: Dr. Michael J. Bailey's book is The Man Who Would be Queen. https://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/JMichael-Bailey/TMWWBQ.pdf Dr. Anne Lawrence's book is Men Trapped in Men's Bodies. https://surveyanon.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/men-trapped-in-mens-bodies_book.pdf Dr Susan Bradley - Autism and Gender - https://youtu.be/QMH8T8FxLYg The podcast Aaron T mentioned. NOTE: it's an episode of Invisibilia, not This American Life. The relevant segment starts around the 6:30 mark. https://www.npr.org/2015/02/06/384104070/paiges-story TAILCALLED: https://surveyanon.wordpress.com/2018/03/17/lesbian-autoandrophilia/ https://surveyanon.wordpress.com/2019/05/29/triangulating-autohomosexuality/ https://surveyanon.wordpress.com/2019/09/10/meta-attraction-cannot-account-for-all-autogynephiles-interest-in-men/ https://surveyanon.wordpress.com/2022/10/12/towards-a-comprehensive-study-of-potential-psychological-causes-of-the-ordinary-range-of-variation-of-affective-gender-identity-in-males/   ************* Support our work: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US For more information: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com  

Torren Danowski is a 33-yo man living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attempted transition twice in his early 30s after struggling with gender most of his life. But once he realized that his gender dysphoria was actually the symptom of something deeper, he began addressing that deeper issue, and saw the pain of gender dysphoria begin to subside. Running Into Circles to Find Myself: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com/post/running-into-circles-to-find-myself   ************* Support our work: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US For more information: https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com  

KC Miller is a 22 year old detrans woman and lesbian from Pennsylvania. She first began transition at the age of 16, and ultimately began detransitioning at 21. KC has come to realize her male identity was largely motivated by early childhood sexual abuse and homophobia. ************* Support our work:  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAll... For more information: www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com

Lisa Marchiano is a writer and Jungian analyst in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has been in practice for over 20 years. Since 2016, she has had a special interest in gender and has worked clinically with gender dysphoric young people, parents of trans identified youth, and detransitioners. Her peer reviewed papers on gender have appeared in Psychological Perspectives and The Journal of Analytical Psychology. Her writings have also appeared in Quillette and Areo. Lisa contributed chapters to the books Transgender Children and Young People: Born in Your Own Body and Inventing Transgender Children and Young People. She has presented on the topic of gender dysphoria both in the US as well as internationally. Lisa cohosts the popular weekly depth psychology podcast This Jungian Life. Her book Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself won the 2021 Best Book Award sponsored by American Book Fest in the parenting and family category.   Lisa's work, mentioned above: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00332925.2017.1350804 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-5922.12711 https://quillette.com/author/lisa-marchiano/ https://areomagazine.com/author/lisamarchiano/ https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-0398-4 This Jungian Life: https://thisjungianlife.com Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself - https://lisamarchiano.com   Content discussed in the episode: Strange Contagion: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/32497556-strange-contagion Connected: https://www.amazon.com/Connected-Surprising-Networks-Friends-Everything/dp/0316036137 The AI study mentioned in this episode is discussed here: https://youtu.be/Ai24mU0K9J4 The Crucible: https://www.amazon.com/Crucible-Penguin-Orange-Collection/dp/0143129473/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1S9DPBJB31ARN&keywords=the+crucible+by+arthur+miller&qid=1673483610&s=books&sprefix=The+Cruc%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C204&sr=1-2 Tanganyika laughter epidemic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyika_laughter_epidemic   ************* Support our work: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US For more information: www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com  

Our guest, Kiyah, is a recent college grad who identified as nonbinary for nearly 2 years when she was an undergraduate. After realizing the damaging mindset of the modern "queer" community, she turned away from being an extreme identity politics activist. She now is on Twitter where she shares her experiences, and advocates for people to step away from blind tribalism and think freely. Her twitter handle is @growingtotruth if you'd like to follow her there. Kiyah graciously agreed to talk to us about her own experience of choosing a non-binary identity, what that meant to her at the time, and why she eventually left it behind. ************* Support our work: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US For more information: www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com  

Dr Zucker is an American-Canadian psychologist and sexologist who has worked in the field of gender since 1975. He was psychologist-in-chief at Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and head of its Gender Identity Service until its closure in December 2015. Since 2001 he's been editor-in-chief of Archives of Sexual Behavior. In this episode of Transparency, he describes the work that was done with children and adolescents at the CAMH clinic, from a developmental perspective. This discussion is set in the context of clinician whistleblowers and the Cass Review in the UK which led to an announcement that the UK's central gender clinic at the Tavistock will be closed in the spring of 2023. Per the review, the evidence for the now popular model of care - with little to no psychological framework or therapy - is poor, and harm has been done to young people as a result of hasty medicalization. Links A Follow-Up Study of Boys With Gender Identity Disorder: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.632784/full Cass Review: https://cass.independent-review.uk Jesse Singal - How the Fight Over Transgender Kids Got a Leading Sex Researcher Fired https://www.thecut.com/2016/02/fight-over-trans-kids-got-a-researcher-fired.html ************* Support our work: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US For more information: www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com

This episode originally aired in Dec 2021 when the WPATH Standards of Care (SOC) 8 draft was released. The final version was published in Sept 2022 with some revisions. Most notably, they removed the minimum age recommendations for starting medical interventions. Aaron Terrell attended the Sept 2022 WPATH conference as a delegate of GDA. One author of the child chapter stated during the presentation that they removed the age limits because they didn't want clinicians being sued for not following the SOC. (Aaron was booted out of the virtual conference for stating that he was with GDA. WPATH has not replied to our emails asking for an explanation or refund. SOC 8 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/26895269.2022.2100644 We recommend listening to this podcast about institutional capture: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/18255197-243b-4a44-8072-6e92632cefe2   ************* Support our work: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US For more information: www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com  

Matt is a British transman living in the US who's entered the online discourse with concerns about certain LGBTQ politics, including the promotion of pedophilia as a legitimate sexual orientation, and the sexualization of children. He's one of several transpeople working with the LGBT group, Gays Against Gr**mers. https://www.gaysagainstgroomers.com   ************* Support our work: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAll...   For more information: www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com  

Our friend Sinead Watson returns to Transparency to talk about her own story of transition and detransition, in light of the trans healthcare reform happening in the UK. Funds are being collected to pay for aspects of Sinead's detransition that aren't being covered by the NHS. If you'd like to make a donation, follow this link: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/imwatson   ************* Support our work:  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US   For more information: www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com

Shape Shifter is a male-to-female transitioner who feels regret about some of his decisions but is a brave soul, rocking what it means to be a feminine gay male.

Mars joins the Transparency team again to follow up about being off testosterone for a year, and what he's been up to. Check out his YouTube show here: https://www.youtube.com/c/upperhandMARS Mentioned: Zander Keig: There Is a Diversity of Thought in the Trans Community https://youtu.be/LxAGYvXLo2o  

Hosts Aaron Kimberly and Aaron Terrell answer viewer questions. Mentions: James Cantors paper New MRI Studies Support the Blanchard Typology of Male-to-Female Transsexualism: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3180619/ Dr Bailey and Dr Hsu's study How Autogynephilic Are Natal Females?: https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s10508-022-02359-8?sharing_token=5eUqZddW4rsGeJ6xCw1xIfe4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY4WOO91AGBPQEW4W5GA-5HjFFBOW6MbqFHl6iM4xVsaD3DHcIMra_eBV8WQP5ACn0sz1TPFLpL9IRzeJhOdQXDbM-2Ya9dNQySlGGoQ7kmfgHJmVcnQNMxo60QqI1b92vc= Dr Blanchard & Dr Bailey's article Gender Dysphoria is Not One Thing: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=_nuW2bYAAAAJ&cstart=100&pagesize=100&citation_for_view=_nuW2bYAAAAJ:Ug5p-4gJ2f0C Dr Paul Vasey's study What can the Samoan "Fa'afafine" teach us about the Western concept of gender identity disorder in childhood? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17951883/ August 2022 Study about the Biodevelopment of Same-Sex Sexual Orientation suggesting different pathways and subtypes of homosexuality: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-022-02360-1   ************* Support our work:  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US   For more information: www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com

Shannon Boschy is a Canadian financial planner whose unexpected entry into the trans ideological crisis has led to some valuable insights and an exciting AI project that will provide reliable data about patterns of social influence on young people. Please consider making a financial contribution to this important study. Shannon can be contacted at: shannon@chasingquicksilver.com   For information about the Dentons Report, mentioned in this interview: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-document-that-reveals-the-remarkable-tactics-of-trans-lobbyists   ************* Support our work: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/GDAlliance?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US   For more information: www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com  

Note: We recommend watching this episode on YouTube rather than listening to audio only due to the visual content.   Frederik Ribersson of Ribberson Coaching teaches about recovering from narcissistic relationships and releasing trapped emotions. In this episode of Transparency, he discusses narcissistic thinking patterns, identifying them, and how they're used in social movements, not just interpersonal 1:1 interactions.    https://www.ribersson.com/home Frederick's YouTube Channel: Narcissists, Manipulators and Toxic Ideas https://www.youtube.com/c/fribersson   Mentioned Books:   Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss - https://www.amazon.com/Never-Split-Difference-Negotiating-Depended/dp/0062407805 Talk to Me Like I'm Someone You Love by Nancy Dreyfus - https://www.amazon.com/Talk-Like-Someone-Love-revised/dp/0399162003/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?crid=296OWVUVUXMM&keywords=someone+you+love+Nancy+Drefus&qid=1658361573&s=books&sprefix=someone+you+love+nancy+drefus%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C117&sr=1-1-fkmr0   The Ekman's Atlas of Emotions online tool http://atlasofemotions.org   ************* Support our work:  https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=fYDyZpQuGkF-RfpcCrDHHI9ofnwoDnIcmpuReI8-pZYaGDeT6s87JE3iVkCyrvQvkWbIAWREziBq5-tj   For more information: www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com  

Stillman Cray is an American trans man and author of Being Transgender is Not Normal: https://www.amazon.com/Being-Transgender-Not-Normal-Manifesto/dp/B0B1VL4K4L Who Has Known Heights: https://www.amazon.com/Known-Heights-Wheston-Chancellor-Grove/dp/0983700753   ************* Support our work:  https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=fYDyZpQuGkF-RfpcCrDHHI9ofnwoDnIcmpuReI8-pZYaGDeT6s87JE3iVkCyrvQvkWbIAWREziBq5-tj   For more information: www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com  

Katie Herzog is an American journalist and co-host of the Blocked & Reported podcast. Twitter: @kittypurrzog Blocked & Reported: https://www.blockedandreported.org The Detransitioners: They Were Transgender, Until They Weren't: https://www.thestranger.com/features/2017/06/28/25252342/the-detransitioners-they-were-transgender-until-they-werent Order fruit baskets:https://m.ediblearrangements.ca/ ************* Support our work: https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=fYDyZpQuGkF-RfpcCrDHHI9ofnwoDnIcmpuReI8-pZYaGDeT6s87JE3iVkCyrvQvkWbIAWREziBq5-tj For more information: www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com

Debbie Hayton is a physicist and columnist from the UK. She began transitioning in 2012 and had sexual reasignment surgery in 2016. Shortly thereafter Debbie came to accept that she did not have a female brain in a male body, but was instead motivated by a very male, and somewhat unusual, sexuality known as autogynephilia.    Mentioned: Carole Hooven, The Story of Testosterone https://www.amazon.ca/Story-Testosterone-Hormone-Dominates-Divides/dp/1250236061/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Z3FDMCFF88Y0&keywords=carole+hooven&qid=1656286332&sprefix=Carole+Hoove%2Caps%2C326&sr=8-1 ****************** Support our work:  https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=fYDyZpQuGkF-RfpcCrDHHI9ofnwoDnIcmpuReI8-pZYaGDeT6s87JE3iVkCyrvQvkWbIAWREziBq5-tj   For more information: www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com

Corinna is a transsexual woman, co-host the the Heterodorx podcast and a board member of the The Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network (GCCAN). https://www.gccan.org https://www.heterodorx.com TERF-Tranny Alliance badges can be purchased at: https://www.heterodorx.com/terftrannyalliance/ Articles by Corinna: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/11/i-was-too-young-to-decide-about-transgender-surgery-at-nineteen/ https://quillette.com/2020/06/22/for-30-years-ive-tried-to-become-a-woman-heres-what-i-learned-along-the-way/  

Jayme is a 25 year old American transman and writer living with cerebral palsy. He talked to the Transparency team about the challenges with having both gender dysphoria and a physical disability. ********* Please Note: This episode contains some discussion of self harm and suicidal behaviour.  ********* Check out Jayme's Blog! https://selfmaderenegade.substack.com   Twitter @Jayme_Speaking

Kristina is a self-described AGP Ambassador who wants people with AGP to be better understood and integrated into society. Check out Kristina's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqDMAvnBE33Y1udxvuQp-Zw

Julian, born female, has childhood onset gender dysphoria and is exploring it in psychotherapy. He has socially transitioned and is contemplating whether or not to try medical interventions. Having once believed the gender identity framework, Julian now understands his GD as related to being same-sex attracted.