Informed Dissent

LGB Courage Coalition

You Have Permission to Question, Scrutinize, Push Back, and Dissent! Jamie Reed, Cori Cohn, and Lauren Leggieri report on their adventures and misadventures trying to explain and mitigate the gender culture wars. We will publish most weeks, focusing some on the news and some on important topics from social transition to lawsuits to what the heck the word “gender” means. informeddissentpodcast.substack.com

  1. 8 hr ago

    1.7% of This Episode Is Intersex

    In This Episode We open with Lauren and Cori on Pride, the Endocrine Society’s annual conference, and the question nobody wants to answer: who is welcomed at Pride anymore? Then Jamie sits down with Dr. Leonard Sax — physician, psychologist, and author — to pull apart one of the most consequential statistical fabrications in the gender medicine literature: the claim that 1.7% of human births are intersex, and how a thought experiment published in a general-interest magazine became the foundation of medical and legal policy for a generation. We now have MERCH available for you! Part One: Lauren and Cori Pride, the Endocrine Society, and What’s Gay Anymore First things first: Cori turns 51, and Lauren watched Madonna’s free concert from home — and has thoughts. They compare it to Golden Girls, and honestly, can we get more gay? (We cannot.) Cori also discusses this photo from Indianapolis Pride. Which brings them to the question of the hour: who is Pride for anymore? And while they’re at it — who is the Endocrine Society’s conference in Chicago for? Lauren and Cori look at what both events say about where gay men and lesbians fit in institutions that increasingly can’t define the words “man” and “woman.” Part Two: Jamie with Dr. Leonard Sax Intersex, Anne Fausto-Sterling, and How a Magazine Essay Became Medical Canon Dr. Leonard Sax is a physician and psychologist, the founder of the National Association for Single Sex Public Education, and the author of Why Gender Matters, Boys Adrift, and Girls on the Edge. He is also the author of the 2002 Journal of Sex Research paper “How Common Is Intersex? A Response to Anne Fausto-Sterling” — one of the most important and consistently ignored correctives in the medical literature. Jamie and Dr. Sax walk through the full arc of the intersex prevalence claim: where it came from, how it traveled, and why it matters. The origin: In 1993, Anne Fausto-Sterling published “The Five Sexes” in The Sciences, a general-interest magazine — explicitly a thought experiment proposing five sex categories rather than two. Her own definition of intersex was specific: chromosomal sex inconsistent with phenotypic sex, or ambiguous genitalia. The inflation: By 2000, Fausto-Sterling’s co-authored paper “How Sexually Dimorphic Are We?” (Blackless et al.) arrived at 1.7% of human births as intersex. The number spread fast — journalists, academics, clinicians, policymakers. Most didn’t look at what she was actually counting. The rebuttal: Sax’s 2002 paper showed the 1.7% figure included conditions with no relationship to Fausto-Sterling’s own definition — people who are unambiguously male or female. The biggest single contributor was late-onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia (LOCAH), accounting for 1.5 of the 1.7 percentage points. Strip out the conditions that aren’t intersex by any coherent definition, and the true prevalence is approximately 0.018% — nearly 100 times lower. Why it matters: The number has been used to argue that biological sex is not dimorphic and that binary sex categories are scientifically indefensible. It has appeared in legal briefs, medical society statements, and clinical guidelines. It is not supported by the evidence. Jamie and Dr. Sax also discuss what intersex conditions actually are, what good clinical care looks like, and why conflating DSD with gender identity harms the people and families who deserve honest medicine. Resources * Leonard Sax, “How Common Is Intersex? A Response to Anne Fausto-Sterling,” Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 39, No. 3 (August 2002): 174–178 * Blackless et al. (Fausto-Sterling), “How Sexually Dimorphic Are We? Review and Synthesis,” American Journal of Human Biology 12 (2000): 151–166 * Anne Fausto-Sterling, “The Five Sexes,” The Sciences (March/April 1993) * Leonard Sax, Why Gender Matters — leonardsax.com Informed Dissent is produced by LGB Courage Coalition. Find us on Substack, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. If this work matters to you, please like, subscribe, and rate us wherever you listen — it makes a real difference. And consider supporting us at lgbcc.org. WE have MERCH! As always — stay informed and ready to dissent. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit informeddissentpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

    1hr 37min
  2. ROGD: A 'New' Clinical Phenomenon

    20 Jun

    ROGD: A 'New' Clinical Phenomenon

    Episode Summary In Part Two of our conversation with Dr. Kenneth Zucker, we continue exploring what decades of clinical research actually shows about gender dysphoria in children and adolescents — and what gets lost when ideology replaces evidence. Dr. Zucker is a certified psychologist based in Toronto, Editor-in-Chief of Archives of Sexual Behavior, and one of the most cited researchers in this field. If you missed Part One, start there — this conversation builds on it. Topics Covered * ROGD as a distinct clinical phenomenon: what the evidence does and doesn’t show * The shift in sex ratios among clinic-referred adolescents and what it signals * Desistance, persistence, and why longitudinal data matters * Is there a “true” transgender? Dr. Zucker makes the case for a genuine gender dysphoria diagnosis — and what distinguishes it from the current wave of adolescent presentations From Dr. Zucker’s Research Dr. Zucker has a new paper under review asking the core question directly: Is “rapid-onset” gender dysphoria in adolescence a new clinical phenomenon? The manuscript was submitted for publication in January 2026. You can track his work and find the paper when it publishes at his research page: 🔗 kenzuckerphd.com/research His full CV is also available there as a PDF for listeners who want the complete publication record. Earlier relevant work: * “Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria: Reflections on Some Contemporary Clinical and Research Issues” — Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2019 * “The Myth of Persistence” — International Journal of Transgenderism, 2018 Coming Up Next Week 🎙️ Pride Discussion — Lauren and Cori sit down to talk about Lauren trip to Chicago for the Endocrine Conference and her visit to a Pride Festival. 🎙️ Interview: Dr. Leonard Sax — Author, physician, and researcher. Dr. Sax joins Jamie to discuss intersex conditions, how prevalence claims get distorted, and what accurate terminology actually requires. As always, Stay Informed and Ready to Dissent. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit informeddissentpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

    1hr 12min

  3. 13 Jun

    A Conversation with Bioethicist Arthur Caplan

    This week it’s just Jamie Reed — this weekend is the Endocrine Society’s annual conference in Chicago, so Headlines and the usual roundtable are off, and we’ll be back at full strength next week. In the meantime, you can stay current with our weekly news: every week the LGB Courage Coalition publishes a roundup of the stories that matter in gender medicine, science, and policy — the headlines you won’t see covered honestly anywhere else. Subscribe on our Substack so you never miss it. For this episode, Jamie sits down with Arthur Caplan, PhD, one of the most influential figures in American bioethics. Dr. Caplan is the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU School of Medicine. Before NYU, he created the Center for Bioethics and the Department of Medical Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania, and founded the Center for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Minnesota. He is the author or editor of thirty-five books and over 890 peer-reviewed papers, and has chaired or served on national and international committees spanning the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the National Institutes of Mental Health panel on human experimentation on vulnerable subjects, and the FDA’s Reagan/Udall Foundation. Since 2015 he has co-chaired the Compassionate Use Advisory Committee advising Janssen Pharmaceuticals. He has been named one of the most influential people in American health care, science, and biotechnology by outlets including Discover, Modern Healthcare, and Scientific American. Jamie and Dr. Caplan discuss the foundational frameworks of bioethics — where they came from, why they exist, and how they apply to medicine today. About our guest: Arthur Caplan, PhD, is the Mitty Professor of Bioethics and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU School of Medicine. He holds eight honorary degrees and received the National Science Foundation’s Public Service Award for contributions to public understanding of science. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit informeddissentpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

    51 min

  4. 6 Jun

    The Hearing and Dr Ken Zucker on CBT

    In This Episode Jamie Reed and Cori Cohn open the episode with analysis of the May 21 Senate HELP Committee hearing, Protecting Our Children: Exposing the Dangers of Irreversible Gender Transition Procedures on Minors, then turn to a new think tank brief counseling trans advocates to accept defeat on youth medical transition. Jamie closes the episode with her recorded conversation with Dr. Kenneth Zucker — one of the most consequential and contested figures in the history of gender medicine. PART ONE: The Senate HELP Committee Hearing Jamie Reed and Cori Cohn On May 21, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee convened a full committee hearing on pediatric gender transition procedures. Jamie and Cori break down who testified, what was said, and what the hearing reveals about where this debate is headed at the federal level. Witnesses: * Dr. Kurt Miceli, MD, MBA — Chief Medical Officer, Do No Harm * Chloe Cole— Detransitioner and Ambassador, Do No Harm * Shannon Minter — Legal Director, National Center for LGBTQ Rights. Minter appeared on Andrew Sullivan’s Dishcast in August 2025 for a debate-style conversation on pediatric gender medicine — worth a listen for background on where he stands and how he argues. Shannon Minter On Trans Life And Politics — The Dishcast with Andrew Sullivan As a backdrop to their analysis, Jamie and Cori turn to a newly released brief from the Searchlight Institute — The Path Forward for Transgender Rights, authored by Mara Keisling, founder of the National Center for Transgender Equality. Drawing on extensive polling, the brief advises Democratic policymakers to abandon the fight on sports and pediatric medicine and focus on non-discrimination protections for adults. When the movement’s own research infrastructure is counseling retreat, it reframes what was at stake in that hearing room. Links: * Full hearing: Senate HELP Committee, May 21, 2026 * The Path Forward for Transgender Rights — Searchlight Institute PART TWO: Jamie Reed Interviews Dr. Kenneth Zucker Dr. Kenneth Zucker is a psychologist and sexologist who served for decades as head of the Gender Identity Service at Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health — until his clinic was shut down following an advocacy campaign in 2015. He is among the most published researchers in the world on gender dysphoria in children and adolescents, and his work on desistance — the finding that a significant majority of gender-dysphoric youth, if not socially transitioned, grow up to be gay or lesbian — has been central to debates about pediatric medical transition. If you don’t know his name, start with Jesse Singal’s longer reporting on his work and the circumstances of his clinic’s closure. In this conversation, Jamie sits down with Zucker to discuss his new paper, co-authored with Michael Bailey: “Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Gender Dysphoria in Youth: Opportunities, Challenges, and Responsibilities”— a direct clinical argument that psychological treatment of gender dysphoria in youth is not only permissible but arguably obligatory, and a challenge to a field that has largely foreclosed that conversation. Links: * Zucker & Bailey paper — Current Opinion in Psychology * LGB CC review of the paper: “A Clarion Call to Therapists” About Informed Dissent Informed Dissent is the podcast of the LGB Courage Coalition. Hosted by Jamie Reed, Lauren Leggieri, and Cori Cohn. Website: lgbcouragecoalition.org Substack: lgbcouragecoalition.substack.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit informeddissentpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

    1hr 55min
  5. The Debrief with Sara Stockton

    30 May

    The Debrief with Sara Stockton

    Last week, Informed Dissent released covertly recorded audio from inside two sessions at the 2026 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco — audio that was leaked to us, and that we believe the public has every right to hear. This week, Jamie, Lauren, and Cori sit down to discuss what’s on those recordings and what it tells us about the current state of psychiatry’s relationship with gender medicine. Then, Jamie and Lauren sit down with Sara Stockton — a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, lecturer, researcher, and clinical supervisor of a psychotherapy practice in central New York — who was also in attendance at the APA Annual Meeting this year as an observer. Sara’s story is one of the more important insider accounts in this space. She spent the first part of her career as a clinician treating and advocating on behalf of youth and families navigating gender questions. She entered the field in 2008, treated hundreds of families, and wrote many of the first letters used to approve gender transition surgeries on minors. In 2013, she co-authored one of the first mental health assessments in the United States designed to evaluate whether a young person was ready for medical gender transition. In 2022, Sara was featured in the documentary What Is a Woman?, where she spoke publicly for the first time about her professional journey — the moments of doubt, the realizations that came too late for too many patients, and her decision to raise awareness about what she had witnessed from the inside. She has since become one of the clearest voices among clinician whistleblowers, and her willingness to show up at events like the APA — to watch, to listen, and to bear witness — says everything about how seriously she takes the accountability work still ahead. In her conversation with Jamie and Lauren, Sara shares what she observed at the conference, what the sessions revealed about where organized psychiatry stands today, and what it was like to sit in those rooms knowing what she knows. Guest: Sara Stockton, LMFT on X: @MrsSaraStockton | aislingtherapy.com Follow LGB Courage Coalition at lgbtcourage.org and subscribe to Informed Dissent on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen. If this episode moved you, share it. Stay Informed. Stay Ready to Dissent. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit informeddissentpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

    1hr 54min

  6. 23 May

    Blue State Battlegrounds- Maine and California

    Informed Dissent This Week’s Episode Maine is a blue state — Democratic governor, Democratic legislature, transgender sanctuary state. And yet Protect Girls Sports in Maine gathered more than 70,000 signatures to put a sex-based sports and spaces question on the November ballot — nearly all of them from volunteers. This week, as this episode airs, the effort is in crisis: yesterday, Maine’s Chief Deputy Secretary of State issued a recommended decision to invalidate the initiative entirely, finding more than 12,000 additional signatures invalid and leaving the campaign roughly 500 signatures short of the threshold. Protect Girls Sports in Maine’s deadline to file objections is today. The Secretary of State — a Democrat who is also running for governor — is expected to issue a final ruling by May 26. Here and here is coverage from Maine. In California, the race to replace Nancy Pelosi in the 11th Congressional District is ten days from its June 2 primary. Pelosi made her choice four days ago: she endorsed Supervisor Connie Chan — not Scott Wiener, the California State Senator who has spent years as the chief architect of the state’s transgender sanctuary laws, its policy of housing male-bodied incarcerated people in women’s prisons, and an expanding series of bills restricting therapeutic alternatives for gender-dysphoric youth. Running against Wiener is Marie Hurabiell — the one candidate in the race who has said publicly that she objects to biological males accessing women’s spaces and sports based on self-identification. This week, Lauren Leggieri, Jamie Reed and Cori Cohn speak to both. Here are the Democrats that voted in support of H.R. 2616, the "Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act," which passed the House on May 19 by a 217-198 vote: Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) https://gonzalez.house.gov/contact/officesHenry Cuellar (TX-28) https://cuellar.house.gov/contact/Don Davis (NC-1) https://dondavis.house.gov/contactCleo Fields (LA-6) https://fields.house.gov/contactLaura Gillen (NY-4) https://gillen.house.gov/contactMarcy Kaptur (OH-9) https://kaptur.house.gov/contact/officesMarie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-3) https://gluesenkampperez.house.gov/contactEugene Vindman (VA-7) https://vindman.house.gov/contact/ Guests Leyland Streiff Principal Officer, Protect Girls Sports in Maine | Leader, Maine Girl Dads Leyland Streiff is the Principal Officer of the Protect Girls Sports in Maine ballot referendum and leader of Maine Girl Dads — a coalition of 8,000+ fathers from across the political spectrum fighting to protect the sex-based rights of their daughters. He is a dad of three and husband to an amazing wife. Before recently retiring to focus full-time on raising his three kids while leading Maine Girl Dads in his spare time, he had a long, storied career as a marketing executive working with famous brands at famous ad agencies, before becoming a partner at the world’s largest professional services firm, where he led their U.S. ad agency business for many years. In February 2026, his coalition submitted more than 79,000 signatures to the Maine Secretary of State — well above the roughly 67,682 required. The Secretary of State certified more than 71,000 as valid. Then opponents challenged thousands more. A May 12 hearing was held. Yesterday, the Chief Deputy Secretary of State issued a recommended decision to invalidate the initiative entirely — finding more than 12,000 additional signatures invalid and leaving the campaign approximately 500 short. Protect Girls Sports in Maine is filing its objections today. A final decision is expected by May 26. Follow Maine Girl Dads: @mainegirldads on X, Instagram, and Facebook MaineGirlDads.com Marie Hurabiell Candidate, California’s 11th Congressional District (June 2, 2026 Primary) Marie Hurabiell is a San Francisco native, attorney, and community activist running for the congressional seat being vacated by House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi. A Georgetown graduate with a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, she founded ConnectedSF, a citywide organization focused on pragmatic solutions and public safety. She was appointed by President Trump to the Presidio Trust Board of Directors. She was a registered Republican until 2022. In a race dominated by California State Senator Scott Wiener — the primary author of California’s transgender sanctuary laws, the legislation allowing male-bodied incarcerated people into women’s prisons, and an expanding series of bills restricting therapeutic alternatives for gender-dysphoric youth — Hurabiell has been the one candidate willing to say publicly that she objects to biological males accessing women’s spaces and sports based on self-identification alone. She declined to sign a transgender rights proclamation. She has been called homophobic by the San Francisco political establishment for criticizing Wiener’s record. She joins us ten days before voters decide. Follow Marie Hurabiell: @MHurabiell on X MarieHurabiell.com Thanks for reading Informed Dissent! This post is public so feel free to share it. Informed Dissent is produced by the LGB Courage Coalition. If this show matters to you, please subscribe, share it, and put it in front of someone who needs to hear it. Until next week — stay informed, and ready to dissent. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit informeddissentpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

    1hr 43min
  7. Drescher and His Traveling Road Show at the APA: The Full Audio

    19 May

    Drescher and His Traveling Road Show at the APA: The Full Audio

    About This Episode This episode contains audio recorded inside Session 1240 at the 2026 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco, held Saturday, May 16, 2026. The session was a Continuing Medical Education offering titled Transgender Psychiatrists Speak: Reflections From Training, Patient Care and Professional Practice. It ran from 1:30 to 3:00 PM Pacific Time in Room 202 of the Moscone Center. The session was designated in-person only and was not offered as a hybrid event. CME credit was available to attending psychiatrists. The session was chaired by Dr. Jack Drescher and presented by Dr. Lana Irons, Dr. Jack Pula, Dr. Tobias Murphy, and Dr. Jami Woods. We received the audio, verified its authenticity, and are releasing it in full. The only alterations made were to audio quality. The Conference The American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of psychiatrists in the United States. The 2026 meeting took place May 16–19 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. CME sessions at the meeting offer accredited continuing education credit to licensed psychiatrists and other mental health providers. The Chair Dr. Jack Drescher, MD is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University and a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He served on the APA’s DSM-5 Workgroup on Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders, was Section Editor of the Gender Dysphoria chapter in the DSM-5-TR, and served on the WHO Working Group that revised gender diagnoses in the ICD-11. At the 2025 APA Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, Dr. Drescher presented alongside Dr. Scott Leibowitz in a session on pediatric gender medicine that the APA sought to keep from public view. LGB CC livestreamed the session on X; it was also covered by journalist Benjamin Ryan on his Substack, Hazard Ratio. Thanks for reading Informed Dissent! This post is public so feel free to share it. The Presenters Dr. Lana Irons, MD is a trans-identified male psychiatrist and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. He earned his MD from Eastern Virginia Medical School and completed his Adult Psychiatry Residency and Chief Residency at SUNY Downstate, where he received a certification in psychodynamic psychotherapy through the Psychoanalytic Association of New York. He currently serves as a full-time attending psychiatrist with the NYC Health + Hospitals Domestic Violence Shelter Mental Health Initiative. Dr. Jack Pula, MD is a trans-identified female psychiatrist in private practice in New York City and is affiliated with New York-Presbyterian Hospital. She completed her medical degree at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and her psychoanalytic training at the Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. She has published on transgender mental health in peer-reviewed literature and has served in leadership roles focused on expanding transgender psychiatry training in residency programs. Dr. Tobias Murphy, MD is a trans-identified female psychiatrist licensed in New York, Ohio, and West Virginia. She completed medical school and psychiatry residency at Marshall University’s School of Medicine and has additional training in neuropsychiatry and geriatric psychiatry. She is a member of the American Psychiatric Association and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Dr. Jami Woods, MD, DPh is a trans-identified male psychiatrist and board-certified psychopharmacologist, formerly Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Vice Chair for Diversity and Inclusion at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine. He holds subspecialty certification from the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology and has delivered CME presentations on pediatric gender medicine to national audiences of prescribers. Stay Informed and Ready to Dissent. lgbcourage.org This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit informeddissentpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

    1hr 35min
  8. Turban and Karasic at the APA: The Full Audio

    18 May

    Turban and Karasic at the APA: The Full Audio

    INFORMED DISSENT — Special Edition Monday, May 19, 2026 About This Episode This episode contains audio recorded inside Session 1193 at the 2026 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco, held Saturday, May 16, 2026. The session was a Continuing Medical Education offering titled Transgender Care: Update on Evidence Base and Clinical Practice of Primary Care Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Adult Psychiatry. It ran from 8:30 to 10:00 AM Pacific Time in Room 201 of the Moscone Center. CME credit was available to attending psychiatrists. The session was chaired by Dr. Dan Karasic and presented by Dr. Jack Turban. We received the audio, verified its authenticity, and are releasing it in full. The only alterations made were to audio quality. A PDF of Dr. Karasic’s slide deck is available below. Audio note: Dr. Karasic’s presentation opens with embedded video clips, including a clip of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a clip of Dr. Karasic in a news segment. The audio quality on those clips is limited by recording conditions and is harder to hear than the rest of the session. It improves once those clips have played. The Conference The American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of psychiatrists in the United States. The 2026 meeting took place May 16–19 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. CME sessions at the meeting offer accredited continuing education credit to licensed psychiatrists and other mental health providers. The Presenters Dr. Dan Karasic, MD is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at UCSF. He received his MD from Yale University and trained at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. He is the lead author of the Mental Health chapter of the WPATH Standards of Care, Version 8, and serves as Chair of the APA Workgroup on Gender Dysphoria. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. In May 2023, audio from a presentation Karasic delivered at the San Francisco Trans Health Summit, titled “Managing Patients with Co-Occurring Mental Health Diagnoses,” was published by The Post Millennial and subsequently released in full by the Transparency podcast (Gender Dysphoria Alliance). In that presentation, Karasic addressed the treatment of verbally impaired autistic patients and discussed drawing as a mode of communicating gender identity. The remarks generated significant public attention. In Saturday’s session, Dr. Karasic returned to that controversy directly, including a screenshot of a tweet about it in his slide deck. (2023 audio sources: Mia Ashton, The Post Millennial, May 10, 2023; “Special Series – National Transgender Health Summit – Ep. 2 – Dr. Karasic,” Transparency, Gender Dysphoria Alliance, June 4, 2023 — Apple Podcasts / Spotify ) Dr. Jack Turban, MD, MHS is an Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Health Policy at UCSF and Founding Director of the UCSF Gender Psychiatry Program. He trained at Harvard (BA, neurobiology), completed his psychiatry residency at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, and his child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Stanford. He is the author of Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity (Simon & Schuster, 2024). His research on pediatric gender medicine has been cited in legislative debates and federal court proceedings. He has served as a paid expert witness for the ACLU in legal challenges to state restrictions on pediatric gender medicine. Coming Soon: We will release audio from Transgender Psychiatrists Speak: Reflections From Training, Patient Care and Professional Practice, chaired by Dr. Jack Drescher also from the APA Conference. Stay Informed and Ready to Dissent. lgbcourage.org This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit informeddissentpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

    1hr 33min
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You Have Permission to Question, Scrutinize, Push Back, and Dissent! Jamie Reed, Cori Cohn, and Lauren Leggieri report on their adventures and misadventures trying to explain and mitigate the gender culture wars. We will publish most weeks, focusing some on the news and some on important topics from social transition to lawsuits to what the heck the word “gender” means. informeddissentpodcast.substack.com

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