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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. Sports and Sensibilities

    14 MAR

    Sports and Sensibilities

    This week on Informed Dissent, Lauren Leggieri, Cori Cohn, and Jamie Reed break down a week that managed to be both absurd and consequential — sometimes at the same time. The first is a new paper out of the Amsterdam clinic — the team that invented the Dutch Protocol and launched a generation of pediatric gender medicine worldwide. De Rooy, Dekkers, Steensma, Popma, Kreukels, and de Vries looked at 1,470 adolescents referred to their clinic between 2009 and 2019. Eighteen percent did not pursue medical treatment. The most common reasons: no gender dysphoria diagnosis, or mental health and identity development problems that made treatment infeasible. The kids who didn’t pursue treatment had more psychological problems — not fewer. The paper’s own conclusion calls for “comprehensive diagnostic exploratory trajectories” before any medical intervention. The second is Brandon Robinson, a man who identifies as nonbinary, holds a seven-figure federal grant, and recently went viral for arguing that sexual identity labels — including “gay” and “lesbian” — harm transgender people and should be abolished. We also want to say thank you to our guests this week, Jen Sey and Kim Jones, who joined Lauren and Cori for a conversation that is well worth your time. If this show matters to you, please like, subscribe, comment, and share. Every share puts this conversation in front of someone who needs to hear it — and that’s exactly the point. Thanks for listening to Informed Dissent! This post is public so feel free to share it. Links: * De Rooy et al. (2026) — “Characteristics of Dutch Gender Clinic-Referred Adolescents Who Did Not Pursue Gender-Affirming Medical Treatment,” Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy: https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623X.2026.2641805 * Brandon Robinson, Trans Pleasure: On Gender Liberation and Sexual Freedom — UCR profile: https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2026/03/06/scholar-makes-case-moving-beyond-sexual-labels * Jen Sey / XX-XY Athletics: https://www.xx-xyathletics.com * Kim Jones / ICONS (Independent Council on Women’s Sports): https://iconswomen.com * UN Commission on the Status of Women — CSW70 official record: https://press.un.org/en/2026/wom2249.doc.htm * LGB Courage Coalition on Substack: 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

    2h 9m

  2. 7 MAR

    Permissibility of Reasoned Disagreement

    This week, Jamie and Lauren are joined by three guests pushing back against ideological capture in law, psychology, and education. Cori will be back next week. 🏛️ SCOTUS: Mirabelli v. Bonta The Supreme Court issued an emergency order vacating the Ninth Circuit’s stay of a district court injunction — protecting parents from California’s gender-identity nondisclosure policies in schools. Justice Barrett’s concurrence noted the Ninth Circuit had demonstrably misconstrued the Court’s recent holding in Mahmoud v. Taylor. A major win for parental rights. Cert Watch A decision on whether to grant cert in Littlejohn has been postponed. Foote v. Ludlow School Committee remains pending — a decision could come soon. Recommended Reading “The Emergency Docket’s Critics Have It Backwards” — Stephanie Barclay, SCOTUSblog (March 6, 2026) 🔗 Read it here Guests Laura Powell — Mother, attorney, investigator, and founder of Californians for Good Governance, a nonpartisan organization advocating for civil liberties and government accountability. Her work has earned national media coverage, been cited in federal investigations, and contributed to the repeal of an unconstitutional state law. She recently testified before Congress on violations of parents’ rights in California schools. 🔗 X: @LauraPowellEsq | @CA4Governance Kevin Waldman — Classical liberal, gay man, clinical researcher, mental health professional, and founder of psychFORM Research Lab, which conducts independent research into human development free from ideological bias. psychFORM has established IRB approval for a five-university study surveying approximately 2,500 undergraduates on professorial influence and Western cultural perspectives. psychFORM.com | X: @KevWaldman | Substack Ben Appel — Author of Cis White Gay: The Making of a Gender Heretic (Bombardier, 2025), a memoir tracing his journey from a Christian covenant community to LGBT activism to Columbia University — where he encountered a new kind of orthodoxy. His recent piece in The Atlantic, “In Defense of Effeminate Boys,” is out now. benappelwrites.com| X: @benappel | Substack Informed Dissent is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. If you find this show valuable, please like, share, and subscribe. 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

    2h 5m
  3. Episode 18: "Be Kind and Rewind"

    05/04/2025

    Episode 18: "Be Kind and Rewind"

    Today we debate whether “gender-affirming care” is child abuse and discuss the concept of trans exceptionalism, and Jamie and Lisa tell us about a recent debate between Marci Bowers and Brianna Wu. * ACLU sues Indiana * Transphobic toddler * Washington State blocks women’s sports proposal * CA Dems block women’s sports and spaces bills * Trans protester arrested in Florida bathroom * Nevada reverses sports policy * Maine hit with another funding block * Fencing female takes the knee * Politics and Prose talk with Jennifer Finney Boylan and Sarah McBride * Brianna Wu/Marci Bowers debate * Duke Symposium with Bowers * Hostages doc * Open Socrates * BBC’s Don’t Tell the Bride * Going Clear * Remembering Satan 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

    1h 22m
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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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    LGB Courage Coalition
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    60
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