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The New ‘Conversion Therapy’ Is Making Gay Kids Trans
Adopting traits of the opposite sex is often a sign of same-sex attraction. But today, many children who do so are steered toward changing their sex.
James Kirchick
The Medical Establishment Is Tearing Itself Apart Over Youth Gender Surgeries
The American Medical Association said it supported restricting gender surgeries for minors. Then it said it didn’t. We still don’t know where it stands.
Benjamin Ryan
Conversion Therapy Is Controversial. It’s Also Free Speech.
Colorado banned therapists from counseling against gender transitions. In an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court said that violates the First Amendment.
Jed Rubenfeld
I Was Fired from My Sex Ed Job for Reposting a Trans Woman
According to the school, I had violated the administration’s values about LGBT inclusion—by reposting Brianna Wu, a trans woman, on X.
Logan Levkoff, PhD
Where Did All the Bisexual Women Go?
The 2010s saw a sharp rise in non-straight identity. Its reversal is upending the narrative around sexuality.
Jean Twenge
Did You Hurt Someone’s Dignity? In Canada, It Can Cost You.
Tribunals created for discrimination claims now police expression with ruinous financial penalties. ‘It makes people wonder whether they can say…
Rupa Subramanya
They Questioned Trans Medicine for Kids. The World Is Just Catching Up.
Jamie Reed, Jesse Singal, and Emily Yoffe on exposing the harms of child gender transition.
Rafaela Siewert
49M
Two Drinks with. . . Dr. I Told You So
Dr. Paul McHugh was long vilified for his stance on gender dysphoria. At 94, he’s taking his victory lap.
Madeleine Kearns
The Rise and Fall of Youth Gender Medicine
When The Free Press started reporting on gender ideology, it was a third rail. Today, the tide has turned.
Emily Yoffe
A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine
At 16, Fox Varian got a mastectomy while undergoing a gender transition. She sued her psychologist and plastic surgeon for leaving her ‘disfigured for…
Benjamin Ryan
How a New York State Assistant Attorney General Got Fired for Questioning Youth Gender Medicine
Glenna Goldis sits down with Emily Yoffe to discuss why opposing ‘gender-affirming care’ for minors was worth losing her job under New York attorney…
Emily Yoffe
28M
I Was Fired by New York’s Attorney General for Opposing ‘Gender-Affirming Care’
Glenna Goldis is a gay consumer fraud attorney who has spoken out about the dangers of “gender-affirming care.” For that she lost her job.
Glenna Goldis
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