Sexuality Archives

Young Lesbians and the Fantasy of Transition—A Story of Desistance

As a 12-year-old girl in 2012, I was an early adopter of a trans identity. My fondest childhood memories...

7th August 2024

Circumcision and the Medicalization of Sex

Conforming to the norms of gender has long been the motivation for harmful medical interventions on young people I...

16th April 2024

The Truth about Trans

Until the medical profession recognises that there are different reasons behind cross-sex identification, and that “trans” is not explained...

9th January 2024

The New Gay-Conversion Therapy: A Psychologist’s Perspective

Gay-conversion therapy is a thing of the past. It comprised psychological interventions intended to convert homosexuals into heterosexuals. Critics...

6th September 2023

In Flight from Manhood

I’m a psychotherapist who works with biological males considering transition, and also with men who have resumed living as...

5th May 2023

Seeking Refuge in Idiosyncratic Sexual Identities (And Yaoi)

Previous research, while not necessarily seeking to understand causality, documents the prevalence of transgender identities among same-sex attracted youth...

20th February 2023

Girls Are Better Than Boys

No one comes out and says it directly, at least not when you’re little. You reach your ownconclusions based...

5th December 2022

Non, les trans ne sont pas “les nouveaux gays”

On pense souvent que le fait d’être transgenre, c’est un peu comme être gay. Mais la vérité est un...

19th May 2022

No, lo trans no es ‘el nuevo gay’

A menudo se da por sentado que ser trans es muy parecido a ser gay. Pero la verdad es...

16th May 2022

No, trans is not ‘the new gay’

It’s often assumed that being trans is somehow very similar to being gay. But the truth is a little...

14th May 2022

Genspect in Texas: What the ‘Sex in the City’ reboot can teach parents about gender-questioning kids

On Tuesday February 1, 2022, the Dallas Morning News, which last year printed a bold editorial on pediatric gender...

1st February 2022

Meet the Gender Giraffes!

DRUMROLL… You’ve already met the Gender Unicorn, the Genderbread Person and the Respectful Reindeer. These images are used to...

9th December 2021

Porn: the great identity interrupter no one wants to talk about

Written by Genspect parent Lynn Chadwick. Helena, a detransitioned woman with a large following on Twitter, recently posted an...

10th November 2021

Stonewall : Un ami avec des extras ?

Écrit par Derek Duval, parent de Genspect et traduit par un parent francophone de Genspect. (Go here for the...

18th October 2021

Stonewall: A Friend with Benefits?

Written by Genspect parent Derek Duval. (Allez ici pour une version française.) On October 13, 2021, the BBC released...

17th October 2021

Dear Dad, Thank You For Taking Away My Dresses

This post was written by guest author Collin Wynter. Check out Collin’s work on Twitter, Substack, YouTube, Odysee and Rumble. When I was young boy,...

25th September 2021