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The Bigger Picture: A Sneak Peek at the Conference Unpacking Medicine, Law, Culture—and the Trouble with Therapy

Last week, Inspecting Gender had the pleasure of publishing the first in a three-part series by Dwight Panozzo, a licensed clinical social worker...

14th July 2025

The G-Men Cometh

On Wednesday July 9th, parents, detransitioners, clinicians, legal professionals, and others gathered with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in...

11th July 2025

From Respect to Understanding

In this three-part series, Dwight Panozzo, PhD, LCSW, shares his personal and professional journey through the complexities of Gender...

10th July 2025

Understanding the Drive to Medically Transition as a Mental Disorder

Since 2017, I’ve immersed myself in the complex and often painful realities of gender dysphoria—through research, dialogue with leading...

9th July 2025

Fueling Obsessions

It is well-documented that a large number of people who identify as trans have been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder...

8th July 2025

Happy Independence Day, America!

The Bigger Picture Conference is returning to the United States this September 27–28 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. And the timing...

4th July 2025

Understanding ‘Gender Affirmation’ as a Patent Medicine Show

At the founding of the American nation, medicine was an individual pursuit. Colonists used ‘proprietaries’ made from herbs and...

3rd July 2025

Queer theorists do not believe that transwomen exist

A gotcha word-trap played by queer activists is to ask sex-realists if they believe that transwomen and transmen really...

2nd July 2025

Dublin Pride 2025: Less celebration, more demand for blind allegiance…

The Irish Furries, who (thank goodness!) are fighting fascism. Last weekend I ventured into Dublin for the annual Pride...

1st July 2025

When and Where are Men Allowed to Compete “as Women?

Rules about who gets to compete “as a woman” are numerous and complicated. Recently, many of these policies have...

30th June 2025

When a Trade Deal Redefines ‘Woman’

In April 2024, the UK Supreme Court gave long-overdue clarity: under the Equality Act, the word “woman” means biological...

27th June 2025

Discovering My Son’s Secret World: An Article about Virginia

The washing machine stopped humming and our laundry room went quiet, a familiar rhythm in our Northern Virginia home....

24th June 2025

RTÉ’s Not-So-Kid-Friendly Toy Show Appeal

The Toy Show – We love it! The RTÉ Late Late Toy Show is an annual special broadcast each November...

23rd June 2025

The Cost of Complacency

“The opposite of love isn’t hate; it’s indifference.” —Elie Wiesel The UK grooming gangs scandal resurfaced as a major political...

20th June 2025

Gender Dysphoria Never Goes Away — But Mine Did

When I talk about how I treated my gender dysphoria without transitioning, people say I wasn’t really trans. They...

20th June 2025

Genspect’s Gender Dysphoria Support Tool Works!

At Genspect, we often hear distressing stories from parents who visit gender clinics expecting thoughtful, expert support for their...

18th June 2025

Beneath the Surface of The Protocol

Appearances can be deceiving. Just as blocking puberty, administering wrong-sex hormones, and performing surgeries can create the illusion of...

15th June 2025

The British Invasion and the Sex n’ Gender Outlaws – Gender as religion, part four

In this series so far, I have written about Gnostics, Jungian alchemists, and mystical orgy and castration cults. How did these fringe...

13th June 2025

The Disturbing Link Between Eating Disorders and Trans-identification

Tragedy and Travesty in New Zealand Ruth Hill of RNZ this week reported the heartbreaking story of a 17-year-old...

12th June 2025

As Olson-Kennedy Falls, So Goes Pediatric Transition

In the early 1950s, the United States was gripped by a wave of fear known as the “Red Scare.”...

12th June 2025

Body Parts: What Gets Lost When We Change Our Bodies

The year was 1978 and I was 18. I found myself standing, alone, on a 100 year old bridge...

11th June 2025

Society’s Perfect Storm: Mental Health, Body Image, and Social Media

From 1995 to 2016, a period spanning over two decades and thousands of patient encounters, I did not meet...

10th June 2025

Colorado’s Betrayal of Parents

Imagine the nightmare: You learn that your 17-year-old daughter, with whom you’ve always shared a deep, loving bond, has...

9th June 2025

What I Am Jazz Doesn’t Tell Kids

I’ve always loved kids. I have a gift for seeing the world through their eyes, getting down to their...

5th June 2025

The Girlhood We Lost

A few months ago a video shared on X caught my attention. It was the typical set-up: An angry...

3rd June 2025

Sex and Death Cults, Old and New – Gender as religion, part three

In the first part of this series, I wrote about the Gnostics, and their influence on contemporary Protestantism. In the second part,...

31st May 2025

Ireland’s Gender Recognition Act – Part 2

In Part 1, we looked at the Gender Recognition Act 2015 – what it is, and the implications of...

29th May 2025

When You’re Gender-Critical – and You’re Woke

We don’t often talk about the internal contradictions in today’s social movements. But I do in this piece. Please...

29th May 2025

Jung, the Red Book and the Gnostic gospels

In my last article for Genspect, I wrote about the Nag Hammadi discovery of early Christian heretical texts in 1945, and...

24th May 2025

Let’s Stop “Parenting” and Start Raising Kids Again

Last weekend, I watched my oldest child graduate from college. “Well, you did it,” a friend said, offering congratulations....

22nd May 2025

The Narrative Around Affirming Parents Doesn’t Tell the Full Story

We have all seen the photo: a mother stands proudly beside her child, grinning with one arm around her...

20th May 2025

Is Gender a New Religion? Or a Very Old One?

The parallels between gender ideology and ancient Gnostic beliefs In 1945, when a humble Egyptian peasant was digging the...

19th May 2025

I Would Have Been Asexual

On April 6, 2025, I saw many posts on X celebrating “Asexual Awareness Day.” “Asexual” is one of the...