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Sex, Lies and the Puberty Blocker Trial
Luke O’Reilly Kane reflects on the impact of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones on her already delayed development, her...
19th December 2025
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Autism and Gender Dysphoria, Part 5
In this concluding part—recapping social and digital drivers (Part 1), sensory appeals (Part 2), puberty and nonconformity (Part 3),...
18th December 2025
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Autism and Gender Dysphoria, Part 4
Rigidity / Black-and-White Thinking Autistic people are especially prone to rigid or ‘black-and-white’ thinking. Anyone with a gender dysphoric...
17th December 2025
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Autism and Gender Dysphoria, Part 3
In previous installments, we covered the basics and social drivers (Part 1) and how technology and sensory attractions pull...
16th December 2025
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Autism and Gender Dysphoria, Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, we introduced the strong link between autism and gender dysphoria, explored diagnostic challenges like masking,...
15th December 2025
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What Parents Should Know About Psychotherapy For Their Trans-identified Adolescent
We are very pleased to bring you Dr. Stephen Levine’s remarks delivered at The Bigger Picture Conference, held 27–28...
29th October 2025
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How Gender Ideology Became the New Script for Autistic Girls
Ten years ago, many parents were coerced into consenting to gender treatments on behalf of their minor children after...
30th September 2025
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When Breast Binding Becomes Chicken Soup for the Autistic Soul
As a young teenager who believed herself to have been born in the wrong body, I had experimented with...
21st August 2025
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ROGD Awareness Day – Share Your Story
Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD) is a term first described by Dr. Lisa Littman in research published on August...
15th August 2025
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Derailing the “Trans Train” in Germany
Delays and cancellations. That’s what most Germans now associate with their country’s once-punctual railway system—due to a lack of public funding....
23rd July 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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When Your Trans-identified Son goes to College
As of May 1st college-bound seniors in American high schools are breathing a sigh of relief — and so...
27th May 2025
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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
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Attention Insurers: False Diagnostics in Gender Healthcare Exposed
Diagnosis in Medicine: From Knee Injuries to Headaches In medicine, diagnoses rely on objective facts. Consider a patient with...
30th April 2025
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Listening to the Silenced: Genspect’s Mission for Thoughtful, Honest Care
At Genspect, we believe real support begins with listening, not lecturing. We’re an international organisation committed to evidence-based approaches to...
29th April 2025
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Why We Watch and Wait
Imagine a teen arrives at the mental health unit where you work. Once they are settled, you sit down...
1st April 2025
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Dispatches from Deutschland: No Evidence and an Illusory Consensus in Germany
The long-awaited S2k German-language guideline on Gender Incongruence and Gender Dysphoria in Childhood and Adolescence has finally been released....
18th March 2025
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The Gender Dysphoria Support Network: A Lifeline for Parents in Crisis
Parenting in the modern world can be a bewildering experience. Just when you think you’ve got a handle on...
5th March 2025
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More Than 1,000 Patients a Year are Referred for Trans “Chest Surgery” on the NHS
Mental health professionals have long recognised that psychological distress is sometimes projected into the body. Conditions like anorexia are...
2nd March 2025
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On Bringing Your Whole Self to Work
I sit in the “collaboration space” surrounded by my colleagues and peers. The session’s facilitators have the flip chart paper...
28th June 2024
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Flawed Approach to New Zealand’s Kids in Care
In New Zealand, the Children’s Ministry/Oranga Tamariki (OT) has refreshed its policy on child well-being. As part of this...
26th June 2024
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Who funds Genspect?
The first time I saw someone on the internet ask ‘Who funds Genspect?’ I rolled my eyes and smiled...
2nd June 2024
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Holding the Space for Exploratory Therapy with Gender-Questioning Clients
The Cass Review for the UK NHS has sharpened wider awareness of the ongoing controversy over exploratory therapy for...
26th May 2024
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A Practical Response to Gender Distress: A Review
Review of A Practical Response to Gender Distress, by Pamela Garfield-Jaeger LCSW, MS Oh, how I wish I had this...
22nd April 2024
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Are “Life Goals” Anything to Do with Health Services?
Among the final recommendations of the United Kingdom’s Cass Review of the treatment of children and young people is...
20th April 2024
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UK NHS Report Casts a Shadow on Australian Gender Clinic Practices
MEDIA RELEASE – Genspect Australia Current medical treatments for children with gender dysphoria lack supporting evidence, according to a...
19th April 2024
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The 6-Year-Old Who Changed Legal Sex
Much has been written about the transgender movement being on the rise in the anglosphere and in wealthy, industrialised...
18th April 2024
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Reflections on the Cass Report
This is an area of remarkably weak evidence, and yet results of studies are exaggerated or misrepresented by people...
17th April 2024
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The Importance of Special Educational Needs Assessment Concerning Trans-Identifying Children in UK Schools: The Role of Educational & Child Psychologists
Introduction The aim of this paper is to promote the relevance of Special Educational Needs (SEN) assessment to gender-distressed...
2nd April 2024
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The New Puberty Blocker Experiment on the UK’s Children
In March 2022, the interim findings of the Cass Review into the United Kingdom’s childhood gender services proposed the...
19th March 2024
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Redefining Gender Identity: A Call for the Return of “Cross-Sex Identity Disorder”
Much has been written criticising the concept of “gender identity,” however, the concept is already changing into “gender incongruence.”...
17th March 2024
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Broken Crayons
A message from the artist: From a very young age I felt incredibly broken. I transitioned when I was...
12th March 2024
