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An analysis and response to Brianna Wu's comment on my essay "I Will Not Make That Trade" Brianna Wu left a comment on my last essay that I want to take seriously. Not because it landed, it mostly didn't, but because buried inside the
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Here's Why. About every ten years or so I find that this debate rears its ugly head. A little over a decade ago, some professional trans folks took up the challenge and deconstructed, debunked, and documented some of the debate and core issues. As things in the US
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Hughes accuses gender-affirming medicine of operating on ideology while being blinded to the scandal. She is describing her own epistemic position. She has already committed to the conclusion before examining the data.
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When Acceptance Means Submission The Gospel According to Conversion Therapy Meet Jesse, Sasha Ayad’s perfect trans person. Jesse accepts misgendering with a smile, treats identity as a fun metaphor, and never makes grandma uncomfortable at Thanksgiving. Jesse is the conversion therapy dream, the model minority of the gender world,
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Debunking Sasha Ayad's Denial-Based Identity ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: This article analyzes harmful conversion therapy content from Sasha Ayad’s “The Metaphor of Gender” YouTube channel and podcast. While written to support and validate trans experiences, the analysis necessarily includes discussion of transphobic arguments, psychological manipulation tactics, and discriminatory frameworks
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How Ayad Misrepresents Affirming Care There’s a special kind of audacity required to attack evidence-based healthcare while selling your own discredited alternative for $285 an hour. It’s the same energy as someone setting fire to a hospital while advertising their healing crystals. But that’s exactly what we
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Decoding Ayad's Conversion Manifesto ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: This article contains detailed discussion of conversion therapy tactics, psychological manipulation techniques, gaslighting, and the systematic invalidation of trans identities. It includes references to mental health impacts including depression, anxiety, and suicidality. The content may be triggering for survivors of conversion therapy,
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A Response to Sammy Stagg's Methodological Retreat An Author’s Response When I published my analysis of the City Journal's "Transgender Brain Studies are Fatally Flawed," I expected some pushback. What I didn't expect was such a textbook demonstration of the motte-and-bailey
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Ayad's Audience Grooming Tactics ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses psychological manipulation tactics and conversion therapy recruitment methods that may be disturbing to those who have experienced religious or therapeutic manipulation. Part 2 of the PITT Series: Debunking "The Metaphor of Gender" Here's an uncomfortable
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Manufacturing Confusion from Complexity ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: This article analyzes conversion therapy rhetoric and discusses suicide risk among trans youth denied care. It also analyzes harmful conversion therapy content from Sasha Ayad's "The Metaphor of Gender" YouTube channel and podcast. This material promotes practices condemned by every
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When Manufactured Evidence Meets Institutional Ambition Stella O'Malley's latest piece, "Why Genspect Is Following WPATH Across the World," reads like a victory speech. The tone is confident, even triumphant. Positioning Genspect as the credible institutional alternative to a supposedly discredited WPATH. O'Malley
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How Sasha Ayad Sells Sophisticated Conversion Therapy to Scared Parents ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: This article analyzes harmful conversion therapy content from Sasha Ayad's "The Metaphor of Gender" YouTube channel and podcast. This material promotes practices condemned by every major medical and psychological organization. The analysis in this