Former Treatment Kids on How the "Troubled Teen Industry" Can Help Youth in Crisis

A recording from Christina Buttons and Richard Hanania's live video

Apr 26 • 

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March 2025

Yarden Silveira: The Trans-Origin Story

Yarden Silveira, a young detransitioner believed to have taken his own life, had every vulnerability stacked against him. Here, I examine those…

Mar 31 • 

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December 2024

Crazy is You or Me, Amplified

My personal story of recovery from the brain disease model of mental illness.

Dec 10, 2024 • 

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July 2024

Free to Be(lieve) in Gender Pseudoscience

I ordered leading youth transition advocate Jack Turban's new book, "Free to Be," to examine the evidence he claims supports a biological basis for…

Jul 17, 2024 • 

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June 2024

New Study: Most German Youth Outgrow Gender Identity Diagnoses

A groundbreaking new study on insurance data suggests that the majority of German youth do not persist in their transgender identity after five years.

Jun 11, 2024 • 

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New Analysis Finds Exaggerated Benefits in Youth Gender Transition Studies

A new review of studies on hormonal interventions for children with gender dysphoria did not find consistent improvement in mental health; claiming…

Jun 9, 2024 • 

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Testosterone Use Linked to Vaginal Lacerations, Bleeding in Transgender Hysterectomy Patients

New study finds higher rates of lacerations and vaginal bleeding in transgender hysterectomy patients on testosterone, following a previous study of…

Jun 3, 2024 • 

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May 2024

The End of a Top Science Journal's Commitment To Pursuing Truth

A new article from the world's leading science journal Nature encourages researchers to incorporate transgender activism to influence how research is…

May 31, 2024 • 

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The Global Response to the Cass Review: June 2024 Update

A guide to the international debate on youth medical transition, where medical authorities in the United States depart from a growing international…

May 13, 2024 • 

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April 2024

New systematic review exposes deceptive practices among medical organizations that endorse youth transition

Rather than relying on robust evidence, these authoritative medical bodies created a misleading consensus by deferring to each others' guidelines…

Apr 11, 2024 • 

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New Mayo Clinic study finds mild to severe atrophy in testes of boys on puberty blockers

The authors of the preprint study express doubt in 'reversibility' claims of puberty blockers for gender dysphoric children.

Apr 4, 2024 • 

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New long-term study finds desire to be the opposite sex in adolescence is common, temporary, and declines with age

A recent Dutch study has found that the majority of adolescents who expressed a desire to be the opposite sex no longer felt that way in adulthood.

Apr 1, 2024 • 

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