Dr. Marcy Bowers

I'm fine. How are things?

I'm fine. How are things?

So... Okay, that sounds good. I know you want to get this right. I know you, I really do feel that in my heart.

So... Okay, that sounds good. I know you want to get this right. I know you, I really do feel that in my heart.

You know, they have this... Yeah, you know what? I do. I do know you, and I do trust you, and I do want you to get it right. But I will say that... Yeah, so go ahead if you want to do that. But the first thing I have to say about gender-forming care, though, is that it is... It is like the Holocaust. There are not two sides to the story.

You know, they have this... Yeah, you know what? I do. I do know you, and I do trust you, and I do want you to get it right. But I will say that... Yeah, so go ahead if you want to do that. But the first thing I have to say about gender-forming care, though, is that it is... It is like the Holocaust. There are not two sides to the story.

And everyone who reports on this issue seems to feel the need to present two sides to the story. Now, beneath that, there's lots of nuance. What age? How early we intervene? How thorough the mental health evaluation? But the thing that unifies every person who is knowledgeable and Hillary Cass has never worked with a trans person.

And everyone who reports on this issue seems to feel the need to present two sides to the story. Now, beneath that, there's lots of nuance. What age? How early we intervene? How thorough the mental health evaluation? But the thing that unifies every person who is knowledgeable and Hillary Cass has never worked with a trans person.

So that's a really important exclusion, um, is that gender affirming care is overwhelmingly efficacious. So there are not two sides to this issue. There really are not. There are subtleties, but there are not two sides. Um, and, uh, All right. That was my long-winded intro. It was pent up. I haven't talked to you in so long, and I've just said, I've kind of had it.

So that's a really important exclusion, um, is that gender affirming care is overwhelmingly efficacious. So there are not two sides to this issue. There really are not. There are subtleties, but there are not two sides. Um, and, uh, All right. That was my long-winded intro. It was pent up. I haven't talked to you in so long, and I've just said, I've kind of had it.

You know, I've just kind of had it.

You know, I've just kind of had it.

But why? Why? Why is she important? Why is she of the authority?

But why? Why? Why is she important? Why is she of the authority?

Full stop, right? Full stop. There you go.

Full stop, right? Full stop. There you go.

And yet you see the tens of thousands of members of the Endocrine Society, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the AMA, and the APA, all with extensive experience treating this population. Why are they somehow biased and she is not?

And yet you see the tens of thousands of members of the Endocrine Society, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the AMA, and the APA, all with extensive experience treating this population. Why are they somehow biased and she is not?

Why is it happening? Because, you know, it feels like the same environment that enabled Paul McHugh to shut down, effectively shut down all the research in the United States for 35 years when they shut the Hopkins Clinic in 1979.

Why is it happening? Because, you know, it feels like the same environment that enabled Paul McHugh to shut down, effectively shut down all the research in the United States for 35 years when they shut the Hopkins Clinic in 1979.