Gender: A Wider Lens

101 — Michael Biggs on Puberty Blockers: From Curiosity to Exposé

10 Feb 2023

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On this episode of Gender: A Wider Lens, Stella & Sasha sit down with Dr. Michael Biggs, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Oxf...

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03 Feb 2023

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100 — Falling Down the Gender Rabbit Hole: A Tale of Two Therapists

03 Feb 2023

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Sasha & Stella take a walk down “memory lane,” recalling the evolution of events and circumstances that lead them each towards a deeper concen...

TOP 5 of 2022 Countdown: #1 EP 93 - A Takedown of Gender Politics with Wesley Yang

27 Jan 2023

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This episode is being rereleased as part of our Top 5 Episodes of 2022 Countdown! Wesley Yang, an essayist and public intellectual, has written exten...

TOP 5 of 2022 Countdown: #2 EP 69 - Pioneers Series: Post-Series Analysis & Break!

20 Jan 2023

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This episode is being rereleased as part of our Top 5 Episodes of 2022 Countdown! We have completed eleven interviews and today we analyze the second...

TOP 5 of 2022 Countdown: #3 EP 71 — Gender: The American State of Affairs with Jesse Singal

13 Jan 2023

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This episode is being rereleased as part of our Top 5 Episodes of 2022 Countdown! Jesse Singal was instrumental in shining a light on the defamation ...

TOP 5 of 2022 Countdown: #4 EP 88 - Gender: Philosophy, Institutions, and Policy with Leor Sapir

06 Jan 2023

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This episode is being rereleased as part of our Top 5 Episodes of 2022 Countdown! If you’ve ever asked yourself: how is this happening? How are so ...

TOP 5 of 2022 Countdown: #5 EP 66 - Pioneers Series: Where it All Started - The Dutch Researchers Steensma & De Vries

02 Jan 2023

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This episode is being rereleased as part of our Top 5 Episodes of 2022 Countdown! Bio: Steensma Thomas D. Steensma, Ph.D., is a health psychologist,...

99 — Detransitioned & Damaged by the Dutch Protocol: Teiresias

09 Dec 2022

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In this last episode before our break, we begin with some important and exciting announcements about what listeners can expect in 2023 from Gender: A ...

98 — StoicMom: Using Her Child’s Trans Identity for Personal Individuation

02 Dec 2022

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StoicMom is a certified life coach and former classroom teacher who has some unique ideas about parenting and education. Like other moms whose lives h...

97 — The Freedom to Believe or Not To with Rev. Bernard Randall

25 Nov 2022

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Today’s interview might be a bit different from what our listeners are used to, and we think it’s crucial to recognize the many arenas of life whe...

96 — Official Launch: Clinical Guide for Therapists Working with Gender-Questioning Youth

18 Nov 2022

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NOTE: Since this episode’s original air date, the Gender Exploratory Therapy Association has updated their name to be Therapy First.Two other member...

95 — How We Think About Sex: Leonore Tiefer

11 Nov 2022

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Dr. Leonore Tiefer is a native New Yorker, and an author, educator, feminist, researcher, psychologist, and activist whose work focuses on sexuality. ...

94 — WPATH’s Bizarre 8th Standards of Care

04 Nov 2022

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WPATH (World Professional Association for Transgender Health) has recently released its Standards of Care, Version 8 (SOC8) to a lot of criticism and ...

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28 Oct 2022

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93 — A Takedown of Gender Politics with Wesley Yang

28 Oct 2022

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Wesley Yang, an essayist and public intellectual, has written extensively about 21st-century America and the liminal position of the non-black, non-wh...

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21 Oct 2022

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92 — Brian Belovitch: From Boy to Girl to Woman to Man

21 Oct 2022

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Brian Belovitch is an author, actor, and mental health professional. As a longtime resident of NY, he has a storied career as a writer and gender outl...

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14 Oct 2022

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91 — Uncovering the GIDS Disaster: Dr. Dave Bell

14 Oct 2022

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Dr. David Bell retired last year from his position as a consultant psychiatrist at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, where he worked for...

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07 Oct 2022

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90 — Tomboy at Tavistock: Ellie’s Desistance Story

07 Oct 2022

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Ellie was a gender nonconforming 90s kid in the UK. She became a patient of what came to be the Gender Identity Development Services (GIDS) at Tavisto...

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30 Sep 2022

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89 - Ritchie’s Detransition: The Myth of Adult Invulnerability

30 Sep 2022

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Ritchie Herron, also known as TullipR on Twitter, is a 35-year-old detransitioning male who spent almost a decade living as a trans woman. Before his ...

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23 Sep 2022

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88 - Gender: Philosophy, Institutions, and Policy with Leor Sapir

23 Sep 2022

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If you’ve ever asked yourself: how is this happening? How are so many institutions completely captured by contemporary gender beliefs? How are medic...

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16 Sep 2022

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87 — Medical Technology & Ethics w Jennifer Lahl

16 Sep 2022

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Jennifer Lahl is the founder andpresident of The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network. She has 25years of experience as a pediatric critical care ...

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09 Sep 2022

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86 - Hormones & Identity with Bob Ostertag

09 Sep 2022

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Bob Ostertag published his book, Sex Science Self: A Social History of Estrogen, Testosterone, and Identity in 2016. At the time, few people took much...

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02 Sep 2022

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85 — Mother-Daughter Story: "I Didn’t Want to be Yours Anymore" w/ Dr. Maggie Goldsmith

02 Sep 2022

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Dr. Maggie Goldsmith was working as an independent contractor at the psychological and counseling service of a small, progressive, liberal arts colleg...

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26 Aug 2022

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84 — Denise Caignon From 4thWaveNow: The View From Behind the Scenes

26 Aug 2022

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Denise Caignon is the founder of 4th wave now, the very first parent blog in the U.S. exposing the dangers and madness of the gender affirmative model...

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19 Aug 2022

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83 — Trans Widow: Off the Grid with Shannon Thrace

19 Aug 2022

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Shannon Thrace is a writer, IT professional, and devotee of farm-to-table restaurants, summer festivals, all-night conversations, and lifelong learnin...

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12 Aug 2022

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82 - ASD & Gender: Who am I? with Dr. Tony Attwood

12 Aug 2022

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Professor Tony Attwood has specialized in Autism Spectrum Disorders since he qualified as a clinical psychologist in England in 1975. He has written t...

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05 Aug 2022

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81 - An Unlikely Court Case w/ Maya Forstater

05 Aug 2022

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Maya Forstater is a researcher, writer, and advisor working on business and sustainable development. She is one of the founders of Sex Matters, the UK...

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29 Jul 2022

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80 — Desistance Part II — Advice for Parents

29 Jul 2022

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Following on from the first episode on desistance (77), Sasha and Stella address a common question they get from parents of gender-questioning childre...

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22 Jul 2022

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79 - Gender Identity: Literally False, Metaphorically True with Dr. Bret Alderman

21 Jul 2022

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Bret Alderman is a writer and life coach who works with gender-questioning teens and their parents. He received his Ph.D. in Depth Psychology from the...

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15 Jul 2022

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78 — Affirming Reality for Kids with Stephanie Davies-Arai

15 Jul 2022

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Stephanie Davies-Arai is the founder and director of Transgender Trend, the leading UK organization calling for evidence-based healthcare for gender d...

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08 Jul 2022

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77 — Desistance Pt 1 — Accepting Reality: Now vs Then

08 Jul 2022

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This is Part 1 of a 2-part series on desistance. The difference between desistance and detransition is quite stark and in this episode, Sasha and Stel...

76 — Detransition Part II — The Emerging Picture in Research

01 Jul 2022

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In this second episode on detransition (following from EP 74), Sasha and Stella dig into several pieces of research on detransition experiences. They ...

75 - Borderline Personality: Distorted Attempts to Integrate - A Conversation w/ Lisa Duval

24 Jun 2022

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Lisa Duval is a licensed clinical psychologist who has worked with children, teens, and families for over 30 years. She is also the mother of a “fie...

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24 Jun 2022

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74 - Detransition - Part 1: Going Back & Moving Forward

17 Jun 2022

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In today’s episode, Stella and I begin our discussion of detransition. This is an incredibly rich, important, and complex topic, and we certainly do...

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17 Jun 2022

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10 Jun 2022

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73 - Shame, Narcissism, and the Transition Fantasy w/ Joe Burgo

10 Jun 2022

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Joe Burgo is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst who’s been in practice for almost 40 years. He also writes books for a popular audience mostl...

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03 Jun 2022

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Here's the book Stella talked about: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Memoirs-of-an-Unfit-Mother/Anne-Robinson/9780743448987  This is a public ...

72 - Disenchanted by Transition

03 Jun 2022

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This episode was made especially for anybody who might feel a sense of regret or anxiety about their medical transition. This does not mean they shoul...

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27 May 2022

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71 - Gender: The American State of Affairs with Jesse Singal

27 May 2022

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Jesse Singal was instrumental in shining a light on the defamation of Dr. Ken Zucker in 2016. Then, two years later, he became even more widely known ...

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20 May 2022

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70 - We're Back! — Parents Lost in a Medical Scandal

20 May 2022

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We’re back! Sasha and Stella update listeners with how they’ve spent their six-week break and jump right into discussing the plight of parents who...

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13 May 2022

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06 May 2022

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29 Apr 2022

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21 Apr 2022

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15 Apr 2022

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08 Apr 2022

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01 Apr 2022

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69 - Pioneers Series: Post-Series Analysis & Break!

01 Apr 2022

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We have completed eleven interviews and today we analyze the second half of our Pioneers Series. Stella and I discuss the psychological and emotional ...

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25 Mar 2022

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68 - Pioneers Series: Cultural Misunderstandings with Paul L. Vasey

25 Mar 2022

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This is the last episode in our pioneers series and the second interview with Dr. Paul Vasey. If you haven’t heard our conversation with Paul in epi...

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18 Mar 2022

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67 - Pioneers Series: Men Trapped in Men’s Bodies, with Anne Lawrence

18 Mar 2022

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Dr. Anne Lawrence is a physician, sex researcher, and academic writer. She is also a postoperative male-to-female transsexual who underwent gender tra...

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11 Mar 2022

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66 - Pioneers Series: Where It All Started - The Dutch Researchers Steensma & De Vries

11 Mar 2022

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The reason this interview is so important is bc the concept of puberty blockers originated with these two researchers (along w/ cohen kettenis.) We ta...

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04 Mar 2022

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65 - Pioneers Series: Gender - The Big Picture with Susan Bradley

04 Mar 2022

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Susan Bradley is Professor Emerita at the University of Toronto. She graduated with her medical degree in 1966 and completed her residency in Psychiat...

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25 Feb 2022

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64 - Pioneers Series: Psychotherapy Pre- and Post-Transition with Az Hakeem

25 Feb 2022

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Dr. Az Hakeem was born and brought up in North Wales and has lived and worked in London since studying medicine. He is a Consultant Psychiatrist who p...

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18 Feb 2022

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63 - Pioneers: Mid-Series Analysis

18 Feb 2022

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Sasha and Stella sit down to discuss their thoughts and reflections on the Pioneer interviews they’ve conducted so far in the series. This analysis ...

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11 Feb 2022

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62 - Pioneers Series: Adolescent Identity with Riittakerttu Kaltiala

11 Feb 2022

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Riittakerttu Kaltiala, M.D., Ph.D., BSc, is a professor of adolescent psychiatry in Tampere University and chief psychiatrist in the Department of Ado...

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04 Feb 2022

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61 - Pioneers Series: Autogynephilia: Myth and Meaning with Ray Blanchard

04 Feb 2022

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Ray Blanchard was the psychologist in the Adult Gender Identity Clinic at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry 1980–1995. Much of his research in thos...

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28 Jan 2022

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60 - Pioneers Series: We Contain Multitudes with Stephen Levine

28 Jan 2022

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Dr. Steve Levine is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.  He is the sole author of several books:...

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21 Jan 2022

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59 - Pioneers Series: 46 Years of Treating GD in Kids with Kenneth Zucker

21 Jan 2022

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Dr. Zucker is a registered clinical psychologist in Ontario. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in Developmental Psychology in 1982. H...

Special Extended Interview with Mike Bailey

14 Jan 2022

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58 - Pioneers Series: Male Sexuality with Michael J. Bailey

14 Jan 2022

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Dr. Michael Bailey is an American psychologist, behavioral geneticist, and professor at Northwestern University best known for his work on the etiolog...

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07 Jan 2022

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57 — Pioneers Series: Male Femininity w/Paul L. Vasey

07 Jan 2022

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Recent theories about gender often describe “third gender” categories found in other cultures. Prof Paul Vasey is one of the world’s leading aca...

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31 Dec 2021

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56 - New Year’s Resolutions & Introducing the “Pioneers Series”

31 Dec 2021

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For Sasha and Stella’s last episode of the year, they introduce a very exciting series that will be coming up in 2022. In the “Pioneers Series,”...

55 - Who Gets to Decide What's Normal: A Conversation w/ Lisa Selin Davis

24 Dec 2021

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Lisa Selin Davis is the essayist, journalist, and author of Tomboy: The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different. Like many oth...

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23 Dec 2021

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54 - Finding a Therapist for Your Gender-Questioning Teen: A Conversation W/ Lisa Marchiano

17 Dec 2021

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In this conversation, Lisa joins the show to talk about the difficult task of finding appropriate therapy for a gender-questioning teen or loved one. ...

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16 Dec 2021

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53 - You Affirmed Your Child's Gender... How to Roll Back

10 Dec 2021

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Sometimes parents come to realize that the affirmative approach hasn’t worked out for their gender-distressed child and they could benefit from alte...