Detransitioning
Banned from researching trans
Perceived criticism of trans orthodoxy was too much for one university
The detransitioners
Is it transphobic to worry about people who regret their surgery? David Scullion speaks to psychotherapist James Caspian and photographer Laura Dodsworth
The child trans judgement is a step in the right direction
The ruling that under 16s should be assumed unable to consent to puberty blockers means that this unregulated experiment may finally be drawing to a close
What does the child trans judgement mean?
Those who are invested in being ‘on the right side of history’ might like to reflect on yesterday’s judgement
Transitioning to a medical scandal
Emily Wheater and Ellen Pasternack say the gender change lobby is failing young people who change their mind
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The BBC needs competition
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Hyperventilating vexillology
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We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
Can we reduce the manosphere to mental health?
Louis Theroux’s attempt to find the trauma that motivates androcratic influencers is unconvincing
Spectres of folk
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The Islamists’ young recruits
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