September 15, 2025 edition
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Lisa Selin Davis returns to discuss where the gender debate stands after years of institutional groupthink and policy whiplash. We look at how anything other than “don’t question it” became blasphemy, why there is still no solid evidence for pediatric gender interventions, and what to do with the fact that some people report thriving post-transition while others were clearly harmed. We also talk about gender clinics closing under threats from the Trump administration (are some clinicians secretly grateful for the excuse?), the ongoing taboo and confusion around AGP, and the recent controversy over male NFL cheerleaders and what it revealed about a lack of intellectual consistency within the gender critical movement. Finally, Lisa explains her thinking regarding the difference between stopping and ending and the difficult reality facing trans-identified people who are already well into a path of medicalization.
Guest Bio:
Lisa Selin Davis is the author of two novels, two non-fiction books, and a forthcoming book on the culture of trans kids and gender identity. She writes the Substack BROADview.
For a discussion about the trans identification of the shooter in the August 27 mass shooting at the Church of the Annunciation in Minneapolis, see my August 28 conversation with Ben Appel.
Visit Lisa’s Substack
Lisa’s previous visits to the pod.
Housekeeping
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