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Premium: Jury awards gender detransitioner $2M in first ever medical malpractice case

Journalist Ben Ryan covered the trial. Here's a recording of our live conversation.

Meghan Daum and Benjamin Ryan

Feb 03, 2026

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Recorded live February 2 at 6pm ET

Thanks to everyone who joined Benjamin Ryan and me for a conversation about his coverage of this landmark trial and his article for The Free Press.

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