Beyond Gender

What was it like inside a California women's prison after SB 132? Amie Ichikawa, who served nearly five years at Central California Women's Facility, tells Bret Alderman about her path to incarceration, her time inside, and the aftermath.

Amie Ichikawa, ambassador for the Independent Women forum and who leads the prison advocacy group Woman II Woman, describes her experience of jail and prison and discusses California's SB 132 (the Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act), the senator behind it, Scott Wiener, and the transfer of a man into her prison. They also cover testosterone in women's prisons, medical experimentation in prisons, vulnerable groups and children, and California Senate Bills SB 107, SB 145 and SB 239.

Woman II Woman

"Cruel and Unusual Punishment" Series

📌 CHAPTERS

(00:00) Preview

(01:31) Introduction: Amie Ichikawa

(05:02) Her Crime and Path to Prison

(13:55) Jail and Prison Dehumanization

(19:35) A Man Is Transferred In

(28:57) Scott Wiener and SB 132

(42:23) DOJ Investigation Update

(43:43) Testosterone in Women's Prisons

(47:55) Prison Medical Experimentation

(52:22) Vulnerable Groups and Children

(54:57) California Bills SB 107, SB 145 and SB 239

How does psychopathy and communism relate to contemporary social justice movements?

Bret Alderman is joined by Harrison Koehli, Canadian journalist, podcaster and editor of the second edition of Andrzej Łobaczewski’s Political Ponerology: The Science of Evil, Psychopathy, and the Origins of Totalitarianism.

Harrison's Substack

Bret's Book: "Eternal Youth and the Myth of Deconstruction"

Harrison's Book: "Political Ponerology"

📌 CHAPTERS

(00:00) Trailer

(01:35) Introduction

(05:47) Lobaczewski & Pathocracy

(29:04) Ponerization Process

(34:12) Attracting the Disordered

(44:44) Psychopathy and Social Rules

(52:39) Gender and Human Nature

(01:06:50) Ego-Syntonic/Dystonic

(01:10:44) Queer Theory

(01:15:11) Indoctrination

Bret Alderman is joined by Payton McNabb, who describes how she regained control of her life after suffering brain damage from a male volleyball player who played on the women's team.

Payton is an ambassador for the Independent Women's forum.

https://www.iwfeatures.com/documentary/payton-mcnabb/📌

CHAPTERS

(00:00) Preview

(00:59) Introduction

(03:42) Political Leanings

(08:28) Sororities

(13:53) Injury

(29:18) Language

(31:59) Looking Forward, Response From Perp

(40:01) Men in Women’s Spaces

(44:53) University Trial and Legal Win

(52:36) WNBA

Mia Hughes is joined by Scott Newgent, who experienced homophobia - from her relationship dynamic, to a trans identified therapist and finally a gynecologist who - without testing - told her she was likely intersex. This made Scott feel out of place and led to her undergoing sex altering procedures, which brought severe medical complications.

Scott is raising awareness and advocates to stop gender-affirming care, particularly for minors, which is cosmetic, not life-saving or evidence-based, and often leads to the health deterioration that Scott experienced.

Scott will be speaking in UK parliament on October 21st to stop the UK’s ‘conversion therapy’ ban, which is vague, could criminalize real help, and is a trojan horse to shut down opposition to gender ideology.

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📌 CHAPTERS

(00:00) Trailer

(01:33) Introduction

(03:15) Trigger to Transition

(09:32) Texas

(11:32) Medical Process & Physical, Psychosocial Effects

(27:04) Gender Debate

(29:49) Sexuality

(31:49) Activism

(34:13) LGB And T Split

(37:04) Homophobia

(44:51) Parliament Bill

Stella O'Malley is joined by Irish academic Mary Ann Kenny who shares her devastating story, where health professionals abused her vulnerability at every turn after experiencing grief from her husband’s death… From copious amounts of medication, to hospitalisation and threats of a foster home for her children.Mary Ann’s memoir ‘The Episode’CHAPTERS(00:00) Preview(01:23) Introduction(08:11) Pressure For Professional Help(12:59) Sertraline And Akathisia(19:58) Psychiatry Referral And Day Hospital(43:26) Tusla Threat(56:42) Recovery And Writing The Book(01:03:42) No Accountability From Services

How did transgender identification move out of psychiatry? REPATH Episode 3 traces the de-psychopathologization of gender dysphoria from WPATH's 2010 statement to the 2022 SOC8, and why the 2010s were the tipping point.

In this episode of the REPATH series, Mia Hughes and Stella O'Malley walk through the key milestones in the de-psychopathologization process: the WPATH 2010 statement, DSM-5's shift from "Gender Identity Disorder" to "Gender Dysphoria" (2013), ICD-11's move from "dysphoria" to "incongruence" (2018), WPATH's declaration of medical necessity (2016), and the release of the WPATH Standards of Care 8 (2022).

REPATH is a Genspect campaign calling for the restoration of psychiatric and psychological safeguards in the care of gender-related distress.

⏱️ CHAPTERS

(00:00) Introduction

(01:15) Recap of Episode 2

(11:07) WPATH De-Psychopathologization Statement (2010)

(13:20) WPATH SOC7 and Ehrensaft (2012)

(22:32) DSM-5: From Disorder to Dysphoria (2013)

(28:33) The Tipping Point (2014)

(36:45) Schools (2015)

(40:52) WPATH Declares Medical Necessity (2016)

(45:54) ICD-11: Dysphoria to Incongruence (2018)

(51:16) Littman ROGD Study (2018)

(01:00:07) WPATH SOC8: Eunuchs In, Ethics Out (2022)

(01:09:04) Technology

(01:12:21) Mia Introduced DePath, Albuquerque (2025)

How did activism come to shape the institutions that define gender medicine? REPATH Episode 2 follows the rise of transgender activism and its influence on the field, from 1989 to WPATH's 2010 de-psychopathologization statement.

"The decades where society plunged into an alternate reality," after activism and huge amounts of wealth were funnelled into normalising this overvalued idea. Join Mia Hughes and Stella O'Malley along this series where they explore the de-psychopathologization process, and their campaign to re-pathologize as a solution.

This episode covers Phyllis Frye and ICTLEP, the Rothblatt SOC, the International Bill of Gender Rights, HBIGDA's Standards of Care and Levine, Blanchard, Bailey and autogynephilia, Arlene Lev, and the rebrand of HBIGDA to WPATH.

REPATH Campaign

⏱️ CHAPTERS

(00:00) Introduction

(08:23) Defining The Mental Disorder

(18:45) Phyllis Frye Meetings & ICTLEP (1989)

(28:32) Rothblatt SOC & Apartheid of Sex (1993)

(38:07) International Bill of Gender Rights (1995)

(41:56) HBIGDA SOC 5-6 and Levine (1998-2001)

(50:35) Blanchard, Bailey & Autogynephilia (1989-2003)

(56:56) Arlene Lev (2004-2006)

(59:34) HBIGDA Re-brand to WPATH, Whittle, Pritzker (2007)

(1:06:06) WPATH's De-path Statement (2010)

Where did 'gender medicine' begin? REPATH Episode 1 traces its origins from Christine Jorgensen in 1952 through Harry Benjamin, the Netherlands, Johns Hopkins and the birth of WPATH (HBIGDA).

What happens when a new, whacky idea enters society's consciousness, and then mad scientists and large amounts of money meet? De-psychopathologisation.

This series with Mia Hughes and Stella O'Malley takes you through the early beginnings, starting with "patient zero". Join us on this journey and our REPATH campaign to restore clarity to the field of gender medicine.

⏱️CHAPTERS

(00:00) Introduction

(04:06) Christine Jorgensen (1952)

(08:23) Availability / Supply & Demand

(19:27) Harry Benjamin, The Grandfather of Gender Medicine (1966)

(38:47) The Netherlands ('50s - 1976)

(44:05) Otto de Vaal (1968)

(59:17) Johns Hopkins (1966-1979)

(01:02:11) Paul McHugh

(01:09:17) The Birth of WPATH (HBIGDA)

(01:09:55) Summary

Watch the official launch of REPATH, Genspect's Re-psychopathologization Campaign: why it matters, the framework behind it, and the call to action. Recorded 15 September, the anniversary of WPATH's Standards of Care 8.

REPATH calls for restoring a psychiatric understanding of transgender ideation (not gender non-conformity itself), so that thorough differential diagnosis and psychological and psychiatric care replace automatic affirmation. The stream with Mia Hughes and Stella O'Malley covers the REPATH framework, the origins of "DEPATH", overvalued belief, stigma and 'trans children'.

📖 REPATH website, including Mia's essay

❓ WHAT IS REPATH?

REPATH is Genspect's Re-psychopathologization Campaign. It calls for restoring a psychiatric understanding of transgender ideation, not gender non-conformity itself, so that thorough differential diagnosis and psychological and psychiatric care replace automatic affirmation.

🎙️ Beyond Gender Podcast now airs every Tuesday:

7 pm UK & Ireland | 2 pm New York | 11 am California

⏱️ CHAPTERS

(00:00) Introduction

(01:04) Why REPATH Matters

(02:38) 1979 Clinic Shut Down

(06:26) REPATH Framework

(11:48) Essay Title & DEPATH Origins

(16:30) Stigma

(20:32) Overvalued Belief Examples

(26:39) Egosyntonic/Dystonic

(33:26) Predicting The Explosion

(37:17) Trans Children

(45:40) Sept 15th 2022

(55:17) Call to Action

Why is REPATH returning, what has changed, and what comes next? Stella O'Malley and Mia Hughes explain Genspect's REPATH Campaign on "Gordon Guyatt Day" (8 September).

REPATH calls for restoring a psychiatric understanding of transgender ideation (not gender non-conformity itself), so that thorough differential diagnosis and psychological and psychiatric care replace automatic affirmation. They cover DEPATH, stigma, WPATH SOC8, and the REPATH rollout plan.

❓ WHAT IS REPATH?

REPATH is Genspect's Re-psychopathologization Campaign. It calls for restoring a psychiatric understanding of transgender ideation, not gender non-conformity itself, so that thorough differential diagnosis and psychological and psychiatric care replace automatic affirmation.

📖 REPATH website

🎙️ Beyond Gender Podcast now airs every Tuesday:7 pm UK & Ireland | 2 pm New York | 11 am California

⏱️ CHAPTERS

(00:00) Introduction

(05:14) DEPATH Explained

(24:39) Why Genspect

(27:54) Stigma

(31:51) Why September 15th?

(34:03) SOC8

(45:30) September 8 Gordon Guyatt

(58:17) REPATH Rollout Plan

Is psychology and counselling being undermined by postmodernist, activist-led ideology? Irish psychologist and lecturer Ian Cox discusses with Stella O’Malley, where Ian also details his experiences with students and what led to him receiving complaints and being doxxed.

We are joined by Róisín Michaux, an Irish journalist living in Brussels.Róisín describes going undercover with a fictitious distressed, autistic teenage girl, and her investigations into how Irish youths access gender medicalisation, including clinics in Madrid that will perform mastectomies on minors.

Journalist Nick Wallace discusses the UK's Post Office scandal that led to over 700 wrongful prosecutions, and the incredible story of how this scandal came to be exposed.

Nick draws parallels to 'gender medicine' and institutional failure, the erosion of trust and the dangers that brings.

Canadian writer Peter Gajdics provides his retrospective view of the appalling treatment he received in the ‘90s from a (now known as) notoriously abusive psychiatrist who trained under Arthur Janov.

Midway through this process, a darker reality slowly dawned on him. The psychiatrist was trying to rid him of his homosexuality. In his pursuit of justice, he was later confronted with a trojan horse in conversion therapy bills.

Emmet Connor is an Irish author, podcaster and commentator, and the author of The Red Pandemic.

Deanne Jade is a psychologist and founder of the National Centre for Eating Disorders.

In this podcast episode, we discuss the ‘golden thread’ between eating disorders, self-harm and gender dysphoria as socially reinforced behaviours that persist despite harm. Deanne highlights the complexity of these disorders - and the people experiencing them - which requires thorough and gradual assessment. 

Dr Jon Mills is a Canadian philosopher-psychoanalyst, teacher and author.

In this Beyond Gender episode, Jon discusses being targeted by a cancel campaign, where he has been labelled a racist and white supremacist, and blacklisted from a psychoanalytic organisation, which prompted his edited book, “Woke: A Critique of Social Justice Ideology.”

The bonkers and bizarre world of apotemnophilia & its connection with trans, the darker side of life, and were there ever autogynephilic Vikings?

Dr. Michael Gurian is a marriage & family counsellor, author, and co-founder of The Gurian Institute.

In this Beyond Gender episode, Mia interviews philosophers Alex Byrne (MIT) and Moti Gorin (Colorado State) about their paper "Trans Kids and 'Making Up People'," using Ian Hacking’s ideas about “making up people” and the looping effect to make their argument.

Michael Kerr is a detransitioned man from Scotland who has created Detransition Pathway UK, a peer-to-peer support organisation to support others through the process of detransitioning.

Dr Louise Irvine is a UK-based General Practitioner, GP trainer and Co-Chair of the Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender (CAN-SG).

CAN-SG has a conference in London on 5th and 6th July: "Rethinking Youth Gender Medicine"

Melissa is the mother of Jonni Skinner, who shares the shocking account which led her to feelings of shame - to sadness - to anger.

She was told by social worker Sara Wiener - amongst other pseudoscientific methods of persuasion - that her 13 year old son must go down this path or else he will commit suicide. Melissa was sent to a sex shop to buy a silicone body suit for her son, before the doctors whom she trusted put Jonni on a cocktail of oestrogen and spironolactone before later adding puberty blockers. She details Jonni’s serious health issues which were caused by the negligent treatment, denied by the doctors who were supposed to help.

Jon Kay is a Canadian editor, writer and podcaster for Quillette.

Dr. Kristopher Kaliebe is is a Professor of Psychiatry at University of South Florida. He is certified in psychiatry, child adolescent, and forensic psychiatry.

Dr Anders Sørensen is a clinical psychologist and author of 'Crossing Zero: The Art and Science of Coming Off — and Staying off — Psychiatric Drugs.'

Pear Joseph is a gender non-conforming gay man who works with the LGB Courage Coalition.

Ellie Lee is a Professor of Family and Parenting Research at the University of Kent and Director of the Centre for Parenting Culture Studies.

In this episode, Dr. Craig Wiener joins the podcast to discuss the growing trend of protectionism in Western societies, fueled by the medicalization of psychology and the drive to safeguard individuals against perceived harms.

Dr. Wiener shares his extensive experience as a therapist and the philosophy behind his work, including his book 'Backyard Politics,' which examines the dichotomy between protectors and promoters. The conversation delves into how diagnoses like ADHD and gender dysphoria can act as thought-stopping mechanisms, preventing deeper analysis and self-improvement, and the potential societal consequences of over-protectionism.

The discussion also addresses the roles of parenting, traditional psychology, and the need for balanced approaches to foster self-reliance and resilience in individuals.

http://www.craigwiener.com/

Joe Figliolia is a policy analyst at the Manhattan Institute.In this podcast episode Joe discusses his report on the Texas Medical Association (TMA) as a case study in how medical societies adopt positions on paediatric gender 'medicine' without independently evaluating evidence, instead deferring to a small set of associations in a “citation cartel.” He describes how this area has been captured and how he has come across many flaws and contradictions in the policies he’s studied.

https://manhattan.institute/person/joseph-figliolia

Gurwinder Bhogal is a writer with a background in tech. In this episode, Gurwinder explores with us the addictive design of social media and its effects, drawing parallels to casino design. He also discusses his personal interactions with Luigi Mangione and provides some philosophical wisdom on how to navigate life in the digital age.

In this episode, we delve into the complex and evolving concept of the self-coined 'Successor Ideology' with author Wesley Yang. Wesley discusses how this ideology aims to move beyond traditional liberalism and redefine societal norms and institutions.

The episode explores the implications of this societal shift on politics, law, and everyday life, while highlighting the critical role of public opinion and political action in countering extreme measures.

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In this episode, Jasmin Faulk discusses being born in Saudi Arabia, growing up under gender segregation and strict rules for girls and women, and later moving to the United States. She describes the moment girls are required to be covered in public, and how. She explains the broader legal and social restrictions on women and recounts how fear of surveillance shaped daily life.

She connects her experiences with concerns about censorship and ‘canceling’ in the U.S., arguing that polarized reactions create a ‘horseshoe’ cycle of fundamentalism. She emphasizes that biological sex remains crucial to women’s safety and health. The conversation also covers men’s experiences in restrictive societies.

Jasmin has a memoir "The Last Sand Storm."

Follow Jasmin:

https://www.jasminfaulk.com/

https://www.instagram.com/jasmin.faulk/

We are joined by Lionel Shriver who discusses why she uses fictional novels and dialogue to explore emotional, politicized issues, focusing on her book A Better Life, inspired by NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ proposal to pay residents to house migrants. 

The conversation expands to arrested development, climate-change apocalypticism as an excuse to avoid adulthood and family, and claims that medical transition offers a false, endless “project.” Shriver further critiques contemporary left-wing illiberalism and talks mass immigration policy reform.

In this episode, we speak with Eoin Lenihan about his bestselling book "Vandalising Ireland" and what he argues has happened to Ireland since the mid-1990s.

Eoin describes Ireland’s shift to a foreign direct investment model, who’s supported it and the prerequisites for this outcome. He also discusses the replacement of the church, collusion of the elite and provides suggestions for moving forward.

Follow Eoin:

https://www.eoinlenihan.net/

https://twitter.com/EoinLenihan

This is a special episode for Detrans Awareness Day with Soren Aldaco, a researcher, producer of our podcast and IW (Independent Women) ambassador.

Soren talks about her personal process with detransitioning, her understanding and writings on the matter, and ideas of how someone in this position can move forward.

Follow Soren:

https://www.sorenaldaco.com/

https://twitter.com/sorenaldaco

The episode features a discussion with Dr. Niamh Regan, a concerned parent with a child in primary school, about Ireland’s Cineáltas/“Bí Cineálta” (Be Kind) anti-bullying policies and what she describes as an ideological shift in education.

She argues that the Irish constitution and Department of Education recognize parents as the primary educators of their children, but says schools treat parents as mere “stakeholders” and disregard objections. The conversation links Irish developments to broader international trends, via lobbying strategies and policies.

Follow Niamh:https://twitter.com/niamhlanes

Beir Bua:https://www.beirbuaeducation.ie/

🎧 Read the full show notes here

We are joined by Peter James Steven, the creator of detrans.ai, an innovative chatbot created to provide key insights into the experiences of detransitioners, offering a counter-narrative to the mainstream affirmation ideology seen in other AI models like ChatGPT.

Peter shares the motivation behind the project, highlighting personal connections and societal implications. The episode also includes a detailed discussion on the technical functioning of the chatbot and the notable statistics gathered from the project's database, focusing on transition and detransition trends. Additionally, the conversation ventures into personal reflections on identity and the importance of open-minded dialogue in addressing complex issues surrounding gender identity and medical transition.

A harrowing story from Ellie, a Ukrainian immigrant mother, who discusses her family’s ongoing California dependency case involving their daughter “Maya.”

Ellie says Maya was a joyful child but was bullied, later diagnosed with ADHD, ODD, major depression, anxiety, BPD, and previously hospitalized at age 11 for suicidal and homicidal ideation. During COVID, Maya became increasingly online before the family relocated to California, where the online grooming escalated, which led to 14 year old Maya being willingly abducted by the state.

Ellie's Substack

https://stellaomalley.substack.com/p/rejection-belief-reflection-and-collapse-996

https://stellaomalley.substack.com/p/the-end-of-the-gay-rights-revolution

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Laoise de Brún

Ajay

Katy Faust

Stella, Mia, and Bret recap the major events of 2025: Trump’s executive orders and the HHS report, the For Women Scotland Supreme Court ruling, the UK PATHWAYS puberty blockers trial, the McMaster systematic reviews, and Alberta’s use of the notwithstanding clause. Mia gives the Canadian perspective, where things have gone the other way. They also discuss the gap between Britain’s legal wins and what’s actually happening clinically, and why Genspect was raising the alarm about PATHWAYS back in late 2024.

They reflect on their interviews with Gordon Guyatt and Ken Zucker, Susan Bradley’s willingness to say “we were wrong,” and what Mia calls the upstream problem: the belief that being trans is innate and healthy. They finish with predictions for 2026 and whether another social contagion involving bodily harm could follow.

References: Reflections, Reconciliation & Repsychopathologization

Meghan Murphy is a Canadian writer and founder of Feminist Current. In this episode, she talks about how she got into feminism, why she disagreed with third-wave feminism’s embrace of pornography and prostitution, and how women’s studies became gender studies. Meghan was one of the first feminists in Canada to publicly question gender identity ideology, which got her pushed out of a feminist podcast collective in 2011. She started Feminist Current in 2012.

Murphy was permanently banned from Twitter in 2018 for tweets including “men aren’t women” and for referring to Jessica Yaniv as “him.” She sued Twitter and lost in California. Joe Rogan covered her case and had her on his show; she was reinstated in 2022 after the Musk acquisition. She left Vancouver for Mexico in 2021. The conversation also touches on Helen Andrews’ essay about the feminization of the workplace and why the left has become so illiberal.

Attorney Mary McAlister sits down with Stella to talk about the ongoing battle in courts to protect what parents decide for their children, especially against this wave of gender ideology slipping into schools across the U.S. McAlister shares stories from her role at the Child & Parental Rights Campaign. There, she represents families whose children have been secretly transitioned by schools without parental knowledge. The conversation traces the ideological roots of current policies back to the controversial research of Alfred Kinsey, whose work Mary studied alongside the late Dr. Judith Reisman. From secret school transitions to the weaponisation of Child Protective Services, Mary explains how Kinsey’s ideas laid the groundwork for today’s attacks on parental authority, and how the legal tide is finally beginning to turn.

Mary E. McAlister is Senior Litigation Counsel for the nonprofit group, the Child & Parental Rights Campaign, launched in 2019. She’s been in the legal game for almost 30 years now - handling trials, pushing appeals, championing family choices and free speech rights, all the way up to the Supreme Court.

Mary holds a J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law and a B.S. in Journalism (summa cum laude) from California Polytechnic State University. Before her public interest work, she was a journalist and later a commercial litigator in California. She previously served as Senior Litigation Counsel at Liberty Counsel.

Starting in 2010 and right up to when Dr. Judith Reisman passed away in April 2021, McAlister teamed up closely with her. Together, they penned scholarly pieces that spotlighted how Alfred Kinsey’s shadow still hangs over society. These days, McAlister runs The Reisman Institute as its president, picking up where Reisman left off, probing the roots of the sexual revolution.

Derrick Jensen is an environmental philosopher and author of over 25 books. In this conversation with Stella and Bret, he traces the intellectual lineage from anarchism through queer theory to trans, explaining how the rejection of all social norms, including those protecting children, found its way into academic theory and beyond.Jensen discusses how his book The Culture of Make Believe predicted the rise of the insane right, but when he tried to write a companion critique of the insane left, his publisher held the manuscript for five years before dropping him entirely for criticizing queer theory.He walks through the founding documents most people have never actually read, including Gayle Rubin's 1984 essay "Thinking Sex" and Michel Foucault's advocacy for abolishing age of consent laws. The conversation also covers Karen Horney's concept of "womb envy," Peggy Reeves Sanday's cross-cultural research on sexual violence, and DARVO, the pattern where abusers deny, attack, and reverse victim and offender. Stella and Bret also ask Jensen about his viral "Queer Theory Jeopardy" moment.

This conversation was pre-recorded and presented at Genspect's The Bigger Picture Conference, held 27–28 September 2025 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Abigail Shrier and Stella O'Malley discuss how therapy culture has gone wrong for young people—and what parents can do about it.

Shownotes: https://stellaomalley.substack.com/p/woke-eugenics-evolutionary-psychologist

https://stellaomalley.substack.com/p/the-biggest-scandal-since-lobotomies

Full shownotes: https://stellaomalley.substack.com/p/jamie-reed-i-thought-i-was-saving

Episode shownotes: https://stellaomalley.substack.com/p/when-therapists-arent-allowed-to-e32

This is our second interview with Dr. Paul McHugh - we sincerely apologize for mistakenly re-uploading the first interview last week.

She went from revolutionary communist to member of the House of Lords. From bankrupted magazine publisher to defender of free speech in Parliament. And now she’s watching the same patterns play out again – adults surrendering to emotional blackmail, institutions betraying the people they claim to protect, and an entire generation being told that if they don’t get what they want, it will destroy them.

Claire Fox, Baroness Fox of Buckley, has spent four decades fighting battles over speech, truth, and who gets to decide what’s best for other people.

Professor Eric Kaufmann reveals why the progressive era that began in the 1960s is finally collapsing. This isn't just about "woke" culture - it's about the end of a 60-year ideological system that has shaped every major institution in the West.Key topics discussed:The "moral Big Bang" of the 1960s and how white guilt transformed American institutionsWhy affirmative action (1965-2025) and disparate impact doctrine are being dismantled after 60 yearsThe crucial distinction between "cultural socialism" and economic MarxismHow universities became ground zero for ideological captureCanada as a "woke theocracy" compared to the US and UKThe emerging battle between classical liberals and post-liberals on the rightProfessor Kaufmann's departure from Birkbeck after 20 years to found the Centre for Heterodox Social ScienceKaufmann traces the origins of today's culture wars back to the civil rights era, showing how ideas that emerged at Berkeley in the 1960s have now scaled up to dominate institutions. He provides historical context from Nixon's era through to Trump's executive orders, demonstrating that current political battles are actually about reversing policies that have been entrenched for over half a century.This conversation offers essential historical perspective on why Western societies are experiencing such dramatic political and cultural upheaval, and what might replace the progressive consensus.*Note: This conversation was recorded before Professor Kaufmann's October 2025 report "The Decline of Trans and Queer Identity among Young Americans" showing a dramatic drop in trans identification among youth. Read the full report: https://www.heterodoxcentre.com/resea...Eric Kaufmann (https://x.com/epkaufm) Professor of Politics, University of Buckingham Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute Author of extensive research on culture wars, populism, and political polarization

In 1975, Dr. Susan Bradley founded Toronto’s first gender clinic for children at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry. For nearly five decades, she treated over 400 gender-dysphoric children and chaired the DSM-IV Subcommittee on Gender Identity Disorders. The pattern she observed was impossible to ignore: “Even the ones who’ve gone through some of this and come out in our clinic, they’re nearly all gay or lesbian.” Now, in her eighties, she’s speaking out about what went wrong.

🚨 15 years after WPATH's 2010 de-psychopathologization campaign, Genspect launches the counter-campaign to restore psychiatric safeguards

Mia Hughes and Stella O'Malley explain why recognizing the drive for extreme body modification as pathological is the most compassionate, evidence-based response to protect vulnerable youth from the harms of WPATH's de-psychopathologization.

The Critical Distinction: A teen exploring trans identity? Not pathological. A teen obsessively fixated on removing healthy body parts, pursuing lifelong medicalization, destroying their endocrine system? That's pathological behavior requiring mental health support—not celebration and scalpels.

"You could develop a trans identity and not want any medical interventions. And arguably your behavior is not yet pathological. It's when you're going into actual harmful medical interventions that are going to harm your body. Now your behavior is pathological." - Stella O'Malley

What Happened: In 2010, WPATH's de-psychopathologization campaign declared trans identities "natural and healthy," dismantled all psychiatric guardrails, and triggered a social contagion among youth. By 2013, the DSM-5 replaced "Gender Identity Disorder" with "Gender Dysphoria"—the identity was now healthy, only the distress was pathological. By 2018, the WHO's ICD-11 went further, moving it entirely out of mental health into "conditions related to sexual health."

The result? Kids started falling into an ideological abyss with no safeguards to catch them.

Campaign hub: https://genspect.org/re-psychopathologization-campaign/

Episode #41

At 34 years old, Sall Grover thought she was creating a simple solution to a common problem. After years of sexual harassment as a screenwriter in Hollywood, she and her parents developed Giggle—a women-only app for roommates, freelance work, and lesbian dating. Using facial recognition technology, the app verified users were female before granting access. Apple and Google approved every build throughout 2019 without question. Then came February 7th, 2020, and Sall’s life became a legal nightmare that would span five years and counting.

At 13 years old, Jonni Skinner was diagnosed with a fake endocrine disorder and put on cross-sex hormones. At 14, he was misdiagnosed with "tall stature" and given higher doses to stunt his growth. The same doctors who threatened to remove him from his home if his mother didn't comply also falsified his medical records and sent him to sex shops for "treatment supplies." Eight years later, Jonni is speaking out about a medical scandal that turned vulnerable children into experimental subjects. This isn't just malpractice—it's systematic abuse disguised as healthcare, and Jonni's story exposes how the gender medicine industry operates in the shadows.

See Jonni at The Bigger Picture: https://genspect.org/the-bigger-picture-albuquerque/

Jonni Skinner spent eight years believing he was transgender after being medicalized at 13. Born in rural Michigan to a religious family, Jonni was diagnosed with high-functioning autism at 4 and struggled with being a feminine boy in a conservative environment. When puberty began triggering severe body dysmorphia and religious guilt about his attraction to males, his mother sought help at the University of Michigan's gender clinic. What followed was a systematic campaign of medical abuse that would steal Jonni's adolescence and leave lasting physical and psychological damage.

The gender medicine house of cards is collapsing in American courtrooms, and one lawyer is helping to pull it down brick by brick. While activists scream about "trans rights," Glenna Goldis is methodically exposing the fraud, deception, and child abuse hiding behind medical credentials. From Supreme Court victories to explosive document discoveries revealing WPATH's lies, the legal landscape has shifted dramatically against pediatric transition. But winning in court is just the beginning - Goldis wants Nuremberg-style trials and medical licenses revoked. She wants the people who did this to children to pay. In this conversation with Stella and Mia, she maps out how the law is finally catching up to the gender medicine scandal and what needs to happen next to ensure it never returns.

See Glenna in Albuquerque. In-person & livestream tickets available: https://genspect.org/the-bigger-picture-albuquerque/

Why do so many fathers vanish from their children's lives? Adam Coleman argues it starts at birth - without holding their babies in those first crucial months, men never develop the chemical bond that keeps them present. The result: boys without fathers become men who can't regulate emotions, swinging from zero to a hundred over minor slights, filling prisons and chasing external validation through money and women. This conversation explores the uncomfortable truth that teaching boys emotional regulation might be a father's most critical role - and why figures like Andrew Tate appeal to a generation of men who never learned the difference between internal worth and external validation.

Dr. Gordon Guyatt revolutionized modern medicine. As a professor at McMaster University, he coined the term "evidence-based medicine" in 1991, created the hierarchy of evidence that every medical student learns, and wrote the User's Guide to the Medical Literature that taught physicians worldwide how to critically evaluate research. For 48 years, he's been the gold standard for rigorous scientific thinking in healthcare.

Then came his systematic reviews of pediatric gender medicine. His team found only low-quality evidence for youth interventions. When twenty U.S. states used his work to restrict access to these treatments, Guyatt called it "egregious, unconscionable misuse of our work." But in this explosive interview, he admits signing a statement endorsing "medically necessary care for gender diverse youth" without reading it carefully. "That was not my paragraph, and I didn't read carefully enough," he confesses. When pressed further: "I was a dope. Okay. I'm sometimes a dope."

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Soren Aldaco was 11 when she discovered online fandom spaces where roleplay identities could become real identities—and 19 when a double mastectomy at the notorious Crane Center left her with massive hematomas the surgeons denied were happening. Now a detrans woman, graduate student, and Independent Women's Forum Ambassador, she's fighting for her case against Texas medical malpractice laws to reach the Supreme Court. In this conversation, she unpacks how "fantasy and reality" merged online, why every provider who pushed her toward medicalization had trans-identified family members, and what it means to survive both the physical complications and the ideological capture that enabled them. Soren will be speaking at Genspect’s upcoming Bigger Picture conference in Albuquerque.

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From Father Ted to losing 400,000 Twitter followers, comedy writer Graham Linehan explains how his stand against gender ideology cost him his career, marriage, and friendships. Fresh from the Joe Rogan Experience (20M listeners), he discusses WPATH controversies, cancel culture, and the silencing of dissent. Once a celebrated sitcom creator, Linehan became branded a “bigot” overnight—yet remains defiant, exposing what he calls a scandal everyone sees but few will confront.

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With 35 years of clinical experience, Dr. Lisa Duval argues that gender dysphoria is best understood as a fear of adulthood—not an identity. She explains why using puberty blockers is the opposite of proper therapy, exposes how medicine shifted from evidence-based to “rights-based,” and reveals the psychological patterns clinicians overlook. From adolescent anxiety to the role of therapy, Duval shows how professionals can truly help young people in distress.

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Dr. Lisa Duval episode coming this Thursday.

Before social media, before gender clinics in every city, before anyone knew what "gender identity" meant, Cori Cohn saw transsexualism on afternoon TV and thought he'd found the answer to his problems. At 19 in 1994, he had genital surgery. Three decades later, he's helped pass laws banning youth medical transition in 26-27 US states. In this remarkable conversation, Cohn reveals how he "doctor shopped" until finding a third psychologist who'd approve surgery, why he feels "subhuman" ("I'm definitely not a man and I'm not a woman"), and how the Episcopal Church now calls supporting pediatric transition part of their "baptismal call." His most haunting revelation: "If you physically can't return that passion because you have an injury from the surgery, your ability to sustain a relationship is extremely impaired." From testifying against clergy prayer circles supporting youth transition to explaining why "almost all the boys who transitioned...do OnlyFans," this is the testimony of someone who lived the experiment before it became an industry.

From founding North America's first pediatric gender clinic in 1975 to being fired by activists in 2015 (and winning an $800,000 settlement), Dr. Ken Zucker has witnessed—and shaped—the entire evolution of gender medicine. In this remarkable conversation, the architect of gender dysphoria diagnoses in DSM-3R, 4, and 5 reveals how "gender identity disorder" became "gender dysphoria," why social transition flips desistance rates from 80% to 12%, and how activists "put the gender identity tail on the sexual orientation dog." His most striking revelation: Christina Olson's new data shows 88% of socially transitioned children persist—compared to only 12% persistence in his Toronto clinic. As Zucker observes: "When it comes to sex and gender, nowadays people stop thinking." From the paradox of homosexuality leaving the DSM while GID entered it, to WPATH's "talking out of both sides of their mouth" (claiming it's both natural diversity AND medically necessary), this is the insider account of how gender medicine transformed from careful assessment to "treatment on demand."

Navy-trained plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Patrick Lappert breaks ranks to expose what he calls his field’s “source of great shame.” With 40+ years of surgical experience, he dismantles the myth of “gender-affirming care,” arguing it is cosmetic surgery for body dysmorphic disorder. From phalloplasty and vaginoplasty complications to chest masculinization and the lack of evidence, Lappert reveals why surgeons are failing patients while claiming a standard of care.

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What drives someone who helped found the UK Gay Liberation Front in 1970 to co-found LGB Alliance nearly 50 years later? Bev Jackson's journey spans from being the only woman at GLF's first meeting (19 gay men and her) to secretly gathering 70 people in 2019 because gay rights organizations had been "taken over by cuckoos." In this powerful episode, Jackson explains why she believes gender ideology is "the opposite of homophobia," reveals how Stonewall's Ruth Hunt betrayed lesbians by adding the T after promising not to, and recounts the courtroom victory when Mermaids spectacularly failed to strip LGB Alliance of charitable status. From her pivotal moment at age 11—standing up as the only Jewish student in an antisemitic classroom—to watching organizations meant to protect gay youth become their "biggest danger," Jackson's story illuminates how the movement she helped birth got hijacked. Her warning: young lesbians on dating apps now find "20, 30, 40 percent are men calling themselves women."

What happens when a pediatric endocrinologist watches gender medicine evolve from underground experiments to mainstream practice—and fights back? Dr. Quentin Van Meter has been there since the beginning: treating his first trans-identified child in 1993 when no guidelines existed, witnessing John Money's perverse theories firsthand at Hopkins, watching WPATH transform into what he calls "a cult religious group with a bibliography of scientific trash." In this explosive episode, he reveals how puberty blockers cause dementia risk, why 98% of blocked kids proceed to cross-sex hormones, and the moment Money tried to castrate a baby who had normal testosterone.

What happens when the world's most influential newspaper spends two years investigating youth transition but refuses to ask what gender identity actually means? Leor Sapir dissects the New York Times' "Protocol" podcast, revealing how they avoided every foundational question while positioning unscientific assessment as the "reasonable middle ground." He shares explosive revelations from his own interview with Laura Edwards-Leeper (who admitted gender identity is based on stereotypes), exposes why detransitioners got 30 seconds while Jamie Reed got attacked, and explains the strategic choice ahead: let medical leaders blame WPATH for misleading them, or face Trump administration investigations. His verdict: "Imagine endocrinologists treating a condition they can't define without circular reasoning. That's what's happening here."

What happens when extreme trauma, tech culture, and gender ideology collide? Sascha Bailey's journey from nearly transitioning in Tokyo to becoming a leading voice on male detransition reveals uncomfortable truths about control and identity. Diagnosed with "gender dysphoria" in 10 minutes, prescribed HRT on the spot, Bailey escaped Japan overnight—and slowly unraveled everything he thought he knew. Now expecting a child with his partner, he's decoded the "transmaxing" movement, exposed how tech rewards transition, and discovered why mice in utopia start acting like humans in crisis. His message: "I don't know what gender dysphoria means anymore." As society strips away male social roles, Bailey asks: What happens when you can't be anything, so you try to be someone else?

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What happens when a lifelong Democrat lawyer discovers her daughter's school is secretly transitioning her child? Erin Friday's journey from concerned parent to leading legal warrior reveals how California became ground zero for parental rights battles. When Child Protective Services knocked on her door for questioning the school's actions, this mother transformed into an unstoppable force. Watching her daughter spiral from a pink-loving girl to believing she was born wrong, Friday did what few parents dare: she fought back with boundaries of steel. Now, with her daughter thriving again, she refuses to stay silent. Her message to parents: "You have strength and power—use it." As she prepares to present on lawfare at Genspect's Albuquerque conference, her warning is clear: "If we can stop this in California, we can stop it everywhere."

What happens when a gay rights activist discovers his country has become what he calls a "dystopian dark gender Gilead"? Eldur Smári Kristinsson's journey from questioning why gay men must accept "girl dick" to facing criminal prosecution reveals how Iceland—population 400,000—became the world's most captured nation. As kindergarteners come home asking if they can change sex and BDSM is taught as a sexual orientation, Kristinsson watches his progressive paradise transform into something unrecognizable. Now facing his third round of hate speech charges for criticizing male breastfeeding, this lone voice refuses to be silenced. His message to the world: "I need the world to see what is going on."

What happens when an evolutionary biologist examines gender theory through the lens of 4 million years of human evolution? Gary Clark's journey from living with Aboriginal peoples in Australia's Western Desert to studying sexual dimorphism in ancient fossils reveals how post-modern theorists claiming to "deconstruct" Western ideas are actually imposing them. As major universities embrace the notion that biology is "right-wing," Clark watches academia deny the very sex-based differences that structure every known human society. From his unique vantage point spanning primatology, paleoanthropology, and Jungian psychology, this scientist explains why denying biological sex isn't progressive—it's anti-scientific.

What happens when a psychiatrist looks at the data and says no?At 94, Dr. Paul McHugh remains psychiatry’s most controversial voice. From shutting down Johns Hopkins’ gender identity clinic in 1979 to co-founding the False Memory Syndrome Foundation, his career has been defined by refusing to follow ideological trends. In this episode, McHugh shares how psychiatry abandoned scientific integrity, first with multiple personalities, then with recovered memories, and now with gender identity.As medical journals “affirm” psychological self-concepts over biological facts, McHugh sounds the alarm: what happens when medicine treats ideas instead of evidence?

What happens when a psychiatrist who spent 50 years treating gender dysphoria refuses to abandon science for ideology?Dr. Stephen B. Levine’s journey from co-founding a gender clinic in 1974 to being labeled a “hateful guy” reveals how a field once seeking answers became allergic to questions. As WPATH transformed from clinical inquiry to advocacy, Levine witnessed the moment when booing replaced peer review at professional conferences.From paraphilias as barriers to love to the myth of the 2% regret rate, this conversation exposes why the medical treatment of trans-identified people makes everyone miserable — patients, families, and the doctors who dare to say “we don’t know.”

What if the very way we parent today — hovering, curating, protecting — is destroying our children's ability to grow up?Nancy McDermott’s journey from Park Slope mom to parenting culture expert reveals how the family transformed from a sturdy institution into a fragile vehicle for self-fulfillment. As gentle parenting fails another generation and schools strip away parental authority, McDermott exposes how the 1970s divorce revolution created a traumatized generation now raising kids in perpetual fear.From birthday party invitations that require including everyone to teens who can't handle disappointment, this conversation reveals why modern parenting makes everyone miserable — and how we might find our way back.

What if millions of pregnant women were unknowingly given drugs that altered their children’s brains, and their grandchildren’s?In this episode, Jill Escher, autism advocate and president of the National Council on Severe Autism, shares the shocking discovery that reshaped her understanding of her family, and the modern neurodevelopmental crisis. Escher’s journey began with two profoundly autistic sons and led her to a startling truth: her mother received weekly injections of synthetic steroid hormones during pregnancy.Now, as rates of both autism and gender dysphoria skyrocket, Jill connects dots that the medical establishment refuses to acknowledge, from DES disasters to modern anti-miscarriage drugs still in use until 2023.

What if the most destructive concept in modern psychiatry emerged from men lying to get hormones? Mia Hughes traces the shocking origins of childhood gender dysphoria back to the 1960s, when researchers studying effeminate boys were actually chasing ghosts—transgender children who didn't exist. Meanwhile, Stella O'Malley shares her harrowing personal journey as a child who desperately wanted to be a boy, offering a rare window into what gender dysphoria actually feels like from the inside. Their conversation challenges everything: Is this a real diagnosis? Should it exist? And in our current culture, is it too dangerous to leave in the DSM?

“To a close approximation, I would, quote, diagnose the West as having a thoroughgoing case of borderline and narcissistic personality disorders.”What if the same psychological abuse tactics you escaped from your childhood home are now running our political culture? Josh Slocum saw it first in his borderline mother's rages, then in his leftist activist circles, and now everywhere: the emotional manipulation, reality distortion, and performative victimhood of Cluster B personality disorders have infected the body politic. A former funeral industry reformer turned cultural critic, Slocum brings 20 years of nonprofit leadership and personal trauma recovery to decode our narcissistic age. His message is blunt: we're being governed by the psychological rules of the personality disordered, and the only cure is learning to say "no."Full shownotes: https://stellaomalley.substack.com/p/cluster-b-politics-an-abuse-survivors

Buckle up for evolutionary psychology without guardrails. Diana Fleischman tackles the questions everyone thinks but nobody asks: Why do women feel visceral disgust at pregnant “transmen”? Why did #MeToo accidentally break dating? Could autogynephilia be men trying to psychologically "hunt" women? A polyamorous mother of two who openly advocates eugenics, Fleischman brings hard science to our softest taboos. She explains why your disgust reflexes know things your politics don't, why patriarchy might be "the natural order," and how millions of years of evolution shape today's gender wars. No apologies, no euphemisms - just data that nobody wants to hear.

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What do you call a Pulitzer finalist, former lawyer, and veteran pharma investigator who dares to ask the questions no one else will?In this episode, Gerald Posner pulls back the curtain on the trans medical industry — exposing how profit motives, off-label drug loopholes, and institutional cowardice have allowed ideology to trump science. With chilling parallels to the opioid crisis, Posner warns: we’ve seen this before.

🎙️ “Everything I Believed Was a Lie” — Monica Harris Breaks the SilenceWhat happens when a Harvard-trained lawyer, raised to trust the system, starts questioning everything?In this episode, Monica Harris, former Disney executive, media insider, and now Executive Director of FAIR (Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism) reveals how she walked away from elite institutions, exposed the illusion of racial division, and discovered a deeper truth about race, media, and power in America.

Psychologist Jaco van Zyl explores how Western culture's shift from duty to gratification is harming young people's psychological development. From the dangers of gentle parenting to the allure of "my truth," this conversation dives deep into what we're getting wrong—and how we can build something better.

“Family life is much more problematic now than it was in the past.”In this episode, sociologist and author Frank Furedi reflects on his journey from radical politics to critiquing identity politics and therapy culture. He unpacks how ideological movements target children, reshape families, and transform education across Europe.

“It’s a heartbreaking time to live in — we’re so fragmented.”In this episode of Beyond Gender, filmmaker Michael Nayna unpacks how viral media, academic hoaxes, and ideological capture have reshaped our institutions. From filming a racist incident that went global, to exposing bias in academia through the Grievance Studies Affair, Nayna gives a rare inside look at the cultural unraveling across media, education, and tech — and what it all means for the future.

In this episode of Beyond Gender, philosopher Holly Lawford-Smith unpacks why the word "woman" has become controversial—and what gender critical feminism is really about. She challenges mainstream narratives on gender, identity, and feminism, and explains why fighting for women’s rights shouldn’t be confined to the political left.

Ray shares his raw and honest journey from childhood cross-dressing to eight years living as a trans woman, and ultimately finding peace through detransition. He reflects on autogynephilia, gender ideology, and what he’s learned about himself—and the wider conversation on gender.

After a decade living as transgender and suffering serious health issues from DIY hormones, Victoria shares her powerful story of detransition. She speaks out about the overlap between gender ideology and fetish subcultures, the exploitation of autistic women, and a phenomenon she calls "empathy hijacking"—where predators pose as victims to gain trust. With her striking style and rainbow cane, Victoria offers a rare insider's view of these overlapping worlds.

Full show notes: https://stellaomalley.substack.com/p/the-dark-side-of-gender-ideology

Developmental psychologist J.D. Haltigan joins Stella O'Malley and Mia Hughes to expose how activist ideology has captured the field of psychology. From the collapse of scientific standards to the rise of “pathology normalization,” Haltigan reveals how political pressure is reshaping mental health — with serious consequences for vulnerable children.The conversation covers the feminisation of psychology, the erosion of diagnostic categories, and the disturbing effects of growing up online. Haltigan also shares how leaving academia opened the door to genuine intellectual freedom — and unexpected collaborations.

What happens when a child never experiences puberty? James Linehan knows firsthand. Born with hypogonadism, a condition that prevented his body from naturally maturing, he remained physically and emotionally childlike while his peers grew into adulthood. Now, as modern medicine deliberately blocks puberty in gender-questioning youth, his experience serves as a stark warning about the lifelong consequences they may face.Linehan shares how puberty suppression left him vulnerable to manipulation, emotionally stunted, and socially isolated, with long-term health impacts that continue decades later. He challenges the claim that puberty blockers are reversible, exposing the irreversible fertility risks and developmental delays associated with them. His insights offer a chilling look at the unprecedented human experiment being conducted on today’s children.

Carrie Clark, Director of Genspect UK, joins Stella O'Malley and Mia Hughes to expose the alarming details of the NHS’s proposed Pathways study on puberty blockers. Despite the Cass Review uncovering major failings at the now-closed Tavistock clinic, the NHS is pushing forward with a new trial that risks repeating the same devastating mistakes on a massive scale.Clark reveals how this £10 million study ignores evidence of harm, fails to include detransitioners, and manipulates scientific data to justify medicalizing vulnerable children. The conversation explores the flawed Dutch Protocol, the suppressed Early Intervention Study, and the NHS’s refusal to follow up on the 9,000 children who passed through GIDS.