Back to Heretics: the gender debate, with Andrew Gold
Every checkable claim made in the conversation, in the order it came up. Open any one for the answer.
Comparing trans identity to identifying as a table
See the answerTrans identity is just about being an effeminate man
See the answerGender identity language was invented because people disliked saying sex
See the answerTrans surgeries are drastic decisions based on things we don't know
See the answerBeing trans is a mental illness like anorexia
See the answerWe used to classify being gay as mental illness, so anything could be reclassified
See the answerNeovaginas are not real vaginas and require lifelong dilation
See the answerDetransitioners show gender surgery is not what people are promised
See the answerTrans support fell because people were told black is white
See the answerComparing trans identity to Nazi pseudoscience and Stalinism
See the answerGender critical belief is a protected belief allowing pronoun refusal
See the answerThe 3 percent regret figure is unreliable because unhappy patients are not counted
See the answerDoctors dismiss regret complaints as OCD or other conditions
See the answerAn 11-year-old cannot know their gender identity
See the answerTrans identity in children is often driven by parental influence
See the answerNICE found no mental health benefit from puberty blockers
See the answerTrans identity among young people is a social contagion or fashion
See the answerSeparating bathrooms by sex is about physical safety
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