HeyJaredThe Data-Driven Transsexual
The writings of an health services researcher, epidemiologist, and mom of teens who happens to have a remote history of successfully treated gender dysphoria
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Are Trans Women Discriminated Against When Job Seeking - Taryn Eames (opens the original)
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Laura often quips: "Looks don't matter, except when they do, which is nearly always".We all have a sense that people who are conventionally attractive catch more breaks then people who are plain, and this is likely more true for women than for men. But how much does this matter for trans women, who are more likely than natal women (and non-trans men) to be unemployed and in poverty.Taryn Eames, a PhD candidate in economics at the University of Toronto, sought to find out why. Are trans women les
Episode 36 - Is the Gender Critical "Trans Suicide Myth" Narrative Itself A Myth" - Dr. Tyler Black (opens the original)
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Few arguments in the debate over transgender healthcare carry more emotional weight than suicide. Parents hear alarming accounts of what might happen if their child does not transition. Advocates describe gender-affirming care as lifesaving. Critics argue that the evidence cannot sustain that claim, and some have labelled the entire narrative a “suicide myth.”But what, exactly, is supposed to be the myth? That young people with gender dysphoria experience serious distress? That they face an elev
Episode 35 - I Don't Need You To Believe I'm A Woman: I Just Need You To Believe in My Rights - Cassie Pritchard (opens the original)
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So begins one of the more provocative essays to emerge from the trans debate in recent weeks, and today we’re joined by its author, Cassie PritchardCassie Pritchard begins with what can sound like a striking concession: that securing the rights of trans women may not require persuading everyone that trans women are, in every meaningful sense, women. That challenges one of the central assumptions of modern trans advocacy. But it also raises a difficult question: can the rights, protections, and a
Episode 34 - My Child Transitioned as a Teen - And Now She's Thriving As An Adult - Ms. Mbl (opens the original)
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Ten years ago, Megan (Ms. Mbl) is a mother who's child told her at age 9 that he thought he should have been a girl. She supported her transition, and today according to our guest, her daughter "Leah" is at thriving adult enrolled at University.Today, it is unclear whether a parent in Ms. Mbl's situation would make the same decision. We are learning that the research on the ability of medical transition to improve the lives of trans children is unclear, we are hearing more stories of people who
When Is Variation in Care A Violation in Care (opens the original)
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