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View In: GenspectGenspect has covered in detail how experiments on people with gender incongruity have led to today’s transition industry, but why do many people seek an alternative gender identity, and how did the idea become mainstream?  True believers give inconsistent answers: gender has always existed, yet canno...

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View In: Genspect“I don’t know why she does this!’’ It was 2007 and I was standing around with a bunch of moms (and one token dad) waiting to drop our kids off at the pre-k. “I try to get her gender-neutral stuff but my mother-in-law gave her this… thing.”    The “thing” was a bright pink plastic board book […] The pos...

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View In: GenspectWhen Denise Caignon started her 4th Wave Now website, she chose a header image of a diver examining a shipwreck along with the following lines the Adrienne Rich poem, Diving into the Wreck.   The thing I came for:   The wreck and not the story of the wreck   The thing itself and not the myth   I recalle...

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View In: GenspectOne significant finding from the recent parent survey that I carried out is that many parents regret having avoided addressing their child’s gender dysphoria. The general trend is that parents know that their child is clever, they know their child is loved and well-raised, and they believe that thi...

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View In: GenspectOn Friday, 12 July 2024, three organisations – The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland, The Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and The Psychological Society of Ireland – signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Conversion Therapy on the Island of Ireland. This document was compile...

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View In: GenspectAs a 12-year-old girl in 2012, I was an early adopter of a trans identity. My fondest childhood memories include obsessively researching rare pituitary tumors, the human genome, and reading parenting books. My inborn drive to seek knowledge accelerated in intensity upon receiving an iPad for my 12t...