Hazard Ratio: Benjamin Ryan

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Britain’s Study of Puberty Blockers Will Mostly Be a Pointless Waste
The study’s leaders have announced it will proceed after all. But absent a planned 2nd phase to study cross-sex hormones, the trial is likely to amount…
 • Benjamin Ryan
Decolonizing Two-Spirit Care With Western Medicine: A WPATH Paradox No One Addressed
Make it make sense! A 2022 WPATH conference session never acknowledged this glaring paradox as speakers preached about providing Native Americans with…
 • Benjamin Ryan
51:11
Over 1 in 250 Natal Girls Were Taking Testosterone By Age 17 in Oregon, From 2016 to 2023
This rate, from a study of data about insured adolescents in Oregon, represents an average over this period. Given swift increases in hormone uptake…
 • Benjamin Ryan
Gender-Transition Treatment Doesn’t Seem to Improve Eating Disorders in Youths, Finnish Study Finds
A new study based on nationalized Finnish health data found that gender-transition treatment was not associated with a tempered need for eating-disorder…
 • Benjamin Ryan

May 2026

New Canadian Pediatric Society President Said Parents’ Concerns About Youth Gender Transitions 'Should Not Be Prioritized'
In a 2022 conference presentation, Dr. Natasha Johnson said parental concerns were not tied to 2-year treatment regret among their kids, and thus…
 • Benjamin Ryan
6:09
How WPATH Fights 'Junk Science' With Misinformation
At a 2022 conference panel, advocates set out to expose "junk science" in laws banning gender-transition treatments for minors, only to rebut them with…
 • Benjamin Ryan
1:04:11
In 2021, Dr. Olson-Kennedy Was Eager to Publish Her Youth Gender-Medicine Data. By 2023, She Wasn't.
In a 2021 plenary address, the lead investigator of the $10 million Trans Youth Care Study previewed one-year results and promised five-year data was…
 • Benjamin Ryan
1:18:04
'You Could Be Vulnerable': How a Trans-Care Leader Told Doctors to Handle Nonbinary Surgeries Without Outcome Data
At a 2022 conference, an author of the new transgender-care guidelines urged clinicians to spread responsibility across a team — acknowledging both the…
 • Benjamin Ryan
1:01:51
How Trans Activist Erin Reed Won a Battle Against Youth Gender Medicine Skeptics
I obtained a trove of internal communications documenting how Ms. Reed's advocacy led the body that oversees continuing medical education for doctors to…
 • Benjamin Ryan

April 2026

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