As an adjunct to my recent conversation with
podcast, host Meghan Daum and I had an adjunct Substack livestream on Sunday. We discussed, in particular, how pediatric gender medicine is covered by the left-leaning media (not well) and the upcoming oral arguments for the Supreme Court case over Tennessee’s ban on gender-transition treatment for minors. (I just got word a moment ago, in fact, that I have permission to attend the hearing on Dec. 4 in DC. So that’ll be a first for me.)Here are some of the reference points in our conversation:
The podcast itself:
Some of the articles I mentioned:
“What Democrats Are Getting Wrong About Transgender Rights,” by M Gessen, New York Times, Nov. 22, 2024
“Revealed: trans rights case at US supreme court features doctors previously discredited by judges,” by Sam Levin, The Guardian, Nov. 21, 2024
“‘Legislators don’t see me as human’: Missouri trans youth fight to survive anti-LGBTQ+ bills,” by Sam Levin, The Guardian, Aug. 24, 2024
“What We Talk About When We Talk About Trans Rights,” The New Yorker, March 11, 2023. Q&A between David Reminck and Gessen, who at that time went by Masha
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