Benjamin Ryan

Leading Trans Litigator Debates Andrew Sullivan about pediatric gender medicine, and I respond Shannon Minter, legal director at the National Center for LGBTQ Rights, held a spirited debate about pediatric gender medicine with Sullivan on his podcast. Then I gave critiques of their arguments.

My latest: Leading Trans Litigator Debates Andrew Sullivan about pediatric gender medicine, and I respond
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Boyd’s book, as you point out, was about teenagers.

@jonathanhaidt.bsky.social and his colleagues wrote about a survey of 8-12 year olds.

Do they owe her credit for similar findings about a different age cohort?

Klinenberg faults Jon Haidt and his coauthors for failing to credit a book about teenagers in an article they wrote about a survey of 8-12 year olds.

New York Times Revenue Jumps 9.7% From Subscriptions and Ads

The New York Times’ revenue and paid subscriptions continue to increase.

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Very thin is in in Oz.

Examples include body-positivity social media influencers who lost weight on GLP-1s and changed their tune about weight loss.

Editor’s Note

The Daily Beast has deleted an article where Michael Wolff alleged that Jeffrey Epstein was involved in introducing Donald Trump to Melania.

England to Launch Large Observational Study Of Gender-Incongruent Kids The 6-year study, which plans to recruit 3,000 gender-incongruent youths, is expected to be complemented by a study of puberty blockers—one that has yet to receive regulatory and ethics approvals.

NEWS: England to Launch Large Observational Study Of Gender-Incongruent Kids
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The study, which plans to recruit 3,000 gender-incongruent youths, is expected to be complemented by a study of puberty blockers—one that has yet to receive regulatory and ethics approvals.

Some wild assertions in the EPA's proposed rollback of the endangerment finding:

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‘Heightened Scrutiny’ Scapegoats The New York Times For the ACLU's Loss In Skrmetti The documentary is the centerpiece of ACLU litigator Chase Strangio's campaign to blame the Times for the Supreme Court's ruling upholding Tennessee's ban of pediatric gender-transition treatment.

‘Heightened Scrutiny’ Scapegoats The New York Times For the ACLU's Loss In Skrmetti

The documentary is the centerpiece of Chase Strangio's campaign to blame NYT for the Supreme Court's ruling upholding Tennessee's ban of pediatric gender-transition treatment.

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White House removes Wall Street Journal from Scotland press pool over Epstein bombshell A White House spokesperson declined to comment on if the Journal would be included in the pool in the future, either on the White House campus or on subsequent trips.

The White House is removing the Wall Street Journal from the pool of reporters covering Trump's weekend trip to Scotland in retaliation for the paper's new reporting on Trump and Epstein. www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

UChicago Medicine to discontinue all gender-affirming pediatric care Bowing to federal pressure under the Trump administration, UChicago Medicine has become the latest Illinois hospital to end gender-affirming pediatric care.

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The Trump administration has sent the dominoes falling in blue states. Hours after news emerged that Children’s National Hospital in DC would cease prescribing gender-transition drugs to minors, the University of Chicago said that it too would shutter its pediatric gender clinic.

A spokesperson for Children’s National Hospital in DC told me: “In light of escalating legal and regulatory risks to Children’s National, our providers, and the families we serve, we will be discontinuing the prescription of gender-affirming medications. This change will go into effect on Aug. 30.”

A 2nd Major Children's Hospital—in DC—Will Cease Offering Gender-Transition Treatments Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC, follows Children's Hospital Los Angeles in capitulating to Trump administration threats and ceasing prescribing gender-transition drugs to minors.

BREAKING: A 2nd Major Children's Hospital Will Cease Offering Gender-Transition Treatments

Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC, follows Children's Hospital LA in capitulating to Trump threats and ceasing prescribing gender-transition drugs to minors
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It’s a big day in sexual-identity history:

BISEXUALITY has turned 30!

How will YOU celebrate?

Diane and Calvin, Siamese litter mates, born February 19.

Dr. Rachel Levine Denies Having Pressured WPATH to Remove Age Limits on Minors' Gender Treatments Subpoenaed records indicate that the former Biden health official, once the highest-ranking openly transgender member of government, did indeed do this, and explicitly for political reasons.

Dr. Rachel Levine Denies Having Pressured WPATH to Remove Age Limits on Minors' Gender Treatments

Records indicate that the former Biden health official did indeed do this, and explicitly for political reasons.

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Justice Dept. Seeks to "Take Down" Pediatric Gender Medicine, Issues Raft of Subpoenas At an FTC workshop scrutinizing pediatric gender-transition treatment, a Justice Dept. official announced it had subpoenaed nearly 20 gender clinics, investigating them for fraud and false claims.

Justice Dept. Seeks to "Take Down" Pediatric Gender Medicine, Issues Raft of Subpoenas

At an FTC workshop scrutinizing pediatric gender medicine, a DoJ official announced it had subpoenaed nearly 20 gender clinics, investigating them for fraud and false claims.
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By @cwarzel.bsky.social and @matteowong.bsky.social for @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Elon Musk’s Grok Is Calling for a New Holocaust The chatbot is also praising Hitler and attacking users with Jewish-sounding names.

"Musk and xAI did not respond to a request for comment; while Grok was palling around with neo-Nazis, Musk was posting on X about the video game Diablo and Jeffrey Epstein."

"Insidious": The ACLU's Chase Strangio Slams The New York Times In Leaked Audio In some of his first comments since U.S. v Skrmetti came down, Mr. Strangio never acknowledged or responded to the sharp critiques in a recent Times investigation of his own rhetoric and actions.

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A Conversation About Skrmetti With Ezra Young & Naomi Schoenbaum — Assigned Trans lawyers criticize both Roberts’ opinion and the ACLU’s strategy in the case that allowed state laws to discriminate against trans youth in healthcare.

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Harvard Law School clinical instructor and trans activist Alejandra Caraballo lambastes trans attorney Ezra Young for asserting in an interview that the ACLU's Chase Strangio doesn't "know much about sex discrimination jurisprudence.”

Caraballo denounces Young as "an abrasive asshole to everyone."

"As the NIH begins to reinstate these grants, it is creating a surprising map of winners and losers at odds with the Trump administration’s politics." great story by @aniloza.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/07/03/n...

Regional differences in use of the 988 suicide crisis hotline: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

NYC: Independence Day weekend

At least 32 dead in catastrophic Texas flooding and dozens missing from girls camp Flash flooding slammed the Texas Hill Country overnight on Friday. At least 27 girls from a summer camp next to the Guadalupe River remain missing.

UPDATE: Flash flooding slammed the Texas Hill Country overnight on Friday. At least 27 girls from a summer camp next to the Guadalupe River remain missing.

I dislike theory in general, but if you must, read S/Z by Roland Barthes.