Beyond Gender

How did activism come to shape the institutions that define gender medicine? REPATH Episode 2 follows the rise of transgender activism and its influence on the field, from 1989 to WPATH's 2010 de-psychopathologization statement.

"The decades where society plunged into an alternate reality," after activism and huge amounts of wealth were funnelled into normalising this overvalued idea. Join Mia Hughes and Stella O'Malley along this series where they explore the de-psychopathologization process, and their campaign to re-pathologize as a solution.

This episode covers Phyllis Frye and ICTLEP, the Rothblatt SOC, the International Bill of Gender Rights, HBIGDA's Standards of Care and Levine, Blanchard, Bailey and autogynephilia, Arlene Lev, and the rebrand of HBIGDA to WPATH.

REPATH Campaign

⏱️ CHAPTERS

(00:00) Introduction

(08:23) Defining The Mental Disorder

(18:45) Phyllis Frye Meetings & ICTLEP (1989)

(28:32) Rothblatt SOC & Apartheid of Sex (1993)

(38:07) International Bill of Gender Rights (1995)

(41:56) HBIGDA SOC 5-6 and Levine (1998-2001)

(50:35) Blanchard, Bailey & Autogynephilia (1989-2003)

(56:56) Arlene Lev (2004-2006)

(59:34) HBIGDA Re-brand to WPATH, Whittle, Pritzker (2007)

(1:06:06) WPATH's De-path Statement (2010)

Where did 'gender medicine' begin? REPATH Episode 1 traces its origins from Christine Jorgensen in 1952 through Harry Benjamin, the Netherlands, Johns Hopkins and the birth of WPATH (HBIGDA).

What happens when a new, whacky idea enters society's consciousness, and then mad scientists and large amounts of money meet? De-psychopathologisation.

This series with Mia Hughes and Stella O'Malley takes you through the early beginnings, starting with "patient zero". Join us on this journey and our REPATH campaign to restore clarity to the field of gender medicine.

⏱️CHAPTERS

(00:00) Introduction

(04:06) Christine Jorgensen (1952)

(08:23) Availability / Supply & Demand

(19:27) Harry Benjamin, The Grandfather of Gender Medicine (1966)

(38:47) The Netherlands ('50s - 1976)

(44:05) Otto de Vaal (1968)

(59:17) Johns Hopkins (1966-1979)

(01:02:11) Paul McHugh

(01:09:17) The Birth of WPATH (HBIGDA)

(01:09:55) Summary

Watch the official launch of REPATH, Genspect's Re-psychopathologization Campaign: why it matters, the framework behind it, and the call to action. Recorded 15 September, the anniversary of WPATH's Standards of Care 8.

REPATH calls for restoring a psychiatric understanding of transgender ideation (not gender non-conformity itself), so that thorough differential diagnosis and psychological and psychiatric care replace automatic affirmation. The stream with Mia Hughes and Stella O'Malley covers the REPATH framework, the origins of "DEPATH", overvalued belief, stigma and 'trans children'.

📖 REPATH website, including Mia's essay

❓ WHAT IS REPATH?

REPATH is Genspect's Re-psychopathologization Campaign. It calls for restoring a psychiatric understanding of transgender ideation, not gender non-conformity itself, so that thorough differential diagnosis and psychological and psychiatric care replace automatic affirmation.

🎙️ Beyond Gender Podcast now airs every Tuesday:

7 pm UK & Ireland | 2 pm New York | 11 am California

⏱️ CHAPTERS

(00:00) Introduction

(01:04) Why REPATH Matters

(02:38) 1979 Clinic Shut Down

(06:26) REPATH Framework

(11:48) Essay Title & DEPATH Origins

(16:30) Stigma

(20:32) Overvalued Belief Examples

(26:39) Egosyntonic/Dystonic

(33:26) Predicting The Explosion

(37:17) Trans Children

(45:40) Sept 15th 2022

(55:17) Call to Action

Why is REPATH returning, what has changed, and what comes next? Stella O'Malley and Mia Hughes explain Genspect's REPATH Campaign on "Gordon Guyatt Day" (8 September).

REPATH calls for restoring a psychiatric understanding of transgender ideation (not gender non-conformity itself), so that thorough differential diagnosis and psychological and psychiatric care replace automatic affirmation. They cover DEPATH, stigma, WPATH SOC8, and the REPATH rollout plan.

❓ WHAT IS REPATH?

REPATH is Genspect's Re-psychopathologization Campaign. It calls for restoring a psychiatric understanding of transgender ideation, not gender non-conformity itself, so that thorough differential diagnosis and psychological and psychiatric care replace automatic affirmation.

📖 REPATH website

🎙️ Beyond Gender Podcast now airs every Tuesday:7 pm UK & Ireland | 2 pm New York | 11 am California

⏱️ CHAPTERS

(00:00) Introduction

(05:14) DEPATH Explained

(24:39) Why Genspect

(27:54) Stigma

(31:51) Why September 15th?

(34:03) SOC8

(45:30) September 8 Gordon Guyatt

(58:17) REPATH Rollout Plan

Is psychology and counselling being undermined by postmodernist, activist-led ideology? Irish psychologist and lecturer Ian Cox discusses with Stella O’Malley, where Ian also details his experiences with students and what led to him receiving complaints and being doxxed.

We are joined by Róisín Michaux, an Irish journalist living in Brussels.Róisín describes going undercover with a fictitious distressed, autistic teenage girl, and her investigations into how Irish youths access gender medicalisation, including clinics in Madrid that will perform mastectomies on minors.

Journalist Nick Wallace discusses the UK's Post Office scandal that led to over 700 wrongful prosecutions, and the incredible story of how this scandal came to be exposed.

Nick draws parallels to 'gender medicine' and institutional failure, the erosion of trust and the dangers that brings.

Canadian writer Peter Gajdics provides his retrospective view of the appalling treatment he received in the ‘90s from a (now known as) notoriously abusive psychiatrist who trained under Arthur Janov.

Midway through this process, a darker reality slowly dawned on him. The psychiatrist was trying to rid him of his homosexuality. In his pursuit of justice, he was later confronted with a trojan horse in conversion therapy bills.

Emmet Connor is an Irish author, podcaster and commentator, and the author of The Red Pandemic.

Deanne Jade is a psychologist and founder of the National Centre for Eating Disorders.

In this podcast episode, we discuss the ‘golden thread’ between eating disorders, self-harm and gender dysphoria as socially reinforced behaviours that persist despite harm. Deanne highlights the complexity of these disorders - and the people experiencing them - which requires thorough and gradual assessment.