Beyond Gender

By Stella O'Malley, Mia Hughes, Bret AldermanSociety & Culture

Beyond Gender episodes

October 20 She Was Injured by a Male Player. Now She's Speaking Out | Payton McNabb
Bret Alderman is joined by Payton McNabb, who describes how she regained control of her life after suffering brain damage from a male volleyball player who played on the women's team.

Payton is an ambassador for the Independent Women's forum.

https://www.iwfeatures.com/documentary/payton-mcnabb/📌

CHAPTERS
(00:00) Preview
(00:59) Introduction
(03:42) Political Leanings
(08:28) Sororities
(13:53) Injury
(29:18) Language
(31:59) Looking Forward, Response From Perp
(40:01) Men in Women’s Spaces
(44:53) University Trial and Legal Win
(52:36) WNBA
1 hr 4 min
October 17 Trans Away The Gay: Gender-Affirming Care IS Conversion Therapy | Scott Newgent
Mia Hughes is joined by Scott Newgent, who experienced homophobia - from her relationship dynamic, to a trans identified therapist and finally a gynecologist who - without testing - told her she was likely intersex. This made Scott feel out of place and led to her undergoing sex altering procedures, which brought severe medical complications.
Scott is raising awareness and advocates to stop gender-affirming care, particularly for minors, which is cosmetic, not life-saving or evidence-based, and often leads to the health deterioration that Scott experienced.
Scott will be speaking in UK parliament on October 21st to stop the UK’s ‘conversion therapy’ ban, which is vague, could criminalize real help, and is a trojan horse to shut down opposition to gender ideology.
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📌 CHAPTERS
(00:00) Trailer
(01:33) Introduction
(03:15) Trigger to Transition
(09:32) Texas
(11:32) Medical Process & Physical, Psychosocial Effects
(27:04) Gender Debate
(29:49) Sexuality
(31:49) Activism
(34:13) LGB And T Split
(37:04) Homophobia
(44:51) Parliament Bill
1 hr 2 min
October 13 Mary Ann Kenny: I Was Not Mentally Ill, I Was Grieving!
Stella O'Malley is joined by Irish academic Mary Ann Kenny who shares her devastating story, where health professionals abused her vulnerability at every turn after experiencing grief from her husband’s death… From copious amounts of medication, to hospitalisation and threats of a foster home for her children.Mary Ann’s memoir ‘The Episode’CHAPTERS(00:00) Preview(01:23) Introduction(08:11) Pressure For Professional Help(12:59) Sertraline And Akathisia(19:58) Psychiatry Referral And Day Hospital(43:26) Tusla Threat(56:42) Recovery And Writing The Book(01:03:42) No Accountability From Services
1 hr 9 min
October 06 REPATH: Episode 3 - The Tipping Point (2010-2026)
How did transgender identification move out of psychiatry? REPATH Episode 3 traces the de-psychopathologization of gender dysphoria from WPATH's 2010 statement to the 2022 SOC8, and why the 2010s were the tipping point.

In this episode of the REPATH series, Mia Hughes and Stella O'Malley walk through the key milestones in the de-psychopathologization process: the WPATH 2010 statement, DSM-5's shift from "Gender Identity Disorder" to "Gender Dysphoria" (2013), ICD-11's move from "dysphoria" to "incongruence" (2018), WPATH's declaration of medical necessity (2016), and the release of the WPATH Standards of Care 8 (2022).

REPATH is a Genspect campaign calling for the restoration of psychiatric and psychological safeguards in the care of gender-related distress.

⏱️ CHAPTERS
(00:00) Introduction
(01:15) Recap of Episode 2
(11:07) WPATH De-Psychopathologization Statement (2010)
(13:20) WPATH SOC7 and Ehrensaft (2012)
(22:32) DSM-5: From Disorder to Dysphoria (2013)
(28:33) The Tipping Point (2014)
(36:45) Schools (2015)
(40:52) WPATH Declares Medical Necessity (2016)
(45:54) ICD-11: Dysphoria to Incongruence (2018)
(51:16) Littman ROGD Study (2018)
(01:00:07) WPATH SOC8: Eunuchs In, Ethics Out (2022)
(01:09:04) Technology
(01:12:21) Mia Introduced DePath, Albuquerque (2025)
1 hr 19 min
October 03 REPATH: Episode 2 - Activism Captures the Field (1989-2010)
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)
1 hr 9 min
October 03 REPATH: Episode 1 - The Birth of Gender Medicine (1952-1979)
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
1 hr 18 min
October 03 The REPATH Campaign Launch (Livestream 2)
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
59 min
October 03 The REPATH Campaign: An Alternative Approach to Gender-Affirming Care (Livestream 1)
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
1 hr 1 min
September 03 The Assault on Science with Ian Cox
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.
1 hr 10 min
August 27 She Went UNDERCOVER in Youth Gender Clinics | Róisín Michaux
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.
1 hr 8 min

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What’s really going on with gender—and how does it connect to wider cultural shifts? Psychotherapist Stella O’Malley, researcher Mia Hughes, and psychologist Bret Alderman explore how debates around gender, identity, psychology, and medicine open up bigger questions about culture, society, and mental health. With guests ranging from doctors and therapists to parents and detransitioners, they offer honest, thoughtful discussions—no jargon, no ideology.