Today we discuss:

* The 2016 CMS Report on Gender Dysphoria and Gender Reassignment Surgery.

* NBC's reporting on the new bill prohibiting Medicaid from covering sex-trait modification procedures.

* Jamie getting thrown out of the APA meeting, from which one gender session was leaked.

* The FTC’s plan to investigate fraud in the gender-affirming care industry.

* The MIT "Born in the Right Body" event, at which Jamie and Lisa spoke, and which drew protestors. And fun signs!

* Planned Parenthood's puberty blocker video.

Our non-gender recommendations for the week:

* Gardening!

* Coffee with a spoonful of tiramisu inside!

Cori, Eliza, and Jamie revisit the HHS report, “Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria: Review of Evidence and Best Practices.” They talk about the libertarian case for age limits on hormonal and surgical interventions and the homophobia underlying the entire enterprise of transition.

Health and Human Services Report

Sunday event in Cambridge: Born in the Right Body.

Montana judge finds trans care ban unconstitutional

Homophobia on my mind by Jamie Reed

The Ross Douthat column that changed Jamie's life

Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious by Ross Douthat

This week we discuss the MAGA look, the low-down dirty tactics of Maine legislators, the sophistry of psychotic professors, and the moral dilemma of patronizing businesses that use WPATH’s standards of care to inform their medical benefits policies.

* MAGA aesthetics

* The Psychology of Totalitarianism

* An Abundance of Caution

* Maine LD380

* All of Us Strangers

* Histories of the Transgender Child

* Jules Gill-Peterson in NY Times

* Transgender Studies Quarterly

* TERF Industrial Complex

* Starbucks trans insurance

* availability heuristic

* Chick-fil-A kale crunch salad

* Meghan Daum and Richard Rushfield

* Max Richter world tour

* Nespresso Vertuo

* Julia Mason in the Economist

Today we discuss the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ evidence review, “Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria Review of Evidence and Best Practices.” What did the review say? Is it unbiased and dispassionate? Was it a good idea for the HHS to withhold the authors’ names? Will it convince anyone on the other side of this debate? How have news outlets been reporting on it? All that and more, plus headlines.

* HHS report

* Biden admin suppresses reviews

* Erin Reed coverage of report

* Jamie in NBC News reporting

* NY Times coverage of report

* APA statement

* WaPo coverage

* Lawless book

* Megyn Kelly NY Times interview

* Thelma

* Bitchin’ Sauce

* Mistakes Were Made

* Marcus Aurelius -Meditations audiobook

* Unveiled

* The Last Girl

Ben and Jamie are off planning puppy pride parades, so this week, Cori, Eliza and Lisa digest the Supreme Court case Mahmoud v. Taylor. We also talk about Pam Bondi’s directive, Nike’s funding of a study on trans athletes, and the doctor, Allan Josephson, who received $1.6 million settlement after his colleagues destroyed his career for speaking out about youth gender transition. A little background on I Am Jazz, and some read-alouds on YouTube of Uncle Bobby’s Wedding.

Lisa’s non-gender suggestion of the week: Bo Burnham’s INSIDE, and Phoebe Bridgers’ cover of one of his songs from the album, That Funny Feeling.

Cori’s: Harmonies board game.

Eliza’s: Phyllis Rose’s Parallel Lives

The five of us discuss the outcome of the For Women Scotland case and how the situation across the pond compares to the US. Plus news headlines.

* XX wrist bands are hate speech

* Trump admin seeks to limit GAC coverage

* Planned Parenthood Arizona

* Trump admin sues Maine

* World Pride might tell trans people “Do not come”

* British newspaper front pages

* Supreme Court decision coverage

* third spaces

* Pride is going broke… (LGB Courage Coalition)

* Malcolm Clark’s thread on detransitioned Moroccan influencer

* WaPo article about influencer

* Sarah McBride Atlantic interview

* Parallel Lives book

* Satan’s Silence book

* Lawrence Wright

* The Looming Tower

* My Trip to Al-Qaeda

* Drawing flowers

* Meghan Daum’s new book

Today we discuss news headlines, a recent court decision in Australia, and the excruciatingly bad Last Week Tonight episode about trans athletes.

* Colorado bills

* Title IX investigation team

* Female disc golfer protests

* Ted Cruz opens investigation

* UK pool tournament

* Montana legislation

* Maine sues

* Trump admin pulls funding from Maine’s prison system

* America First Legal refers Illinois school district to DOJ

* Bernard Lane on Australian judge’s decision

* Last Week Tonight

* Nevada sports

* Lisa’s piece on Last Week Tonight

* White Lotus finale

* Kemi hasn’t watched Adolescence

* Julie Bindel tweet

* Suzanne O’Sullivan - The Age of Diagnosis

Today we debate whether “gender-affirming care” is child abuse and discuss the concept of trans exceptionalism, and Jamie and Lisa tell us about a recent debate between Marci Bowers and Brianna Wu.

* ACLU sues Indiana

* Transphobic toddler

* Washington State blocks women’s sports proposal

* CA Dems block women’s sports and spaces bills

* Trans protester arrested in Florida bathroom

* Nevada reverses sports policy

* Maine hit with another funding block

* Fencing female takes the knee

* Politics and Prose talk with Jennifer Finney Boylan and Sarah McBride

* Brianna Wu/Marci Bowers debate

* Duke Symposium with Bowers

* Hostages doc

* Open Socrates

* BBC’s Don’t Tell the Bride

* Going Clear

* Remembering Satan

After going over the week’s gender-related news headlines, the gang discusses Tuesday’s “listening session” with New Hampshire Rep. Jonah Wheeler (D), hosted by the League of Women Voters. Jamie and Cori attended the listening session (i.e., struggle session), as did a lot of very angry New Hampshirites. It all made for some prime gender-culture-war podcast material.

* U.S. DoE investigates California DoE

* Ed. Sec. Linda McMahon’s letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom

* DoE’s Office for Civil Rights opens Title IX investigation into Portland Public Schools

* 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules in Idaho

* U of Maine complies

* Maine school officials do not comply

* Maine poll on sports issue

* Cheek swabs in World Athletics

* Trump Admin denied by DC judge

* New Hampshire bills

* Jonah Wheeler testimony on House floor

* Zoom hacked

* listening session coverage

* Jamie’s livestream part 1

* Jamie’s livestream part 2

* Amos Oz memoir

* Phyllis Chesler memoir

* Adolescence on Netflix

This week, Lisa tells us about a surreal conversation she had with a NYC school principal. This leads us to a discussion on how to reach people who interpret all gender heresy as cruelty.

Lisa’s Substack

Eliza’s Substack

Ben’s Substack

Cori’s Substack

Jamie’s Substack

The White Lotus AGP scene

Lisa’s piece on The White Lotus for UnHerd

Delaware legislation

Cori’s encounter in Delaware

Cori’s Montana testimony

Lisa, Cori, and Ben talk to NYC school committee about gender ideology

New Hampshire HB148