WordPress censors GenderTrender; Gallus Mag responds.

UPDATE December 6, 2018 4thWaveNow has returned Gallus Mag’s statement to its complete and original form as she submitted it to us. Background: Shortly after we published GenderTrender’s statement, Automattic/WordPress.com–which at the time hosted the 4thWaveNow website–redacted the name of … Continue reading

Parents petition American Academy of Pediatrics in response to policy statement on trans-identified youth

The letter from the parents’ Gender Critical forum (discussed and reproduced below) is also an online petition. To tell the American Academy of Pediatrics that kids deserve more careful assessment and cautious treatment than the affirmation approach recommended by the … Continue reading

Toward a more nuanced exploration: An interview with Sasha Ayad

Sasha Ayad, M. Ed., LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor who works in private practice with teens and young adults who are questioning their gender. We interviewed Sasha via email for this post. She uses an exploration-based approach to seek … Continue reading

Brown University and PLOS ONE: Defend academic freedom and scientific inquiry

We are urging Brown University and the editors of the peer-reviewed journal PLOS ONE to continue to support the research of Dr. Lisa Littman. Her recently published paper, “Rapid-onset gender dysphoria in adolescents and young adults: A study of parental … Continue reading

Research evidence: Gender-atypical tots more likely to become gay or lesbian

by Michael Biggs Michael Biggs is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Oxford and Fellow of St Cross College. He researches social movements and collective protest. Transgender activists insist that children who behave in ways more typical of … Continue reading

The project of a lifetime: A therapist’s letter to a trans-identified teen

Therapist and Jungian analyst Lisa Marchiano received the following email recently. She and the writer of the email agreed that Lisa would address the author’s questions in a public forum, and the author kindly agreed to allow the email to … Continue reading

WPATH & The Advocate aim to suppress new research on adolescent gender dysphoria

by Brie J On February 20, The Advocate, one of the leading LGBT publications in the US, ran an article which attempted to invalidate data collected by physician and researcher Lisa Littman from parents whose children experienced Rapid Onset Gender … Continue reading