Episode 5: Dr. Chu and The Poisoned Penis

Ben is off crafting his masterpiece memoir this week. In the meantime, Cori, Eliza, Jamie and Lisa dig into a troubling new article from the Amsterdam gender clinic that lays out a survival strategy for the embattled field of youth gender medicine.Show notes:* Gender-affirming medical treatment for adolescents: a critical reflection on “effective” treatment outcomes (open access)Background on the Dutch protocol:* Gender: A Wider Lens episode with Annelou De Vries and Thomas Steensma* The Dutch Protocol for Juvenile Transsexuals: Origins and Evidence by Michael Biggs (open access)* The Myth of "Reliable Research" in Pediatric Gender Medicine: A critical evaluation of the Dutch Studies-and research that has followed by Zhenya Abbruzzese, Stephen Levine, and Julia Mason (open access)* Eliza's 2023 article reporting from inside gender conferences* Alex Bakker's 2021 book, The Dutch Approach: Fifty years of transgender health care at the VU Amsterdam gender clinicOur non-gender recs for the week:* Saki's The Unrest-Cure* The Unspeakeasy online community This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit informeddissentpodcast.substack.com/subscribe