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The sky is trans, why wouldn’t I be

by Florence Ashley

This podcast is an audio repository of Florence Ashley‘s scholarly writing on trans law, bioethics, and more!

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  1. Unreliable Witness Warnings for Police Testimony

    Florence Ashley, “Unreliable Witness Warnings for Police Testimony,” (2026) 59:2 UBC Law Review 293-358 Abstract: In this article, I argue that unreliable witness warnings should be extended to police testimony given the prevalence of police perjury and its contribution to wrongful convictions…

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  2. Evidentiary Pragmatism in Transgender Health Care

    Florence Ashley, "Evidentiary Pragmatism in Transgender Health Care," (2026) 116:3 American Journal of Public Health 304-06 Opponents of gender-affirming care for youth often argue that it should be withheld because the available evidence is of low quality. In this article, I explore how such...

  3. Gatekeeping gender-affirming care is detrimental to detrans people

    F Ashley et al, “Gatekeeping gender-affirming care is detrimental to detrans people” (2025)International Journal of Transgender Health Abstract: Gender assessments are often required to access gender-affirming medical interventions. These assessments are typically defended as a way of preventing...

  4. Genderfucking as a critical legal methodology

    Florence Ashley, "Genderfucking as a critical legal methodology" (2024) 69:2 McGill Law Journal 177 Abstract: In this essay, I theorize genderfucking as a critical legal methodology. Genderfucking is defined by its focus on the needs and experiences of those who ‘fuck’ with gender, resisting...

  5. Parental Rights Over Transgender Youth: Furthering a Pressing and Substantial Objective?

    Florence Ashley, "Parental Rights Over Transgender Youth—Furthering a Pressing and Substantial Objective?" (2024) 62(1) Alberta Law Review 87–119 Abstract: Parental rights are increasingly being invoked to oppose the growing inclusion of trans youth in education. Recently, some provinces have...

  6. Gender self-determination as a medical right

    ​F Ashley. ​“Gender self-determination as a medical right.” (2024) CMAJ, 196, E833–35 Abstract: In this article, I argue that the principle of gender self-determination grants trans people have a presumptive right to gender-affirming care, and that physicians should accordingly rethink barriers…

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  7. Do trans/humanists dream of electric tits? CRISPR and transgender bioethics

    F Ashley. "Do Trans/Humanists Dream of Electric Tits? CRISPR and Transgender Bioethics" in Neal Baer (ed), Reshaping Human Nature: The Promise and Peril of CRISPR (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024) Abstract: ​This chapter explores on the possibilities and risks of CRISPR gene editing for…

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  8. Beyond the trans/cis binary: introducing new terms will enrich gender research

    F Ashley, S Brightly-Brown, GN Rider,. Beyond the trans/cis binary: Introducing new terms will enrich gender research. Nature, 630, 293–95 Abstract: Human experiences are inevitably richer than the categories we carve out for them. But finding the right concepts and language to describe their...

  9. Reflecting on the rhetoric of adoption in trans youth care

    Florence Ashley, “Reflecting on the Rhetoric of Adoption in Trans Youth Care” (2023) 2 Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies 249–75 Abstract: Adoption is increasingly being discussed as an alternative to procreation for trans youth given the impact of gender-affirming medical care on fertility....

  10. Do gender assessments prevent regret in transgender healthcare? A narrative review

    Florence Ashley, Neeki Parsa, til kus, & Kinnon R MacKinnon, “Do gender assessments prevent regret in transgender healthcare? A narrative review” (2023) Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity Abstract: Gender assessments are traditionally required before accessing gender-affirming...

  11. The Saint of Christopher Street

    Florence Ashley & Sam Sanchinel, “The Saint of Christopher Street: Marsha P. Johnson and the Social Life of a Heroine” (2023) 134 Feminist Review 39–55 Abstract: This article analyses the legacy of Marsha P. Johnson as a heroine through the notion of labour, emphasising how heroine narratives are...

  12. What is it like to have a gender identity?

    Florence Ashley, “What Is It like to Have a Gender Identity?” (2023) MIND Abstract: By attending to how people speak about their gender, we can find diverse answers to the question of what it is like to have a gender identity. To some, it is little more than having a body whereas others may…

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  13. Randomized-controlled trials are methodologically inappropriate in adolescent transgender healthcare

    Florence Ashley, Diana M. Tordoff, Johanna Olson-Kennedy, & Arjee J. Restar, “Randomized-controlled trials are methodologically inappropriate in adolescent transgender healthcare” (2023) International Journal of Transgender Health Abstract: Despite multiple rigorous observational studies...

  14. Transporting the burden of justification: The unethicality of transgender conversion practices

    Florence Ashley, “Transporting the Burden of Justification: The Unethicality of Transgender Conversion Practices” (​2022) 50:3 Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 425–42 Abstract: Transgender conversion practices involve attempts to alter, discourage, or suppress a person’s gender identity and/or...

  15. Interrogating gender-exploratory therapy

    Florence Ashley, “Interrogating Gender-Exploratory Therapy” (2022) Perspectives on Psychological Science Abstract: Opposition to gender-affirmative approaches to care for transgender youths by some clinicians has recently begun to consolidate around “gender exploratory therapy” as a proposed...

  16. Adolescent medical transition is ethical: an analogy with reproductive health

    Florence Ashley, “Adolescent Medical Transition is Ethical: An Analogy with Reproductive Health” (2022) 32:2 Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, 127–71 Abstract: In this article, I argue that adolescent medical transition is ethical by analogizing it to abortion and birth control. The...

  17. ‘Trans’ is my gender modality

    Florence Ashley, “‘Trans’ Is My Gender Modality: A Modest Terminological Proposal” in Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, 2nd ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022) at 22 Abstract: Currently, no word exists in our vocabulary for the broad category which includes being trans and being cis. ​To…

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  18. Youth should decide: the principle of subsidiarity in paediatric transgender healthcare

    Florence Ashley, “Youth should decide: the principle of subsidiarity in paediatric transgender healthcare” (2022) Journal of Medical Ethics (online first) Abstract: Drawing on the principle of subsidiarity, this article develops a framework for allocating medical decision-making authority in the...

  19. The constitutive in/visibility of the trans legal subject

    Florence Ashley, “The Constitutive In/Visibility of the Trans Legal Subject: A Case Study” (2021) 28:1 UCLA Women’s Law Journal 423–57 Abstract: The language of law creates the transgender subject by fabricating a legal conception of sex or gender which, for a long time, excluded trans people....

  20. The clinical irrelevance of ‘desistance’ research for transgender and gender creative youth

    Florence Ashley. “The Clinical Irrelevance of ‘Desistance’ Research for Transgender and Gender Creative Youth” (2021) Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity Abstract: In recent years, the suggestion that over 80% of trans and gender creative children will grow up cisgender has been...

  21. ‘X’ Why? Gender markers and non-binary transgender people

    Florence Ashley, “‘X’ Why? Gender Markers and Non-Binary Transgender People” in Isabel C. Jaramillo Sierra and Laura Carlson (eds.), Trans Rights and Wrongs: A Comparative Study of Legal Reform Concerning Trans Persons, Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law Series, Springer, 33–48...

  22. The continuum of informed consent models in transgender health

    Florence Ashley, Colton M St. Amand, G Nic Rider, “The Continuum of Informed Consent Models in Transgender Health” (2021) Family Practice Using the ‘Informed Consent Model’ (ICM), clinicians prescribing hormone therapy to trans patients do not require a letter from mental health professionals...

  23. Corriger nos pratiques : les approches thérapeutiques pour intervenir auprès des enfants trans examinées dans une perspective juridique

    Florence Ashley, « Corriger nos pratiques : les approches thérapeutiques pour intervenir auprès des enfants trans examinées dans une perspective juridique » dans Jeunes trans et non binaires : de l’accompagnement à l’affirmation (Montréal: Éditions Remue-Ménage, 2021), pp. 89–102 Dans cet…

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  24. Recommendations for institutional and governmental management of gender information

    Florence Ashley, “Recommendations for Institutional and Governmental Management of Gender Information” (2021) 44:4 NYU Review of Law & Social Change 489–528 Gender information management is becoming an area of increased concern and tension in recent years due to the parallel rise of trans...

  25. Trans reparative 'therapy'

    Florence Ashley, “Reparative Therapy” in Abbie Goldberg & Genny Beemyn (eds), The Sage Encyclopedia of Trans Studies, vol. 2 (Thousands Oakes, CA: SAGE Publications, 2021) 713–717 Trans reparative therapy is an umbrella term for sustained efforts that seek to discourage behaviors associated with…

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  26. Gender (de)transitioning before puberty? A response to Steensma and Cohen-Kettenis

    Florence Ashley, “Gender (De)Transitioning Before Puberty? A Response to Steensma and Cohen-Kettenis (2011)” (2018) 48:3 Archives of Sexual Behavior 679–680 In a Letter to the Editor, “Gender Transitioning before Puberty?”, Steensma and Cohen-Kettenis (2011) cautioned against prepubertal gender...

  27. Puberty blockers are necessary, but they don’t prevent homelessness: Caring for transgender youth by supporting unsupportive parents

    Florence Ashley, “Puberty Blockers Are Necessary, but They Don’t Prevent Homelessness: Caring for Transgender Youth by Supporting Unsupportive Parents” (2019) 19:2 The American Journal of Bioethics 87–89 In her article, Maura Priest argues in favour of legislation which would enshrine trans…

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  28. Shifts in assigned sex ratios at gender identity clinics likely reflect changes in referral patterns

    Florence Ashley, “Shifts in Assigned Sex Ratios at Gender Identity Clinics Likely Reflect Changes in Referral Patterns” (2019) 16:6 The Journal of Sexual Medicine 948–949 Gender identity clinics have reported unexplained shifts in assigned sex ratios in recent years. Recent attempts at explaining...

  29. Surgical informed consent and recognizing a perioperative duty to disclose in transgender healthcare

    Florence Ashley, “Surgical Informed Consent and Recognizing a Perioperative Duty to Disclose in Transgender Healthcare” (2020) 13:1 McGill Journal of Law and Health 73–116 ​In this article, the author argues that our current medical practices with regard to obtaining informed consent are...

  30. Humorous styles of Cause in In Rem actions: A comparison of Canada and the United States

    Florence Ashley, “Humorous Styles of Cause in In Rem Actions: A Comparison of Canada and the United States” (2020) 24:1 Green Bag 15–27 ​The names of cases in in rem actions—an action directly over a thing rather than against a person—are frequently humorous. Just look at South Dakota v. Fifteen...

  31. Qui est-ille ? Le respect langagier des élèves non-binaires, aux limites du droit

    Florence Ashley, “Qui est-ille ? Le respect langagier des élèves non-binaires, aux limites du droit” (2017) 63:2 Service social 35–50 Dans cet article, l’autaire explore la question de savoir si une obligation légale de respecter les pronoms et accords neutres existe en contexte scolaire...

  32. L’In/visibilité constitutive du sujet trans : l’exemple du droit québécois

    Florence Ashley, “L’In/visibilité constitutive du sujet trans : l’exemple du droit québécois” (2020) 35:2 Canadian Journal of Law and Society / Revue Canadienne Droit et Société 317–340 ​Le langage du droit crée le sujet transgenre en tissant une conception légale du sexe ou genre, une conception...

  33. Simpson’s paradox in LGBTQ+ policy: A case study

    Florence Ashley, “Simpson’s Paradox in LGBTQ+ Policy: A Case Study” (2020) Sexuality Research and Social Policy Simpson’s paradox refers to cases when trends found in the data disappear or inverse when groups are aggregated. Because reported data are used to guide policymaking, understanding and...

  34. Accounting for research fatigue in research ethics

    Florence Ashley, “Accounting for research fatigue in research ethics” (2020) Bioethics How to account for participants’ psychological and emotional exhaustion with research has been under‐explored in the research ethics literature. Research fatigue, as it is known, has significant impacts on...

  35. Homophobia, conversion therapy, and care models for trans youth: defending the gender-affirmative approach

    Florence Ashley, “Homophobia, Conversion Therapy, and Care Models for Trans Youth: Defending the Gender-Affirmative Approach” (2020) 17:4 Journal of LGBT Youth 361–383 ​In recent years, opponents of the gender-affirmative approach to trans youth have argued that it bears homophobic roots and may…

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  36. Transgender healthcare does not stop at the doorstep of the clinic

    Florence Ashley & Sergio Domíngez, “Transgender Healthcare Does Not Stop at the Doorstep of the Clinic” (2020) The American Journal of Medicine Trans health is an irreducibly political area of medicine. Clinicians must become aware of that politicization and actively engage with trans communities...

  37. In favor of covering ethically important cosmetic surgeries: Facial feminization surgery for transgender people

    ​Florence Ashley & Carolyn Ells, “In Favor of Covering Ethically Important Cosmetic Surgeries: Facial Feminization Surgery for Transgender People” (2018) 18:12 The American Journal of Bioethics 23–25 In a recent article, Dubov & Frankel argue that facial feminization surgery should be deemed...

  38. Science has always been ideological, you just don’t see it

    Florence Ashley, “Science Has Always Been Ideological, You Just Don’t See It” (2019) 48:6 Archives of Sexual Behavior 1655–1657 In this letter to the editor, I comment on the controversy surrounding the disruption of Kevin Hsu's talk at the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality…

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  39. The misuse of gender dysphoria: Toward greater conceptual clarity in transgender health

    Florence Ashley, “The Misuse of Gender Dysphoria: Toward Greater Conceptual Clarity in Transgender Health” (2019) Perspectives on Psychological Science The notion of gender dysphoria is central to transgender health care but is inconsistently used in the clinical literature. Clinicians who work…

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  40. Nuancing feminist perspectives on the voluntary intoxication defence

    Florence Ashley, “Nuancing Feminist Perspectives on the Voluntary Intoxication Defence” (2020) 43:5 Manitoba Law Journal 65–94 ​The defence of voluntary intoxication, which has been back in the news as a result of the recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal in R v Sullivan, is frequently...

  41. Don’t be so hateful: The insufficiency of anti-discrimination and hate crime laws in improving trans wellbeing

    Florence Ashley, “Don’t Be So Hateful: The Insufficiency of Anti-Discrimination and Hate Crime Laws in Improving Trans Wellbeing” (2018) 68:1 University of Toronto Law Journal 1-36 The question of judicial protection of trans people has come to the fore in recent years, culminating in Bill C-16...

  42. Genderfucking non-disclosure: Sexual fraud, transgender bodies, and messy identities

    Florence Ashley, “Genderfucking Non-Disclosure: Sexual Fraud, Transgender Bodies, and Messy Identities” (2018) 41:2 Dalhousie Law Journal 339–377 ​If I don’t tell you that I was assigned male at birth, as a transgender person, can I go to jail for sexual assault by fraud? In some jurisdictions…

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  43. Thinking an ethics of gender exploration: Against delaying transition for transgender and gender creative youth

    Florence Ashley, “Thinking an Ethics of Gender Exploration: Against Delaying Transition for Transgender and Gender Creative Youth” (2019) 24:2 Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 223–236 Youth explore their genders—both theirs and others’. Exploration is not only a vessel of discovery and...

  44. A critical commentary on ‘rapid-onset gender dysphoria’​​

    Florence Ashley, “A Critical Commentary On ‘Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria’” (2020) 68:4 The Sociological Review 779–799 The term ‘rapid-onset gender dysphoria’ (ROGD) was coined in 2016 to describe an alleged epidemic of youth coming out as trans ‘out of the blue’ due to social contagion and…

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  45. Gatekeeping hormone replacement therapy for transgender patients is dehumanising

    Florence Ashley, “Gatekeeping Hormone Replacement Therapy for Transgender Patients is Dehumanising” (2019)45:7 Journal of Medical Ethics 480–482 Although informed consent models for prescribing hormone replacement therapy are becoming increasingly prevalent, many physicians continue to require an...

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