Episode
E378. Gender Affirming Care On Trial - Benjamin Ryan
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- Feb 19, 2026
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- 4670
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Summary
Independent journalist Benjamin Ryan was the only reporter who sat through all three weeks of the first-ever gender surgery malpractice trial. He and Bridget discuss the chilling testimony of a mother who was browbeaten until she consented to her daughter’s mastectomy, a 15-year-old’s 11-month sprint from questioning her gender to surgery, and why the psychologist was an “enabler” instead of a measured professional. They cover the judge who tried to scare Ryan off reporting, why detransitione...