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48. The Dark History of "Transgender Medicine", WPATH & Child Castration │ Genevieve Gluck

Whose Body Is It

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The History of the Medical Industry Around Harry Benjamin

Harry Benjamin was a sexologist who did research on sex changes, but he has this really interesting kind of pass too. Initially they were called the harry benjamin international genderdisporia association. They got their funding from a transman who had funded some other research about communicating with dolphins. So i think that become apparent the more you look into sexology and the history of the medical industry around this. I mean, how how these kinds of medical practices have become what they are now is a bit baffling when you look at their origins.

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