Beyond Gender The Lawyer Dismantling the Gender Medicine Empire - Glenna Goldis (#38)
Sep 15, 2025
In this engaging discussion, guest Glenna Goldis, a consumer protection lawyer and founder of Gender Critical Lawyers, reveals the cracks in the gender medicine system in the U.S. She highlights significant legal victories and the deception behind medical practices related to pediatric transition. Glenna calls for accountability, including potential Nuremberg-style trials for those involved in child abuse disguised as care. With insights into critical court cases and the need for clearer definitions in the discussion of gender identity, this chat is a crucial primer on a contentious issue.
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Use Consumer Protection Claims
- Use consumer protection laws to challenge deceptive clinical marketing and clinician statements to parents and children.
- Pursue FTC or DOJ interest where clinicians misrepresent treatments as evidence-based or necessary.
Early FTC Complaint Changed Clinician Behavior
- Stella described GenSpec's 2021 FTC complaint against Seth Gallaher which changed her clinical behaviour despite failing legally.
- The complaint seemed to produce measurable behavioural changes even without a legal win.
Supreme Court Validated State Bans
- The U.S. Supreme Court upheld state bans on pediatric gender medicine in US v. Scirmedi, allowing many states to restrict care for minors.
- That decision signaled federal courts will generally permit state regulation of pediatric gender medicine.