Beyond Gender

Katy Faust

Stella, Mia, and Bret recap the major events of 2025: Trump’s executive orders and the HHS report, the For Women Scotland Supreme Court ruling, the UK PATHWAYS puberty blockers trial, the McMaster systematic reviews, and Alberta’s use of the notwithstanding clause. Mia gives the Canadian perspective, where things have gone the other way. They also discuss the gap between Britain’s legal wins and what’s actually happening clinically, and why Genspect was raising the alarm about PATHWAYS back in late 2024.They reflect on their interviews with Gordon Guyatt and Ken Zucker, Susan Bradley’s willingness to say “we were wrong,” and what Mia calls the upstream problem: the belief that being trans is innate and healthy. They finish with predictions for 2026 and whether another social contagion involving bodily harm could follow.References: Reflections, Reconciliation & Repsychopathologization

Meghan Murphy is a Canadian writer and founder of Feminist Current. In this episode, she talks about how she got into feminism, why she disagreed with third-wave feminism’s embrace of pornography and prostitution, and how women’s studies became gender studies. Meghan was one of the first feminists in Canada to publicly question gender identity ideology, which got her pushed out of a feminist podcast collective in 2011. She started Feminist Current in 2012.Murphy was permanently banned from Twitter in 2018 for tweets including “men aren’t women” and for referring to Jessica Yaniv as “him.” She sued Twitter and lost in California. Joe Rogan covered her case and had her on his show; she was reinstated in 2022 after the Musk acquisition. She left Vancouver for Mexico in 2021. The conversation also touches on Helen Andrews’ essay about the feminization of the workplace and why the left has become so illiberal.

Attorney Mary McAlister sits down with Stella to talk about the ongoing battle in courts to protect what parents decide for their children, especially against this wave of gender ideology slipping into schools across the U.S. McAlister shares stories from her role at the Child & Parental Rights Campaign. There, she represents families whose children have been secretly transitioned by schools without parental knowledge. The conversation traces the ideological roots of current policies back to the controversial research of Alfred Kinsey, whose work Mary studied alongside the late Dr. Judith Reisman. From secret school transitions to the weaponisation of Child Protective Services, Mary explains how Kinsey’s ideas laid the groundwork for today’s attacks on parental authority, and how the legal tide is finally beginning to turn.Mary E. McAlister is Senior Litigation Counsel for the nonprofit group, the Child & Parental Rights Campaign, launched in 2019. She’s been in the legal game for almost 30 years now - handling trials, pushing appeals, championing family choices and free speech rights, all the way up to the Supreme Court.Mary holds a J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law and a B.S. in Journalism (summa cum laude) from California Polytechnic State University. Before her public interest work, she was a journalist and later a commercial litigator in California. She previously served as Senior Litigation Counsel at Liberty Counsel.Starting in 2010 and right up to when Dr. Judith Reisman passed away in April 2021, McAlister teamed up closely with her. Together, they penned scholarly pieces that spotlighted how Alfred Kinsey’s shadow still hangs over society. These days, McAlister runs The Reisman Institute as its president, picking up where Reisman left off, probing the roots of the sexual revolution.

Derrick Jensen, an environmental philosopher and author of over 25 books, dives deep into the connections between anarchism, queer theory, and trans politics. He critiques how social norms, including those safeguarding children, are dismissed in academic discourse. Jensen also discusses historical figures advocating extreme sexual views and the implications of prioritizing mental identity over physical bodies. His insights reveal the cultural shifts that led to queer theory's rise and express concern over young people's irreversible decisions regarding their bodies.

Abigail Shrier, a journalist and author renowned for her work on youth and mental health, dives into the pitfalls of modern therapy culture. She shares alarming insights about how affirmation over inquiry in therapy can harm young people, and discusses the negative impact of mental health interventions in schools. Shrier emphasizes the importance of parental involvement and critiques the current diagnostic culture. She also addresses the challenges teens face in relationships today, offering guidance for parents navigating these turbulent waters.

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