#  @benryanwriter Benjamin Ryan Benjamin Ryan posts on X about in the, $2m, the first, transgender the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::1666939494/interactions)  - [--] Week [---------] -5.80% - [--] Month [----------] +133% - [--] Months [----------] +39% - [--] Year [----------] -52% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::1666939494/posts_active)  - [--] Week [---] +18% - [--] Month [---] +41% - [--] Months [-----] +122% - [--] Year [-----] -16% ### Followers: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::1666939494/followers)  - [--] Week [------] +0.21% - [--] Month [------] +10% - [--] Months [------] +18% - [--] Year [------] +22% ### CreatorRank: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::1666939494/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 6.67% [finance](/list/finance) 3.33% [stocks](/list/stocks) 2.78% [social networks](/list/social-networks) 2.78% [countries](/list/countries) 2.22% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) 2.22% [musicians](/list/musicians) 0.56% **Social topic influence** [in the](/topic/in-the) 8.89%, [$2m](/topic/$2m) #74, [the first](/topic/the-first) 4.44%, [transgender](/topic/transgender) #334, [health](/topic/health) 3.89%, [history](/topic/history) 2.22%, [guess](/topic/guess) 2.22%, [if you](/topic/if-you) 2.22%, [remarkable](/topic/remarkable) #399, [van der](/topic/van-der) #904 **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@thefp](/creator/undefined) [@julierei](/creator/undefined) [@meghandaum](/creator/undefined) [@megynkelly](/creator/undefined) [@byrnea](/creator/undefined) [@scottjenningsky](/creator/undefined) [@buckangel](/creator/undefined) [@cbsnews](/creator/undefined) [@aldestrawk](/creator/undefined) [@leorsapir](/creator/undefined) [@datadriven_tdoc](/creator/undefined) [@tomwoot](/creator/undefined) [@juan_dla_mancha](/creator/undefined) [@clarencewi61359](/creator/undefined) [@davidemccune](/creator/undefined) [@michaelshermer](/creator/undefined) [@dkthomp](/creator/undefined) [@unherd](/creator/undefined) [@jlonga1](/creator/undefined) [@jessesingal](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER)](/topic/$uber) [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [Spotify Technology (SPOT)](/topic/$spot) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Before dying of leukemia JFKs granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg excoriated her mothers cousin RFK Jr for slashing mRNA oncology research that might help people like her. She left behind her husband and two small children. 49% reduction in cancer risk with mRNA cancer vaccine (In August RFK Jr announced $500M in cuts to mRNA vaccine research) https://t.co/7jPyfmypdm 49% reduction in cancer risk with mRNA cancer vaccine (In August RFK Jr announced $500M in cuts to mRNA vaccine research) https://t.co/7jPyfmypdm" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2014422689474105682) 2026-01-22T19:39Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Anti-ICE protest in Union Square in Manhattan. The speaker advises people not to invest in Palantir" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2014811697148506389) 2026-01-23T21:25Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "How's the weather where you are" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2015045060186783847) 2026-01-24T12:52Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Generation Z and the trans trend: Numbers are declining the gender hype is over. (English Translation by ChatGPT) Feeling like you belong to a different gender is a passing trend among Generation Z as indicated by declining numbers. The activism of doctors politicians and the media is losing momentum. This ultimately benefits young people themselves. Anyone who in recent years dared to speak of social contagionthat is imitationwhen discussing the growing number of transgender adolescents was almost treated as a threat to child welfare. Doing so was seen as an attack on the young persons" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2015811439936651522) 2026-01-26T15:37Z 46.9K followers, 15.5K engagements "Here is the paper. I am not named but Prasad later confirmed I was the most accurate tweeter on monkeypox. This paper is a scathing indictment of people with doctorates who take to social media to post about medical subjects they do not understand. https://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/8/1/e002236 https://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/8/1/e002236" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2016213270726693049) 2026-01-27T18:14Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "Howard is quite clearly saying he doesnt care about fighting for accurate reporting about infectious disease. All that matters is which side you are supposedly on in a political fight. I am clearly on the side of accurate science reporting" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2016218701700145285) 2026-01-27T18:36Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "In the Bluesky mindset people are not allowed to come around politically and to change their opinions leftward to suit the Bluesky preference. If they do they are excoriated for being late to the party. The strict rule on Bluesky is people must always have held the correct position. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016295133055009084 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016295133055009084" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2016295133055009084) 2026-01-27T23:39Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Im not sure why @MichaelShermer characterizes the exchange as an unraveling. On the contrary he expressed a common point of view that pediatric gender-transition treatment is ill advised or should be undertaken only with extreme caution. And then @BrianLehrer made clear he was aghast at what he had to say and expressed another common POV that the term intersex means sex is a spectrum that opposition to these treatments is purely political etc. It was a civil exchange so it was most definitely not an unraveling. My interview with @BrianLehrer today went sideways at the [--] min. mark when "Mable" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2016337418538897436) 2026-01-28T02:27Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Shermer said you cant change sex but said that people who have dysphoria and transition should be treated with dignity He spoke critically of pediatric gender-transition treatment characterizing it as unproven and risky. Dr Gorski says Shermer is transphobic" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2016355928082190783) 2026-01-28T03:41Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "Peter Deusberg has died. The biologist is centrally responsible for the HIV denialist movement which has killed many people and which rages to this day. This despite the fact that combination antiretroviral therapy has been on the market for [--] years and has proven to be one of the most successful pharmaceutical interventions in history. In the early 2000s South Africa's president fell under the sway of American HIV denialism and delayed the roll out of HIV treatment. An estimated [------] people died as a result. I interviewed Christine Maggiore one of Duesberg's most able lieutenants in 2006" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2016490595288506499) 2026-01-28T12:36Z 46.9K followers, 173.7K engagements "@BarrierTruth AIDS denialism killed some [------] people in South Africa. It still kills to this day and has experienced a recent resurgence. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/26/aids-south-africa https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/26/aids-south-africa" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2016503054510510172) 2026-01-28T13:26Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "HIV denialists wrongly believe HIV doesn't cause AIDS. In fact HIV left untreated causes AIDS in 95.5% of people in about [--] to [--] years. (About [--] in [---] people rather miraculously are able to control the virus with their own immune systems.) AIDS is fatal. Combination antiretroviral treatment approved in [----] transforms HIV into a manageable condition and extends the lifespan to near normal. It also prevents transmission. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016504708634919159 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016504708634919159" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2016504708634919159) 2026-01-28T13:32Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@_frank_james_ Guess what thanks to the Clintons and George W. Bush cheap HIV drugs WERE delivered to Africa saving the continent from ruin" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2016618657409802563) 2026-01-28T21:05Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "Department of Education finds San Jose State violated Title IX regarding transgender volleyball player The U.S. Department of Education has given San Jos State [--] days to comply with a list of demands after finding that the university violated Title IX concerning a transgender volleyball player in [----]. A federal investigation was launched into San Jos State a year ago after controversy over a transgender player marred the [----] volleyball season. Four Mountain West Conference teams Boise State Wyoming Utah State and Nevada-Reno each chose to forfeit or cancel two conference matches to San Jos" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2016873046682874148) 2026-01-29T13:56Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "These people dont like gays marrying because marriage should be about kids and if gays get married and have kids that is bad. As opposed to gays simply having kids out of wedlock if they cannot wed. 🚨EXCLUSIVE: A broad coalition of pro-family groups is organizing to overturn Obergefell. The campaign declares that children are "Greater Than" so-called "Equality." Marriage and family law should prioritize the needs of children not the predilections of adults. Here's https://t.co/yAtp9tDbrf 🚨EXCLUSIVE: A broad coalition of pro-family groups is organizing to overturn Obergefell. The campaign" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2017102445957046602) 2026-01-30T05:07Z 46.9K followers, 20.2K engagements "@SixTwoLiters I think the judge wanted to keep media away for fear it might disrupt the trial. I dont know why he is keeping it sealed" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2017424165221871901) 2026-01-31T02:26Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@SamBarber1910 It was crazy to be there knowing how historic the trial was" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2017468066574086496) 2026-01-31T05:20Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Quite a few of the detransitioner lawsuits have run up against strict statutes of limitation such as the case against leading pediatric gender doctor Johanna Olson-Kennedy. Attorneys intend to appeal this dismissal as I wrote in November: https://benryan.substack.com/p/detransitioner-lawsuit-against-dr https://benryan.substack.com/p/detransitioner-lawsuit-against-dr" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2017472063137587537) 2026-01-31T05:36Z 46.9K followers, 61.7K engagements "Just before the verdict came in yesterday in the detransitioner lawsuit in White Plains NY that rendered a $2M judgement the judge made an off-hand remark about their being [--] such cases nationally. I wondered where he got that figure. Then I realized he'd read my tweets. Follow my Substack to get an alert about the big feature article I have coming out about the historic trial next week: https://benryan.substack.com I have identified [--] detransitioner lawsuits filed to date. Varian v. Einhorn was the first to go to trial and the first to win a judgment making history. If anyone knows of any" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2017594349899452655) 2026-01-31T13:42Z 46.9K followers, 31.4K engagements "Debunking podcaster Michael Hobbes long insisted that no kids anywhere were being rushed onto gender-transition drugs or into surgeries. Many of these detransitioner lawsuits show stark evidence to the contrary. I broke it down here: Michael Hobbes Is Wrong About Whether Kids Are Being Rushed Onto Gender-Transition Drugs I juxtapose clips of debunking podcaster Michael Hobbes insisting there's no evidence kids are being rushed onto gender-transition drugs with testimony proving Boston Children's is doing just that. https://benryan.substack.com/p/michael-hobbes-is-wrong-about-whether" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2017597589068132473) 2026-01-31T13:55Z 46.9K followers, 53.5K engagements "@Loragram12 Its infuriating that so many people hang on his every word. I spent weeks last year studying his many errors for a project that fell apart when my editor took a buyout. Thinking about him all day long made me so miserable" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2017602983312114085) 2026-01-31T14:16Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "The lawsuit against the nation's leading pediatric gender doctor Johanna Olson-Kennedy is a vivid illustration of the type of lax attitude many such doctors following her lead observe when assessing kids for gender transition interventions. https://benryan.substack.com/p/detransitioner-sues-johanna-olson https://benryan.substack.com/p/detransitioner-sues-johanna-olson" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2017610806045618284) 2026-01-31T14:47Z 46.9K followers, 31.9K engagements "NYU neurologist/psychiatrist Jonathan Howard has been making a stink over @MichaelShermer's recent statements about transgender issues on @BrianLehrer's show. Here Howard cites a @Harvard study that falsely claimed youth "rarely" get gender-transition surgeries. In fact about [----] minors got a mastectomy for this purpose annually in recent years before state bans set in. I wrote about that Harvard study when it came out. I demonstrated how its authors had quite evidently sought to mislead the public about this issue: So in fact it is not Shermer who is "making things up" about this point in" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2017618245541355558) 2026-01-31T15:17Z 46.9K followers, 58.7K engagements "On the subject of pediatric gender-transition surgeries: NYU neurologist/psychiatrist Jonathan Howard has been making a stink over @MichaelShermer's recent statements about transgender issues on @BrianLehrer's show. Here Howard cites a @Harvard study that falsely claimed youth "rarely" get gender-transition surgeries. In fact about https://t.co/63LcRrjwkK NYU neurologist/psychiatrist Jonathan Howard has been making a stink over @MichaelShermer's recent statements about transgender issues on @BrianLehrer's show. Here Howard cites a @Harvard study that falsely claimed youth "rarely" get" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2017618624144421123) 2026-01-31T15:19Z 46.9K followers, 34.4K engagements "@CartersPeanuts He seems to have a lot of time on his hands to do anything but seeing patients conducting research and writing academic papers" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2017786815269257361) 2026-02-01T02:27Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "@AlecMacGillis When I had cancer people gave me all these GrubHub gift cards. But I never used them. Like a year later I ordered a bacon cheeseburger with fries from the greasy spoon around the corner and the bill came to $30. Even though it wasn't my money I was filled with abject horror" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018103866072379749) 2026-02-01T23:27Z 46.9K followers, 23.1K engagements "I spoke with @MegynKelly's show about Friday's historic $2 million jury award to Fox Varian a detransitioner who sued her care providers over the gender-transition mastectomy she received at age [--]. I covered the trial for @TheFP and was the only journalist to attend the whole three-week trial in White Plains. Apple podcasts: Spotify: YouTube: Here is my article for The Free Press: https://www.thefp.com/p/a-legal-first-that-could-change-gender https://www.youtube.com/watchv=25h7spNVR1E https://open.spotify.com/episode/6VeLw8zLdqWbck2Ht7tCuV" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018329103623913852) 2026-02-02T14:22Z 46.9K followers, 12.8K engagements "@megynkelly @TheFP I'll be speaking on Substack Live with the great @Meghan_Daum today Monday at 6pm ET about my reporting on the historic $2M jury award that the detransitioner Fox Varian received on Friday. I was the only reporter to attend the entire trial. https://open.substack.com/live-stream/108428utm_source=live-stream-scheduled-upsell https://open.substack.com/live-stream/108428utm_source=live-stream-scheduled-upsell" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018329779213152556) 2026-02-02T14:24Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "I got a statement from @ChloeCole easily the most famous detransitioner about the $2M detransitioner jury award which I covered for @TheFP. Chloe Cole said: "The success of this case is a huge leap for the detransitioner movement and every doctor and clinic involved in this fad should be very afraid for what comes next. "They knew what they were doing when they performed mastectomies on perfectly healthy teenagers. As medical professionals they are well aware that children are developmentally incapable of making permanent decisions especially ones that will lead to them incapable of having" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018442457738797370) 2026-02-02T21:52Z 46.9K followers, 26.2K engagements "Another apparent benefit of HPV vaccination: Women need fewer pap smears In a modeling study of women vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) researchers found that cervical cancer screening could be done far less often than current recommendations without compromising health benefits. For women vaccinated at younger ages screening just two or three times over a lifetime was both costeffective and associated with fewer unnecessary followup procedures suggesting that existing screening guidelines may be overly intensive for this growing population. The study is published in Annals of" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018444315681517792) 2026-02-02T22:00Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "I'm going on a Substack live with @Meghan_Daum at 6pm ET today Monday to talk about the historic detransitioner lawsuit that I attended as the only reporter to be there from start to finish. If you have any questions put them in this thread and/or by joining the live convo: @megynkelly @TheFP I'll be speaking on Substack Live with the great @Meghan_Daum today Monday at 6pm ET about my reporting on the historic $2M jury award that the detransitioner Fox Varian received on Friday. I was the only reporter to attend the entire trial. https://t.co/tJOjgL8lIv https://t.co/f2AClPeZ6O @megynkelly" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018455093436391591) 2026-02-02T22:42Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Yes it's almost total crickets over on Bluesky about the nation's first detransitioner lawsuit reaching a verdict in the plaintiff's favor. Usually Blueskyites at least put up a fight to try to dismiss the news or attack the messenger. They're acting like this never happened. A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine At [--] Fox Varian got a mastectomy while undergoing a gender transition. She sued her psychologist and plastic surgeon for leaving her disfigured for life. Benjamin Ryan reports from the courtroom. Read the @TheFP article: https://t.co/EYTWDFt3cf A Legal First That Could" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018489570921222254) 2026-02-03T00:59Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@DKThomp @BillAckman @StefanFSchubert Add the seniors ever going to relinquish" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018542974469390580) 2026-02-03T04:32Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "On Bluesky @JulieRei downplays the verdict against the plastic surgeon in the detransitioner lawsuit. What she doesnt say is that Dr. Chin was found responsible for injuring Fox Varian on two crucial counts. I published all the jury questions here: https://benryan.substack.com/p/the-2-million-detransitioner-lawsuit A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine At [--] Fox Varian got a mastectomy while undergoing a gender transition. She sued her psychologist and plastic surgeon for leaving her disfigured for life. Benjamin Ryan reports from the courtroom. Read the @TheFP article:" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018555124327846069) 2026-02-03T05:20Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Here @JulieRei misunderstands the crux of the case. It was not about the WPATH Standards of Care because no one who testified considered it the legal standard of care. It was whether the defendants deviated from what a reasonable provider would do in the circumstances. The jury found that they had. I frankly saw nothing that would insulate trained gender care providers from a similar outcome since so many of them engage in only cursory assessments" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018557178106249455) 2026-02-03T05:28Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@brianstelter Holy smokes" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018687138112381342) 2026-02-03T14:04Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "It is totally impossible that there was any connection between the detransitioner lawsuit that reached a verdict on Friday and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons coming out against gender-transition surgeries for those under [--] today. Its entirely possible the ASPS didnt even know about the trial until Friday. And they were clearly working on this position statement for a very long time. The power of medical malpractice lawsuits: Days after a New York jury awarded $2 million in a med mal lawsuit against doctors who pushed a double mastectomy for an underage girl the American Society of" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018834863944511526) 2026-02-03T23:51Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@CaitlinPacific Blueskyites dont permit conversions to the far left in particular I have observed. Everyone must be shamed for not ah gin had the correct opinion from the start" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018843388301471946) 2026-02-04T00:25Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Plastic surgeons ditch gender ideology New guidelines rule out medical transition for kids I wrote for @UnHerd. For years proponents of pediatric gender medicine appeared to have an ironclad medical consensus behind them. Gender-affirming care including puberty blockers cross-sex hormones and even irreversible surgeries was simply a medical best practice. Many of them claimed these treatments were life saving suggesting there was no difference between them and say the suite of interventions oncologists might prescribe for cancer patients. But the consensus was always a mirage and this week at" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018843582338105774) 2026-02-04T00:26Z 46.9K followers, 46.2K engagements "Im very happy to have my reporting in @TheFP digested by The @NYTimes: Woman Wins Malpractice Suit Over Gender Surgery as a Minor In a legal first a jury in New York awarded $2 million to a patient who said that doctors had deviated from accepted medical standards. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/health/gender-surgery-malpractice-varian.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/health/gender-surgery-malpractice-varian.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018848452046696615) 2026-02-04T00:45Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@SummerYuleRDN @BorisSpider14 @LeorSapir is the expert about that" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018856177401225611) 2026-02-04T01:16Z 46.8K followers, [--] engagements "Lawyer for detransitioner awarded $2M warns case signals a tipping point: Every doctor should take it seriously writes @RIKKISCHLOTT. My guess is that a lot of the themes that came up in her caseare pretty consistent through a lot of these cases lack of collaboration lack of proper training or experience Varians lawyer Adam Deutsch told The Post. Knowing now that a jury will feel comfortable holding doctors accountable for this is something that I think every doctor should take seriously. This was not about ideology Deutsch told The Post. This case was about medical malpractice. Every patient" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018857529166459082) 2026-02-04T01:21Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@jlonga1 We have seen a couple lawsuits of parents suing after their children committed suicide after receiving gender transition interventions but not the scenario you described" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019032445274948068) 2026-02-04T12:57Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "If you want to go down the rabbit hole of how citation laundering laid the groundwork for the supposed medical consensus on gender-transition treatment for minors I highly recommend @buttonslives's reporting: https://buttonslives.news/p/new-systematic-review-exposes-deceptiveIf https://buttonslives.news/p/new-systematic-review-exposes-deceptiveIf" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019042176345457001) 2026-02-04T13:35Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@tomhinsy @michaelshermer She probably does not. During the trial which I attended she expressed her unhappiness about facing publicity. She did not agree to be photographed for my reporting on the case. https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018171260350407157s=20 A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine At [--] Fox Varian got a mastectomy while undergoing a gender transition. She sued her psychologist and plastic surgeon for leaving her disfigured for life. Benjamin Ryan reports from the courtroom. Read the @TheFP article: https://t.co/EYTWDFt3cf" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019069905157374067) 2026-02-04T15:25Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "Actually you know what you guys now that Ive realized that if I explain on X how there is no logic behind Alejandra Caraballos latest line of attack shes going to post a mean tweet about me and that others will follow suit Im never going to correct her errors ever again. A minor who gets their nose done can still smell afterward. Their counterpart who gets a mastectomy for a gender transition will never be able to breastfeed. This distinction between maintaining and destroying the function of a healthy body part is addressed by the ASPSs https://t.co/dVKMTDJET4 A minor who gets their nose" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019155873130791412) 2026-02-04T21:07Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "I just saw a nine year old boy walking down the street in Manhattan while reading a book. There is hope for humanity" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019179651566801100) 2026-02-04T22:41Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Thanks to @CBS 24/7 and @LindseyReiser for having me on to discuss the historic $2M verdict in the first detransitioner lawsuit ever to go to trial. Check out the interview about my reporting for @TheFP here: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/woman-wins-malpractice-lawsuit-over-gender-surgery-as-minor/ Ill be on @CBS 27/7 with @LindseyReiser at 2:19pm ET today to discus my reporting for @TheFP about the historic $2M detransitioner lawsuit: https://t.co/MPlvig1EN4 Check out my coverage of youth gender medicine at: https://t.co/upE82orIhs https://t.co/FCBxl1HbwP" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019195261227356262) 2026-02-04T23:43Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Check out my reporting on the detransitioner trial: A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine At [--] Fox Varian got a mastectomy while undergoing a gender transition. She sued her psychologist and plastic surgeon for leaving her disfigured for life. Benjamin Ryan reports from the courtroom. Read the @TheFP article: https://t.co/EYTWDFt3cf A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine At [--] Fox Varian got a mastectomy while undergoing a gender transition. She sued her psychologist and plastic surgeon for leaving her disfigured for life. Benjamin Ryan reports from the courtroom. Read the" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019202512113529140) 2026-02-05T00:12Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "On @CBSNews I reported on the $2M judgment in the 1st detransitioner civil suit to go to trial. I recalled the mother saying her daughters psychologist browbeat her into consenting to a gender-transition mastectomy for the [--] year old. But then the president-elect of WPATH testified that such surgeries in fact are not a form of suicide prevention full stop. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019239630491512906 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019239630491512906" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019239630491512906) 2026-02-05T02:40Z 46.9K followers, 30K engagements "Thanks to JK Rowling for broadcasting my reporting on the Fox Varian detransitioner verdict for @TheFP (the second link in her post). A young detransitioner Fox Varian has won $2 million damages in a medical malpractice lawsuit in which she sued the psychologist and surgeon who approved her for a double mastectomy aged [--]. Varian's mother testified that she'd been against the surgery but was pressured into A young detransitioner Fox Varian has won $2 million damages in a medical malpractice lawsuit in which she sued the psychologist and surgeon who approved her for a double mastectomy aged" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019407095406424116) 2026-02-05T13:45Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@tomwoot The plaintiff's attorney quoted that in his closing arguments in the Varian v. Einhorn case" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019414301178753498) 2026-02-05T14:14Z 46.9K followers, [--] engagements "Also what's "temu" I keep forgetting" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019428020478701731) 2026-02-05T15:08Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "Please join my friend Lisa and me for looking for nuance where others only want simple black and white responses to complex questions. Lisa has been at it in the gender reporting field for nearly a decade. Her fortitude has been vindicated. What I should have said: Let me say now what I didn't have the knowledge courage or fortitude to say then: I'm sticking with nuance. That doesn't mean avoiding truth. It means allowing for complexity and looking at issues from multiple angles. What does nuance mean to you What I should have said: Let me say now what I didn't have the knowledge courage or" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019432075594723364) 2026-02-05T15:25Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Here are the actual known detransitioner lawsuits. There may be a few more that remain under the radar:" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019488697528246678) 2026-02-05T19:10Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Erin Reed is unhappy with medical organizations coming out against providing gender-transition surgeries to minors writing: The Cowardice Of American Medicine On Trans Youth Care After capitulation by hospitals across the country the ASPS and AMA have both thrown trans kids under the bus on surgical care. The first year of the Trump administration has offered a master class in how powerful institutions capitulate to right-wing pressure rather than defend the marginalized people who depend on them. That pattern has played out across American lifefrom newsrooms to elite universities to" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019535383759872398) 2026-02-05T22:15Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "The Rise and Fall of Youth Gender Medicine When The Free Press started reporting on gender ideology it was a third rail. Today the tide has turned. Foundational reporting and first-person accounts for The Free Press has come from: @AbigailShrier @LeorSapir @LisaSelinDavis @kittypurrzog @JamieWhistle. I finally joined the crowd this week. https://open.substack.com/pub/bariweiss/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-youth-gender https://open.substack.com/pub/bariweiss/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-youth-gender" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019558905399886086) 2026-02-05T23:48Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "It should not come as a surprise to anyone that Andrea James who runs a defamation website devoted to terrorizing journalists away from covering pediatric gender medicine mischaracterized my words about detransitioning rates. I said that the numbers are unknown and are maybe 5-10% but there isnt enough research at this time. I got that estimate from one the only researchers with the courage to research the subject Kinnon Ross MacKinnon of York University who is a trans man. Is he an anti-trans extremist Please tell me how it is laundering anti-trans extremism for me to report about this" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019576231000510757) 2026-02-06T00:57Z 46.9K followers, 10.1K engagements "This is huge: Uber Is Responsible for Rape by Driver Jury Finds In the first of thousands of forthcoming sexual assault cases the ride-hailing giant was ordered to pay $8.5 million to Jaylynn Dean who said a driver raped her in [----]. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/business/uber-safety-rape-verdict.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/business/uber-safety-rape-verdict.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019590057347412140) 2026-02-06T01:52Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Thanks to @EmilyYoffe for marshaling all of this transformational coverage from so many sharp minds. I especially like thinking about how this work came from such a diverse group of intellectuals who come at it from different backgrounds and perspectives. But we all share certain traits in common. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019622754551566469 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019622754551566469" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019622754551566469) 2026-02-06T04:02Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "More from Blair Peters:" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019642797582885012) 2026-02-06T05:22Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Can doctors self police if things go wrong in pediatric gender medicine In [----] Dr. Blair Peters aka Queer Surgeon spoke with the head of the ASPS and they had this remarkable exchange about whether doctors can be trusted to self police. The ASPS president Dr. Steven Williams brought up Tuskegee. https://t.co/StlljhCEGJ https://t.co/ohq8c6wpsP In [----] Dr. Blair Peters aka Queer Surgeon spoke with the head of the ASPS and they had this remarkable exchange about whether doctors can be trusted to self police. The ASPS president Dr. Steven Williams brought up Tuskegee. https://t.co/StlljhCEGJ" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019781982364782671) 2026-02-06T14:35Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Dr. Peters has made clear that he thinks that above all else minors wants and needs should be prioritized in pediatric gender surgeries. That suggests he places those factors above the surgeons responsibility not to harm the patient. In August amid the debates over the McMaster University systematic review of pediatric gender-transition treatment Dr. Blair Peters aka Queer Surgeon posted a video in which he said that it is the patient's autonomy and their well being that is paramount and most https://t.co/hEREpvPfPv In August amid the debates over the McMaster University systematic review of" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019785744672338081) 2026-02-06T14:50Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@Real_YuanZhang Yet another double standard: Whether it is unacceptable for small committees in medical organizations to make judgments about pediatric gender medicine depends on whether they are for it or wary of it. https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019642783972131246s=20 Dr. Blair Petersa gender-transition surgeon at OHSU responds with disdain to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons coming out against such surgeries for minors. He says the broader membership was never polled about this. Which is the same thing that has happened at the https://t.co/j0noPgzHey" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019816440531153351) 2026-02-06T16:52Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a @ScottJenningsKY @BuckAngel I went on @MegynKelly's radio show to discuss the $2M detransitioner lawsuit: https://www.megynkelly.com/2026/02/02/detransitioner-awarded-millions-in-landmark-medical-malpractice-case/ https://www.megynkelly.com/2026/02/02/detransitioner-awarded-millions-in-landmark-medical-malpractice-case/" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019816680734720055) 2026-02-06T16:53Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@Rafa__Coyote Her being trans was presented as a benefit to her credibility" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019817640823595098) 2026-02-06T16:57Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "Colin Wright @SwipeWright reports that Olympic boxer Imane Khelif has confirmed possession of the "SRY gene a gene found on the Y chromosome that initiates male sexual development in humans." So where are the corrections by all the media outlets who were so certain that Khelif is in their words a "c-sgender woman." https://substack.com/redirect/35f281d4-2072-4275-b862-62caa52cf800 https://archive.ph/PXW4z https://substack.com/redirect/35f281d4-2072-4275-b862-62caa52cf800 https://archive.ph/PXW4z" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019824001120375035) 2026-02-06T17:22Z 46.9K followers, 11.7K engagements "Watch My Substack Live with Katie Herzog. Plus: On the Hypocrisy Of Dr. Blair Peters aka "Queer Surgeon" Griping About the ASPS's Opposition to Pediatric Gender Surgeries I was delighted to finally join one of my favorite podcasts where Katie and I talked about this watershed week in gender news and of course how glad we were the dreaded Jesse Singal wasn't there. https://benryan.substack.com/p/watch-my-substack-live-with-katie https://benryan.substack.com/p/watch-my-substack-live-with-katie https://benryan.substack.com/p/watch-my-substack-live-with-katie" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019864206288285721) 2026-02-06T20:02Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "GLAAD never disappoints. https://glaad.org/fact-check-participation-and-eligibility-of-paris-2024-olympic-boxers-imane-khelif-and-lin-yu-ting/ https://glaad.org/fact-check-participation-and-eligibility-of-paris-2024-olympic-boxers-imane-khelif-and-lin-yu-ting/" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019880939569160228) 2026-02-06T21:08Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Jessica is inspiring and strong" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020045524334772376) 2026-02-07T08:02Z 46.9K followers, 10.6K engagements "@megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a @ScottJenningsKY @BuckAngel https://x.com/anish_koka/status/2020216387382153267 On the last @DRsLoungePod with journalist @benryanwriter on the case he covered: The [--] year old plaintiff sued her plastic surgeon for performing a bilateral mastectomy at the recommendation of her psychologist. The plaintiff's expert was a leading transgender surgeon: https://t.co/eAgA4ofDTS https://x.com/anish_koka/status/2020216387382153267 On the last @DRsLoungePod with journalist @benryanwriter on the case he covered: The [--] year old plaintiff sued her" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020218336081019220) 2026-02-07T19:29Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Jonathan Howard has gotten it into his head meanwhile that I am personally responsible for the MAHA movement because once I published an essay on Vinay Prasads Substack about trans medicine researchers deceiving the public. This is bonkers conspiracy thinking by Howard" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020220347174293537) 2026-02-07T19:37Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Despite the Good Law Project basing its assertions on false claims about the NHSs prescribing history and a data set of suicide deaths that lacking specifics cannot provide specific evidence supporting GLPs thesis Erin Reed and Alejandra Caraballo were quick to broadcast:" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020221535638753509) 2026-02-07T19:42Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a @ScottJenningsKY @BuckAngel https://x.com/anish_koka/status/2020233107039756688 https://x.com/anish_koka/status/2020233107039756688" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020233833971421625) 2026-02-07T20:30Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "@jessesingal After Jesse Singal demonstrated that Jonathan Howard didnt know much about trans medicine and thus wasnt in a position to write about it Jonathan Howard endorses the premise of staying in ones lane and says that in fact it is Jesse who is clueless about medicine" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020255884623114575) 2026-02-07T21:58Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Over on Bluesky Q who is a coauthor of the SPLC report claiming that SEGM is a hate group is joining in on accusing Wes Streeting the British health secretary of genocide of trans kids and says Streeting has a plan to annihilate kids with ADHD next" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020261032976138476) 2026-02-07T22:18Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a @ScottJenningsKY @BuckAngel My appearance on @CBSNews: On @CBSNews I reported on the $2M judgment in the 1st detransitioner civil suit to go to trial. I recalled the mother saying her daughters psychologist browbeat her into consenting to a gender-transition mastectomy for the [--] year old. But then the president-elect of WPATH https://t.co/7zjlv6VN7H On @CBSNews I reported on the $2M judgment in the 1st detransitioner civil suit to go to trial. I recalled the mother saying her daughters psychologist browbeat her into consenting to a" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020269271243452597) 2026-02-07T22:51Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a @ScottJenningsKY @BuckAngel @CBSNews Reposting this one after they did some edits: Doctors Lounge - Journalist Ben Ryan on Gender Affirmation Medical Malpractice https://t.co/zY14iwCicT Doctors Lounge - Journalist Ben Ryan on Gender Affirmation Medical Malpractice https://t.co/zY14iwCicT" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020274692230430789) 2026-02-07T23:13Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Can plastic surgeons be relied upon to self police absent a directive from above in the field of pediatric gender medicine In [----] Dr. Blair Peters aka Queer Surgeon spoke with the head of the ASPS and they had this remarkable exchange about whether doctors can be trusted to self police. The ASPS president Dr. Steven Williams brought up Tuskegee. https://t.co/StlljhCEGJ https://t.co/ohq8c6wpsP In [----] Dr. Blair Peters aka Queer Surgeon spoke with the head of the ASPS and they had this remarkable exchange about whether doctors can be trusted to self police. The ASPS president Dr. Steven" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020290929417175079) 2026-02-08T00:17Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Im this convo with @TheBARPod about the $2M detransitioner lawsuit I made reference to this [----] AAP conference at which Dr. Morissa Ladinsky head of the U of ALs youth gender clinic appeared to glorify suicide when she said a [--] year old trans kid stepped boldly in front of a tractor trailer ending her life. Then Dr. Landinsky repeated the refrain saying this teen *boldly* ended her life. She later expressed regret for what she said. I regret my choice of words that has been interpreted to glorify self-harm. This was never my intent. In discussing the tragic event I sought to convey my work" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020340608146010240) 2026-02-08T03:35Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@NeilVitaleMD @megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a @ScottJenningsKY @BuckAngel @CBSNews Many thanks" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020343299438178506) 2026-02-08T03:45Z 46.9K followers, [--] engagements "It has been my general observation that very few people are aware that [--] is not the age of consent in most of the country. If any sexual contact with persons aged [--] or [--] is now presumptively considered "pedophilia" it's really strange that [--] states have chosen to legally enable pedophilia. Do you live for example in Maryland or Nebraska If so you're in the midst of an ongoing pedo crime spree If any sexual contact with persons aged [--] or [--] is now presumptively considered "pedophilia" it's really strange that [--] states have chosen to legally enable pedophilia. Do you live for example in" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020347947091951791) 2026-02-08T04:04Z 46.9K followers, 12.3K engagements "@jessesingal Fact checked by Jesse Singal after he cited a study that is essentially bunk as evidence of pediatric gender medicines efficacy NYU neurologist-psychiatrist says he wont debate trans issues and then clearly blames Jesse for MAGA" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020355367708811702) 2026-02-08T04:33Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Theres literally a need for a GoFundMe to help repatriate the laid off Washington Post staffers who are stranded abroad. https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-washington-post-international-employees https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-washington-post-international-employees" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020511840443252839) 2026-02-08T14:55Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a @ScottJenningsKY @BuckAngel @CBSNews I spoke with @sometherapist: https://x.com/sometherapist/status/2020916848968249415s=20 The first detransition malpractice lawsuit just won$2M verdict. Psychologist found 70% liable for a 16-year-old's mastectomy. The mother testified he browbeat her into consent with suicide threats. I talked to @BenRyanWriter the only journalist there for the entire trial. https://t.co/19puV9PnFW https://x.com/sometherapist/status/2020916848968249415s=20 The first detransition malpractice lawsuit just won$2M verdict." [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020919472739987840) 2026-02-09T17:55Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@powercreek The national murder rate is [---] per [------]. Is that rare Does the rarity change anything about the morality or murder" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020959898083766634) 2026-02-09T20:36Z 46.9K followers, [--] engagements "@LeorSapir Here's the [--] in [----] paper: https://benryan.substack.com/p/is-1-in-1000-17-year-olds-taking https://benryan.substack.com/p/1-in-1000-privately-insured-17-year https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.6081 https://benryan.substack.com/p/is-1-in-1000-17-year-olds-taking https://benryan.substack.com/p/1-in-1000-privately-insured-17-year https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.6081" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020960713188180213) 2026-02-09T20:39Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "@thevanosam There are about 6.5M 15-17 year old girls in the USthe population from which these surgeries overwhelmingly are drawn. So about [--] surgeries per 100000" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020987645992509690) 2026-02-09T22:26Z 46.9K followers, [--] engagements "@meghan_daum @CaitlinPacific @TheUnspeakeasy Girls have all the fun" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021029216134086910) 2026-02-10T01:11Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "For the love of god help find Savannah Guthries mother https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/us/savannah-guthrie-kidnapping-video.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/us/savannah-guthrie-kidnapping-video.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021029960094495039) 2026-02-10T01:14Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "The UK did not ban puberty blockers for gender dysphoria until April [----]. The Good Law Project is falsely claiming the ban started in [----]. Assigned Media is regurgitating the false claim" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021040329215082656) 2026-02-10T01:55Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@KadyMuhammad1 I got too scared to ski midway through the ski season. So I'd go up on the bus and sit in the lodge every Saturday. It didn't occur to me to just tell my mother no" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021091909276405895) 2026-02-10T05:20Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "RT @VelvetBarstool: @benryanwriter If you want to sing out sing out And if you want to be free be free Cause theres a million things to" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021748162482798611) 2026-02-12T00:48Z 46.9K followers, [--] engagements "@eddiegoerge2019 @megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a Both were about surgery" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018496105898532872) 2026-02-03T01:25Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "@megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a I had a great chat with @meghan_daum about the successful detransitioner lawsuit: https://m.youtube.com/watchv=2hSb6wjXUS0 https://m.youtube.com/watchv=2hSb6wjXUS0" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018551906151600442) 2026-02-03T05:07Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Dr. Loren Schechter is having a turbulent couple of weeks. 1st the gender-affirming plastic surgeon testified that such operations are not suicide prevention. Then even as he faces becoming president of WPATH later this year the ASPS comes out against such surgeries in minors. So now right when the Republicans and Trump are threatening to destroy whats left of pediatric gender medicine the guy who is supposed to run the official resistance from his perch at WPATH has seen his own medical society the ASPS slap him in the face. I spoke with a litigator today who doubted any surgeon would agree" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018836314121023937) 2026-02-03T23:57Z 46.9K followers, 19.1K engagements "I've never seen my reporting reflected in a political cartoon before" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019488040096256341) 2026-02-05T19:07Z 46.9K followers, 16K engagements "@megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a I went on the @ScottJenningsKY show to discuss my reporting for @TheFP about the nation's first detransitioner lawsuit to go to trial. It reached a $2M jury award on Friday" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019521212968538616) 2026-02-05T21:19Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a @ScottJenningsKY Its always great to talk with @BuckAngel who as the number one trans man in America is nevertheless hated by trans activists for being some sort of what transphobe We talked about the historic $2M verdict in the detransitioner lawsuit. https://m.youtube.com/watchv=PiShn8t1NiE https://m.youtube.com/watchv=PiShn8t1NiE" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019623449162063912) 2026-02-06T04:05Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Dr. Blair Petersa gender-transition surgeon at OHSU responds with disdain to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons coming out against such surgeries for minors. He says the broader membership was never polled about this. Which is the same thing that has happened at the American Academy of Pediatrics for example but going in the other direction. No matter how hard @JuliaMasonMD1 has pushed the AAPs [----] policy statement on the gender-affirming care method has never been up for a vote by the broader membership. All of the major medical organizations that have led the way in establishing" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019642783972131246) 2026-02-06T05:22Z 46.9K followers, 43K engagements "@BridgetPhetasy I asked everyone what their weight was listed as in the Epstein files" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020300876427178232) 2026-02-08T00:57Z 46.9K followers, 18.1K engagements "@JerusalemDemsas Jon Stewart also famously performed as if he was the expert on gender-transition treatment for minors when he squared off against the AG of Arkansas despite the fact that he revealed he was in fact quite ignorant about the subject. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=NPmjNYt71fk https://www.youtube.com/watchv=NPmjNYt71fk" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020885995298738344) 2026-02-09T15:42Z 46.9K followers, 12.2K engagements "Fox Varian could have made use of her breasts to breastfeed for another [--] years. Instead she had them removed after considering doing so for just [--] months. The plastic surgeon made a big point during her trial that he met with her not once but twice during the [--] weeks before removing her breasts. Two things: 1) It was the ASPS not the government that recommended against gender surgeries for minors this past week. 2) Fox Varian got top surgery [--] months after socially transitioning [--] months after she first brought it up and [---] months after she said she was unsure of https://t.co/VX77fh7tPl" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021227281213948151) 2026-02-10T14:18Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a @ScottJenningsKY @BuckAngel @CBSNews @sometherapist The YouTube version of the @sometherapist interview: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=eNllkUmDouk&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watchv=eNllkUmDouk&t=1s" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021244874830282931) 2026-02-10T15:28Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "I wrote: https://open.substack.com/pub/benryan/p/the-aap-files-complete-american-academyr=7wxo1&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay https://open.substack.com/pub/benryan/p/the-aap-files-complete-american-academyr=7wxo1&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021295401475748199) 2026-02-10T18:49Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "I obtained emails via a freedom of information request of AAP leader Dr. Jason Rafferty discussing his philosophies about the gender affirming care method. https://open.substack.com/pub/benryan/p/the-aap-files-complete-american-academyr=7wxo1&utm_medium=ios https://open.substack.com/pub/benryan/p/the-aap-files-complete-american-academyr=7wxo1&utm_medium=ios" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021296109310660997) 2026-02-10T18:52Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@RoeliendenOuden @KingMike33 @grok what is the maximum age at which women including if they use IVF can bear children" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021314382966165775) 2026-02-10T20:04Z 46.9K followers, [--] engagements "When a disfavored person points out that the increase in autism diagnosis rates has likely been a function of a broadening of the umbrella of what is considered autism they are accused on Bluesky of promoting eugenics. But when Michael Hobbes says it Bluesky is on board" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021381937970233507) 2026-02-11T00:33Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "So I guess what happened is the Olympic skiing people figured they were boring all of us so they decided to make these poor athletes start skiing backwards into the jumps" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021398512492216833) 2026-02-11T01:38Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "No Reason He Should Have Died: Alex Prettis Parents Open Up In their first sit-down interview Michael and Susan Pretti avoided recriminations and recalled the son that Michael called an exceptionally kind caring man. By @jackhealyNYT for @nytimes. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/us/alex-pretti-parents-interview.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/us/alex-pretti-parents-interview.html" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021411656178573411) 2026-02-11T02:31Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "RT @jeremymbarr: Washington Post staffer says to Matt Murray: "The piece of accountability that I've heard nothing about here is the fact t" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021719382804894078) 2026-02-11T22:53Z 46.9K followers, [--] engagements "RT @carebecc: I worked as a PA on a show with James Van Der Beek and he always offered me his chair while he was filming. I was pretty gen" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021758178875130222) 2026-02-12T01:28Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "How Can Doctors Like This Provide Competent Care To Their Patients Some beef with Dr. Jonathan Howard by @JesseSingal. Dr. Jonathan Howard a neurologist and psychiatrist at @NYULangone Health is furious at Michael Shermer the founding publisher of Skepticmagazine. Howard is an impressive figure. Like many doctors at university-affiliated medical centers he also serves as a professor in this case at the @NYUGrossman School of Medicine. He has according to his biography authored and edited multiple textbooks on multiple sclerosis his area of specialty. Why is Dr. Jonathan Howard furious at" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020209393682337842) 2026-02-07T18:53Z 47K followers, 24.8K engagements "The Good Law Project isnt telling the truth about what happened at the UK gender clinic in [----]. The GLP claims the clinic closed the shutters & kept them down. In fact there was a six-month pause on treatment and they resumed albeit at a slower rate: https://benryan.substack.com/p/britains-good-law-project-again-claims https://benryan.substack.com/p/britains-good-law-project-again-claims" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021024791289881006) 2026-02-10T00:53Z 47K followers, [----] engagements "26 found this interesting" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021746173028036793) 2026-02-12T00:40Z 47K followers, [---] engagements "What a life this guy had" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021751322807021993) 2026-02-12T01:00Z 47K followers, [---] engagements "The @BBC reported in Jan 2021: The Care Quality Commission inspected the Gender Identity Development Service (Gids) at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust in October and found it was: *"inadequate" for being well led and responsive to patients' needs *"requires improvement" for being safe and effective This Pink News article credulously reports the recent report by the Good Law Project which as I've reported is rife with distortions and false claims: https://benryan.substack.com/p/britains-good-law-project-again-claims" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021959964068102540) 2026-02-12T14:49Z 47K followers, [---] engagements "In August amid the debates over the McMaster University systematic review of pediatric gender-transition treatment Dr. Blair Peters aka Queer Surgeon posted a video in which he said that it is the patient's autonomy and their well being that is paramount and most important. Given the larger context he was quite evidently referring when he said this to minors who cannot consent to the type of body-altering surgeries he performs. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNtm3575FL0/igsh=Z215MHE4b25ramI2 Dr. Blair Petersa gender-transition surgeon at OHSU responds with disdain to the American Society of" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019785334796509685) 2026-02-06T14:48Z 47K followers, 21.9K engagements "Britains Good Law Project Again Claims the NHS Caused a Surge of Trans-Youth SuicidesWithout Proving Its Case GLP has falsely claimed the NHS all but eliminated access to puberty blockers starting in [----] and that this led to a suicide surge based on data too unspecific to connect such deaths to NHS policy. Once again Britains Good Law Project (GLP) has made a damning accusation connecting National Health Service (NHS) Englands imposition of what it claims was a restrictive policy on minors access to gender-transition drugs to suicide deaths among trans youth. On Saturday the liberal legal" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2020215401812992020) 2026-02-07T19:17Z 47K followers, [----] engagements "This was a key point of uncertainty in the Fox Varian detransitioner trial: Who was responsible for what in preparing and clearing a minor patient for a gender-transition surgery This is a key passage from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons statement on gender surgeries. In effect ASPS is warning its members not to rely on mental health providers who specialize in gender and who do assessments prior to and as a prerequisite for surgery. https://t.co/8unVU4kkM8 This is a key passage from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons statement on gender surgeries. In effect ASPS is warning its" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021585533781053844) 2026-02-11T14:02Z 47K followers, [----] engagements "Theres Bluesky anger about media coverage of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons & the AMA coming out against gender surgeries for those [--]. Blueskyites falsely claim these werent new/changed policies. And yet ASPS doctor Blair Peters thinks the org changed its policy: Dr. Blair Petersa gender-transition surgeon at OHSU responds with disdain to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons coming out against such surgeries for minors. He says the broader membership was never polled about this. Which is the same thing that has happened at the https://t.co/j0noPgzHey Dr. Blair Petersa" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021622586552340673) 2026-02-11T16:29Z 47K followers, [----] engagements "If you had a crush on Jordan Catallano youre two years past due for a colonoscopy. If you recognized Ricky Martin at the halftime show its time for your mammogram https://t.co/nyseoBGL20 If you recognized Ricky Martin at the halftime show its time for your mammogram https://t.co/nyseoBGL20" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021656054640390281) 2026-02-11T18:42Z 47K followers, [----] engagements "James Van Der Beek Teenage Heartthrob of Dawsons Creek Dies at [--] He first appeared in a hit TV drama as a wide-eyed 15-year-old who then grew up over six seasons. He announced he had cancer in [----]. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/arts/television/james-van-der-beek-dead.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/arts/television/james-van-der-beek-dead.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021678040422727931) 2026-02-11T20:09Z 47K followers, [----] engagements "RT @DKThomp: This is a great catch by Matt Levine. KPMG is trying to force its auditor to accept less money since accounting work can be" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021690791257653302) 2026-02-11T21:00Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "RT @deenamousa: College students would need to be paid $59 (on average) to deactivate TikTok for a month but would *pay* $28 for it to be" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021727885233463398) 2026-02-11T23:27Z 47K followers, [--] engagements "RT @RonanFarrow: (6/10) Uber tracks battery life. Former exec Keith Chen noted in [----] that users with low battery are more likely to accep" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021728590929248668) 2026-02-11T23:30Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "RT @jkbjournalist: A reminder that this was my entire investigation [--] years ago. All this and more was reported in the Miami Herald s" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021731830894850132) 2026-02-11T23:43Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "I was literally listening to Cat Stevens when I saw just now that Bud Cort has died. Maude: Do you sing and dance Harold: No Maude: I thought not. https://t.co/IUrXId9P4b https://t.co/2gTNcYL2u9 Maude: Do you sing and dance Harold: No Maude: I thought not. https://t.co/IUrXId9P4b https://t.co/2gTNcYL2u9" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021745463183962238) 2026-02-12T00:37Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "RT @datadriven_tdoc: The first reporter to break the Varan vs. Einhorn case (the 1st detransitioner plaintiff to prevail) Ben Ryan @benry" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021807993684201791) 2026-02-12T04:46Z 46.9K followers, [--] engagements "Update: Dr. Blair Peters a gender-transition surgeon at OHSU who is a highly public and ardent supporter of youth gender transition interventions on social media under the moniker "queersurgeon" has circulated a sign-on letter among fellow members of the American Council of Educators in Plastic Surgery. The letter which I obtained and which has over [---] signatures according to a Google doc criticizes the American Society of Plastic Surgeon's board for a lack of transparency in releasing its position statement last week recommending against gender surgeries for patients under age [--]. Dr." [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2022153239890677941) 2026-02-13T03:37Z 47K followers, [---] engagements "Monica Lewinsky spent many years of her life unemployable because of the sex scandal. It is only within the past few yearsafter some two decades had passedthat @MonicaLewinsky has been able to reclaim her life and her story. The trajectory of her life could not be more dissimilar to Olivia Nuzzis. I somehow completely forgot that Monica Lewinsky exploited her experience with Bill Clinton to get a lucrative book deal get a prestigious high profile job offer and get a gushing profile written about her in the New York Times. The similarities are truly eerie. I somehow completely forgot that" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/1993673246634340384) 2025-11-26T13:28Z 47K followers, 191.3K engagements "@megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei This is a remarkable find by @byrne_a: Dr. Loren Schecter president elect of WPATH and head of gender-affirming surgery at Rush Univ appears to have done a [---] on whether gender-transition surgeries prevent suicide: https://x.com/byrne_a/status/2018450908468613200s=20 Dr. Loren Schechter [----] on the purpose of gender-transition mastectomies: "Surgery in and of itself is not a treatment or a mechanism to prevent suicide." Dr. Schechter 2022: the denial of gender-affirming surgeries "is likely to perpetuate gender dysphoria.leading to an" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018452057498288514) 2026-02-02T22:30Z 46.9K followers, 10.7K engagements "Maude: Do you sing and dance Harold: No Maude: I thought not. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/movies/bud-cort-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/movies/bud-cort-dead.html" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021745013353287861) 2026-02-12T00:35Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "You would think it would be in Jon Stewarts best interest to make a statement acknowledging error about economics and a promise to do better and do the work. Or maybe simply not opine about subjects about which he lacks sufficient knowledge. There is a kind of market correction currently underway with respects to the public's assessment of Jon Stewart as a reliable source of wisdom about economics in particular. There is a kind of market correction currently underway with respects to the public's assessment of Jon Stewart as a reliable source of wisdom about economics in particular" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021827013934260640) 2026-02-12T06:01Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Fun fact: Dr. Nazarian and I were in the same class at @Columbia. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has released an updated statement recommending against gender-affirming surgeries for anyone under the age of [--] marking a significant shift in the medical debate over treating transgender minors. I joined @foxnewsradio to explain why https://t.co/Zo3dHzYCst The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has released an updated statement recommending against gender-affirming surgeries for anyone under the age of [--] marking a significant shift in the medical debate over treating transgender" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2022121232498557193) 2026-02-13T01:30Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Looksmaxxing is just straight men rebranding what gay men have always been doing to themselves. Last weekend I spent the day with Clavicular the very handsome suddenly ubiquitous 20-year-old forum poster and streamer who wants to make America hunky if he can stay out of trouble: https://t.co/Zr4AeyG3WC Last weekend I spent the day with Clavicular the very handsome suddenly ubiquitous 20-year-old forum poster and streamer who wants to make America hunky if he can stay out of trouble: https://t.co/Zr4AeyG3WC" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2022372223160332635) 2026-02-13T18:08Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Bluesky is not. having. Helen. Lewis. today Debunking podcaster Michael Hobbes lambasts @TheAtlantic @helenlewis and @Tyler_A_Harper as usual. And as usual Harvard Law School clinical instructor and trans activist Alejandra Caraballo is furious at Lewis. The Tide Goes Out on Youth Gender Medicine American doctors are no longer united on the wisdom of medicalizing gender dysphoria in minors. By @HelenLewis for @TheAtlantic Gift link: https://t.co/5IUzWIhXCq https://t.co/9A3U5PQzcR The Tide Goes Out on Youth Gender Medicine American doctors are no longer united on the wisdom of medicalizing" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2022066976961728570) 2026-02-12T21:55Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@davidshor @DKThomp How do we know David posted this and not AI" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2022171168380493833) 2026-02-13T04:49Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "Francis has a PhD in physics" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2022404569817547236) 2026-02-13T20:16Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "His net worth is risen My entire net worth is in third order Rapture derivatives. If the chance of the chance of the chance of the Rapture exceeds 5% exceeds 5% exceeds 5% i lose my house My entire net worth is in third order Rapture derivatives. If the chance of the chance of the chance of the Rapture exceeds 5% exceeds 5% exceeds 5% i lose my house" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021677094015528962) 2026-02-11T20:05Z 47K followers, [----] engagements "The $2 Million Detransitioner Lawsuit Case File Is Sealed. But I Have Those Records. Here Are Some Of Them. I obtained all the case files in the Varian v. Einhorn lawsuit before they were sealed at the start of the trial. And I was there to record how the jury voted on the over [--] questions put before them. https://benryan.substack.com/p/the-2-million-detransitioner-lawsuit https://benryan.substack.com/p/the-2-million-detransitioner-lawsuit" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018369599331602804) 2026-02-02T17:03Z 47K followers, 18.9K engagements "Im too tired to go into all the details but as usual @JulieRei only sort of gets the facts right. Julie please read my reporting on the case. See above for my Free Press article and two Substacks in which I include all the jury questionsa key missing detail in your limited take on the case. Youre stuck with me because I was the only reporter to attend the whole trial and the transcripts are sealed. As for trained gender specialists being immune to these lawsuits Olson-Kennedy is one and she didnt assess Clementine Breen before putting her on blockers on her first appointment." [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018380772437266552) 2026-02-02T17:47Z 47K followers, [----] engagements "This attack on my work over on Bluesky is so typically narrow minded and myopic given that as this court case demonstrated in unsparing and excruciating detail Fox Varian the plaintiff *was not transgender.* She got sucked up into the trans-care system and came out maimed. I would ask people such as this Bluesky crank if they care anything for people like Fox. They seem very eager to dismiss her suffering as acceptable collateral damage for a higher cause. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018533343134941483 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018533343134941483" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018533343134941483) 2026-02-03T03:53Z 47K followers, [----] engagements "According to the National Review the AMA has now sided with the ASPS in opposition to gender-transition surgeries for minors. We are rapidly seeing the end of what was until recently about [----] minors annually having their breasts removedas young as [--] and a half but mostly [--] and [--] year olds. Academic medical centers in blue states such as Penn Medicine were already shuttering their surgery programs for minors with gender dysphoria for fear of the Trump administrations wrath. Now their own medical societies are telling them that they never should have been doing these surgeries in the first" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018890875913257460) 2026-02-04T03:34Z 47K followers, 38.6K engagements "What I can tell you is that Aubrey Gordon and Michael Hobbes of the wildly popular Maintenance Phase podcast which pulls in millions of dollars a year are constantly dismissing the idea that obesity is tied to negative health outcomes. Michael and Aubrey routinely speak in binaries and don't seem to know what a risk ratio isin particular that the more body fat you have over a certain threshold the higher your likelihood of ill health on many fronts (eg: diabetes heart attack cancer etc.). This is not a guarantee that obese people will get sick and die as a result of their body fat. And yes" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021380104241430823) 2026-02-11T00:25Z 47K followers, 46.4K engagements "Brianna Wu weighs in on the very sensitive and combustible subject of school shooters who identify as transgender. What do you think of Wus take Unpopular opinion but this is my OPINION. I dont think any of these mass shooters are actually trans. I think they are misdiagnosed transvestites. Weve known since the 60s that they dont respond well to HRT. I think it makes their mental state worse. And I think this is Unpopular opinion but this is my OPINION. I dont think any of these mass shooters are actually trans. I think they are misdiagnosed transvestites. Weve known since the 60s that they" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021647043878650137) 2026-02-11T18:06Z 46.9K followers, 14.2K engagements "I wrote about the question of whether there is an intersection between a professed transgender identity and violence for @UnHerd following the Charlie Kirk murder. https://unherd.com/2025/09/the-science-behind-trans-violence/ https://unherd.com/2025/09/the-science-behind-trans-violence/" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021700660714946980) 2026-02-11T21:39Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "RT @MikeBeauvais: James Van Der Beek is obviously best known for Dawson's Creek but he was so good on Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 2" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021719341679481013) 2026-02-11T22:53Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "BREAKING: 1st Detransitioner to Take a Medical-Malpractice Lawsuit to Trial Wins $2 Million Judgement Fox Varian sued her Westchester NY area psychologist and plastic surgeon for the gender-transition mastectomy she got at [--]. I was the only reporter to attend the entire 3-week historic trial. Subscribe to my Substack to receive an alert about the feature article I have coming out next week in a major publication out about the trial: I cover pediatric gender medicine as a specialty on my Substack. Sorry to just give just a teaser for now about the case But I wanted to get the word out about" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2017394408878993460) 2026-01-31T00:28Z 46.9K followers, 2.4M engagements "A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine At [--] Fox Varian got a mastectomy while undergoing a gender transition. She sued her psychologist and plastic surgeon for leaving her disfigured for life. Benjamin Ryan reports from the courtroom. Read the @TheFP article: Follow and support my Substack where I cover pediatric gender medicine: I was the only reporter to attend the entire three-week trial and will be providing more in-depth reporting and commentary on the case. The opening of my Free Press article: Fox Varian had a turbulent childhood. Her parents split when she was seven" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018171260350407157) 2026-02-02T03:54Z 46.9K followers, 235.2K engagements "Claire Deacon mother to Fox Varian the detransitioner who won a $2M jury award after suing her care providers over the mastectomy she got at [--] testified that Varian's psychologist Kenneth Einhorn browbeat her into consenting with threats of her child's suicide. I report for @TheFP: Subscribe to my Substack for further in-depth reporting about the case. I was the only reporter to attend the entire three-week trial. https://benryan.substack.com https://www.thefp.com/p/a-legal-first-that-could-change-gender https://benryan.substack.com" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018183382513930585) 2026-02-02T04:43Z 46.9K followers, 59.3K engagements "Dr. Loren Schechter the head of gender-affirming surgery at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and the president-elect of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) testified that gender-transition surgery is not form of suicide prevention. https://www.thefp.com/p/a-legal-first-that-could-change-gender https://www.thefp.com/p/a-legal-first-that-could-change-gender" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018183879035629603) 2026-02-02T04:45Z 46.9K followers, 107.9K engagements "A minor who gets their nose done can still smell afterward. Their counterpart who gets a mastectomy for a gender transition will never be able to breastfeed. This distinction between maintaining and destroying the function of a healthy body part is addressed by the ASPSs policy statement. But Harvard Law School clinical instructor and trans activist Alejandra Caraballo chooses to ignore it. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018821948604592248 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018821948604592248" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018821948604592248) 2026-02-03T23:00Z 47K followers, 95.6K engagements "In a stunning shift now the American Medical Association has said it concurs with the American Society of Plastic Surgeons that gender-transition surgeries should at least generally not be conducted on minors. The American Medical Association agrees with the ASPS about surgeries. If the AMA was wrong about surgeries could it also have been wrong about hormones https://t.co/r79xtvP1r0 The American Medical Association agrees with the ASPS about surgeries. If the AMA was wrong about surgeries could it also have been wrong about hormones https://t.co/r79xtvP1r0" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018889106298990779) 2026-02-04T03:27Z 46.9K followers, 783.6K engagements "People are shocked that all it took for the AMA to change its policy on pediatric gender transition surgeries was for another medical group the ASPS to do it. But this phenomenon is how the unanimity among the medical groups fell into place in the first place. It was only ever based on a few small committees within a couple of medical organizations putting aside WPATH which is a quasi-activist-medical organization. It got started in the 2010s as WPATH and the Endocrine Society which have a lot of overlap between them and referred to one another's guidelines in their citations put out" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019039542607499288) 2026-02-04T13:25Z 46.9K followers, 159.6K engagements "In the quote tweet you'll see what peoplein this case another reporter who I guess is very proud of himself indeedsay to disparage me when they haven't actually read my reporting. One day some of these people are going to stop reflect and realize that they were part of an illiberal campaign to silence the few of us who actually have the gumption to report about pediatric gender medicine without an allegiance to political ideology. Cue @infinite_jaz claiming I'm the one with an ideological mission. And so it goes round and round. What I can say is that if it were not for me no one would've" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019471716226068815) 2026-02-05T18:02Z 46.9K followers, 14.1K engagements "In [----] Dr. Blair Peters aka Queer Surgeon spoke with the head of the ASPS and they had this remarkable exchange about whether doctors can be trusted to self police. The ASPS president Dr. Steven Williams brought up Tuskegee. https://open.substack.com/pub/benryan/p/top-plastic-surgeon-wont-commit-tor=7wxo1&utm_medium=ios https://open.substack.com/pub/benryan/p/top-plastic-surgeon-wont-commit-tor=7wxo1&utm_medium=ios" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019643381232857411) 2026-02-06T05:24Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Observation: Skiing is a remarkably dangerous sport I used to ski as a child. But then when I was [--] and developed a hint of a prefrontal cortex I stopped reflected and said This is a totally insane thing to do I never skied again" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021005938485035343) 2026-02-09T23:38Z 46.9K followers, 49.3K engagements "The Federal Trade Commission has opened a consumer protection probe into the American Academy of Pediatrics and has demanded its records regarding pediatric gender medicine. In [----] the AAP published its foundational policy document on the gender-affirming care method. It was written by a single medical resident Dr. Jason Rafferty and edited by a small committee. It was subjected to a brutal fact check by Canadian sex researcher Dr. James Cantor the following year. The AAP never responded to the fact check. In [----] the AAP reaffirmed the policy statement with no changes. The statement asserts" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021295185087586770) 2026-02-10T18:48Z 46.9K followers, 19.2K engagements "@amandalitman I would spend it all on elaborate photoshoots in exotic locales that I would then nix at the last minute" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021367642712572218) 2026-02-10T23:36Z 46.9K followers, 25.3K engagements "NEWS: NBC reports that a person has been detained for questioning in the Nancy Guthrie case in the greater Tucson area. There has not been an arrest" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021417345827340445) 2026-02-11T02:53Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "The shooting tragedy in the tiny Canadian town reminds me very much of The Sweet Hereafter which is about a school bus accident that devastates a tiny Canadian town" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021625895849799918) 2026-02-11T16:42Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "There is a kind of market correction currently underway with respects to the public's assessment of Jon Stewart as a reliable source of wisdom about economics in particular. The single worst interview I've ever done was with Jon Stewart. I normally try to be calm and level-headed but I basically lost it with him. And worry that I lost viewers/listeners too doing more to convince them that economists were obnoxious than that we had useful insights. The single worst interview I've ever done was with Jon Stewart. I normally try to be calm and level-headed but I basically lost it with him. And" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021674642159616361) 2026-02-11T19:56Z 46.9K followers, 38K engagements "Sarah Polley gives such a hauntingly understated performance. I wish she would still act on occasion" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021674977305788425) 2026-02-11T19:57Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "James Van Der Beek leaves behind six children under the age of [--]. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/arts/television/james-van-der-beek-dad-kids.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/arts/television/james-van-der-beek-dad-kids.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021743954853523669) 2026-02-12T00:31Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@charlesarthur @TheAtlantic @helenlewis @Tyler_A_Harper She likes Bad Bunny and skiing" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2022086236366860547) 2026-02-12T23:11Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "Are you an Epstein Files junky Why not put your habit to good use by tipping off the Times about what you've learned in your deep dives: The Epstein Files have allowed anyone with an internet browser to become an investigative journalist. And because its such a massive trove you could very well come across something no one else has You can share info securely with the NYT here: https://t.co/jijtiowPKx The Epstein Files have allowed anyone with an internet browser to become an investigative journalist. And because its such a massive trove you could very well come across something no one else" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2022150729293869065) 2026-02-13T03:27Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@asymmetricinfo Why is no one talking about how Tom Holland and Zendaya weren't even born in the same fiscal quarter in 1996" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2022160298841690291) 2026-02-13T04:05Z 46.9K followers, 14K engagements "I attended the Fox Varian trial and @JulieRei Goldstein did not. If she had she might know what it was like what was at stake and what the court heard when Varian and her mother testified about what happened to her body. All these gadflies can ever come up with to say to undermine my reporting and my responses to their ill informed remarks is that Im creepy. A consistent trait that Julie demonstrates is a complete and utter lack of empathy for the plight of people such as Varian. They are only obstacles to be undermined and cast aside in her world. A Legal First That Could Change Gender" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2022194509002444956) 2026-02-13T06:21Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "@Bernstein Sigh" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2022369642442821665) 2026-02-13T17:57Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "Misgendering is cruel and rude no matter how many edge cases or straw man arguments people can come up with to try to assert otherwise. Exactly right @KnownHeretic. This is coercive control masquerading as empathy. I also wonder what @benryanwriter would say if Tim McBride decides he also now identifies as a Black woman puts on an afro wig and slaps on some dark foundation. Would Mr Ryan expect us to go along Exactly right @KnownHeretic. This is coercive control masquerading as empathy. I also wonder what @benryanwriter would say if Tim McBride decides he also now identifies as a Black woman" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/1938709709600473547) 2025-06-27T21:23Z 46.9K followers, 13.2M engagements "Children taking DIY cross-sex hormones before going to gender clinics Hundreds of young trans people are buying puberty blockers oestrogen and testosterone without prescription from websites and even recreational drug dealers. https://archive.ph/2025.12.07-002838/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/children-hormones-drug-dealers-2xrflrwqm https://archive.ph/2025.12.07-002838/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/children-hormones-drug-dealers-2xrflrwqm" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/1997702092715352426) 2025-12-07T16:17Z 46.9K followers, 1.6M engagements "I have identified [--] detransitioner lawsuits filed to date. Varian v. Einhorn was the first to go to trial and the first to win a judgment making history. If anyone knows of any additional cases that are not on my spreadsheet below or sees any errors please DM me. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017471549536661927 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017471549536661927" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2017471549536661927) 2026-01-31T05:34Z 46.9K followers, 153.6K engagements "The Tide Goes Out on Youth Gender Medicine American doctors are no longer united on the wisdom of medicalizing gender dysphoria in minors. By @HelenLewis for @TheAtlantic Gift link: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/ama-asps-gender-surgery-minors/685961/gift=KkbsgAqgmImeUM71Y0bfDEgTVee9zfjMwPZlH8yIjwQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/ama-asps-gender-surgery-minors/685961/gift=KkbsgAqgmImeUM71Y0bfDEgTVee9zfjMwPZlH8yIjwQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2021957831793291665) 2026-02-12T14:41Z 46.9K followers, 73.6K engagements "Tensions Flare Within Plastic Surgery Group Over New Policy Opposing Youth Gender Surgeries I report: An American Society of Plastic Surgeons task force charged with examining the issue of such surgeries was to their chagrin cut out of the loop when the ASPS board issued its new policy last week. https://benryan.substack.com/p/tensions-flare-within-plastic-surgery https://benryan.substack.com/p/tensions-flare-within-plastic-surgery" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2022059072002969747) 2026-02-12T21:23Z 46.9K followers, 20.4K engagements "Update: Dr. Blair Peters a gender-transition surgeon at OHSU who is a highly public and ardent supporter of youth gender transition interventions on social media under the moniker "queersurgeon" has circulated a sign-on letter among fellow members of the American Council of Educators in Plastic Surgery. The letter which I obtained and which has over [---] signatures according to a Google doc criticizes the American Society of Plastic Surgeon's board for a lack of transparency in releasing its position statement last week recommending against gender surgeries for patients under age [--]. Dr." [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2022153888879510010) 2026-02-13T03:40Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "https://benryan.substack.com/p/tensions-flare-within-plastic-surgery https://benryan.substack.com/p/tensions-flare-within-plastic-surgery" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2022155243476463647) 2026-02-13T03:45Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "The gamete based definition of sex does not ignore intersex people it is inclusive of them. All bodies are geared around producing one of the two gametes even those with differences in sex development which is a better and more logical term for intersex conditions. Basing sex on sexual reproduction is not reductive is logical and biological. None of us would be here were it not for the sex binary" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2022394178995442012) 2026-02-13T19:35Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "The current reading public pretends they lack all intuition and cannot understand the context of an article in the newspaper unless it is spelled out for them in the simplest terms. @maxwelltani No one will be satisfied in the current media age unless every paragraph of a news story ends with which is bad btw. @maxwelltani No one will be satisfied in the current media age unless every paragraph of a news story ends with which is bad btw" [X Link](https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2022420986671599694) 2026-02-13T21:21Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
@benryanwriter Benjamin Ryan
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Social Influence
Social category influence technology brands 6.67% finance 3.33% stocks 2.78% social networks 2.78% countries 2.22% celebrities 2.22% musicians 0.56%
Social topic influence in the 8.89%, $2m #74, the first 4.44%, transgender #334, health 3.89%, history 2.22%, guess 2.22%, if you 2.22%, remarkable #399, van der #904
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @thefp @julierei @meghandaum @megynkelly @byrnea @scottjenningsky @buckangel @cbsnews @aldestrawk @leorsapir @datadriven_tdoc @tomwoot @juan_dla_mancha @clarencewi61359 @davidemccune @michaelshermer @dkthomp @unherd @jlonga1 @jessesingal
Top assets mentioned Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER) Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) Spotify Technology (SPOT)
Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"Before dying of leukemia JFKs granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg excoriated her mothers cousin RFK Jr for slashing mRNA oncology research that might help people like her. She left behind her husband and two small children. 49% reduction in cancer risk with mRNA cancer vaccine (In August RFK Jr announced $500M in cuts to mRNA vaccine research) https://t.co/7jPyfmypdm 49% reduction in cancer risk with mRNA cancer vaccine (In August RFK Jr announced $500M in cuts to mRNA vaccine research) https://t.co/7jPyfmypdm"
X Link 2026-01-22T19:39Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Anti-ICE protest in Union Square in Manhattan. The speaker advises people not to invest in Palantir"
X Link 2026-01-23T21:25Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"How's the weather where you are"
X Link 2026-01-24T12:52Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Generation Z and the trans trend: Numbers are declining the gender hype is over. (English Translation by ChatGPT) Feeling like you belong to a different gender is a passing trend among Generation Z as indicated by declining numbers. The activism of doctors politicians and the media is losing momentum. This ultimately benefits young people themselves. Anyone who in recent years dared to speak of social contagionthat is imitationwhen discussing the growing number of transgender adolescents was almost treated as a threat to child welfare. Doing so was seen as an attack on the young persons"
X Link 2026-01-26T15:37Z 46.9K followers, 15.5K engagements
"Here is the paper. I am not named but Prasad later confirmed I was the most accurate tweeter on monkeypox. This paper is a scathing indictment of people with doctorates who take to social media to post about medical subjects they do not understand. https://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/8/1/e002236 https://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/8/1/e002236"
X Link 2026-01-27T18:14Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Howard is quite clearly saying he doesnt care about fighting for accurate reporting about infectious disease. All that matters is which side you are supposedly on in a political fight. I am clearly on the side of accurate science reporting"
X Link 2026-01-27T18:36Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"In the Bluesky mindset people are not allowed to come around politically and to change their opinions leftward to suit the Bluesky preference. If they do they are excoriated for being late to the party. The strict rule on Bluesky is people must always have held the correct position. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016295133055009084 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016295133055009084"
X Link 2026-01-27T23:39Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Im not sure why @MichaelShermer characterizes the exchange as an unraveling. On the contrary he expressed a common point of view that pediatric gender-transition treatment is ill advised or should be undertaken only with extreme caution. And then @BrianLehrer made clear he was aghast at what he had to say and expressed another common POV that the term intersex means sex is a spectrum that opposition to these treatments is purely political etc. It was a civil exchange so it was most definitely not an unraveling. My interview with @BrianLehrer today went sideways at the [--] min. mark when "Mable"
X Link 2026-01-28T02:27Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Shermer said you cant change sex but said that people who have dysphoria and transition should be treated with dignity He spoke critically of pediatric gender-transition treatment characterizing it as unproven and risky. Dr Gorski says Shermer is transphobic"
X Link 2026-01-28T03:41Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Peter Deusberg has died. The biologist is centrally responsible for the HIV denialist movement which has killed many people and which rages to this day. This despite the fact that combination antiretroviral therapy has been on the market for [--] years and has proven to be one of the most successful pharmaceutical interventions in history. In the early 2000s South Africa's president fell under the sway of American HIV denialism and delayed the roll out of HIV treatment. An estimated [------] people died as a result. I interviewed Christine Maggiore one of Duesberg's most able lieutenants in 2006"
X Link 2026-01-28T12:36Z 46.9K followers, 173.7K engagements
"@BarrierTruth AIDS denialism killed some [------] people in South Africa. It still kills to this day and has experienced a recent resurgence. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/26/aids-south-africa https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/26/aids-south-africa"
X Link 2026-01-28T13:26Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"HIV denialists wrongly believe HIV doesn't cause AIDS. In fact HIV left untreated causes AIDS in 95.5% of people in about [--] to [--] years. (About [--] in [---] people rather miraculously are able to control the virus with their own immune systems.) AIDS is fatal. Combination antiretroviral treatment approved in [----] transforms HIV into a manageable condition and extends the lifespan to near normal. It also prevents transmission. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016504708634919159 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016504708634919159"
X Link 2026-01-28T13:32Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@frank_james Guess what thanks to the Clintons and George W. Bush cheap HIV drugs WERE delivered to Africa saving the continent from ruin"
X Link 2026-01-28T21:05Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Department of Education finds San Jose State violated Title IX regarding transgender volleyball player The U.S. Department of Education has given San Jos State [--] days to comply with a list of demands after finding that the university violated Title IX concerning a transgender volleyball player in [----]. A federal investigation was launched into San Jos State a year ago after controversy over a transgender player marred the [----] volleyball season. Four Mountain West Conference teams Boise State Wyoming Utah State and Nevada-Reno each chose to forfeit or cancel two conference matches to San Jos"
X Link 2026-01-29T13:56Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"These people dont like gays marrying because marriage should be about kids and if gays get married and have kids that is bad. As opposed to gays simply having kids out of wedlock if they cannot wed. 🚨EXCLUSIVE: A broad coalition of pro-family groups is organizing to overturn Obergefell. The campaign declares that children are "Greater Than" so-called "Equality." Marriage and family law should prioritize the needs of children not the predilections of adults. Here's https://t.co/yAtp9tDbrf 🚨EXCLUSIVE: A broad coalition of pro-family groups is organizing to overturn Obergefell. The campaign"
X Link 2026-01-30T05:07Z 46.9K followers, 20.2K engagements
"@SixTwoLiters I think the judge wanted to keep media away for fear it might disrupt the trial. I dont know why he is keeping it sealed"
X Link 2026-01-31T02:26Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@SamBarber1910 It was crazy to be there knowing how historic the trial was"
X Link 2026-01-31T05:20Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Quite a few of the detransitioner lawsuits have run up against strict statutes of limitation such as the case against leading pediatric gender doctor Johanna Olson-Kennedy. Attorneys intend to appeal this dismissal as I wrote in November: https://benryan.substack.com/p/detransitioner-lawsuit-against-dr https://benryan.substack.com/p/detransitioner-lawsuit-against-dr"
X Link 2026-01-31T05:36Z 46.9K followers, 61.7K engagements
"Just before the verdict came in yesterday in the detransitioner lawsuit in White Plains NY that rendered a $2M judgement the judge made an off-hand remark about their being [--] such cases nationally. I wondered where he got that figure. Then I realized he'd read my tweets. Follow my Substack to get an alert about the big feature article I have coming out about the historic trial next week: https://benryan.substack.com I have identified [--] detransitioner lawsuits filed to date. Varian v. Einhorn was the first to go to trial and the first to win a judgment making history. If anyone knows of any"
X Link 2026-01-31T13:42Z 46.9K followers, 31.4K engagements
"Debunking podcaster Michael Hobbes long insisted that no kids anywhere were being rushed onto gender-transition drugs or into surgeries. Many of these detransitioner lawsuits show stark evidence to the contrary. I broke it down here: Michael Hobbes Is Wrong About Whether Kids Are Being Rushed Onto Gender-Transition Drugs I juxtapose clips of debunking podcaster Michael Hobbes insisting there's no evidence kids are being rushed onto gender-transition drugs with testimony proving Boston Children's is doing just that. https://benryan.substack.com/p/michael-hobbes-is-wrong-about-whether"
X Link 2026-01-31T13:55Z 46.9K followers, 53.5K engagements
"@Loragram12 Its infuriating that so many people hang on his every word. I spent weeks last year studying his many errors for a project that fell apart when my editor took a buyout. Thinking about him all day long made me so miserable"
X Link 2026-01-31T14:16Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"The lawsuit against the nation's leading pediatric gender doctor Johanna Olson-Kennedy is a vivid illustration of the type of lax attitude many such doctors following her lead observe when assessing kids for gender transition interventions. https://benryan.substack.com/p/detransitioner-sues-johanna-olson https://benryan.substack.com/p/detransitioner-sues-johanna-olson"
X Link 2026-01-31T14:47Z 46.9K followers, 31.9K engagements
"NYU neurologist/psychiatrist Jonathan Howard has been making a stink over @MichaelShermer's recent statements about transgender issues on @BrianLehrer's show. Here Howard cites a @Harvard study that falsely claimed youth "rarely" get gender-transition surgeries. In fact about [----] minors got a mastectomy for this purpose annually in recent years before state bans set in. I wrote about that Harvard study when it came out. I demonstrated how its authors had quite evidently sought to mislead the public about this issue: So in fact it is not Shermer who is "making things up" about this point in"
X Link 2026-01-31T15:17Z 46.9K followers, 58.7K engagements
"On the subject of pediatric gender-transition surgeries: NYU neurologist/psychiatrist Jonathan Howard has been making a stink over @MichaelShermer's recent statements about transgender issues on @BrianLehrer's show. Here Howard cites a @Harvard study that falsely claimed youth "rarely" get gender-transition surgeries. In fact about https://t.co/63LcRrjwkK NYU neurologist/psychiatrist Jonathan Howard has been making a stink over @MichaelShermer's recent statements about transgender issues on @BrianLehrer's show. Here Howard cites a @Harvard study that falsely claimed youth "rarely" get"
X Link 2026-01-31T15:19Z 46.9K followers, 34.4K engagements
"@CartersPeanuts He seems to have a lot of time on his hands to do anything but seeing patients conducting research and writing academic papers"
X Link 2026-02-01T02:27Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"@AlecMacGillis When I had cancer people gave me all these GrubHub gift cards. But I never used them. Like a year later I ordered a bacon cheeseburger with fries from the greasy spoon around the corner and the bill came to $30. Even though it wasn't my money I was filled with abject horror"
X Link 2026-02-01T23:27Z 46.9K followers, 23.1K engagements
"I spoke with @MegynKelly's show about Friday's historic $2 million jury award to Fox Varian a detransitioner who sued her care providers over the gender-transition mastectomy she received at age [--]. I covered the trial for @TheFP and was the only journalist to attend the whole three-week trial in White Plains. Apple podcasts: Spotify: YouTube: Here is my article for The Free Press: https://www.thefp.com/p/a-legal-first-that-could-change-gender https://www.youtube.com/watchv=25h7spNVR1E https://open.spotify.com/episode/6VeLw8zLdqWbck2Ht7tCuV"
X Link 2026-02-02T14:22Z 46.9K followers, 12.8K engagements
"@megynkelly @TheFP I'll be speaking on Substack Live with the great @Meghan_Daum today Monday at 6pm ET about my reporting on the historic $2M jury award that the detransitioner Fox Varian received on Friday. I was the only reporter to attend the entire trial. https://open.substack.com/live-stream/108428utm_source=live-stream-scheduled-upsell https://open.substack.com/live-stream/108428utm_source=live-stream-scheduled-upsell"
X Link 2026-02-02T14:24Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"I got a statement from @ChloeCole easily the most famous detransitioner about the $2M detransitioner jury award which I covered for @TheFP. Chloe Cole said: "The success of this case is a huge leap for the detransitioner movement and every doctor and clinic involved in this fad should be very afraid for what comes next. "They knew what they were doing when they performed mastectomies on perfectly healthy teenagers. As medical professionals they are well aware that children are developmentally incapable of making permanent decisions especially ones that will lead to them incapable of having"
X Link 2026-02-02T21:52Z 46.9K followers, 26.2K engagements
"Another apparent benefit of HPV vaccination: Women need fewer pap smears In a modeling study of women vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) researchers found that cervical cancer screening could be done far less often than current recommendations without compromising health benefits. For women vaccinated at younger ages screening just two or three times over a lifetime was both costeffective and associated with fewer unnecessary followup procedures suggesting that existing screening guidelines may be overly intensive for this growing population. The study is published in Annals of"
X Link 2026-02-02T22:00Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"I'm going on a Substack live with @Meghan_Daum at 6pm ET today Monday to talk about the historic detransitioner lawsuit that I attended as the only reporter to be there from start to finish. If you have any questions put them in this thread and/or by joining the live convo: @megynkelly @TheFP I'll be speaking on Substack Live with the great @Meghan_Daum today Monday at 6pm ET about my reporting on the historic $2M jury award that the detransitioner Fox Varian received on Friday. I was the only reporter to attend the entire trial. https://t.co/tJOjgL8lIv https://t.co/f2AClPeZ6O @megynkelly"
X Link 2026-02-02T22:42Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Yes it's almost total crickets over on Bluesky about the nation's first detransitioner lawsuit reaching a verdict in the plaintiff's favor. Usually Blueskyites at least put up a fight to try to dismiss the news or attack the messenger. They're acting like this never happened. A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine At [--] Fox Varian got a mastectomy while undergoing a gender transition. She sued her psychologist and plastic surgeon for leaving her disfigured for life. Benjamin Ryan reports from the courtroom. Read the @TheFP article: https://t.co/EYTWDFt3cf A Legal First That Could"
X Link 2026-02-03T00:59Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@DKThomp @BillAckman @StefanFSchubert Add the seniors ever going to relinquish"
X Link 2026-02-03T04:32Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"On Bluesky @JulieRei downplays the verdict against the plastic surgeon in the detransitioner lawsuit. What she doesnt say is that Dr. Chin was found responsible for injuring Fox Varian on two crucial counts. I published all the jury questions here: https://benryan.substack.com/p/the-2-million-detransitioner-lawsuit A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine At [--] Fox Varian got a mastectomy while undergoing a gender transition. She sued her psychologist and plastic surgeon for leaving her disfigured for life. Benjamin Ryan reports from the courtroom. Read the @TheFP article:"
X Link 2026-02-03T05:20Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Here @JulieRei misunderstands the crux of the case. It was not about the WPATH Standards of Care because no one who testified considered it the legal standard of care. It was whether the defendants deviated from what a reasonable provider would do in the circumstances. The jury found that they had. I frankly saw nothing that would insulate trained gender care providers from a similar outcome since so many of them engage in only cursory assessments"
X Link 2026-02-03T05:28Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@brianstelter Holy smokes"
X Link 2026-02-03T14:04Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"It is totally impossible that there was any connection between the detransitioner lawsuit that reached a verdict on Friday and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons coming out against gender-transition surgeries for those under [--] today. Its entirely possible the ASPS didnt even know about the trial until Friday. And they were clearly working on this position statement for a very long time. The power of medical malpractice lawsuits: Days after a New York jury awarded $2 million in a med mal lawsuit against doctors who pushed a double mastectomy for an underage girl the American Society of"
X Link 2026-02-03T23:51Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@CaitlinPacific Blueskyites dont permit conversions to the far left in particular I have observed. Everyone must be shamed for not ah gin had the correct opinion from the start"
X Link 2026-02-04T00:25Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Plastic surgeons ditch gender ideology New guidelines rule out medical transition for kids I wrote for @UnHerd. For years proponents of pediatric gender medicine appeared to have an ironclad medical consensus behind them. Gender-affirming care including puberty blockers cross-sex hormones and even irreversible surgeries was simply a medical best practice. Many of them claimed these treatments were life saving suggesting there was no difference between them and say the suite of interventions oncologists might prescribe for cancer patients. But the consensus was always a mirage and this week at"
X Link 2026-02-04T00:26Z 46.9K followers, 46.2K engagements
"Im very happy to have my reporting in @TheFP digested by The @NYTimes: Woman Wins Malpractice Suit Over Gender Surgery as a Minor In a legal first a jury in New York awarded $2 million to a patient who said that doctors had deviated from accepted medical standards. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/health/gender-surgery-malpractice-varian.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/health/gender-surgery-malpractice-varian.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share"
X Link 2026-02-04T00:45Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@SummerYuleRDN @BorisSpider14 @LeorSapir is the expert about that"
X Link 2026-02-04T01:16Z 46.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Lawyer for detransitioner awarded $2M warns case signals a tipping point: Every doctor should take it seriously writes @RIKKISCHLOTT. My guess is that a lot of the themes that came up in her caseare pretty consistent through a lot of these cases lack of collaboration lack of proper training or experience Varians lawyer Adam Deutsch told The Post. Knowing now that a jury will feel comfortable holding doctors accountable for this is something that I think every doctor should take seriously. This was not about ideology Deutsch told The Post. This case was about medical malpractice. Every patient"
X Link 2026-02-04T01:21Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@jlonga1 We have seen a couple lawsuits of parents suing after their children committed suicide after receiving gender transition interventions but not the scenario you described"
X Link 2026-02-04T12:57Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"If you want to go down the rabbit hole of how citation laundering laid the groundwork for the supposed medical consensus on gender-transition treatment for minors I highly recommend @buttonslives's reporting: https://buttonslives.news/p/new-systematic-review-exposes-deceptiveIf https://buttonslives.news/p/new-systematic-review-exposes-deceptiveIf"
X Link 2026-02-04T13:35Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@tomhinsy @michaelshermer She probably does not. During the trial which I attended she expressed her unhappiness about facing publicity. She did not agree to be photographed for my reporting on the case. https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2018171260350407157s=20 A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine At [--] Fox Varian got a mastectomy while undergoing a gender transition. She sued her psychologist and plastic surgeon for leaving her disfigured for life. Benjamin Ryan reports from the courtroom. Read the @TheFP article: https://t.co/EYTWDFt3cf"
X Link 2026-02-04T15:25Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Actually you know what you guys now that Ive realized that if I explain on X how there is no logic behind Alejandra Caraballos latest line of attack shes going to post a mean tweet about me and that others will follow suit Im never going to correct her errors ever again. A minor who gets their nose done can still smell afterward. Their counterpart who gets a mastectomy for a gender transition will never be able to breastfeed. This distinction between maintaining and destroying the function of a healthy body part is addressed by the ASPSs https://t.co/dVKMTDJET4 A minor who gets their nose"
X Link 2026-02-04T21:07Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"I just saw a nine year old boy walking down the street in Manhattan while reading a book. There is hope for humanity"
X Link 2026-02-04T22:41Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Thanks to @CBS 24/7 and @LindseyReiser for having me on to discuss the historic $2M verdict in the first detransitioner lawsuit ever to go to trial. Check out the interview about my reporting for @TheFP here: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/woman-wins-malpractice-lawsuit-over-gender-surgery-as-minor/ Ill be on @CBS 27/7 with @LindseyReiser at 2:19pm ET today to discus my reporting for @TheFP about the historic $2M detransitioner lawsuit: https://t.co/MPlvig1EN4 Check out my coverage of youth gender medicine at: https://t.co/upE82orIhs https://t.co/FCBxl1HbwP"
X Link 2026-02-04T23:43Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Check out my reporting on the detransitioner trial: A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine At [--] Fox Varian got a mastectomy while undergoing a gender transition. She sued her psychologist and plastic surgeon for leaving her disfigured for life. Benjamin Ryan reports from the courtroom. Read the @TheFP article: https://t.co/EYTWDFt3cf A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine At [--] Fox Varian got a mastectomy while undergoing a gender transition. She sued her psychologist and plastic surgeon for leaving her disfigured for life. Benjamin Ryan reports from the courtroom. Read the"
X Link 2026-02-05T00:12Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"On @CBSNews I reported on the $2M judgment in the 1st detransitioner civil suit to go to trial. I recalled the mother saying her daughters psychologist browbeat her into consenting to a gender-transition mastectomy for the [--] year old. But then the president-elect of WPATH testified that such surgeries in fact are not a form of suicide prevention full stop. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019239630491512906 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019239630491512906"
X Link 2026-02-05T02:40Z 46.9K followers, 30K engagements
"Thanks to JK Rowling for broadcasting my reporting on the Fox Varian detransitioner verdict for @TheFP (the second link in her post). A young detransitioner Fox Varian has won $2 million damages in a medical malpractice lawsuit in which she sued the psychologist and surgeon who approved her for a double mastectomy aged [--]. Varian's mother testified that she'd been against the surgery but was pressured into A young detransitioner Fox Varian has won $2 million damages in a medical malpractice lawsuit in which she sued the psychologist and surgeon who approved her for a double mastectomy aged"
X Link 2026-02-05T13:45Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@tomwoot The plaintiff's attorney quoted that in his closing arguments in the Varian v. Einhorn case"
X Link 2026-02-05T14:14Z 46.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Also what's "temu" I keep forgetting"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:08Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Please join my friend Lisa and me for looking for nuance where others only want simple black and white responses to complex questions. Lisa has been at it in the gender reporting field for nearly a decade. Her fortitude has been vindicated. What I should have said: Let me say now what I didn't have the knowledge courage or fortitude to say then: I'm sticking with nuance. That doesn't mean avoiding truth. It means allowing for complexity and looking at issues from multiple angles. What does nuance mean to you What I should have said: Let me say now what I didn't have the knowledge courage or"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:25Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Here are the actual known detransitioner lawsuits. There may be a few more that remain under the radar:"
X Link 2026-02-05T19:10Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Erin Reed is unhappy with medical organizations coming out against providing gender-transition surgeries to minors writing: The Cowardice Of American Medicine On Trans Youth Care After capitulation by hospitals across the country the ASPS and AMA have both thrown trans kids under the bus on surgical care. The first year of the Trump administration has offered a master class in how powerful institutions capitulate to right-wing pressure rather than defend the marginalized people who depend on them. That pattern has played out across American lifefrom newsrooms to elite universities to"
X Link 2026-02-05T22:15Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"The Rise and Fall of Youth Gender Medicine When The Free Press started reporting on gender ideology it was a third rail. Today the tide has turned. Foundational reporting and first-person accounts for The Free Press has come from: @AbigailShrier @LeorSapir @LisaSelinDavis @kittypurrzog @JamieWhistle. I finally joined the crowd this week. https://open.substack.com/pub/bariweiss/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-youth-gender https://open.substack.com/pub/bariweiss/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-youth-gender"
X Link 2026-02-05T23:48Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"It should not come as a surprise to anyone that Andrea James who runs a defamation website devoted to terrorizing journalists away from covering pediatric gender medicine mischaracterized my words about detransitioning rates. I said that the numbers are unknown and are maybe 5-10% but there isnt enough research at this time. I got that estimate from one the only researchers with the courage to research the subject Kinnon Ross MacKinnon of York University who is a trans man. Is he an anti-trans extremist Please tell me how it is laundering anti-trans extremism for me to report about this"
X Link 2026-02-06T00:57Z 46.9K followers, 10.1K engagements
"This is huge: Uber Is Responsible for Rape by Driver Jury Finds In the first of thousands of forthcoming sexual assault cases the ride-hailing giant was ordered to pay $8.5 million to Jaylynn Dean who said a driver raped her in [----]. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/business/uber-safety-rape-verdict.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/business/uber-safety-rape-verdict.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share"
X Link 2026-02-06T01:52Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Thanks to @EmilyYoffe for marshaling all of this transformational coverage from so many sharp minds. I especially like thinking about how this work came from such a diverse group of intellectuals who come at it from different backgrounds and perspectives. But we all share certain traits in common. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019622754551566469 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019622754551566469"
X Link 2026-02-06T04:02Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"More from Blair Peters:"
X Link 2026-02-06T05:22Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Can doctors self police if things go wrong in pediatric gender medicine In [----] Dr. Blair Peters aka Queer Surgeon spoke with the head of the ASPS and they had this remarkable exchange about whether doctors can be trusted to self police. The ASPS president Dr. Steven Williams brought up Tuskegee. https://t.co/StlljhCEGJ https://t.co/ohq8c6wpsP In [----] Dr. Blair Peters aka Queer Surgeon spoke with the head of the ASPS and they had this remarkable exchange about whether doctors can be trusted to self police. The ASPS president Dr. Steven Williams brought up Tuskegee. https://t.co/StlljhCEGJ"
X Link 2026-02-06T14:35Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Dr. Peters has made clear that he thinks that above all else minors wants and needs should be prioritized in pediatric gender surgeries. That suggests he places those factors above the surgeons responsibility not to harm the patient. In August amid the debates over the McMaster University systematic review of pediatric gender-transition treatment Dr. Blair Peters aka Queer Surgeon posted a video in which he said that it is the patient's autonomy and their well being that is paramount and most https://t.co/hEREpvPfPv In August amid the debates over the McMaster University systematic review of"
X Link 2026-02-06T14:50Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@Real_YuanZhang Yet another double standard: Whether it is unacceptable for small committees in medical organizations to make judgments about pediatric gender medicine depends on whether they are for it or wary of it. https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/2019642783972131246s=20 Dr. Blair Petersa gender-transition surgeon at OHSU responds with disdain to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons coming out against such surgeries for minors. He says the broader membership was never polled about this. Which is the same thing that has happened at the https://t.co/j0noPgzHey"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:52Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a @ScottJenningsKY @BuckAngel I went on @MegynKelly's radio show to discuss the $2M detransitioner lawsuit: https://www.megynkelly.com/2026/02/02/detransitioner-awarded-millions-in-landmark-medical-malpractice-case/ https://www.megynkelly.com/2026/02/02/detransitioner-awarded-millions-in-landmark-medical-malpractice-case/"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:53Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@Rafa__Coyote Her being trans was presented as a benefit to her credibility"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:57Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Colin Wright @SwipeWright reports that Olympic boxer Imane Khelif has confirmed possession of the "SRY gene a gene found on the Y chromosome that initiates male sexual development in humans." So where are the corrections by all the media outlets who were so certain that Khelif is in their words a "c-sgender woman." https://substack.com/redirect/35f281d4-2072-4275-b862-62caa52cf800 https://archive.ph/PXW4z https://substack.com/redirect/35f281d4-2072-4275-b862-62caa52cf800 https://archive.ph/PXW4z"
X Link 2026-02-06T17:22Z 46.9K followers, 11.7K engagements
"Watch My Substack Live with Katie Herzog. Plus: On the Hypocrisy Of Dr. Blair Peters aka "Queer Surgeon" Griping About the ASPS's Opposition to Pediatric Gender Surgeries I was delighted to finally join one of my favorite podcasts where Katie and I talked about this watershed week in gender news and of course how glad we were the dreaded Jesse Singal wasn't there. https://benryan.substack.com/p/watch-my-substack-live-with-katie https://benryan.substack.com/p/watch-my-substack-live-with-katie https://benryan.substack.com/p/watch-my-substack-live-with-katie"
X Link 2026-02-06T20:02Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"GLAAD never disappoints. https://glaad.org/fact-check-participation-and-eligibility-of-paris-2024-olympic-boxers-imane-khelif-and-lin-yu-ting/ https://glaad.org/fact-check-participation-and-eligibility-of-paris-2024-olympic-boxers-imane-khelif-and-lin-yu-ting/"
X Link 2026-02-06T21:08Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Jessica is inspiring and strong"
X Link 2026-02-07T08:02Z 46.9K followers, 10.6K engagements
"@megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a @ScottJenningsKY @BuckAngel https://x.com/anish_koka/status/2020216387382153267 On the last @DRsLoungePod with journalist @benryanwriter on the case he covered: The [--] year old plaintiff sued her plastic surgeon for performing a bilateral mastectomy at the recommendation of her psychologist. The plaintiff's expert was a leading transgender surgeon: https://t.co/eAgA4ofDTS https://x.com/anish_koka/status/2020216387382153267 On the last @DRsLoungePod with journalist @benryanwriter on the case he covered: The [--] year old plaintiff sued her"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:29Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Jonathan Howard has gotten it into his head meanwhile that I am personally responsible for the MAHA movement because once I published an essay on Vinay Prasads Substack about trans medicine researchers deceiving the public. This is bonkers conspiracy thinking by Howard"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:37Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Despite the Good Law Project basing its assertions on false claims about the NHSs prescribing history and a data set of suicide deaths that lacking specifics cannot provide specific evidence supporting GLPs thesis Erin Reed and Alejandra Caraballo were quick to broadcast:"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:42Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a @ScottJenningsKY @BuckAngel https://x.com/anish_koka/status/2020233107039756688 https://x.com/anish_koka/status/2020233107039756688"
X Link 2026-02-07T20:30Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"@jessesingal After Jesse Singal demonstrated that Jonathan Howard didnt know much about trans medicine and thus wasnt in a position to write about it Jonathan Howard endorses the premise of staying in ones lane and says that in fact it is Jesse who is clueless about medicine"
X Link 2026-02-07T21:58Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Over on Bluesky Q who is a coauthor of the SPLC report claiming that SEGM is a hate group is joining in on accusing Wes Streeting the British health secretary of genocide of trans kids and says Streeting has a plan to annihilate kids with ADHD next"
X Link 2026-02-07T22:18Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a @ScottJenningsKY @BuckAngel My appearance on @CBSNews: On @CBSNews I reported on the $2M judgment in the 1st detransitioner civil suit to go to trial. I recalled the mother saying her daughters psychologist browbeat her into consenting to a gender-transition mastectomy for the [--] year old. But then the president-elect of WPATH https://t.co/7zjlv6VN7H On @CBSNews I reported on the $2M judgment in the 1st detransitioner civil suit to go to trial. I recalled the mother saying her daughters psychologist browbeat her into consenting to a"
X Link 2026-02-07T22:51Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a @ScottJenningsKY @BuckAngel @CBSNews Reposting this one after they did some edits: Doctors Lounge - Journalist Ben Ryan on Gender Affirmation Medical Malpractice https://t.co/zY14iwCicT Doctors Lounge - Journalist Ben Ryan on Gender Affirmation Medical Malpractice https://t.co/zY14iwCicT"
X Link 2026-02-07T23:13Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Can plastic surgeons be relied upon to self police absent a directive from above in the field of pediatric gender medicine In [----] Dr. Blair Peters aka Queer Surgeon spoke with the head of the ASPS and they had this remarkable exchange about whether doctors can be trusted to self police. The ASPS president Dr. Steven Williams brought up Tuskegee. https://t.co/StlljhCEGJ https://t.co/ohq8c6wpsP In [----] Dr. Blair Peters aka Queer Surgeon spoke with the head of the ASPS and they had this remarkable exchange about whether doctors can be trusted to self police. The ASPS president Dr. Steven"
X Link 2026-02-08T00:17Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Im this convo with @TheBARPod about the $2M detransitioner lawsuit I made reference to this [----] AAP conference at which Dr. Morissa Ladinsky head of the U of ALs youth gender clinic appeared to glorify suicide when she said a [--] year old trans kid stepped boldly in front of a tractor trailer ending her life. Then Dr. Landinsky repeated the refrain saying this teen boldly ended her life. She later expressed regret for what she said. I regret my choice of words that has been interpreted to glorify self-harm. This was never my intent. In discussing the tragic event I sought to convey my work"
X Link 2026-02-08T03:35Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@NeilVitaleMD @megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a @ScottJenningsKY @BuckAngel @CBSNews Many thanks"
X Link 2026-02-08T03:45Z 46.9K followers, [--] engagements
"It has been my general observation that very few people are aware that [--] is not the age of consent in most of the country. If any sexual contact with persons aged [--] or [--] is now presumptively considered "pedophilia" it's really strange that [--] states have chosen to legally enable pedophilia. Do you live for example in Maryland or Nebraska If so you're in the midst of an ongoing pedo crime spree If any sexual contact with persons aged [--] or [--] is now presumptively considered "pedophilia" it's really strange that [--] states have chosen to legally enable pedophilia. Do you live for example in"
X Link 2026-02-08T04:04Z 46.9K followers, 12.3K engagements
"@jessesingal Fact checked by Jesse Singal after he cited a study that is essentially bunk as evidence of pediatric gender medicines efficacy NYU neurologist-psychiatrist says he wont debate trans issues and then clearly blames Jesse for MAGA"
X Link 2026-02-08T04:33Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Theres literally a need for a GoFundMe to help repatriate the laid off Washington Post staffers who are stranded abroad. https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-washington-post-international-employees https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-washington-post-international-employees"
X Link 2026-02-08T14:55Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a @ScottJenningsKY @BuckAngel @CBSNews I spoke with @sometherapist: https://x.com/sometherapist/status/2020916848968249415s=20 The first detransition malpractice lawsuit just won$2M verdict. Psychologist found 70% liable for a 16-year-old's mastectomy. The mother testified he browbeat her into consent with suicide threats. I talked to @BenRyanWriter the only journalist there for the entire trial. https://t.co/19puV9PnFW https://x.com/sometherapist/status/2020916848968249415s=20 The first detransition malpractice lawsuit just won$2M verdict."
X Link 2026-02-09T17:55Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@powercreek The national murder rate is [---] per [------]. Is that rare Does the rarity change anything about the morality or murder"
X Link 2026-02-09T20:36Z 46.9K followers, [--] engagements
"@LeorSapir Here's the [--] in [----] paper: https://benryan.substack.com/p/is-1-in-1000-17-year-olds-taking https://benryan.substack.com/p/1-in-1000-privately-insured-17-year https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.6081 https://benryan.substack.com/p/is-1-in-1000-17-year-olds-taking https://benryan.substack.com/p/1-in-1000-privately-insured-17-year https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.6081"
X Link 2026-02-09T20:39Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"@thevanosam There are about 6.5M 15-17 year old girls in the USthe population from which these surgeries overwhelmingly are drawn. So about [--] surgeries per 100000"
X Link 2026-02-09T22:26Z 46.9K followers, [--] engagements
"@meghan_daum @CaitlinPacific @TheUnspeakeasy Girls have all the fun"
X Link 2026-02-10T01:11Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"For the love of god help find Savannah Guthries mother https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/us/savannah-guthrie-kidnapping-video.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/us/savannah-guthrie-kidnapping-video.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share"
X Link 2026-02-10T01:14Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"The UK did not ban puberty blockers for gender dysphoria until April [----]. The Good Law Project is falsely claiming the ban started in [----]. Assigned Media is regurgitating the false claim"
X Link 2026-02-10T01:55Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@KadyMuhammad1 I got too scared to ski midway through the ski season. So I'd go up on the bus and sit in the lodge every Saturday. It didn't occur to me to just tell my mother no"
X Link 2026-02-10T05:20Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"RT @VelvetBarstool: @benryanwriter If you want to sing out sing out And if you want to be free be free Cause theres a million things to"
X Link 2026-02-12T00:48Z 46.9K followers, [--] engagements
"@eddiegoerge2019 @megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a Both were about surgery"
X Link 2026-02-03T01:25Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"@megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a I had a great chat with @meghan_daum about the successful detransitioner lawsuit: https://m.youtube.com/watchv=2hSb6wjXUS0 https://m.youtube.com/watchv=2hSb6wjXUS0"
X Link 2026-02-03T05:07Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Dr. Loren Schechter is having a turbulent couple of weeks. 1st the gender-affirming plastic surgeon testified that such operations are not suicide prevention. Then even as he faces becoming president of WPATH later this year the ASPS comes out against such surgeries in minors. So now right when the Republicans and Trump are threatening to destroy whats left of pediatric gender medicine the guy who is supposed to run the official resistance from his perch at WPATH has seen his own medical society the ASPS slap him in the face. I spoke with a litigator today who doubted any surgeon would agree"
X Link 2026-02-03T23:57Z 46.9K followers, 19.1K engagements
"I've never seen my reporting reflected in a political cartoon before"
X Link 2026-02-05T19:07Z 46.9K followers, 16K engagements
"@megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a I went on the @ScottJenningsKY show to discuss my reporting for @TheFP about the nation's first detransitioner lawsuit to go to trial. It reached a $2M jury award on Friday"
X Link 2026-02-05T21:19Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a @ScottJenningsKY Its always great to talk with @BuckAngel who as the number one trans man in America is nevertheless hated by trans activists for being some sort of what transphobe We talked about the historic $2M verdict in the detransitioner lawsuit. https://m.youtube.com/watchv=PiShn8t1NiE https://m.youtube.com/watchv=PiShn8t1NiE"
X Link 2026-02-06T04:05Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Dr. Blair Petersa gender-transition surgeon at OHSU responds with disdain to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons coming out against such surgeries for minors. He says the broader membership was never polled about this. Which is the same thing that has happened at the American Academy of Pediatrics for example but going in the other direction. No matter how hard @JuliaMasonMD1 has pushed the AAPs [----] policy statement on the gender-affirming care method has never been up for a vote by the broader membership. All of the major medical organizations that have led the way in establishing"
X Link 2026-02-06T05:22Z 46.9K followers, 43K engagements
"@BridgetPhetasy I asked everyone what their weight was listed as in the Epstein files"
X Link 2026-02-08T00:57Z 46.9K followers, 18.1K engagements
"@JerusalemDemsas Jon Stewart also famously performed as if he was the expert on gender-transition treatment for minors when he squared off against the AG of Arkansas despite the fact that he revealed he was in fact quite ignorant about the subject. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=NPmjNYt71fk https://www.youtube.com/watchv=NPmjNYt71fk"
X Link 2026-02-09T15:42Z 46.9K followers, 12.2K engagements
"Fox Varian could have made use of her breasts to breastfeed for another [--] years. Instead she had them removed after considering doing so for just [--] months. The plastic surgeon made a big point during her trial that he met with her not once but twice during the [--] weeks before removing her breasts. Two things: 1) It was the ASPS not the government that recommended against gender surgeries for minors this past week. 2) Fox Varian got top surgery [--] months after socially transitioning [--] months after she first brought it up and [---] months after she said she was unsure of https://t.co/VX77fh7tPl"
X Link 2026-02-10T14:18Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei @byrne_a @ScottJenningsKY @BuckAngel @CBSNews @sometherapist The YouTube version of the @sometherapist interview: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=eNllkUmDouk&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watchv=eNllkUmDouk&t=1s"
X Link 2026-02-10T15:28Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"I wrote: https://open.substack.com/pub/benryan/p/the-aap-files-complete-american-academyr=7wxo1&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay https://open.substack.com/pub/benryan/p/the-aap-files-complete-american-academyr=7wxo1&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay"
X Link 2026-02-10T18:49Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"I obtained emails via a freedom of information request of AAP leader Dr. Jason Rafferty discussing his philosophies about the gender affirming care method. https://open.substack.com/pub/benryan/p/the-aap-files-complete-american-academyr=7wxo1&utm_medium=ios https://open.substack.com/pub/benryan/p/the-aap-files-complete-american-academyr=7wxo1&utm_medium=ios"
X Link 2026-02-10T18:52Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@RoeliendenOuden @KingMike33 @grok what is the maximum age at which women including if they use IVF can bear children"
X Link 2026-02-10T20:04Z 46.9K followers, [--] engagements
"When a disfavored person points out that the increase in autism diagnosis rates has likely been a function of a broadening of the umbrella of what is considered autism they are accused on Bluesky of promoting eugenics. But when Michael Hobbes says it Bluesky is on board"
X Link 2026-02-11T00:33Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"So I guess what happened is the Olympic skiing people figured they were boring all of us so they decided to make these poor athletes start skiing backwards into the jumps"
X Link 2026-02-11T01:38Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"No Reason He Should Have Died: Alex Prettis Parents Open Up In their first sit-down interview Michael and Susan Pretti avoided recriminations and recalled the son that Michael called an exceptionally kind caring man. By @jackhealyNYT for @nytimes. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/us/alex-pretti-parents-interview.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/us/alex-pretti-parents-interview.html"
X Link 2026-02-11T02:31Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"RT @jeremymbarr: Washington Post staffer says to Matt Murray: "The piece of accountability that I've heard nothing about here is the fact t"
X Link 2026-02-11T22:53Z 46.9K followers, [--] engagements
"RT @carebecc: I worked as a PA on a show with James Van Der Beek and he always offered me his chair while he was filming. I was pretty gen"
X Link 2026-02-12T01:28Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"How Can Doctors Like This Provide Competent Care To Their Patients Some beef with Dr. Jonathan Howard by @JesseSingal. Dr. Jonathan Howard a neurologist and psychiatrist at @NYULangone Health is furious at Michael Shermer the founding publisher of Skepticmagazine. Howard is an impressive figure. Like many doctors at university-affiliated medical centers he also serves as a professor in this case at the @NYUGrossman School of Medicine. He has according to his biography authored and edited multiple textbooks on multiple sclerosis his area of specialty. Why is Dr. Jonathan Howard furious at"
X Link 2026-02-07T18:53Z 47K followers, 24.8K engagements
"The Good Law Project isnt telling the truth about what happened at the UK gender clinic in [----]. The GLP claims the clinic closed the shutters & kept them down. In fact there was a six-month pause on treatment and they resumed albeit at a slower rate: https://benryan.substack.com/p/britains-good-law-project-again-claims https://benryan.substack.com/p/britains-good-law-project-again-claims"
X Link 2026-02-10T00:53Z 47K followers, [----] engagements
"26 found this interesting"
X Link 2026-02-12T00:40Z 47K followers, [---] engagements
"What a life this guy had"
X Link 2026-02-12T01:00Z 47K followers, [---] engagements
"The @BBC reported in Jan 2021: The Care Quality Commission inspected the Gender Identity Development Service (Gids) at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust in October and found it was: *"inadequate" for being well led and responsive to patients' needs *"requires improvement" for being safe and effective This Pink News article credulously reports the recent report by the Good Law Project which as I've reported is rife with distortions and false claims: https://benryan.substack.com/p/britains-good-law-project-again-claims"
X Link 2026-02-12T14:49Z 47K followers, [---] engagements
"In August amid the debates over the McMaster University systematic review of pediatric gender-transition treatment Dr. Blair Peters aka Queer Surgeon posted a video in which he said that it is the patient's autonomy and their well being that is paramount and most important. Given the larger context he was quite evidently referring when he said this to minors who cannot consent to the type of body-altering surgeries he performs. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNtm3575FL0/igsh=Z215MHE4b25ramI2 Dr. Blair Petersa gender-transition surgeon at OHSU responds with disdain to the American Society of"
X Link 2026-02-06T14:48Z 47K followers, 21.9K engagements
"Britains Good Law Project Again Claims the NHS Caused a Surge of Trans-Youth SuicidesWithout Proving Its Case GLP has falsely claimed the NHS all but eliminated access to puberty blockers starting in [----] and that this led to a suicide surge based on data too unspecific to connect such deaths to NHS policy. Once again Britains Good Law Project (GLP) has made a damning accusation connecting National Health Service (NHS) Englands imposition of what it claims was a restrictive policy on minors access to gender-transition drugs to suicide deaths among trans youth. On Saturday the liberal legal"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:17Z 47K followers, [----] engagements
"This was a key point of uncertainty in the Fox Varian detransitioner trial: Who was responsible for what in preparing and clearing a minor patient for a gender-transition surgery This is a key passage from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons statement on gender surgeries. In effect ASPS is warning its members not to rely on mental health providers who specialize in gender and who do assessments prior to and as a prerequisite for surgery. https://t.co/8unVU4kkM8 This is a key passage from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons statement on gender surgeries. In effect ASPS is warning its"
X Link 2026-02-11T14:02Z 47K followers, [----] engagements
"Theres Bluesky anger about media coverage of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons & the AMA coming out against gender surgeries for those [--]. Blueskyites falsely claim these werent new/changed policies. And yet ASPS doctor Blair Peters thinks the org changed its policy: Dr. Blair Petersa gender-transition surgeon at OHSU responds with disdain to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons coming out against such surgeries for minors. He says the broader membership was never polled about this. Which is the same thing that has happened at the https://t.co/j0noPgzHey Dr. Blair Petersa"
X Link 2026-02-11T16:29Z 47K followers, [----] engagements
"If you had a crush on Jordan Catallano youre two years past due for a colonoscopy. If you recognized Ricky Martin at the halftime show its time for your mammogram https://t.co/nyseoBGL20 If you recognized Ricky Martin at the halftime show its time for your mammogram https://t.co/nyseoBGL20"
X Link 2026-02-11T18:42Z 47K followers, [----] engagements
"James Van Der Beek Teenage Heartthrob of Dawsons Creek Dies at [--] He first appeared in a hit TV drama as a wide-eyed 15-year-old who then grew up over six seasons. He announced he had cancer in [----]. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/arts/television/james-van-der-beek-dead.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/arts/television/james-van-der-beek-dead.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share"
X Link 2026-02-11T20:09Z 47K followers, [----] engagements
"RT @DKThomp: This is a great catch by Matt Levine. KPMG is trying to force its auditor to accept less money since accounting work can be"
X Link 2026-02-11T21:00Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"RT @deenamousa: College students would need to be paid $59 (on average) to deactivate TikTok for a month but would pay $28 for it to be"
X Link 2026-02-11T23:27Z 47K followers, [--] engagements
"RT @RonanFarrow: (6/10) Uber tracks battery life. Former exec Keith Chen noted in [----] that users with low battery are more likely to accep"
X Link 2026-02-11T23:30Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"RT @jkbjournalist: A reminder that this was my entire investigation [--] years ago. All this and more was reported in the Miami Herald s"
X Link 2026-02-11T23:43Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"I was literally listening to Cat Stevens when I saw just now that Bud Cort has died. Maude: Do you sing and dance Harold: No Maude: I thought not. https://t.co/IUrXId9P4b https://t.co/2gTNcYL2u9 Maude: Do you sing and dance Harold: No Maude: I thought not. https://t.co/IUrXId9P4b https://t.co/2gTNcYL2u9"
X Link 2026-02-12T00:37Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"RT @datadriven_tdoc: The first reporter to break the Varan vs. Einhorn case (the 1st detransitioner plaintiff to prevail) Ben Ryan @benry"
X Link 2026-02-12T04:46Z 46.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Update: Dr. Blair Peters a gender-transition surgeon at OHSU who is a highly public and ardent supporter of youth gender transition interventions on social media under the moniker "queersurgeon" has circulated a sign-on letter among fellow members of the American Council of Educators in Plastic Surgery. The letter which I obtained and which has over [---] signatures according to a Google doc criticizes the American Society of Plastic Surgeon's board for a lack of transparency in releasing its position statement last week recommending against gender surgeries for patients under age [--]. Dr."
X Link 2026-02-13T03:37Z 47K followers, [---] engagements
"Monica Lewinsky spent many years of her life unemployable because of the sex scandal. It is only within the past few yearsafter some two decades had passedthat @MonicaLewinsky has been able to reclaim her life and her story. The trajectory of her life could not be more dissimilar to Olivia Nuzzis. I somehow completely forgot that Monica Lewinsky exploited her experience with Bill Clinton to get a lucrative book deal get a prestigious high profile job offer and get a gushing profile written about her in the New York Times. The similarities are truly eerie. I somehow completely forgot that"
X Link 2025-11-26T13:28Z 47K followers, 191.3K engagements
"@megynkelly @TheFP @meghan_daum @JulieRei This is a remarkable find by @byrne_a: Dr. Loren Schecter president elect of WPATH and head of gender-affirming surgery at Rush Univ appears to have done a [---] on whether gender-transition surgeries prevent suicide: https://x.com/byrne_a/status/2018450908468613200s=20 Dr. Loren Schechter [----] on the purpose of gender-transition mastectomies: "Surgery in and of itself is not a treatment or a mechanism to prevent suicide." Dr. Schechter 2022: the denial of gender-affirming surgeries "is likely to perpetuate gender dysphoria.leading to an"
X Link 2026-02-02T22:30Z 46.9K followers, 10.7K engagements
"Maude: Do you sing and dance Harold: No Maude: I thought not. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/movies/bud-cort-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/movies/bud-cort-dead.html"
X Link 2026-02-12T00:35Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"You would think it would be in Jon Stewarts best interest to make a statement acknowledging error about economics and a promise to do better and do the work. Or maybe simply not opine about subjects about which he lacks sufficient knowledge. There is a kind of market correction currently underway with respects to the public's assessment of Jon Stewart as a reliable source of wisdom about economics in particular. There is a kind of market correction currently underway with respects to the public's assessment of Jon Stewart as a reliable source of wisdom about economics in particular"
X Link 2026-02-12T06:01Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Fun fact: Dr. Nazarian and I were in the same class at @Columbia. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has released an updated statement recommending against gender-affirming surgeries for anyone under the age of [--] marking a significant shift in the medical debate over treating transgender minors. I joined @foxnewsradio to explain why https://t.co/Zo3dHzYCst The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has released an updated statement recommending against gender-affirming surgeries for anyone under the age of [--] marking a significant shift in the medical debate over treating transgender"
X Link 2026-02-13T01:30Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Looksmaxxing is just straight men rebranding what gay men have always been doing to themselves. Last weekend I spent the day with Clavicular the very handsome suddenly ubiquitous 20-year-old forum poster and streamer who wants to make America hunky if he can stay out of trouble: https://t.co/Zr4AeyG3WC Last weekend I spent the day with Clavicular the very handsome suddenly ubiquitous 20-year-old forum poster and streamer who wants to make America hunky if he can stay out of trouble: https://t.co/Zr4AeyG3WC"
X Link 2026-02-13T18:08Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Bluesky is not. having. Helen. Lewis. today Debunking podcaster Michael Hobbes lambasts @TheAtlantic @helenlewis and @Tyler_A_Harper as usual. And as usual Harvard Law School clinical instructor and trans activist Alejandra Caraballo is furious at Lewis. The Tide Goes Out on Youth Gender Medicine American doctors are no longer united on the wisdom of medicalizing gender dysphoria in minors. By @HelenLewis for @TheAtlantic Gift link: https://t.co/5IUzWIhXCq https://t.co/9A3U5PQzcR The Tide Goes Out on Youth Gender Medicine American doctors are no longer united on the wisdom of medicalizing"
X Link 2026-02-12T21:55Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@davidshor @DKThomp How do we know David posted this and not AI"
X Link 2026-02-13T04:49Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Francis has a PhD in physics"
X Link 2026-02-13T20:16Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"His net worth is risen My entire net worth is in third order Rapture derivatives. If the chance of the chance of the chance of the Rapture exceeds 5% exceeds 5% exceeds 5% i lose my house My entire net worth is in third order Rapture derivatives. If the chance of the chance of the chance of the Rapture exceeds 5% exceeds 5% exceeds 5% i lose my house"
X Link 2026-02-11T20:05Z 47K followers, [----] engagements
"The $2 Million Detransitioner Lawsuit Case File Is Sealed. But I Have Those Records. Here Are Some Of Them. I obtained all the case files in the Varian v. Einhorn lawsuit before they were sealed at the start of the trial. And I was there to record how the jury voted on the over [--] questions put before them. https://benryan.substack.com/p/the-2-million-detransitioner-lawsuit https://benryan.substack.com/p/the-2-million-detransitioner-lawsuit"
X Link 2026-02-02T17:03Z 47K followers, 18.9K engagements
"Im too tired to go into all the details but as usual @JulieRei only sort of gets the facts right. Julie please read my reporting on the case. See above for my Free Press article and two Substacks in which I include all the jury questionsa key missing detail in your limited take on the case. Youre stuck with me because I was the only reporter to attend the whole trial and the transcripts are sealed. As for trained gender specialists being immune to these lawsuits Olson-Kennedy is one and she didnt assess Clementine Breen before putting her on blockers on her first appointment."
X Link 2026-02-02T17:47Z 47K followers, [----] engagements
"This attack on my work over on Bluesky is so typically narrow minded and myopic given that as this court case demonstrated in unsparing and excruciating detail Fox Varian the plaintiff was not transgender. She got sucked up into the trans-care system and came out maimed. I would ask people such as this Bluesky crank if they care anything for people like Fox. They seem very eager to dismiss her suffering as acceptable collateral damage for a higher cause. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018533343134941483 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018533343134941483"
X Link 2026-02-03T03:53Z 47K followers, [----] engagements
"According to the National Review the AMA has now sided with the ASPS in opposition to gender-transition surgeries for minors. We are rapidly seeing the end of what was until recently about [----] minors annually having their breasts removedas young as [--] and a half but mostly [--] and [--] year olds. Academic medical centers in blue states such as Penn Medicine were already shuttering their surgery programs for minors with gender dysphoria for fear of the Trump administrations wrath. Now their own medical societies are telling them that they never should have been doing these surgeries in the first"
X Link 2026-02-04T03:34Z 47K followers, 38.6K engagements
"What I can tell you is that Aubrey Gordon and Michael Hobbes of the wildly popular Maintenance Phase podcast which pulls in millions of dollars a year are constantly dismissing the idea that obesity is tied to negative health outcomes. Michael and Aubrey routinely speak in binaries and don't seem to know what a risk ratio isin particular that the more body fat you have over a certain threshold the higher your likelihood of ill health on many fronts (eg: diabetes heart attack cancer etc.). This is not a guarantee that obese people will get sick and die as a result of their body fat. And yes"
X Link 2026-02-11T00:25Z 47K followers, 46.4K engagements
"Brianna Wu weighs in on the very sensitive and combustible subject of school shooters who identify as transgender. What do you think of Wus take Unpopular opinion but this is my OPINION. I dont think any of these mass shooters are actually trans. I think they are misdiagnosed transvestites. Weve known since the 60s that they dont respond well to HRT. I think it makes their mental state worse. And I think this is Unpopular opinion but this is my OPINION. I dont think any of these mass shooters are actually trans. I think they are misdiagnosed transvestites. Weve known since the 60s that they"
X Link 2026-02-11T18:06Z 46.9K followers, 14.2K engagements
"I wrote about the question of whether there is an intersection between a professed transgender identity and violence for @UnHerd following the Charlie Kirk murder. https://unherd.com/2025/09/the-science-behind-trans-violence/ https://unherd.com/2025/09/the-science-behind-trans-violence/"
X Link 2026-02-11T21:39Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"RT @MikeBeauvais: James Van Der Beek is obviously best known for Dawson's Creek but he was so good on Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 2"
X Link 2026-02-11T22:53Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"BREAKING: 1st Detransitioner to Take a Medical-Malpractice Lawsuit to Trial Wins $2 Million Judgement Fox Varian sued her Westchester NY area psychologist and plastic surgeon for the gender-transition mastectomy she got at [--]. I was the only reporter to attend the entire 3-week historic trial. Subscribe to my Substack to receive an alert about the feature article I have coming out next week in a major publication out about the trial: I cover pediatric gender medicine as a specialty on my Substack. Sorry to just give just a teaser for now about the case But I wanted to get the word out about"
X Link 2026-01-31T00:28Z 46.9K followers, 2.4M engagements
"A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine At [--] Fox Varian got a mastectomy while undergoing a gender transition. She sued her psychologist and plastic surgeon for leaving her disfigured for life. Benjamin Ryan reports from the courtroom. Read the @TheFP article: Follow and support my Substack where I cover pediatric gender medicine: I was the only reporter to attend the entire three-week trial and will be providing more in-depth reporting and commentary on the case. The opening of my Free Press article: Fox Varian had a turbulent childhood. Her parents split when she was seven"
X Link 2026-02-02T03:54Z 46.9K followers, 235.2K engagements
"Claire Deacon mother to Fox Varian the detransitioner who won a $2M jury award after suing her care providers over the mastectomy she got at [--] testified that Varian's psychologist Kenneth Einhorn browbeat her into consenting with threats of her child's suicide. I report for @TheFP: Subscribe to my Substack for further in-depth reporting about the case. I was the only reporter to attend the entire three-week trial. https://benryan.substack.com https://www.thefp.com/p/a-legal-first-that-could-change-gender https://benryan.substack.com"
X Link 2026-02-02T04:43Z 46.9K followers, 59.3K engagements
"Dr. Loren Schechter the head of gender-affirming surgery at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and the president-elect of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) testified that gender-transition surgery is not form of suicide prevention. https://www.thefp.com/p/a-legal-first-that-could-change-gender https://www.thefp.com/p/a-legal-first-that-could-change-gender"
X Link 2026-02-02T04:45Z 46.9K followers, 107.9K engagements
"A minor who gets their nose done can still smell afterward. Their counterpart who gets a mastectomy for a gender transition will never be able to breastfeed. This distinction between maintaining and destroying the function of a healthy body part is addressed by the ASPSs policy statement. But Harvard Law School clinical instructor and trans activist Alejandra Caraballo chooses to ignore it. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018821948604592248 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018821948604592248"
X Link 2026-02-03T23:00Z 47K followers, 95.6K engagements
"In a stunning shift now the American Medical Association has said it concurs with the American Society of Plastic Surgeons that gender-transition surgeries should at least generally not be conducted on minors. The American Medical Association agrees with the ASPS about surgeries. If the AMA was wrong about surgeries could it also have been wrong about hormones https://t.co/r79xtvP1r0 The American Medical Association agrees with the ASPS about surgeries. If the AMA was wrong about surgeries could it also have been wrong about hormones https://t.co/r79xtvP1r0"
X Link 2026-02-04T03:27Z 46.9K followers, 783.6K engagements
"People are shocked that all it took for the AMA to change its policy on pediatric gender transition surgeries was for another medical group the ASPS to do it. But this phenomenon is how the unanimity among the medical groups fell into place in the first place. It was only ever based on a few small committees within a couple of medical organizations putting aside WPATH which is a quasi-activist-medical organization. It got started in the 2010s as WPATH and the Endocrine Society which have a lot of overlap between them and referred to one another's guidelines in their citations put out"
X Link 2026-02-04T13:25Z 46.9K followers, 159.6K engagements
"In the quote tweet you'll see what peoplein this case another reporter who I guess is very proud of himself indeedsay to disparage me when they haven't actually read my reporting. One day some of these people are going to stop reflect and realize that they were part of an illiberal campaign to silence the few of us who actually have the gumption to report about pediatric gender medicine without an allegiance to political ideology. Cue @infinite_jaz claiming I'm the one with an ideological mission. And so it goes round and round. What I can say is that if it were not for me no one would've"
X Link 2026-02-05T18:02Z 46.9K followers, 14.1K engagements
"In [----] Dr. Blair Peters aka Queer Surgeon spoke with the head of the ASPS and they had this remarkable exchange about whether doctors can be trusted to self police. The ASPS president Dr. Steven Williams brought up Tuskegee. https://open.substack.com/pub/benryan/p/top-plastic-surgeon-wont-commit-tor=7wxo1&utm_medium=ios https://open.substack.com/pub/benryan/p/top-plastic-surgeon-wont-commit-tor=7wxo1&utm_medium=ios"
X Link 2026-02-06T05:24Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Observation: Skiing is a remarkably dangerous sport I used to ski as a child. But then when I was [--] and developed a hint of a prefrontal cortex I stopped reflected and said This is a totally insane thing to do I never skied again"
X Link 2026-02-09T23:38Z 46.9K followers, 49.3K engagements
"The Federal Trade Commission has opened a consumer protection probe into the American Academy of Pediatrics and has demanded its records regarding pediatric gender medicine. In [----] the AAP published its foundational policy document on the gender-affirming care method. It was written by a single medical resident Dr. Jason Rafferty and edited by a small committee. It was subjected to a brutal fact check by Canadian sex researcher Dr. James Cantor the following year. The AAP never responded to the fact check. In [----] the AAP reaffirmed the policy statement with no changes. The statement asserts"
X Link 2026-02-10T18:48Z 46.9K followers, 19.2K engagements
"@amandalitman I would spend it all on elaborate photoshoots in exotic locales that I would then nix at the last minute"
X Link 2026-02-10T23:36Z 46.9K followers, 25.3K engagements
"NEWS: NBC reports that a person has been detained for questioning in the Nancy Guthrie case in the greater Tucson area. There has not been an arrest"
X Link 2026-02-11T02:53Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"The shooting tragedy in the tiny Canadian town reminds me very much of The Sweet Hereafter which is about a school bus accident that devastates a tiny Canadian town"
X Link 2026-02-11T16:42Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"There is a kind of market correction currently underway with respects to the public's assessment of Jon Stewart as a reliable source of wisdom about economics in particular. The single worst interview I've ever done was with Jon Stewart. I normally try to be calm and level-headed but I basically lost it with him. And worry that I lost viewers/listeners too doing more to convince them that economists were obnoxious than that we had useful insights. The single worst interview I've ever done was with Jon Stewart. I normally try to be calm and level-headed but I basically lost it with him. And"
X Link 2026-02-11T19:56Z 46.9K followers, 38K engagements
"Sarah Polley gives such a hauntingly understated performance. I wish she would still act on occasion"
X Link 2026-02-11T19:57Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"James Van Der Beek leaves behind six children under the age of [--]. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/arts/television/james-van-der-beek-dad-kids.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/arts/television/james-van-der-beek-dad-kids.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share"
X Link 2026-02-12T00:31Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@charlesarthur @TheAtlantic @helenlewis @Tyler_A_Harper She likes Bad Bunny and skiing"
X Link 2026-02-12T23:11Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Are you an Epstein Files junky Why not put your habit to good use by tipping off the Times about what you've learned in your deep dives: The Epstein Files have allowed anyone with an internet browser to become an investigative journalist. And because its such a massive trove you could very well come across something no one else has You can share info securely with the NYT here: https://t.co/jijtiowPKx The Epstein Files have allowed anyone with an internet browser to become an investigative journalist. And because its such a massive trove you could very well come across something no one else"
X Link 2026-02-13T03:27Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@asymmetricinfo Why is no one talking about how Tom Holland and Zendaya weren't even born in the same fiscal quarter in 1996"
X Link 2026-02-13T04:05Z 46.9K followers, 14K engagements
"I attended the Fox Varian trial and @JulieRei Goldstein did not. If she had she might know what it was like what was at stake and what the court heard when Varian and her mother testified about what happened to her body. All these gadflies can ever come up with to say to undermine my reporting and my responses to their ill informed remarks is that Im creepy. A consistent trait that Julie demonstrates is a complete and utter lack of empathy for the plight of people such as Varian. They are only obstacles to be undermined and cast aside in her world. A Legal First That Could Change Gender"
X Link 2026-02-13T06:21Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@Bernstein Sigh"
X Link 2026-02-13T17:57Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Misgendering is cruel and rude no matter how many edge cases or straw man arguments people can come up with to try to assert otherwise. Exactly right @KnownHeretic. This is coercive control masquerading as empathy. I also wonder what @benryanwriter would say if Tim McBride decides he also now identifies as a Black woman puts on an afro wig and slaps on some dark foundation. Would Mr Ryan expect us to go along Exactly right @KnownHeretic. This is coercive control masquerading as empathy. I also wonder what @benryanwriter would say if Tim McBride decides he also now identifies as a Black woman"
X Link 2025-06-27T21:23Z 46.9K followers, 13.2M engagements
"Children taking DIY cross-sex hormones before going to gender clinics Hundreds of young trans people are buying puberty blockers oestrogen and testosterone without prescription from websites and even recreational drug dealers. https://archive.ph/2025.12.07-002838/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/children-hormones-drug-dealers-2xrflrwqm https://archive.ph/2025.12.07-002838/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/children-hormones-drug-dealers-2xrflrwqm"
X Link 2025-12-07T16:17Z 46.9K followers, 1.6M engagements
"I have identified [--] detransitioner lawsuits filed to date. Varian v. Einhorn was the first to go to trial and the first to win a judgment making history. If anyone knows of any additional cases that are not on my spreadsheet below or sees any errors please DM me. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017471549536661927 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017471549536661927"
X Link 2026-01-31T05:34Z 46.9K followers, 153.6K engagements
"The Tide Goes Out on Youth Gender Medicine American doctors are no longer united on the wisdom of medicalizing gender dysphoria in minors. By @HelenLewis for @TheAtlantic Gift link: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/ama-asps-gender-surgery-minors/685961/gift=KkbsgAqgmImeUM71Y0bfDEgTVee9zfjMwPZlH8yIjwQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/ama-asps-gender-surgery-minors/685961/gift=KkbsgAqgmImeUM71Y0bfDEgTVee9zfjMwPZlH8yIjwQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share"
X Link 2026-02-12T14:41Z 46.9K followers, 73.6K engagements
"Tensions Flare Within Plastic Surgery Group Over New Policy Opposing Youth Gender Surgeries I report: An American Society of Plastic Surgeons task force charged with examining the issue of such surgeries was to their chagrin cut out of the loop when the ASPS board issued its new policy last week. https://benryan.substack.com/p/tensions-flare-within-plastic-surgery https://benryan.substack.com/p/tensions-flare-within-plastic-surgery"
X Link 2026-02-12T21:23Z 46.9K followers, 20.4K engagements
"Update: Dr. Blair Peters a gender-transition surgeon at OHSU who is a highly public and ardent supporter of youth gender transition interventions on social media under the moniker "queersurgeon" has circulated a sign-on letter among fellow members of the American Council of Educators in Plastic Surgery. The letter which I obtained and which has over [---] signatures according to a Google doc criticizes the American Society of Plastic Surgeon's board for a lack of transparency in releasing its position statement last week recommending against gender surgeries for patients under age [--]. Dr."
X Link 2026-02-13T03:40Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"https://benryan.substack.com/p/tensions-flare-within-plastic-surgery https://benryan.substack.com/p/tensions-flare-within-plastic-surgery"
X Link 2026-02-13T03:45Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"The gamete based definition of sex does not ignore intersex people it is inclusive of them. All bodies are geared around producing one of the two gametes even those with differences in sex development which is a better and more logical term for intersex conditions. Basing sex on sexual reproduction is not reductive is logical and biological. None of us would be here were it not for the sex binary"
X Link 2026-02-13T19:35Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"The current reading public pretends they lack all intuition and cannot understand the context of an article in the newspaper unless it is spelled out for them in the simplest terms. @maxwelltani No one will be satisfied in the current media age unless every paragraph of a news story ends with which is bad btw. @maxwelltani No one will be satisfied in the current media age unless every paragraph of a news story ends with which is bad btw"
X Link 2026-02-13T21:21Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
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