How to talk about gender identity
For The New York Times, Dr. Turban answers an essential question for todays heated debates: what is gender identity?
It turns out the answer is more nuanced than most have been led to believe.
What the anti-trans movement is all about
For CNN, Dr. Turban explains how recent anti-trans political rhetoric is a repackaging of anti-gay rhetoric from the 1990s. He emphasizes that recent bills targeting transgender people, which are not evidence-based, are designed to rally votes, not address actual policy concerns.
Texas officials are spreading blatant falsehoods about medical care for transgender kids
Officials in Texas recently labelled gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth “child abuse.” For The Washington Post, Dr. Turban dispels some of the misinformation spread by these politicians.
Attacks on Trans People are Also Attacks on Science Itself
For CNN, Drs. Turban & Gill-Peterson explain that, though the GOP often says their anti-trans bills are based on “science,” actual science argues against all of their anti-trans initiatives.
Politicians Don’t Get to Use ‘Science’ to Oppose the Equality Act
In Scientific American, Dr. Turban explains the science that argues in favor of expanding federal protections for LGBTQ Americans.
Arkansas’s New “Medical Ethics” Law Could Have Lethal Consequences
Arkansas passed a new law that allows healthcare providers and insurers to refuse necessary medical care on personal or corporate “moral” grounds. Dr. Turban explains why this new law is dangerous and unethical.
Trans girls belong on girls’ sports teams
In Scientific American, Dr. Turban explains why attempts to force transgender girls to compete on boys’ sports teams are unscientific, don’t address a real problem, and would cause damage to both cisgender and transgender youth.
New Supreme Court presents an uncertain future for LGBTQ health
In The Hill, Dr. Turban explains how the new composition of The Supreme Court may mean more adverse health outcomes and early deaths for LGBTQ people in the U.S.
The disturbing history of research into transgender identity
In Scientific American, Dr. Turban explores how research into the determinants of gender identity have led down some strange and dangerous paths.
JK Rowling & The Chamber of Trans Youth Misinformation
Author JK Rowling has been promoting scientific misinformation about transgender youth. Dr. Turban fact-checks some of these claims for Psychology Today.
When lawmakers don’t get trans children
In The New York Times, Dr. Turban explains that politicians in several U.S. states are introducing legislation that would put pediatricians in prison for providing medical care to transgender youth. The medical profession has made it clear: this kind of legislation is dangerous and should not become law.
How doctors help transgender kids thrive
In The New York Times, Dr. Turban explains a paradigm shift in medicine’s approach to transgender youth. In the past, doctors treated gender diversity as pathological, resulting in bad mental health outcomes. Once doctors learned to affirm transgender youth, these young people began to thrive.
I want to donate plasma for an experimental COVID19 treatment. Because of homophobia, I can’t.
In Vox, Dr. Turban discusses the FDA’s rule that prohibits men who have sex with men from donating blood, along with the impact it has on the coronavirus pandemic and LGBTQ mental health.
Bathroom psychotherapy in the age of coronavirus
In The Washington Post, Dr. Turban explains how psychiatrists are getting creative during the pandemic to make sure patients can access mental health treatment.