And given the industry's all-pervasive reach and incredible sophistication, it may be promoting gender dysphoria in a million little ways throughout culture, such that the advertising campaign is easily mistaken for a more organic increase in societal awareness of trans issues.

Powerfully written! This reminds me of the article we summarized a few newsletters back about the BIg Pharma social media patient influencers, especially on TikTok which is the most commonly used app among youth. And that New York Post article you mention is forsure something to read...

I've said this before, and I'll say it again. This post serves as an antidote to all the polarizing red vs. blue political noise about this important issue. You raise significant concerns, and we wouldn't be doing justice if we're not discussing controversial matters that concern the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ people in the face of so much corporate profit.

Recently, Washington passed a law that allows kids to seek gender-affirming care without parent consent. It makes sense we're having debates about this. Yet very few debates I've seen are capable of taking the emotions out enough to think critically and process conflicting and complex information. Especially for trans issues, we need to be asking deeper questions together in order to make sense of this changing human reality and prevent it from being co-opted by corrupt power structures under the guise of social justice.

A democratic 'inclusive' society would care about presenting the whole picture to the public to invite open dialogue. You're doing that with this blog post. Thanks for starting this ongoing, complex conversation, Mark.