Life, the Universe & Everything Else - Episode 198: The Gender Agenda (is to stay alive)

Jan 15 2024 110 mins 15

On this episode of Life, the Universe & Everything Else, Gem, Ashlyn, Lauren, and Laura discuss sex and gender from a scientific and historical perspective, with a focus on the health and wellbeing of trans folks.

Life, the Universe & Everything Else is a podcast that explores the intersection of science and society.

Content Warning: This episode includes discussions of transphobia, depression, and self-harm.

The Gender Binary: Adventures in Time and Gender | Understanding Nonbinary People: How to Be Respectful and Supportive (National Center for Transgender Equality) | A Map of Gender-Diverse Cultures (PBS Independent Lens) | 12 Things People Get Wrong About Being Nonbinary (Teen Vogue) | The terminology of identities between, outside and beyond the gender binary – A systematic review (PMC) | Non-Binary Gender Identities in Different Cultures (Anthropology Review) | Gender Variance Around the World Over Time (Teen Vogue) | The Third Gender and Hijras (Religion and Public Life at Harvard Divinity School) | Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic (Scientific American) | Let’s talk about (biological) sex (Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology) | Intersex (Wikipedia) | Güevedoce (Wikipedia) | Balkan sworn virgins (Wikipedia)

Social Transition: Mental Health Disparities Among Canadian Transgender Youth (PubMed) | Suicidality Disparities Between Transgender and Cisgender Adolescents (PubMed) | Mental Health of Transgender Children Who Are Supported in Their Identities (PubMed) | Mental Health and Self-Worth in Socially Transitioned Transgender Youth (PubMed) | The Mental Health of Transgender Youth: Advances in Understanding (PubMed) | Access to Health Care for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Adults in Urban and Rural Areas in the United States (Sage Journals)

Social Contagion and Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria: How a theory about transgender contagion went viral (MIT Technology Review) | Sex Assigned at Birth Ratio Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents in the United States (American Academy of Pediatrics) | What does the scholarly research say about the effect of gender transition on transgender well-being? (What We Know) | Explaining Assigned Sex Ratio Shifts in Trans Children (Julia Serano) | Origins of “Social Contagion” and “Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria” (Julia Serano) | All the Evidence Against Transgender Social Contagion (Julia Serano)

History and Current Political Climate: Transgender history (Wikipedia) | Timeline of transgender history (Wikipedia) | Compton’s Cafeteria riot (Wikipedia) | Cercle Hermaphroditos (Wikipedia) | Karl M. Baer (Wikipedia) | Episode 178: The Worst Tooth Fairy (LUEE) | What Is Trans History? (Perspectives on History) | Trans People Have Existed for Thousands Of Years and Other Things You Should Know About Trans People (BuzzFeed) | 2023 Anti-Trans Bills: Trans Legislation Tracker | Over 120 Bills Restricting LGBTQ Rights Introduced Nationwide in 2023 So Far (American Civil Liberties Union) | The Impact of 2023 Legislation on Transgender Youth (Williams Institute) | Gender-affirming care comes with barriers and delays (CTV News) | Trans health care in Canada needs major improvements, advocates say (CTV News) | Gender-affirming health coverage by Canadian province, territory (Global News) | As misinformation campaign against transgender rights intensifies, Ottawa must act (CBC News)