Benjamin Ryan
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🔬Health & science reporter: New York Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic, NBC News, The Guardian, NY Sun, The Nation, NY Post. http://www.benryan.net 🔹 https://benryan.substack.com 🔹Columbia grad🔹
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Supreme Court To Grapple With the Role of Transgender Athletes in Sports
On Tuesday, the justices will hear oral arguments about Idaho and West Virginia laws that restrict those born male from sports specifically for girls and…
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Supreme Court To Grapple With the Role of Transgender Athletes in Sports
I report for @newyorksun.bsky.social: On Tues, the justices will hear oral arguments about Idaho & West Virginia laws that restrict those born male from sports specifically for girls and women. www.nysun.com/article/supr...
I report for @newyorksun.bsky.social: On Tues, the justices will hear oral arguments about Idaho & West Virginia laws that restrict those born male from sports specifically for girls and women. www.nysun.com/article/supr...
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NEW: Trump pardoned a porta-potty magnate named Arie Eric De Jong III who was sentenced to 5 months in federal prison for illegally disposing of sludge in cities across southern California.
January 16, 2026 at 10:27 PM
NEW: Trump pardoned a porta-potty magnate named Arie Eric De Jong III who was sentenced to 5 months in federal prison for illegally disposing of sludge in cities across southern California.
Missouri Supreme Court upholds state’s gender-affirming care restrictions
The state’s highest court rejected arguments that a ban on gender-affirming care is discriminatory in nature.
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The state’s highest court rejected arguments that a ban on gender-affirming care is discriminatory in nature.
missouriindependent.com/2026/01/13/m...
Missouri Supreme Court upholds state’s gender-affirming care restrictions • Missouri Independent
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled unanimously to uphold a state law barring minors from accessing gender-affirming care.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Missouri Supreme Court upholds state’s gender-affirming care restrictions
The state’s highest court rejected arguments that a ban on gender-affirming care is discriminatory in nature.
missouriindependent.com/2026/01/13/m...
The state’s highest court rejected arguments that a ban on gender-affirming care is discriminatory in nature.
missouriindependent.com/2026/01/13/m...
Today you are going to see a lot of media outlets using the term “sex assigned at birth” when discussing the Supreme Court oral arguments on the laws restricting sports by biological sex.
Here is why they shouldn’t use that term:
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Here is why they shouldn’t use that term:
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Journalists Should Not Use the Term “Assigned Sex at Birth” When Covering Transgender Issues
A political-activist term misappropriated from the intersex context, it sticks a thumb on the scale regarding a contested legal issue about which reporters should strive to observe neutrality.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Today you are going to see a lot of media outlets using the term “sex assigned at birth” when discussing the Supreme Court oral arguments on the laws restricting sports by biological sex.
Here is why they shouldn’t use that term:
open.substack.com/pub/benryan/...
Here is why they shouldn’t use that term:
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Supreme Court To Grapple With the Role of Transgender Athletes in Sports
I report for @newyorksun.bsky.social: On Tues, the justices will hear oral arguments about Idaho & West Virginia laws that restrict those born male from sports specifically for girls and women. www.nysun.com/article/supr...
I report for @newyorksun.bsky.social: On Tues, the justices will hear oral arguments about Idaho & West Virginia laws that restrict those born male from sports specifically for girls and women. www.nysun.com/article/supr...
Supreme Court To Grapple With the Role of Transgender Athletes in Sports
On Tuesday, the justices will hear oral arguments about Idaho and West Virginia laws that restrict those born male from sports specifically for girls and…
www.nysun.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Supreme Court To Grapple With the Role of Transgender Athletes in Sports
I report for @newyorksun.bsky.social: On Tues, the justices will hear oral arguments about Idaho & West Virginia laws that restrict those born male from sports specifically for girls and women. www.nysun.com/article/supr...
I report for @newyorksun.bsky.social: On Tues, the justices will hear oral arguments about Idaho & West Virginia laws that restrict those born male from sports specifically for girls and women. www.nysun.com/article/supr...
In a pod with @imarajones.bsky.social about the SCOTUS case about laws restricting sports by natal sex, the ACLU’s Chase Strangio asserts that the public is being “tricked into co-opting an anti-trans narrative that is really about building fascist institutions.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Anti-Trans Sports Bans Head to SCOTUS with Chase Strangio
Podcast Episode · TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones · 01/08/2026 · 32m
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January 10, 2026 at 1:32 AM
In a pod with @imarajones.bsky.social about the SCOTUS case about laws restricting sports by natal sex, the ACLU’s Chase Strangio asserts that the public is being “tricked into co-opting an anti-trans narrative that is really about building fascist institutions.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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This is excellent.
This aside is why I have lost trust in so many journalists.
This aside is why I have lost trust in so many journalists.
January 9, 2026 at 12:52 AM
This is excellent.
This aside is why I have lost trust in so many journalists.
This aside is why I have lost trust in so many journalists.
Journalists Should Not Use the Term “Assigned Sex at Birth” When Covering Transgender Issues
A political-activist term misappropriated from the intersex context, it sticks a thumb on the scale regarding a contested issue about which reporters seek neutrality.
benryan.substack.com/p/journalist...
A political-activist term misappropriated from the intersex context, it sticks a thumb on the scale regarding a contested issue about which reporters seek neutrality.
benryan.substack.com/p/journalist...
Journalists Should Not Use the Term “Assigned Sex at Birth” When Covering Transgender Issues
A political-activist term misappropriated from the intersex context, it sticks a thumb on the scale regarding a contested legal issue about which reporters should strive to observe neutrality.
benryan.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Journalists Should Not Use the Term “Assigned Sex at Birth” When Covering Transgender Issues
A political-activist term misappropriated from the intersex context, it sticks a thumb on the scale regarding a contested issue about which reporters seek neutrality.
benryan.substack.com/p/journalist...
A political-activist term misappropriated from the intersex context, it sticks a thumb on the scale regarding a contested issue about which reporters seek neutrality.
benryan.substack.com/p/journalist...
Here is a close-up, slow-motion video of the ICE shooting incident in Minneapolis:
January 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Here is a close-up, slow-motion video of the ICE shooting incident in Minneapolis:
In the wake of the ICE shooting, Mayor Jacob Frey says: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
January 7, 2026 at 7:44 PM
In the wake of the ICE shooting, Mayor Jacob Frey says: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
The New York Times responds to a @transnews.network Q and A with a former Times editor that the paper assets is riddled with errors and “did not meet the most basic journalistic standards of fairness or accuracy.”
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Fact-Checking False Claims about our Gender Identity Coverage | The New York Times Company
A recent post from Trans News Network included numerous falsehoods about New York Times stories on gender identity and maligned some of the journalists involved in the work. Our coverage is guided by…
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January 5, 2026 at 9:11 PM
The New York Times responds to a @transnews.network Q and A with a former Times editor that the paper assets is riddled with errors and “did not meet the most basic journalistic standards of fairness or accuracy.”
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HISTORIC MOMENT: President Trump says the US would oversee Venezuela and its oil industry would “make a lot of money” under U.S. leadership. President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were being taken to New York to stand trial on drug and weapons charges.
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Venezuela Live Updates: Trump Says U.S. Will ‘Run the Country’ After Capture of Maduro
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January 3, 2026 at 7:18 PM
HISTORIC MOMENT: President Trump says the US would oversee Venezuela and its oil industry would “make a lot of money” under U.S. leadership. President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were being taken to New York to stand trial on drug and weapons charges.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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NYT reports: “Trump just posted a photo on Truth Socialthat he said is of Maduro aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima. The picture shows Maduro in a gray sweatshirt and sweatpants. He is blindfolded and handcuffed and has large headphones on.”
January 3, 2026 at 4:34 PM
NYT reports: “Trump just posted a photo on Truth Socialthat he said is of Maduro aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima. The picture shows Maduro in a gray sweatshirt and sweatpants. He is blindfolded and handcuffed and has large headphones on.”
"There Is a Vast Over-Inflation of What Testosterone Does": a Kinesiologist Casts Doubt on Sex-Based Athletic Differences
I spoke with the authors of a new book calling for radical inclusiveness for trans youth in sports in advance of the SCOTUS oral arguments.
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I spoke with the authors of a new book calling for radical inclusiveness for trans youth in sports in advance of the SCOTUS oral arguments.
benryan.substack.com/p/there-is-a...
"There Is a Vast Over-Inflation of What Testosterone Does": a Kinesiologist Casts Doubt on Sex-Based Athletic Differences
I spoke with the authors of a new book calling for radical inclusiveness for trans youth in sports, in advance of the Supreme Court's oral arguments this month on state restrictions on such inclusion.
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January 2, 2026 at 11:17 PM
"There Is a Vast Over-Inflation of What Testosterone Does": a Kinesiologist Casts Doubt on Sex-Based Athletic Differences
I spoke with the authors of a new book calling for radical inclusiveness for trans youth in sports in advance of the SCOTUS oral arguments.
benryan.substack.com/p/there-is-a...
I spoke with the authors of a new book calling for radical inclusiveness for trans youth in sports in advance of the SCOTUS oral arguments.
benryan.substack.com/p/there-is-a...
Central Park at sunset.
December 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Central Park at sunset.
Calvin’s big hope for 2026 is literacy. “Read more!” he says.
December 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Calvin’s big hope for 2026 is literacy. “Read more!” he says.
This is a stunning must-read on what became of the LGBTQ activist movement in recent years. open.substack.com/pub/american...
Memory-Hole Archive: Sex and (Trans)Gender Wars
Part VIII of the Memory-Hole Archive
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December 24, 2025 at 4:23 AM
This is a stunning must-read on what became of the LGBTQ activist movement in recent years. open.substack.com/pub/american...
The latest home-furnishing-accessory craze is lounging Siamese cats.
December 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The latest home-furnishing-accessory craze is lounging Siamese cats.
This admission from Michael Hobbes is remarkable given how ardently he and Aubrey Gordon have cast doubt on GLP-1s on their wildly successful podcast Maintenance Phase. They have claimed that Ozempic and other drugs are just the opening act to another yo-yo dieting phenomenon.
December 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This admission from Michael Hobbes is remarkable given how ardently he and Aubrey Gordon have cast doubt on GLP-1s on their wildly successful podcast Maintenance Phase. They have claimed that Ozempic and other drugs are just the opening act to another yo-yo dieting phenomenon.
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vanity fair photographer christopher anderson posts this story on his instagram, suggesting he intentionally posed stephen miller underneath a painting of native americans
December 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
vanity fair photographer christopher anderson posts this story on his instagram, suggesting he intentionally posed stephen miller underneath a painting of native americans
Hospitals Giving Gender Treatments to Kids Would Lose Federal Funding Under New Rule
The Trump admin announced new federal regulations that would bar Medicare or Medicaid funding from hospitals that provide gender-transition interventions or surgeries to minors.
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The Trump admin announced new federal regulations that would bar Medicare or Medicaid funding from hospitals that provide gender-transition interventions or surgeries to minors.
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Hospitals Giving Gender Treatments to Kids Would Lose Federal Funding Under New HHS Rule
The Trump administration today announced new federal regulations that would bar Medicare or Medicaid funding from hospitals that provide gender-transition interventions or surgeries to minors.
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December 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Hospitals Giving Gender Treatments to Kids Would Lose Federal Funding Under New Rule
The Trump admin announced new federal regulations that would bar Medicare or Medicaid funding from hospitals that provide gender-transition interventions or surgeries to minors.
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The Trump admin announced new federal regulations that would bar Medicare or Medicaid funding from hospitals that provide gender-transition interventions or surgeries to minors.
benryan.substack.com/p/hospitals-...
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Evidence for a detrimental causal effect of social isolation on cognitive function in older adults
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December 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Evidence for a detrimental causal effect of social isolation on cognitive function in older adults
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Newsweek Peddles 'Elite Misinformation' About Gender Treatments for Kids
The outlet ran an editorial by Biden admin. LGBTQ policy advocates that sought to correct the record about this medical field by spreading false claims about the HHS report on the subject.
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The outlet ran an editorial by Biden admin. LGBTQ policy advocates that sought to correct the record about this medical field by spreading false claims about the HHS report on the subject.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Newsweek Peddles 'Elite Misinformation' About Gender Treatments for Kids
The outlet ran an editorial by Biden admin. LGBTQ policy advocates that sought to correct the record about this medical field by spreading false claims about the HHS report on the subject.
benryan.substack.com/p/newsweek-p...
The outlet ran an editorial by Biden admin. LGBTQ policy advocates that sought to correct the record about this medical field by spreading false claims about the HHS report on the subject.
benryan.substack.com/p/newsweek-p...
NEWS: Scandal has ended Olivia Nuzzi's brief employment at Vanity Fair
WSJ reports: Vanity Fair to Part Ways With Journalist Olivia Nuzzi
Nuzzi joined the magazine as an editor earlier this year.
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WSJ reports: Vanity Fair to Part Ways With Journalist Olivia Nuzzi
Nuzzi joined the magazine as an editor earlier this year.
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Exclusive | Vanity Fair, Olivia Nuzzi Agree to Part Ways
Nuzzi and the magazine will let her contract expire at year-end, following new allegations and revelations about her conduct while she reported on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
NEWS: Scandal has ended Olivia Nuzzi's brief employment at Vanity Fair
WSJ reports: Vanity Fair to Part Ways With Journalist Olivia Nuzzi
Nuzzi joined the magazine as an editor earlier this year.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
WSJ reports: Vanity Fair to Part Ways With Journalist Olivia Nuzzi
Nuzzi joined the magazine as an editor earlier this year.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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I was thrilled to be part of this reporting by @benjaminamazing.bsky.social about the amazing good news of the #HPVvaccine!!!
The HPV vaccine is safe and cuts cervical cancer risk by 80%, 2 large reviews find
I report for @nbcnews.com: Hundreds of studies, including gold-standard clinical trials, challenge Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claim that the cancer vaccine is harmful.
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I report for @nbcnews.com: Hundreds of studies, including gold-standard clinical trials, challenge Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claim that the cancer vaccine is harmful.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
The HPV vaccine is safe and cuts cervical cancer risk by 80%, 2 large reviews find
Hundreds of studies, including gold-standard clinical trials, challenge Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claim that the cancer vaccine is harmful.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I was thrilled to be part of this reporting by @benjaminamazing.bsky.social about the amazing good news of the #HPVvaccine!!!