Jack Turban MD
@turban.bsky.social
Pediatric Psychiatrist | Author | Director, UCSF Gender Psychiatry Program | Op-Eds in WaPo, CNN, NYT et al. | #LGBT Health Policy Research | Samoyed Dad | Views Mine & Not Medical Advice 🏳️⚧️🩺🏳️🌈
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Jack Turban MD
@turban.bsky.social
· Mar 9
Misinformation about #trans kids is spreading like wildfire
I’m a Harvard-trained psychiatrist & researcher who has spent a decade working in this space
My new book Free to Be: Understanding [The Science Medicine & Politics of] Kids & Gender Identity is available now:
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I’m a Harvard-trained psychiatrist & researcher who has spent a decade working in this space
My new book Free to Be: Understanding [The Science Medicine & Politics of] Kids & Gender Identity is available now:
allstora.com/products/fre...
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Misinformation about #trans kids is spreading like wildfire
I’m a Harvard-trained psychiatrist & researcher who has spent a decade working in this space
My new book Free to Be: Understanding [The Science Medicine & Politics of] Kids & Gender Identity is available now:
allstora.com/products/fre...
I’m a Harvard-trained psychiatrist & researcher who has spent a decade working in this space
My new book Free to Be: Understanding [The Science Medicine & Politics of] Kids & Gender Identity is available now:
allstora.com/products/fre...
March 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Misinformation about #trans kids is spreading like wildfire
I’m a Harvard-trained psychiatrist & researcher who has spent a decade working in this space
My new book Free to Be: Understanding [The Science Medicine & Politics of] Kids & Gender Identity is available now:
allstora.com/products/fre...
I’m a Harvard-trained psychiatrist & researcher who has spent a decade working in this space
My new book Free to Be: Understanding [The Science Medicine & Politics of] Kids & Gender Identity is available now:
allstora.com/products/fre...
Wow these people really are awful. They spend their time with high school bullying instead of advancing American public health.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Wow these people really are awful. They spend their time with high school bullying instead of advancing American public health.
Kodi went Black Friday shopping
November 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Kodi went Black Friday shopping
Watching the same anti-science playbook used against gender-affirming care play out in vaccines…
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
RFK Jr. says he's following 'gold standard' science. Here's what to know
President Donald Trump and his Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. say they want the government to follow “gold standard” science.
apnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Watching the same anti-science playbook used against gender-affirming care play out in vaccines…
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
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BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
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they say "transgender ideology" instead of "transgender people" because it sounds better to attack an abstract idea rather than a group of people that exist in our society
November 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
they say "transgender ideology" instead of "transgender people" because it sounds better to attack an abstract idea rather than a group of people that exist in our society
If someone says “gender ideology” one more time like it means something, I’m going to lose my mind.
Stop pretending like there’s not an entire scientific literature on gender identity and gender dysphoria.
They’re trying to ban the teaching of that scientific literature.
Stop pretending like there’s not an entire scientific literature on gender identity and gender dysphoria.
They’re trying to ban the teaching of that scientific literature.
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
If someone says “gender ideology” one more time like it means something, I’m going to lose my mind.
Stop pretending like there’s not an entire scientific literature on gender identity and gender dysphoria.
They’re trying to ban the teaching of that scientific literature.
Stop pretending like there’s not an entire scientific literature on gender identity and gender dysphoria.
They’re trying to ban the teaching of that scientific literature.
So far my book is still available in Tennessee libraries. We’ll see if they last.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
So far my book is still available in Tennessee libraries. We’ll see if they last.
So many legacy democrats are about to get primaried.
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
So many legacy democrats are about to get primaried.
The essential government interest in this case is “being mean to trans people”
Well this is about as clear as day and yet completely lost on the conservative court majority.
November 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The essential government interest in this case is “being mean to trans people”
Reminder: the focus on #trans people is entirely from Republicans. They’ve introduced almost 1,000 bill per year about trans people and Dems have hardly introduced any at all.
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Reminder: the focus on #trans people is entirely from Republicans. They’ve introduced almost 1,000 bill per year about trans people and Dems have hardly introduced any at all.
More train wrecks from this administration.
November 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
More train wrecks from this administration.
Well this is about as clear as day and yet completely lost on the conservative court majority.
November 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Well this is about as clear as day and yet completely lost on the conservative court majority.
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Today’s election results make one thing clear: Americans are rejecting divisive politics that target LGBTQ people and instead demanding leadership that focuses on the issues that matter for all Americans, including affordability, family, and freedom.
www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
Spectacular Republican losses prove MAGA's transphobic playbook doesn't win elections
Across the country, voters chose inclusion, empathy, and competence over cruelty and division.
www.advocate.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Today’s election results make one thing clear: Americans are rejecting divisive politics that target LGBTQ people and instead demanding leadership that focuses on the issues that matter for all Americans, including affordability, family, and freedom.
www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
🚨New Study Added🚨
A new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics of 432 #trans adolescents and young adults receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy found statistically significant reductions in suicidality following treatment.
open.substack.com/pub/jackturb...
A new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics of 432 #trans adolescents and young adults receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy found statistically significant reductions in suicidality following treatment.
open.substack.com/pub/jackturb...
The Evidence for Gender-affirming Medical Interventions for Transgender Adolescents
Research suggests gender-affirming medical care results in better mental health. Here are the studies.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
🚨New Study Added🚨
A new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics of 432 #trans adolescents and young adults receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy found statistically significant reductions in suicidality following treatment.
open.substack.com/pub/jackturb...
A new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics of 432 #trans adolescents and young adults receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy found statistically significant reductions in suicidality following treatment.
open.substack.com/pub/jackturb...
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Another big endorsement for Andrew Cuomo. And it only cost $959 million in tax breaks.
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Another big endorsement for Andrew Cuomo. And it only cost $959 million in tax breaks.
Friends, which advent calendar are we doing this year?
November 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Friends, which advent calendar are we doing this year?
Reminder to join us on Instagram!
November 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Reminder to join us on Instagram!
Happy Sunday from Kodi!
November 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Happy Sunday from Kodi!
Happy Halloween, Pamela Paul is back 👻
…and this straight white lady has a lot to say about the feelings of the gays.
…and this straight white lady has a lot to say about the feelings of the gays.
November 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Happy Halloween, Pamela Paul is back 👻
…and this straight white lady has a lot to say about the feelings of the gays.
…and this straight white lady has a lot to say about the feelings of the gays.