Benjamin Ryan
@benryanwriter.bsky.social
🔬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🔹
On CBS, I reported on the $2M judgment in the 1st detransitioner civil suit to go to trial. I recalled the mom saying her daughter’s psychologist browbeat her into consenting to a gender-transition mastectomy for the 16 year old. But WPATH’s president elect testified surgery isn’t suicide prevention
February 5, 2026 at 2:54 AM
On CBS, I reported on the $2M judgment in the 1st detransitioner civil suit to go to trial. I recalled the mom saying her daughter’s psychologist browbeat her into consenting to a gender-transition mastectomy for the 16 year old. But WPATH’s president elect testified surgery isn’t suicide prevention
Thanks to @cbsnews.com 24/7 and @lindseyreiser.bsky.social for having me on to discuss the historic $2M verdict in the first detransitioner lawsuit ever to go to trail. www.cbsnews.com/video/woman-...
February 4, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Thanks to @cbsnews.com 24/7 and @lindseyreiser.bsky.social for having me on to discuss the historic $2M verdict in the first detransitioner lawsuit ever to go to trail. www.cbsnews.com/video/woman-...
Wait, not so fast. We have a winner! Harvard Law School clinical instructor and trans activist Alejandra Caraballo on why she is mum about the case.
February 3, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Wait, not so fast. We have a winner! Harvard Law School clinical instructor and trans activist Alejandra Caraballo on why she is mum about the case.
BREAKING: 1st Detransitioner to Take a Medical-Malpractice Lawsuit to Trial Wins $2 Million Judgement
Fox Varian sued her Westchester psychologist and plastic surgeon for the gender-transition mastectomy she got at 16.
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Fox Varian sued her Westchester psychologist and plastic surgeon for the gender-transition mastectomy she got at 16.
Follow my Substack for an alert about the full story: substack.com/@benryan
January 31, 2026 at 12:49 AM
BREAKING: 1st Detransitioner to Take a Medical-Malpractice Lawsuit to Trial Wins $2 Million Judgement
Fox Varian sued her Westchester psychologist and plastic surgeon for the gender-transition mastectomy she got at 16.
Follow my Substack for an alert about the full story: substack.com/@benryan
Fox Varian sued her Westchester psychologist and plastic surgeon for the gender-transition mastectomy she got at 16.
Follow my Substack for an alert about the full story: substack.com/@benryan
What is the argument you are asserting hinges upon whether GIDS referrals plateaued or increased by 2020/2021?
I missed the fine print on that chart. My mistake.
I missed the fine print on that chart. My mistake.
January 16, 2026 at 10:22 PM
What is the argument you are asserting hinges upon whether GIDS referrals plateaued or increased by 2020/2021?
I missed the fine print on that chart. My mistake.
I missed the fine print on that chart. My mistake.
The reason she was not identified at birth as having a DSD is probably due to less thorough and advanced OBGYN practices where she was born. In wealthier nations, doctors would flagged her case and subjected her to testing.
January 10, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The reason she was not identified at birth as having a DSD is probably due to less thorough and advanced OBGYN practices where she was born. In wealthier nations, doctors would flagged her case and subjected her to testing.
From the opening passage of that document:
January 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
From the opening passage of that document:
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.”
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.”
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.
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.
December 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The potential long term impacts of blockers remain unknown, as this review paper found:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38334046/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38334046/
December 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The potential long term impacts of blockers remain unknown, as this review paper found:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38334046/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38334046/
No, there have been a slew of reviews that came from multiple institutions around the world, all of which reached basically the same conclusion. No, they were not all tied to SEGM
Systematic reviews sit at the top of the evidence pyramid, hence they are gold standard.
Systematic reviews sit at the top of the evidence pyramid, hence they are gold standard.
December 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
No, there have been a slew of reviews that came from multiple institutions around the world, all of which reached basically the same conclusion. No, they were not all tied to SEGM
Systematic reviews sit at the top of the evidence pyramid, hence they are gold standard.
Systematic reviews sit at the top of the evidence pyramid, hence they are gold standard.
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...
I highly doubt this man read the article he is lambasting. Its central thesis, that the gaming of disability status to get a lot more time on exams is unique to elite universities, is actually in keeping with his experience at a public university.
December 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I highly doubt this man read the article he is lambasting. Its central thesis, that the gaming of disability status to get a lot more time on exams is unique to elite universities, is actually in keeping with his experience at a public university.
More Atlantic articles you are ignoring:
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM
More Atlantic articles you are ignoring:
One would hope that before issuing this sort of whataboutism assault on The Atlantic, a professor would have first researched to see if the publication had run the sort of articles he claimed they have not.
They have:
They have:
December 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
One would hope that before issuing this sort of whataboutism assault on The Atlantic, a professor would have first researched to see if the publication had run the sort of articles he claimed they have not.
They have:
They have:
This whataboutism of yours, so typical of Bluesky, ignores the fact that The Atlantic has indeed published the very sort of reporting you are claiming does not exist.
December 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This whataboutism of yours, so typical of Bluesky, ignores the fact that The Atlantic has indeed published the very sort of reporting you are claiming does not exist.
Nearly 60 randomized controlled clinical trials involving 160,000 participants, considered the gold-standard of scientific research, indicated that HPV vaccination is effective at preventing infection, as well as precancerous cervical lesions and genital warts.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
December 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Nearly 60 randomized controlled clinical trials involving 160,000 participants, considered the gold-standard of scientific research, indicated that HPV vaccination is effective at preventing infection, as well as precancerous cervical lesions and genital warts.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...