Dr. Littman’s paper became one of the most widely discussed academic articles of 2018.17 Her analysis and conclusions drew praise from some of the most distinguished world experts on gender dysphoria.18 Dozens of parents wrote to her to thank her for giving name to the phenomenon they were observing in their adolescents. But she was also widely tarred as a bigot and a bully. This, despite the fact that she had neither the security of tenure nor a faculty coauthor for cover.19 She wasn’t right-wing or anti-trans. She had spent several years working part-time for Planned Parenthood and, with her
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