This is a special, last-minute episode for paying subscribers. Next week’s official episode, with sociologist Musa al-Gharbi, will post on Monday.
December 7, 2024
Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in U.S. vs Skretti, a case concerning a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors. The central question: do such bans violate the Equal Protection clause? Three friends of the pod, journalist Lisa Selin Davis, writer and activist Ben Appel, and clinic whistle-blower-turned-activist Jamie Reed, are just back from Washington, DC, where they were in the middle of the action outside the court and inside the press room. They kindly took time out of their Saturday afternoons to share their impressions, opinions, and prognostications. An illuminating conversation!
Guest Bios
Ben Appel is a writer living in New York. His memoir, Cis White Gay: The Making of a Gender Heretic, with Bombardier Books, is forthcoming. His work has appeared in Newsweek, Spiked, Daily Mail, Washington Examiner, Queer Majority, and UnHerd. He appeared on The Unspeakable in October 2023. Visit his Substack.
Lisa Selin Davis is a prolific writer on gender medicine, gender nonconformity, and the politicization of the trans movement. She last appeared on The Unspeakable in April 2024. Visit her Substack.
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