#Dr. James Cantor

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Erin Reed at Erin In The Morning:

In a landmark decision on Tuesday, a three-judge panel for the Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals struck down the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. The ruling rested on two key findings: first, that gender-affirming care constitutes legitimate medical treatment, and second, that parents have the constitutional right to make healthcare decisions for their children. Notably—and with a touch of irony—the court’s decision was made possible by Ohio’s Health Care Freedom Amendment, a Republican-backed constitutional provision originally designed to undermine the Affordable Care Act. Now, the same amendment has been used to dismantle a key pillar of the state’s anti-trans legislation. “The medical evidence and clinical experience presented in this case demonstrate that, when provided in appropriate circumstances, gender-affirming care can meaningfully improve the health and well-being of transgender adolescents with gender dysphoria by lowering rates of depression and the severity of other mental health issues, as well as increasing patients’ quality of life,” reads the ruling, affirming many studies showing the importance of gender affirming care on the wellbeing of transgender youth. This finding was significant. In 2011, a state constitutional amendment��was passed by Republicans in 2011 to prevent the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). 

[(B) No federal, state, or local law or rule shall prohibit the purchase or sale of health care or health insurance. C) No federal, state, or local law or rule shall impose a penalty or fine for the sale or purchase of health care or health insurance.]

As a result, Ohioans now have broader constitutional protections around healthcare access—protections that, in this case, worked against Republican lawmakers’ attempts to restrict gender-affirming care. In defending the ban, the state argued that gender-affirming care does not qualify as healthcare, relying on testimony from anti-trans medical “experts” and asserting that it was up to the legislature—not the courts—to determine what constitutes medical treatment. The judges rejected both arguments outright, affirming that gender-affirming care falls squarely within the legal definition of healthcare. The court thoroughly dismantled the credibility of the state’s witnesses, going so far as to eviscerate them in judicial footnotes. Of Dr. James Cantor, the ruling notes that he “is not a physician, has never practiced as a licensed clinical psychologist in the United States, is not licensed to treat patients under the age of 16, and has never provided treatments to patients under the age of 16.” Dr. Paul Hruz fared no better, with the court pointing out that “he never diagnosed or treated a patient with gender dysphoria.” The ruling also highlighted his history of anti-trans advocacy, citing his testimony in a transgender bathroom ban case, where he stated: “Conditioning children into believing that a lifetime of impersonating someone of the opposite sex, achievable only through chemical and surgical interventions, is a form of child abuse.” Even the state’s sole witness with marginal qualification, Dr. Stephen Levine, ultimately undercut its case. The court noted that while Dr. Levine has experience in the field, he testified that he does not support a categorical ban on gender-affirming care and provided no evidence that such care is substandard in Ohio. In other words, the state’s own expert failed to justify the ban. [...] The ruling will likely be appealed in coming days to the Ohio Supreme Court.

Good news out of Ohio: An appeals court has struck down its state ban on gender-affirming care (HB68) in Moe v. Yost. Republicans in the Buckeye State get burned again on a 2011 anti-Obamacare referendum..

See Also:

The Advocate: Ohio appeals court strikes down ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth

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“Despite the surge of young people who experience traits of gender dysphoria, the most reliable studies show that more than 80 percent of such children will naturally desist and identify with their biological sex.(30) In the words of Dr. James Cantor, "every follow up study of GD (Gender Dysphoric) children, without exception, found the same thing: By puberty, the majority of GD children ceased to want to transition."”(31)

-Jason Evert, Male, Female, or Other: A Catholic Guide to Understanding Gender

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Work cited:

30) Cf. K. Zucker, "Gender Identity Disorder in Children and Adolescents," Annual Review of Clinical Psychology 1 (2005), 467-92; K. Drummond et al., "A Follow-up Study of Girls with Gender Identity Disorder," Developmental Psychology 44 (2008), 34-45; M. Wallien and P. Cohen-Kettenis, "Psychosexual Outcome of Gender-dysphoric Children," Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 47(2008), 1413-1423; T. Steensma et al., "Desisting and Persisting Gender Dysphoria after Childhood: A Qualitative Follow-up Study," Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry (2011), 499-516; D. Singh, "A Follow-up Study of Boys with Gender Identity Disorder" (PhD dissertation; University of Toronto, 2012); T. Steensma et al., "Factors Associated with Desistence and Persistence of Childhood Gender Dysphoria: A Quantitative Follow-up Study," Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 52 (2013), 582-590; T. Steensma, "From Gender Variance to Gender Dysphoria: Psychosexual Development of Gender Atypical Children and Adolescents" (PhD dissertation; VU University-Amsterdam, 2013); J. Ristori and T. Steensma, "Gender Dysphoria in Childhood," International Review of Psychiatry 28:1 (2016), 13-20; B. Abel, "Hormone Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria: An Ethical Analysis," Hastings Center Report 44:4 (2014), S23-27; P. Eddy, Reflections on the Debate Concerning the Desistance Rate among Young People Experiencing Gender Dysphoria, Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender, June 2021; P. McHugh, P. Hruz, and L. Mayer, "Brief of Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner, Gloucester County School Board v. G.G." Supreme Court of the United States, No. 16-273 (January 10, 2017), 12.

31) James M. Cantor, "Transgender and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents: Fact-Checking of AAP Policy," Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy (2019), 307-313.

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A more recent study was published in Daily Mail (April 05, 2024):

Most gender-confused children grow out of it, landmark 15-year study concludes - as critics say it shows being trans is usually just a phase for kids

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For more recommended resources on gender dysphoria, click here.

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A man who got where he is, careerwise and having a family by transitioning later in life, wants to take that way from minors.

Image: WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 21: (L-R) Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, President of the American Medical Association; Admiral Rachel L. Levine, MD, the 17th Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and Charlotte Clymer, writer, transgender activist, and military veteran speak on stage during Learning With Love: The 2023 PFLAG National Convention, four days of educating, lobbying, networking, and leading with love, taking place October 19-22, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for PFLAG National)

A head-on collision between science and politics

By JESSE SINGAL JUN 25, 2024

When the World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s Standards of Care Version 8 was released in September 2022, a very strange thing happened: WPATH removed references to minimum age requirements for various medical interventions, describing the change as a “correction” in a notice that now reads, weirdly: “This correction notice has been removed as it referred to a previous version of the article, which was published in error.” Whatever happened, exactly, it’s clear that until late in the game the document did have age minimums until, suddenly, it did not.

The SoC 8 was supposed to have been created via something called the Delphi process. As the document itself explains: “Consensus on the final recommendations was attained using the Delphi process that included all members of the guidelines committee and required that recommendation statements were approved by at least 75% of members.” Suffice it to say that making a sudden, major change so late in the game calls into question whether that process was fully adhered to.

Thanks to a rather remarkable document just unsealed as part of Boe v. Marshall, one of the many American lawsuits over youth gender medicine, we now have a potential explanation for why the age guidelines were removed: direct pressure from assistant secretary for health of the Department of Health and Human Services Admiral Rachel Levine (who is a trans woman herself) and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

The document is titled “Appendix A To Supplemental Expert Report Of James Cantor, Ph.D. In it Cantor, a Canadian sex researcher, critic of youth gender medicine, and frequent expert witness on behalf of those attempting to ban or or restrict it (including in this case), claims that “Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Rachel Levine strongly pressured WPATH leadership to rush the development and issuance of SOC-8, in order to assist with Administration political strategy.”

He backs this claim up with the following internal communications from WPATH members involved with the creation of the SoC 8 (here and elsewhere in the document, the names of the people who wrote the words in question are redacted):

I have just spoken to Admiral Levine today, who—as always is extremelysupportive of the SOC 8, but also very eager for its release—so to ensureintegration in the US health policies of the Biden government. So, let’s crack onwith the job!!! 

I am meeting with Rachel Levine and her team next week, as the US Department of Health is very keen to bring the trans health agenda forward.

The failure of WPATH to be ready with SOC 8 is proving a barrier to optimal policy progress and she [Dr. Levine] was eager to learn when SOC 8 might be published. 

[T]his should be taken as a charge from the United States government to do what is required to complete the project immediately. 

More worryingly, Cantor charges that “Assistant Secretary Levine also attempted to and did influence the substantive content of SOC-8, based on political goals rather than science. Specifically, Assistant Secretary Levine, though [sic] a staff member, pressured WPATH to remove recommended minimum ages for medical transition treatments from SOC-8.”

Here, too, he has evidence from anonymized emails written by those involved in the SoC 8:

Sarah Boateng, who is Adm. Levine’s chief of staff [said the] biggest concern is the section below in the Adolescent Chapter that lists specific minimum ages for treatment, she is confident, based on the rhetoric she is hearing in DC, and from what we have already seen, that these specific listings of ages, under 18, will result in devastating legislation for trans care. She wonders if the specific ages can be taken out and perhaps an adjunct document could be created that is published or distributed in a way that is less visible than the SOC8, is the way to go. 

The issue of ages and treatment has been quite controversial (mainly for surgery) and it has come up again. We sent the document to Admiral Levine. . . She like [sic] the SOC-8 very much but she was very concerned that having ages (mainly for surgery) will affect access to health care for trans youth and maybe adults too. Apparently the situation in the USA is terrible and she and the Biden administration worried that having ages in the document will make matters worse. She asked us to remove them. We have the WPATH executive committee in this meeting and we explained to her that we could not just remove them at this stage. 

[W]e heard your [Dr. Levine’s] comments regarding the minimal age criteria for transgender healthcare adolescents; the potential negative outcome of these minimal ages as recommendations in the US [. . . ] Consequently, we have changes to the SOC 8 in this respect. Given that the recommendations for minimal ages for the various gender affirming medical and surgical intervention are consensus-based, we could not remove them from the document. Therefore, we have made changes as to how the minimal ages are presented in the documents. [Note: “your” may well refer to an aide of Levine’s rather than the Secretary herself, though it’s unclear.] 

Cantor also includes emails from SoC 8 contributors expressing surprise at the sudden change, including this one making. . . well, the same point everyone else made after news of the late-stage “correction” broke:

I don’t see how we can simply remove something that important from the document—without going through a Delphi—at this final stage of the game [. . . ] I realize that those in favor of the bans are going to go right to the age criteria and ignore the fact that we actually strengthened the strictness of the criteria to help clinicians better discern appropriate surgical candidates from those who are inappropriate [. . . ] It’s all about messaging and marketing. 

I’m actually crashing on a different but related freelance story at the moment. Check out Leor Sapir’s Twitter timeline for more details about this and another just-unsealed document. Next week, when I’ve caught my breath, I’ll write a little bit more about this as well as yet another damning claim Cantor makes, that the American Academy of Pediatrics “issued an ultimatum to WPATH: Should WPATH not delete the age minimums, AAP would not only withhold endorsement of SOC-8, but would publicly oppose the document.” 

But I wanted to at least get this short piece up, because the Levine angle is important and alarming. It demonstrates an indisputable conflict between how WPATH has portrayed the SoC 8 — as a document steeped in evidence and careful deliberation on the part of experts — and how the guidelines were actually formulated.

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A pair of presentations on gender-affirming care from two clinical psychologists at the forefront of the battle over trans health care in the United States is being criticized by local LGBTQ2 advocates and experts. In recent months some government MLAs have received presentations from Dr. Erica Anderson and Dr. James Cantor about gender-affirming care in Canada and internationally. But some are questioning why the government has moved from discussions over school gender identity policy to gender-affirming care (GAC). “These particular experts and the information that they’ve been sharing, and the premier has been sharing after meeting with them, seems to be focusing on the subject of medical care and coverage, which really hasn’t got anything to do with the issues that are up for debate in policy,” said Amber Chisholm, a board member with the LGBTQ2 advocacy group Imprint Youth Association.

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Mira Lazine at LGBTQ Nation:

In the upcoming Supreme Court case US v. Skrmetti, the state of Tennessee is submitting “expert” testimonies from four doctors who have previously been disregarded for bias, conspiratorial beliefs, and who deserve “very little weight,” according to an investigation from The Guardian. The four doctors in question –  Paul Hruz, James Cantor, Michael Laidlaw, and Stephen B. Levine – have been beloved by anti-trans lawyers and activists since they emerged with alleged professional critiques of the state of gender affirming care and transgender medicine.  Their amicus briefs were sent in early October, along with a slew of others on both the sides of transgender rights and on behalf of Tennessee. Other briefs seen include those from America First Legal, the Florida House of Representatives, Women’s Liberation Front, and the Manhattan Institute. They have consistently advocated against gender-affirming care, especially for minors, with little evidence to support their claims, and they have ties to powerful far-right legal organizations like the Alliance Defending Freedom.

[...] These four are some of the many influential individuals who will affect the future of transgender rights in this country. The Skrmetti will determine whether states have any right to restrict gender-affirming care for minors, with the potential to even impact how states can regulate gender-affirming care for adults as well. Many hold anxiety about the way the Supreme Court will rule. Legislative researcher and activist Allison Chapman told LGBTQ Nation: “There is fear that losing Skrmetti could signal an end for all transgender rights. At minimum, it will legitimize a national attack on gender-affirming care for minors, and most likely adults.” The impact will be long lasting. “This decision is unlikely to be overturned for 50+ years,” she said. “The outcome of the Skrmetti case will likely affect me for the rest of my life as a transgender person in the United States.” Currently, members of the Supreme Court have not given any indication on how they will rule, though due to the prominent conservative leanings of the court, many suspect they will rule against transgender rights.

The Guardian reported that four anti-trans doctors in the United States v. Skrmetti gender-affirming care case at SCOTUS that have submitted their amicus briefs have had long anti-trans histories.

See Also:

The Guardian: Revealed: trans rights case at US supreme court features doctors previously discredited by judges

The Advocate: What is U.S. v. Skrmetti, the Supreme Court case that could change gender-affirming care forever?

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Richard Chamberlain

George Richard Chamberlain (31 de março de 1934 - 29 de março de 2025) foi um ator e cantor americano que se tornou um ídolo adolescente no papel-título do programa de televisão Dr. Kildare (1961–1966). Posteriormente, ele ganhou o título de “Rei da Minissérie” por seu trabalho em várias minisséries de TV, como Centennial (1978), Shōgun (1980) e The Thorn Birds (1983). Chamberlain também desempenhou papéis clássicos no palco e trabalhou em teatro musical.

Chamberlain desempenhou o papel de Aramis na trilogia de filmes Os Três Mosqueteiros (1973), Os Quatro Mosqueteiros (1974) e O Retorno dos Mosqueteiros (1989); interpretou Allan Quatermain em As Minas do Rei Salomão (1985) e Cidade Perdida (1986); e foi o primeiro ator a interpretar Jason Bourne , estrelando o filme para televisão de 1988 A Identidade Bourne .

Vida pregressa

George Richard Chamberlain nasceu em 31 de março de 1934, em Beverly Hills, Califórnia , o segundo filho de Elsa Winnifred (nascida von Benzon; ​​mais tarde Matthews) e Charles Axion “Chuck” Chamberlain, que era um vendedor de equipamentos de loja de Indiana. Sua mãe era parcialmente descendente de alemães . Charles trabalhou no mercado imobiliário e no ramo de supermercados antes de administrar um negócio de geladeiras de 1956 a 1970 e, mais tarde, ser autor do livro “A New Pair of Glasses”. Chamberlain tinha um irmão William, que trabalhava ao lado do pai no negócio da família. Em 1952, Chamberlain se formou na Beverly Hills High School , e mais tarde frequentou o Pomona College , onde recebeu o diploma de bacharel em história da arte e pintura. Chamberlain foi convocado para o Exército dos Estados Unidos e serviu de 1956 a 1958. Ele alcançou o posto de sargento enquanto estava estacionado na Coreia do pós-guerra . 

Carreira

Chamberlain foi cofundador do grupo de teatro Company of Angels , sediado em Los Angeles, e começou a aparecer na televisão em papéis especiais no início dos anos 1960. Em 1961, ele ganhou fama generalizada como o jovem estagiário Dr. James Kildare na série de televisão NBC/MGM de mesmo nome , coestrelando com Raymond Massey . A habilidade de Chamberlain para cantar também levou a alguns singles de sucesso no início dos anos 1960, incluindo o “ Theme from Dr. Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight)”, que alcançou a posição 10 na Billboard Hot 100 Charts. Dr. Kildare terminou em 1966, após o qual Chamberlain começou a se apresentar no circuito teatral. Em 1966, ele foi escalado ao lado de Mary Tyler Moore no malfadado musical da Broadway Breakfast at Tiffany’s , coestrelado por Priscilla Lopez , que, após um período de testes fora da cidade, fechou após apenas quatro prévias. Décadas depois, ele retornou à Broadway em revivals de My Fair Lady e The Sound of Music .

No final da década de 1960, Chamberlain passou um período na Inglaterra, onde atuou em teatro de repertório e em Portrait of a Lady (1968) da BBC, tornando-se reconhecido como um ator sério. No ano seguinte, estrelou ao lado de Katharine Hepburn no filme The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969). Enquanto estava na Inglaterra, ele recebeu treinamento vocal e em 1969 desempenhou o papel-título em Hamlet para o Birmingham Repertory Theatre , tornando-se o primeiro americano a desempenhar o papel lá desde John Barrymore em 1925. Ele recebeu excelentes críticas e reprisou o papel para a televisão em 1970 para o Hallmark Hall of Fame . Uma gravação da apresentação foi lançada pela RCA Red Seal Records e foi indicada ao Grammy . 

Na década de 1970, Chamberlain apareceu em The Music Lovers (1970), Lady Caroline Lamb (interpretando Lord Byron ; 1973), The Three Musketeers (1973) e sua sequência The Four Musketeers (1974) interpretando Aramis , The Lady’s Not for Burning (feito para a televisão, 1974), The Towering Inferno (1974), (em uma reviravolta vilã como um engenheiro desonesto) e The Count of Monte Cristo (1975). Em The Slipper and the Rose (1976), uma versão musical da história da Cinderela, coestrelada por Gemma Craven , ele exibiu seus talentos vocais. Um filme para televisão, The Man in the Iron Mask (1977), de William Bast , veio em seguida. No mesmo ano, estrelou o filme de Peter Weir , The Last Wave (1977). 

Chamberlain mais tarde apareceu em várias minisséries populares de televisão (o que lhe rendeu o apelido de “Rei das Minisséries”), incluindo Centennial (1978–79), [ 16 ] Shōgun (1980), [ 17 ] e The Thorn Birds (1983), como o Padre Ralph de Bricassart com Rachel Ward e Barbara Stanwyck co-estrelando. Na década de 1980, ele apareceu como protagonista, interpretando Allan Quatermain em King Solomon’s Mines (1985) e sua sequência Lost City of Gold (1986), e interpretou Jason Bourne/David Webb na versão cinematográfica para televisão de The Bourne Identity (1988), e reprisou o papel de Aramis no último da trilogia The Return of the Musketeers (1989).

Da década de 1990 até sua morte em 2025, Chamberlain apareceu principalmente em filmes de televisão, no palco e como estrela convidada em séries como The Drew Carey Show e Will & Grace . Em 1991, ele apareceu em uma versão para TV de The Night of the Hunter , de Davis Grubb , que recebeu críticas mistas. Ele estrelou como Henry Higgins na reestreia da Broadway de 1993-1994 de My Fair Lady . No outono de 2005, Chamberlain apareceu no papel-título de Ebenezer Scrooge na Broadway National Tour of Scrooge: The Musical . Em 2006, Chamberlain estrelou um episódio da série dramática britânica Hustle , bem como a 4ª temporada de Nip/Tuck . Em 2007, Chamberlain estrelou como Glen Wingfield, padrasto de Lynette Scavo no episódio 80 (Temporada 4, Episódio 8, “Distant Past”) de Desperate Housewives . 

Em 2008 e 2009, Chamberlain apareceu como Rei Arthur na turnê nacional de Spamalot do Monty Python . Em 2010 e 2012, ele apareceu como Archie Leach na temporada 3, episódio 3 e temporada 4, episódio 18 da série Leverage , ] bem como dois episódios da temporada 4 de Chuck , onde interpretou um vilão conhecido apenas como The Belgian. Chamberlain também apareceu em vários episódios de Brothers & Sisters , interpretando um velho amigo e interesse amoroso de Saul . Ele também apareceu no filme independente We Are the Hartmans em 2011. Em 2012, Chamberlain apareceu no palco do Pasadena Playhouse como Dr. Sloper na peça The Heiress . 

Em 2017, Chamberlain apareceu em Twin Peaks: The Return como Bill Kennedy.

Vida pessoal e morte

Chamberlain nunca se casou e não teve filhos. Ele não foi aberto sobre sua homossexualidade durante a maior parte de sua carreira, para proteger sua privacidade e suas oportunidades de atuação. Ele foi declarado gay pela revista feminina francesa Nous Deux em dezembro de 1989, mas não confirmou que era gay até a publicação de sua autobiografia de 2003 , Shattered Love: A Memoir . 

Chamberlain se envolveu romanticamente com o ator Wesley Eure na década de 1970. 

Em 1977, Chamberlain começou um relacionamento de longo prazo com o ator e produtor Martin Rabbett, que, como Eure, era 20 anos mais novo. Rabbett interpretou o irmão do personagem principal de Chamberlain no filme de 1986 Allan Quatermain e a Cidade Perdida do Ouro . Eles começaram a viver juntos no Havaí em 1986 e tiveram uma cerimônia de compromisso privada. O casal se separou amigavelmente em 2010, com Chamberlain se mudando para Los Angeles. Em uma entrevista de 2014, Chamberlain disse que, embora ele e Rabbett não estivessem mais intimamente envolvidos, eles continuaram amigos íntimos. De acordo com o obituário de Chamberlain no The New York Times , Rabbett e Chamberlain voltaram a viver juntos no Havaí, onde ele morreu. Rabbett foi considerado seu “único sobrevivente imediato”. 

Chamberlain morreu de complicações de um derrame em Waimānalo, Havaí , em 29 de março de 2025, aos 90 anos.

Richard Chamberlain

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“Especially for children, for a long time the standard approach was "watchful waiting."(45) Although this term is easily misunderstood to imply passivity, it is not about withholding treatment. It's about seeking resolution to gender dysphoria in the least invasive means possible. In fact, Dr. James Cantor points out that "almost all clinics and professional associations in the world use what's called the watchful waiting approach to helping gender diverse (GD) children."(46)

-Jason Evert, Male, Female, or Other: A Catholic Guide to Understanding Gender

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Work cited:

45) K. Zucker et al., "A Developmental, Biopsychosocial Model for the Treatment of Children with Gender Identity Disorder," 369-397.

46) Cantor, "Transgender and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents: Fact-Checking of AAP Policy," 307-313.

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For more recommended resources on gender dysphoria, click here.

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THE NEST (1987) – Episode 238 – Decades Of Horror 1980s

“I so admire these nymph cockroaches – their ability to reproduce without the contribution of their male counterpart.” A society where men are incidental? Hmm. Humans could learn from cockroaches. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr along with guest host effects artist Julian Ledger – as they experience the creepy, creature effects on display in The Nest (1987).

Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 238 – The Nest (1987)

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A biological experiment goes haywire when meat-eating mutant roaches invade an island community, terrorizing a peaceful New England fishing village and hideously butchering its citizens.

  Director: Terence H. Winkless

Writers: Robert King (screenplay by); Eli Cantor (based on the 1980 novel by; under the pseudonym Gregory A. Douglas)

Produced by: Julie Corman (producer), Roger Corman (executive producer) (uncredited)

Special Effects by: 

Special Effects Coordinator: Cary Howe

Effects Artist: Julian Ledger

Special Effects: James M. Navarra 

Puppeteers: Julian Ledger, Ted Lamoureux, Ralph Miller III, Dave Matherly (credited as Paul David Matherly), Christine Papalexis

Pyrotechnics: Roger George (Humanoids from the Deep pyrotechnics stock footage), Frank Ceglia  

Selected Cast:

Robert Lansing as Elias Johnson

Lisa Langlois as Elizabeth Johnson

Franc Luz as Richard Tarbell

Terri Treas as Dr. Morgan Hubbard

Stephen Davies as Homer

Diana Bellamy as Mrs. Pennington

Jack Collins as Shakey Jake

Nancy Morgan as Lillian

Jeff Winkless as Church

Steve Tannen as Mr. Perkins

Heidi Helmer as Jenny

If you have a fear of roaches and pests, you’re gonna love episode 238! Yes, sir, it’s time for … The Nest (1987)! The Grue-Crew are joined by special effects artist Julian Ledger who worked on the film (despite being omitted on IMDb) as a puppeteer (according to the onscreen credits) and monster makeup and effects under the supervision of Cary Howe, providing behind-the-scenes insight into the making and design of the critters, creatures, and goo. There’s lots of entertaining discussion with Julian, Jeff, Crystal, and Bill. And, of course, bugs, baby … bugs.

At the time of this writing, The Nest is available for streaming from Tubi, Plex, and PPV from Amazon. It is also available on physical media as a Blu-ray disc from Shout! Factory. 

Every two weeks, Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1980s podcast will cover another horror film from the 1980s. The next episode’s film, chosen by Crystal, will be Dolls (1987), directed by Stuart Gordon and produced by Charles Band and Brian Yuzna. Special effects artist Ralph Miller III, who worked on the film under the supervision of John Carl Beuchler at MMI (Mechanical and Makeup Imageries) will be joining the 80s Grue Crew for this one!

Please let them know how they’re doing! They want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans – so leave them a message or comment on the Gruesome Magazine Youtube channel, on the Gruesome Magazine website, or email the Decades of Horror 1980s podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com.

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[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

By: Jesse Singal

Published: Jun 25, 2024

When the World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s Standards of Care Version 8 was released in September 2022, a very strange thing happened: WPATH removed references to minimum age requirements for various medical interventions, describing the change as a “correction” in a notice that now reads, weirdly: “This correction notice has been removed as it referred to a previous version of the article, which was published in error.” Whatever happened, exactly, it’s clear that until late in the game the document did have age minimums until, suddenly, it did not.

The SoC 8 was supposed to have been created via something called the Delphi process. As the document itself explains: “Consensus on the final recommendations was attained using the Delphi process that included all members of the guidelines committee and required that recommendation statements were approved by at least 75% of members.” Suffice it to say that making a sudden, major change so late in the game calls into question whether that process was fully adhered to.

Thanks to a rather remarkable document just unsealed as part of Boe v. Marshall, one of the many American lawsuits over youth gender medicine, we now have a potential explanation for why the age guidelines were removed: direct pressure from assistant secretary for health of the Department of Health and Human Services Admiral Rachel Levine (who is a trans woman herself) and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

The document is titled “Appendix A To Supplemental Expert Report Of James Cantor, Ph.D. In it Cantor, a Canadian sex researcher, critic of youth gender medicine, and frequent expert witness on behalf of those attempting to ban or restrict it (including in this case), claims that “Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Rachel Levine strongly pressured WPATH leadership to rush the development and issuance of SOC-8, in order to assist with Administration political strategy.”

He backs this claim up with the following internal communications from WPATH members involved with the creation of the SoC 8 (here and elsewhere in the document, the names of the people who wrote the words in question are redacted):

I have just spoken to Admiral Levine today, who—as always is extremely supportive of the SOC 8, but also very eager for its release—so to ensure integration in the US health policies of the Biden government. So, let’s crack on with the job!!! 

I am meeting with Rachel Levine and her team next week, as the US Department of Health is very keen to bring the trans health agenda forward.

The failure of WPATH to be ready with SOC 8 is proving a barrier to optimal policy progress and she [Dr. Levine] was eager to learn when SOC 8 might be published. 

[T]his should be taken as a charge from the United States government to do what is required to complete the project immediately. 

More worryingly, Cantor charges that “Assistant Secretary Levine also attempted to and did influence the substantive content of SOC-8, based on political goals rather than science. Specifically, Assistant Secretary Levine, though [sic] a staff member, pressured WPATH to remove recommended minimum ages for medical transition treatments from SOC-8.”

Here, too, he has evidence from anonymized emails written by those involved in the SoC 8:

Sarah Boateng, who is Adm. Levine’s chief of staff [said the] biggest concern is the section below in the Adolescent Chapter that lists specific minimum ages for treatment, she is confident, based on the rhetoric she is hearing in DC, and from what we have already seen, that these specific listings of ages, under 18, will result in devastating legislation for trans care. She wonders if the specific ages can be taken out and perhaps an adjunct document could be created that is published or distributed in a way that is less visible than the SOC8, is the way to go. 

The issue of ages and treatment has been quite controversial (mainly for surgery) and it has come up again. We sent the document to Admiral Levine. . . She like [sic] the SOC-8 very much but she was very concerned that having ages (mainly for surgery) will affect access to health care for trans youth and maybe adults too. Apparently the situation in the USA is terrible and she and the Biden administration worried that having ages in the document will make matters worse. She asked us to remove them. We have the WPATH executive committee in this meeting and we explained to her that we could not just remove them at this stage. 

[W]e heard your [Dr. Levine’s] comments regarding the minimal age criteria for transgender healthcare adolescents; the potential negative outcome of these minimal ages as recommendations in the US [. . . ] Consequently, we have changes to the SOC 8 in this respect. Given that the recommendations for minimal ages for the various gender affirming medical and surgical intervention are consensus-based, we could not remove them from the document. Therefore, we have made changes as to how the minimal ages are presented in the documents. [Note: “your” may well refer to an aide of Levine’s rather than the Secretary herself, though it’s unclear.] 

Cantor also includes emails from SoC 8 contributors expressing surprise at the sudden change, including this one making. . . well, the same point everyone else made after news of the late-stage “correction” broke:

I don’t see how we can simply remove something that important from the document—without going through a Delphi—at this final stage of the game [. . . ] I realize that those in favor of the bans are going to go right to the age criteria and ignore the fact that we actually strengthened the strictness of the criteria to help clinicians better discern appropriate surgical candidates from those who are inappropriate [. . . ] It’s all about messaging and marketing. 

I’m actually crashing on a different but related freelance story at the moment. Check out Leor Sapir’s Twitter timeline for more details about this and another just-unsealed document. Next week, when I’ve caught my breath, I’ll write a little bit more about this as well as yet another damning claim Cantor makes, that the American Academy of Pediatrics “issued an ultimatum to WPATH: Should WPATH not delete the age minimums, AAP would not only withhold endorsement of SOC-8, but would publicly oppose the document.” 

But I wanted to at least get this short piece up, because the Levine angle is important and alarming. It demonstrates an indisputable conflict between how WPATH has portrayed the SoC 8 — as a document steeped in evidence and careful deliberation on the part of experts — and how the guidelines were actually formulated.

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This is rather remarkable political interference in what WPATH have pretended is both appropriate and evidence-based.

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Lab Rat

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/aWut5Fs by Nuideas Scarecrow has a deadly, new, fear toxin! Normally, he would use rats to test his serum's effects, but after his most recent acquisition, Dr. Crane has discovered the value of using birds - A young Robin, specifically. Words: 1768, Chapters: 1/56, Language: English Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: Gen Characters: Batman (Bruce Wayne), Robin (Dick Grayson), Alfred Pennyworth, Dr. Leslie Thompkins, Scarecrow (Dr. Jonathon Crane), commissioner james gordon, Detective Gene Harlow (OC), Jeremy Cantor (OC), Lydia Owens-Shaw (OC), Sam Harlow (OC), Justice League - Character Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Medical Experimentation, child endangerment, Psychological Torture, Medical Procedures, Psychological Trauma, Language, Violence, fear toxin, Horror, Daddy-Bats, Friendship, Fluff read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/aWut5Fs

[arte-e-homoerotismo]

Richard Chamberlain

George Richard Chamberlain (31 de março de 1934 - 29 de março de 2025) foi um ator e cantor americano que se tornou um ídolo adolescente no papel-título do programa de televisão Dr. Kildare (1961–1966). Posteriormente, ele ganhou o título de "Rei da Minissérie" por seu trabalho em várias minisséries de TV, como Centennial (1978), Shōgun (1980) e The Thorn Birds (1983). Chamberlain também desempenhou papéis clássicos no palco e trabalhou em teatro musical.

Chamberlain desempenhou o papel de Aramis na trilogia de filmes Os Três Mosqueteiros (1973), Os Quatro Mosqueteiros (1974) e O Retorno dos Mosqueteiros (1989); interpretou Allan Quatermain em As Minas do Rei Salomão (1985) e Cidade Perdida (1986); e foi o primeiro ator a interpretar Jason Bourne , estrelando o filme para televisão de 1988 A Identidade Bourne .

Vida pregressa

George Richard Chamberlain nasceu em 31 de março de 1934, em Beverly Hills, Califórnia , o segundo filho de Elsa Winnifred (nascida von Benzon; ​​mais tarde Matthews) e Charles Axion "Chuck" Chamberlain, que era um vendedor de equipamentos de loja de Indiana. Sua mãe era parcialmente descendente de alemães . Charles trabalhou no mercado imobiliário e no ramo de supermercados antes de administrar um negócio de geladeiras de 1956 a 1970 e, mais tarde, ser autor do livro "A New Pair of Glasses". Chamberlain tinha um irmão William, que trabalhava ao lado do pai no negócio da família. Em 1952, Chamberlain se formou na Beverly Hills High School , e mais tarde frequentou o Pomona College , onde recebeu o diploma de bacharel em história da arte e pintura. Chamberlain foi convocado para o Exército dos Estados Unidos e serviu de 1956 a 1958. Ele alcançou o posto de sargento enquanto estava estacionado na Coreia do pós-guerra . 

Carreira

Chamberlain foi cofundador do grupo de teatro Company of Angels , sediado em Los Angeles, e começou a aparecer na televisão em papéis especiais no início dos anos 1960. Em 1961, ele ganhou fama generalizada como o jovem estagiário Dr. James Kildare na série de televisão NBC/MGM de mesmo nome , coestrelando com Raymond Massey . A habilidade de Chamberlain para cantar também levou a alguns singles de sucesso no início dos anos 1960, incluindo o " Theme from Dr. Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight)", que alcançou a posição 10 na Billboard Hot 100 Charts. Dr. Kildare terminou em 1966, após o qual Chamberlain começou a se apresentar no circuito teatral. Em 1966, ele foi escalado ao lado de Mary Tyler Moore no malfadado musical da Broadway Breakfast at Tiffany's , coestrelado por Priscilla Lopez , que, após um período de testes fora da cidade, fechou após apenas quatro prévias. Décadas depois, ele retornou à Broadway em revivals de My Fair Lady e The Sound of Music .

No final da década de 1960, Chamberlain passou um período na Inglaterra, onde atuou em teatro de repertório e em Portrait of a Lady (1968) da BBC, tornando-se reconhecido como um ator sério. No ano seguinte, estrelou ao lado de Katharine Hepburn no filme The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969). Enquanto estava na Inglaterra, ele recebeu treinamento vocal e em 1969 desempenhou o papel-título em Hamlet para o Birmingham Repertory Theatre , tornando-se o primeiro americano a desempenhar o papel lá desde John Barrymore em 1925. Ele recebeu excelentes críticas e reprisou o papel para a televisão em 1970 para o Hallmark Hall of Fame . Uma gravação da apresentação foi lançada pela RCA Red Seal Records e foi indicada ao Grammy . 

Na década de 1970, Chamberlain apareceu em The Music Lovers (1970), Lady Caroline Lamb (interpretando Lord Byron ; 1973), The Three Musketeers (1973) e sua sequência The Four Musketeers (1974) interpretando Aramis , The Lady's Not for Burning (feito para a televisão, 1974), The Towering Inferno (1974), (em uma reviravolta vilã como um engenheiro desonesto) e The Count of Monte Cristo (1975). Em The Slipper and the Rose (1976), uma versão musical da história da Cinderela, coestrelada por Gemma Craven , ele exibiu seus talentos vocais. Um filme para televisão, The Man in the Iron Mask (1977), de William Bast , veio em seguida. No mesmo ano, estrelou o filme de Peter Weir , The Last Wave (1977). 

Chamberlain mais tarde apareceu em várias minisséries populares de televisão (o que lhe rendeu o apelido de "Rei das Minisséries"), incluindo Centennial (1978–79), [ 16 ] Shōgun (1980), [ 17 ] e The Thorn Birds (1983), como o Padre Ralph de Bricassart com Rachel Ward e Barbara Stanwyck co-estrelando. Na década de 1980, ele apareceu como protagonista, interpretando Allan Quatermain em King Solomon's Mines (1985) e sua sequência Lost City of Gold (1986), e interpretou Jason Bourne/David Webb na versão cinematográfica para televisão de The Bourne Identity (1988), e reprisou o papel de Aramis no último da trilogia The Return of the Musketeers (1989).

Da década de 1990 até sua morte em 2025, Chamberlain apareceu principalmente em filmes de televisão, no palco e como estrela convidada em séries como The Drew Carey Show e Will & Grace . Em 1991, ele apareceu em uma versão para TV de The Night of the Hunter , de Davis Grubb , que recebeu críticas mistas. Ele estrelou como Henry Higgins na reestreia da Broadway de 1993-1994 de My Fair Lady . No outono de 2005, Chamberlain apareceu no papel-título de Ebenezer Scrooge na Broadway National Tour of Scrooge: The Musical . Em 2006, Chamberlain estrelou um episódio da série dramática britânica Hustle , bem como a 4ª temporada de Nip/Tuck . Em 2007, Chamberlain estrelou como Glen Wingfield, padrasto de Lynette Scavo no episódio 80 (Temporada 4, Episódio 8, "Distant Past") de Desperate Housewives . 

Em 2008 e 2009, Chamberlain apareceu como Rei Arthur na turnê nacional de Spamalot do Monty Python . Em 2010 e 2012, ele apareceu como Archie Leach na temporada 3, episódio 3 e temporada 4, episódio 18 da série Leverage , ] bem como dois episódios da temporada 4 de Chuck , onde interpretou um vilão conhecido apenas como The Belgian. Chamberlain também apareceu em vários episódios de Brothers & Sisters , interpretando um velho amigo e interesse amoroso de Saul . Ele também apareceu no filme independente We Are the Hartmans em 2011. Em 2012, Chamberlain apareceu no palco do Pasadena Playhouse como Dr. Sloper na peça The Heiress . 

Em 2017, Chamberlain apareceu em Twin Peaks: The Return como Bill Kennedy.

Vida pessoal e morte

Chamberlain nunca se casou e não teve filhos. Ele não foi aberto sobre sua homossexualidade durante a maior parte de sua carreira, para proteger sua privacidade e suas oportunidades de atuação. Ele foi declarado gay pela revista feminina francesa Nous Deux em dezembro de 1989, mas não confirmou que era gay até a publicação de sua autobiografia de 2003 , Shattered Love: A Memoir . 

Chamberlain se envolveu romanticamente com o ator Wesley Eure na década de 1970. 

Em 1977, Chamberlain começou um relacionamento de longo prazo com o ator e produtor Martin Rabbett, que, como Eure, era 20 anos mais novo. Rabbett interpretou o irmão do personagem principal de Chamberlain no filme de 1986 Allan Quatermain e a Cidade Perdida do Ouro . Eles começaram a viver juntos no Havaí em 1986 e tiveram uma cerimônia de compromisso privada. O casal se separou amigavelmente em 2010, com Chamberlain se mudando para Los Angeles. Em uma entrevista de 2014, Chamberlain disse que, embora ele e Rabbett não estivessem mais intimamente envolvidos, eles continuaram amigos íntimos. De acordo com o obituário de Chamberlain no The New York Times , Rabbett e Chamberlain voltaram a viver juntos no Havaí, onde ele morreu. Rabbett foi considerado seu "único sobrevivente imediato". 

Chamberlain morreu de complicações de um derrame em Waimānalo, Havaí , em 29 de março de 2025, aos 90 anos.

Richard Chamberlain March 31, 1934 - March 29, 2025

[linus-wickworth]

Books I Read in May

5 stars:

Never Rest by Marshall Thornton

December Park by Ronald Malfi

Heartstopper 1-4 by Alice Oseman (Reread)

All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown (Reread)

What I Was by Meg Rosoff

The Girl in the Box by Ouida Sebestyen

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb

4.5 stars:

House of Stairs by William Sleator

Mosquitoland by David Arnold

Lose You to Find Me by Erik J. Brown

Spud: Exit, Pursued By A Bear by John van de Ruit

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

In the Forest by Edna O'Brien

Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera (Reread)

4 stars:

The Spuddy by Lillian Beckwith

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner

Hollow City by Ransom Riggs

Tales of King Arthur by James Riordan

Ethan by Ryan Loveless

Hit and Run by R. L. Stine

Street Child by Berlie Doherty

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet Stoker by Lauren James

The Dogs by Allan Stratton

On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer

Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets by Evan Roskos

This Might Hurt a Bit by Doogie Horner

3.5 stars:

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

A Lite Too Bright by Samuel Miller

Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

Hostage by Karen Tayleur

Game As Ned by Tim Pegler

3 stars:

Prove Yourself a Hero by K.M. Peyton

Me, The Missing, and the Dead by Jenny Valentine

Five Have a Wonderful Time by Enid Blyton

Five Go Down to the Sea by Enid Blyton

2.5 stars:

The Unspoken by Thomas Fahy

The Boy with the Snowgrass Hair by Elsie Locke

Stranded on Terror Island by Lee Roddy

Compulsion by Tania Kelly Roxborogh

The Siege of Trapp's Mill by Annabel Farjeon

Saving Grace by Darlene Ryan

2 stars:

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North

If I Love You, Am I Trapped Forever? by M. E. Kerr

Stony Heart Country by David Metzenthen

1.5 stars:

Avi Cantor Has Six Months to Live by Sacha Lamb

[stalwolf]

 Candle Cove characters as songs I associate them with bc why not?

Janice: -Choice by Jack Stauber             -Come Along by Cosmo Sheldrake           

Percy: -Axolotol by Cosmo Sheldrake           -Solar Waltz by Cosmo Sheldrake           -Bluebird of Misfortune from the Deltarune ost Horace: -It’s Pronounced “Rules” from the Deltarune ost Thade: -Tardigrade Song by Cosmo Sheldrake             -Birthday Suit by Cosmo Sheldrake             -Rhinestone Eyes by Gorillaz             -Triumph of Disintegration (PIP version) by Of Montreal Skintaker: -Dr. Sunshine is Dead by Will Wood                   -The Drunken Whaler from the Dishonored ost                   -Stuff is Way by They Might Be Giants                   -Spooky Scary Skeletons by Andrew Gold

Milo: -Piwates by James Roach          -I’m Gonna Win by Rob Cantor          -Eat Shit and Die by Harley Poe Red Mary: -Jolene (A Cautionary Tale) by Pip King