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Director, Gender #Psychiatry Program @UCSF | @Harvard @YaleMed @Stanford Alum | Trans Youth Mental Health Research | Health Policy | Views Mine & Not Med Advice

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Jack Turban MD

7 months

Formal announcement forthcoming, but excited my new book is available for pre-order! I’m hoping it will demystify the science, medicine, & politics of #trans kids, while helping people understand what the nuances of gender mean for themselves & society

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Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity

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Omg

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@RepMTG @RepMarieNewman I have a neuroscience degree from Harvard, medical & research degrees from Yale, and I research gender identity. Science is not even remotely on your side here. We don’t have time or space for our politicians to be wasting time with hate. #votemarjorieout

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In case you were wondering, none of us were going to hyper-Christian web designers to make our wedding websites But what happens when all the gay creatives decide they don’t do Christian design anymore? Christians turned away from architects, designers, stylists, etc.

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Today a friend’s five year old son was watching another friend put on makeup. He asked if she would put the sparkly blue eyeshadow on him. His mom overhead and firmly said, “do you know the rule about makeup…” My heart sank.🧵

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He looked up, and she said, “makeup needs to come off before bed.” It was so different from what I would have heard from my parents at that age. He beamed & the friend put on the eyeshadow

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It was a small moment in the day, but so meaningful to see a kid be free to be himself and be loved. For so long, moments like this have been full of shame and self-esteem consequences. In so many places, things are moving in the right direction.

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My former @YaleMed professor, Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, world expert on promoting health equity for marginalized populations, is going to co-chair Biden’s #COVID19 task force. I’m starting to think things may actually end up okay.

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Jack Turban MD

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Unless you’re someone’s doctor or intimate partner, their genitals are none of your business, actually.

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Jack Turban MD

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This quote from a #trans kid always stuck with me: “If I seem anxious or depressed, it’s not because I have a problem with my gender identity. It’s because everyone else does.”

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Jack Turban MD

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We need more drag queens and fewer proud boys.

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Jack Turban MD

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I'm a Harvard-trained psychiatrist who has spent a decade studying #trans youth mental health After 100+ #NYT contributors expressed concern about the paper's #trans youth coverage, the NYT replied it's "proud" of its work Let's take a look at the work they're proud of 🧵

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🚨We have a new paper out today in @aap_peds 🚨 We examined 2 hypotheses: 1. That youth identify as #trans due to "social contagion" & adolescents assigned female are more susceptible 2. That youth identify as trans to flee LGB-related stigma Neither was supported by data. 🧵

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Puberty blockers (temporary, reversible) are more benign than going through a puberty that can’t be undone. If you can’t see that, then you really need to reflect on your biases and whether you consider #trans people *at all* when you form your opinions.

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3 years

Stop calling transphobia a “political view” Bigotry is not a political view.

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The New York Times just quoted a fringe doctor with no credentials or experience in treating gender dysphoria. Something is up in that newsroom, and it’s worth investigating.

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11 months

Are you kidding me @washingtonpost ? What are these “a few medical organizations”?

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2 years

Imagine the reaction if a school banned Christian children.

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2 years

A reminder that trans sports bills target little kids, not professional athletes. It’s not about fairness; it’s about harassing trans kids and wanting to force everyone back into the closet.

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Jack Turban MD

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I am a gay man, a physician, and I research #transgender mental health. I have a neuroscience degree from Harvard and an MD from Yale. This op ed is not based in fact. It is filled with misleading claims and misinformation with the goal of attacking the #trans community.

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I am excited to share my op-ed in the @WSJ coauthored with the amazing @FondOfBeetles . The growing trend to deny the reality of biological sex is harmful to women, the LGB community, and children. It’s time to speak out against this toxic ideology.

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Jack Turban MD

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Always stealing the show.

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@RepLisaMcClain Reading books is about to become really difficult

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@LaurenWitzkeDE Facts are the worst, huh?

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My patients are quite happy with their hormone therapy. They’re quite unhappy with all the negative things being said about them in the media. Can we work on fixing the latter, please?

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I’ll take “not a doctor” for 1000

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Jack Turban MD

2 years

Senior psychiatrists think a doctor with pink hair and no tie is “unprofessional.” They fail to realize that minoritized patients don’t want to share their vulnerabilities with a suited uptight caucasian man who looks like their oppressor. #medtwitter #psychtwitter

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1 year

All major medical organizations oppose legislation banning gender-affirming medical care for #trans youth:

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Jack Turban MD

1 year

What brown leaves!?

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@nichols_senator 1. This tweet suggests you think vaccines are the only mRNA technology, which should disqualify you from writing legislation in this arena. 2. The mRNA vaccine ban is also foolish.

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Jack Turban MD

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Acknowledging sex is complex isn’t “unscientific.” The fact is: sex has several domains: Chromosomes External genitalia Internal sex organs Sex hormone profile Neurological sex Acknowledging complexity isn’t denying biology. It’s recognizing its reality.

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This is wild.

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Jack Turban MD

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A resident’s husband is about to be a U.S. senator from Georgia! #medtwitter

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Jack Turban MD

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Twitter just @verified a hate group. It’s called LGB Alliance (note the missing T) because the group hates #trans people and exists to oppose their civil rights. Twitter needs to fix this immediately. It’s #pride month...

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Jack Turban MD

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If gender identity were purely a result of social environments, trans kids who are constantly pushed to be gender conforming (ie most of them) would not still be trans. And yet we have over 1 million openly trans people in the US alone.

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Jack Turban MD

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@yashar It’s sad to see that she’s basically isolated herself from everyone in her life except the strange echo chamber of people who hate trans people.

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Jack Turban MD

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Before pushing the absurd notion that trans identities are a “social contagion” from peer pressure, please reflect on the infinite structures in society that push kids to be cisgender If there’s a clear powerful social force at play here - it’s the one forcing kids in the closet

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Jack Turban MD

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Hi @NikkiHaley I’m a child psychiatrist. Trans kids playing sports is not the reason we’re seeing high rates of suicidality among youth. In fact, most kids couldn’t care less.

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Jack Turban MD

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Maybe a gay architect thinks Christian homes are against his deeply held beliefs because he believes they promote unethical homophobia and harm children, so he refuses to design homes for Christian families.

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Jack Turban MD

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In 1973 (and arguably still in 1987), the DSM categorized homosexuality as a mental illness. In 2021, gay doctors @ChaseTMAnderson and I are chief fellows in child & adolescent psychiatry at UCSF and Stanford respectively. #gaymedtwitter #LGBTQ

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Jack Turban MD

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"My dads are getting married." @dog_rates

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Jack Turban MD

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Our book is a real physical entity! #trans #health . #medtwitter

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Jack Turban MD

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Trump just smeared Biden’s son for struggling with and overcoming a substance use disorder. A president who stigmatizes #mentalhealth is unacceptable. #debates

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Jack Turban MD

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@AnaKasparian Who called you that? I’ve only ever heard that used when referring to a population, not an individual person. Obviously, those terms are meant to be precise to include all people who meet one of those characteristics, when needing to discuss a relevant topic.

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Jack Turban MD

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It’s not “commonplace” for parents to “transition” their “effeminate” boys. There are cisgender boys who are gender non-confirming, and that’s fine. There are also transgender girls. Some are gender-conforming, some aren’t. Don’t force your experience onto others.

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Ty’s Tough Talk🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈

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My name is Ty and I’m very grateful that I grew up before it became commonplace for parents to transition their effeminate boys. Many of us could have had our lives ruined by forces beyond our control or understanding. I’ve been seeing this topic coming up more again and I…

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It’s really messed up that depression makes you not want to do things and that you need to do things for depression to go away.

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Jack Turban MD

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Puberty blockers don’t cause infertility (they’ve been used for decades for precocious puberty with intact fertility), and fertility counseling is part of guidelines for estrogen or testosterone including option of freezing eggs or sperm.

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This bill is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. What it would actually mean is that if you disagree with the other parent about sterilizing your child, you lose custody. Utter madness!

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🚨 New study: In a sample of 209 #trans adolescents who had gender-affirming top surgery, 99.05% experienced no regret.

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Gender-Affirming Mastectomy Trends and Surgical Outcomes in ... : Annals of Plastic Surgery

hin our integrated health care system. Methods Gender-affirming mastectomies performed from January 1, 2013, to July 31, 2020, in adolescents 12 to 17 years of age at the time of referral were...

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Jack Turban MD

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His mask is upside down.

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Jack Turban MD

4 years

“Gender dysphoria” is in the DSM-5. Being transgender is not. Dysphoria comes from not being affirmed and societal transphobia. Being #transgender isn’t a mental illness. Society’s treatment of transgender people is the illness.

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🧵I'll try to dive into this new NYT story on blockers in more detail later, but some initial points: 1. Yes starting puberty can be clarifying re: gender dysphoria. That's a major reason why blockers aren't started until after puberty starts. It's sad the reporters missed that.

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Jack Turban MD

3 years

Now would be the time for Twitter to de-activate Trump's account, given that he is instigating violence and civil war.

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Jack Turban MD

4 years

Someone please tell me this isn’t real. Flu shots save lives. Vitamin water does not. Do not take medical advice from Snapple fridge doors. Talk to your doctor. #medtwitter

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Jack Turban MD

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PSA: You can get a C in organic chemistry and still be a doctor.

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Jack Turban MD

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I constantly hear people say there is no evidence that gender-affirming medical care improves mental health for #trans youth. They imply the question hasn't been studied. In reality, there have been 15 studies. I review them here for @PsychToday .

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The Evidence for Trans Youth Gender-Affirming Medical Care

Research suggests gender-affirming medical care results in better mental health.

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Jack Turban MD

4 years

Hospitals are enforcing gags on physicians. Doctors aren’t allowed to talk about what policies are being implemented. Leaves free license for administrators to do what they want (and treat employees as they please), while we stay silent. The public should be asking questions.

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Jack Turban MD

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Conservatives going after healthcare and academic medicine is a scary thing. It’s taking anti-science to a whole new dangerous level.

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Jack Turban MD

2 years

I had hoped it went without saying, but psychiatric medications do not cause mass shootings.

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In summary, the NYT's coverage of #trans issues has, at the very least, been inaccurate and full of sloppy reporting. That they would say they're "proud"of it can't be read as anything other than bias.

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As amusing as I find this line from @emilybazelon in her new @NYTmag piece, I did offer to answer questions for her via email. She refused to send them.

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Jack Turban MD

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4 years @ Harvard 5 years @ Yale 3 more years @ Harvard 2 years @ Stanford But Karen02938464737262 has some thoughts about sex chromosomes.

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Twitter has truly reached a new level of asinine.

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Kodi had made his opinion of the DSM quite clear.

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“Just some gay psychiatrist” is my new bio.

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Jack Turban MD

4 years

The church’s response to Trump’s speech at St. John’s.

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Jack Turban MD

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I'm so obsessed with this infographic we commissioned from the amazing @phoebeandheruni . 🥺 She is truly the mostly incredibly talented artist. #gender #medtwitter #LGBTQ #trans

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Jack Turban MD

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@AnaKasparian For example, if you were writing a paper for a medical journal about preventing uterine cancer, you may want to reference the relevant population: people who have a uterus (not including people who have had a hysterectomy, trans women, etc.).

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Jack Turban MD

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#Psychiatry fact of the day: I don’t know why #benadryl is trending, but FYI it’s given name is diphenhydramine, and it has a 9 hour half life. You may still be groggy in the morning if you take it for insomnia.

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Jack Turban MD

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Our country is dying, and the GOP is killing it. They are abusing power to attack minorities, then demand that they stand silent while attacked. We’ve seen this before in history, and it’s never ended well.

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Jack Turban MD

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Let’s not forget #ByeBetsy

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Jack Turban MD

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@Sarah_Mojarad The person she’s describing could definitely be having a heart attack... from cocaine.

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Jack Turban MD

4 years

I'm a gay physician-scientist with Harvard and Yale training, and I research #LGBTQ health. Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation next week likely means more LGBTQ people like me will die early. Here's why (a thread) 🧵(1/8) #medtwitter #SCOTUS

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Jack Turban MD

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Please like and RT this if you have goodwill toward #LGBTQ people.

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Jack Turban MD

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I let the #NYT know about the error in @mega2e 's piece, and they ignored it, despite using me as a source in their past coverage

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Jack Turban MD

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The @nytimes also ghosted this correction request on @mega2e ’s recent bizarre piece on puberty blockers and #trans kids.

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Jack Turban MD

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Just a reminder that all people have both estrogen and testosterone, and the phrase “opposite sex hormones” is stupid. And thank you @AshleyGWinter for the regular reminder that the average cis woman has more testosterone in her body than she does estrogen.

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Jack Turban MD

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As states consider these anti-trans healthcare bills, I want to remind you all that “The American College of Pediatricians” is a small fringe anti-LGBT group. It is not The American Academy of Pediatrics.

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The American College of Pediatricians Is an Anti-LGBT Group

A small but clever anti-LGBT group created a legit-sounding name.

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Jack Turban MD

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“Lol no.” - The Entire Medical Community

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I’m running for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania because America needs a Conservative Republican to cure what’s wrong with Washington. I’m a world-class surgeon, fighter, and health care advocate stepping forward to cure our country’s ills. Watch my announcement video now!

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@TJProvincial What if their parents say homosexuality is a sin and they will kick them out of the house if they find out they’re gay?

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Jack Turban MD

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In one recent piece, @mega2e falsely claimed that researchers from a large NIH-funded study on the benefits of gender-affirming medical care for #trans youth never reported their results:

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Jack Turban MD

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How did the NYT investigate for months, talk to 50 experts, and not know that the researchers from this NIH-funded study presented findings at the WPATH meeting in Toronto.

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I really miss pre-Elon twitter.

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Jack Turban MD

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In general, kids are nice to #trans kids. Adults are not. It raises questions about whether transphobia is nature vs nurture.

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Jack Turban MD

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As a medical student, I remember an amazing feeling of affirmation when I saw the @YaleMed “out list” - a list of out LGBTQ doctors. Shall we start a Twitter out list? I am a gay man, and I am a physician. #medtwitter #LGBTQ

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Jack Turban MD

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“Gender critical” is a euphemism for anti-trans. Don’t let people sugar coat bigotry. Call it what it is.

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Jack Turban MD

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Normalize state legislators consulting medical experts before writing bills about medical care.

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Jack Turban MD

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I live in a studio. Had my therapy session from the car today for privacy. #COVID19

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Jack Turban MD

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My new apartment has a “tankless water heater” so the hot water never runs out!? I want to know why everyone was hiding this technology from me.

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Jack Turban MD

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I just completed my federally mandated special 8 hour training to be allowed to prescribe Suboxone (treats opiate addiction). And yet no special training needed to prescribe oxycodone (causes opiate addiction). Discuss. #medtwitter #psychtwitter

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Jack Turban MD

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In a separate NYT piece by @emilybazelon , the Times relied on a quote from @afspnational 's @cmoutierMD , which made incorrect claims about the research on gender-affirming care for #trans youth. The times ignored this when notified

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Jack Turban MD

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Some more issues with @emilybazelon 's @NYTmag reporting. She interviewed @cmoutierMD about three studies that found associations between access to gender-affirming medical care during adolescence and lower odds of suicidality Two from our group, one from Green et al. (1/3)

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Jack Turban MD

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Are we ready to admit that gayness made society better? 🌈

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Jack Turban MD

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Our latest paper on “detransition” In summary: 13.1% of currently identified #trans people report that they detransitioned at some point in their lives. Most (82.5%) report that detransition was driven by at least one external factor (e.g., harassment, stigma, etc.) #detrans 🧵

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@GregAbbott_TX The following disagree with you (to name a few): The American Medical Association The American College of Physicians The American Academy of Pediatrics The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry The American Academy of Family Physicians

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Jack Turban MD

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If you’re in medicine and burned out, you’re not broken. The system is broken.

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Jack Turban MD

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@RepMikeCollins Your response to supposed incivility is to post slurs on Twitter?

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Jack Turban MD

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Me as a psychiatrist: “don’t get in bed unless you’re sleeping” Me after a long work day: *gets in bed and plays on phone*

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Jack Turban MD

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Can someone explain to me why Republicans think conversion therapy (no studies linking it to better mental health - only data linking it to bad mental health) is good but gender-affirming care (tons of studies linking it to better mental health) is bad?

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Jack Turban MD

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Did you consider doing any research before penning this asinine tweet? You’re a disgrace to academics.

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@garylfrancione

Prof. Gary Francione

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Fact: Males present a risk of harm to females; Fact: TIM present the same risk to F as any other group of men; Fact: Self-ID means that any males can enter female-only spaces; Males-however they identify-do not belong in female-only spaces.

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Jack Turban MD

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Dear premeds: TAKE STATISTICS I remember in college, stats was the “easy” math class for people not going into the sciences. Where did that idea come from!? I now use stats every day and never use calculus. #medtwitter

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Jack Turban MD

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I just read the authors note, introduction, and chapter 1 of @AbigailShrier 's new book about #trans youth. I'll continue to update as I make progress, but here are the inaccuracies I've found so far.

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Jack Turban MD

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Also measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, meningitis, etc. This is not a new thing.

@AnaCabrera

Ana Cabrera

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Update: By CNN’s count, more than 200 US colleges and universities are now requiring students to receive the Covid-19 vaccine before returning to campus in the fall.

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