Cori Cohn
@corinnacohn.bsky.social
Co-host Heterodorx Podcast
Lost in Transition
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Lost in Transition
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The totalitarian mind works on the premise that if you agree 90 percent on a subject, you are still an enemy, because any divergent viewpoint represents a threat to the totalist worldview. Pick any topic, it's always the same.
November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The totalitarian mind works on the premise that if you agree 90 percent on a subject, you are still an enemy, because any divergent viewpoint represents a threat to the totalist worldview. Pick any topic, it's always the same.
Reposted by Cori Cohn
Was the more than 20-fold rise in trans identities since 2010 the result of people finally feeling free to express their authentic selves? Or was it a social contagion?
5 years ago, I and others were canceled for suggesting the latter. New evidence shows we were right.
www.wsj.com/opinion/evid...
5 years ago, I and others were canceled for suggesting the latter. New evidence shows we were right.
www.wsj.com/opinion/evid...
Opinion | Evidence Backs the Transgender Social-Contagion Hypothesis
The share of young people claiming another ‘gender identity’ exploded. Now surveys show it is receding.
www.wsj.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Was the more than 20-fold rise in trans identities since 2010 the result of people finally feeling free to express their authentic selves? Or was it a social contagion?
5 years ago, I and others were canceled for suggesting the latter. New evidence shows we were right.
www.wsj.com/opinion/evid...
5 years ago, I and others were canceled for suggesting the latter. New evidence shows we were right.
www.wsj.com/opinion/evid...
Socialism and fascism are both varieties of collectivist ideologies. They are more similar to one another than most people want to believe, but they are both diametrically opposed to individualism.
I am an individualist. What are you?
I am an individualist. What are you?
October 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Socialism and fascism are both varieties of collectivist ideologies. They are more similar to one another than most people want to believe, but they are both diametrically opposed to individualism.
I am an individualist. What are you?
I am an individualist. What are you?
I am far, far from convinced "detransition" should be added to the DSM-6. New Informed Dissent podcast. informeddissentpodcast.substack.com/p/what-belon...
What Belongs in the DSM: The Case for a New Diagnosis
Jamie, Lauren, and Cori unpack psychiatry’s political roots, the SEGM debate, and Genspect’s proposal.
informeddissentpodcast.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I am far, far from convinced "detransition" should be added to the DSM-6. New Informed Dissent podcast. informeddissentpodcast.substack.com/p/what-belon...
"Internalized transphobia" is a pretty interesting idea. It weaponized the innate and justifiable insecurity that develops from pretending to be the opposite sex, justifying deeper commitments to social and medical transition. The warning signal gets misinterpreted; our doubts become our guidance.
October 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"Internalized transphobia" is a pretty interesting idea. It weaponized the innate and justifiable insecurity that develops from pretending to be the opposite sex, justifying deeper commitments to social and medical transition. The warning signal gets misinterpreted; our doubts become our guidance.
The young males who were puberty-blocked and surgically modified to resemble girls are not thriving. We should have the courage to understand what's happening.
lgbcouragecoalition.substack.com/cp/165628864
lgbcouragecoalition.substack.com/cp/165628864
Missing Evidence
Why We Still Don’t Know What Surgery Does to Puberty-Blocked Boys
lgbcouragecoalition.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The young males who were puberty-blocked and surgically modified to resemble girls are not thriving. We should have the courage to understand what's happening.
lgbcouragecoalition.substack.com/cp/165628864
lgbcouragecoalition.substack.com/cp/165628864
Antifa created Andy Ngo. They elevated him, paid tribute to him, thought about him constantly, and made him into a phenomenon. Some people associated with Antifa understand this, I'm certain.
October 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Antifa created Andy Ngo. They elevated him, paid tribute to him, thought about him constantly, and made him into a phenomenon. Some people associated with Antifa understand this, I'm certain.
Death Before Detransition? Yes.
"I long defended 'I am a woman.' A self-made one—estrogen, surgery, seamless she/her life. Even as my views shifted, I feheld that despite my sex, I lived as socially female."
corinnacohn.substack.com/p/death-befo...
"I long defended 'I am a woman.' A self-made one—estrogen, surgery, seamless she/her life. Even as my views shifted, I feheld that despite my sex, I lived as socially female."
corinnacohn.substack.com/p/death-befo...
Death Before Detransition? Yes.
“I am a woman” is something I argued and defended with no negotiation and no retreat for most of my adult life.
corinnacohn.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Death Before Detransition? Yes.
"I long defended 'I am a woman.' A self-made one—estrogen, surgery, seamless she/her life. Even as my views shifted, I feheld that despite my sex, I lived as socially female."
corinnacohn.substack.com/p/death-befo...
"I long defended 'I am a woman.' A self-made one—estrogen, surgery, seamless she/her life. Even as my views shifted, I feheld that despite my sex, I lived as socially female."
corinnacohn.substack.com/p/death-befo...
Art by Nina Paley, originally appearing in Agents of H.A.G.
November 18, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Art by Nina Paley, originally appearing in Agents of H.A.G.
Art by Nina Paley, from her comic book Agents of H.A.G.
November 17, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Art by Nina Paley, from her comic book Agents of H.A.G.