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Then you also know how many people call him a quack or completely lose their shit, trying to make claims about his competence in science because they hate the idea of being associated with paraphilics.
His trans work was cutting edge, but also 40 years old, collecting data from 50 years ago. In an era where simply being homosexual was criminal, simply collecting data and interviews instead of individual case studies was a massive struggle, and probably the most important thing he did on the trans front.
The problem is that in the decades since, there's been a complete hyper focus on texas gunslinger approaches to neurology, where the bias of the researchers is so obvious that it can be seen from a senate hearing. Other research has fallen behind, and the little that exists is low power and shit that is probably not replicatable.
FTM research was so shitty that full time activists got completely blindsided by the detransitioners.
