Issues to consider NOSOLOGY in psychology/psychiatry ATTRIBUTIONS – external v internal attributional biases Historical attributional changes in conceptualizations of conditions like “hysteria” and alcoholism Attributional change in other disciplines e.g.,… Read more: Psychotherapy for transgender declaring adolescents

True greatness is undoubtedly in this obscure struggle where, deprived of enthusiasm of the crowds, a few individuals, putting their lives on the line, defend, absolutely alone, a cause around… Read more: Article in MERCATOR

Dianna T. Kenny PhD In 2024, two significant events occurred in gender medicine. The first was the release of the Cass Review-Final Report whose conclusions highlighted serious questions regarding the… Read more: On the WarPATH against WPATH

Presentation to the CASS Webinar 2 July 2024 SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES and PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES for GENDER DYSPHORIC YOUNG PEOPLE: CHALLENGING UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS and ATTRIBUTIONS Nosology is the practice of classification of… Read more: Presentation to the CASS Webinar 2 July 2024 SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES and PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES for GENDER DYSPHORIC YOUNG PEOPLE: CHALLENGING UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS and ATTRIBUTIONS

ENDING THE TRANSGENDER PANDEMIC: A CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEALTH AND WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH FOR GENDER DYSPHORIC YOUNG PEOPLE Dianna T Kenny PhD Nosology is the practice of classification… Read more: Ending the Transgender pandemic: A call for public Health and Whole of Government Approach for GENDER DYSPHORIC Young People

Rebuttal to Four Corners, BLOCKED: The battle over youth gender care July 2023 Professor Dianna Kenny responds to 4 Corners program July 31, 2023

Phil Dye Podcast with Professor Dianna Kenny Pushing back against the madness (Episode 4) Podcast

Phil Dye Podcast with Professor Dianna Kenny Pushing back against the madness (Episode 5) Podcast

Kenny, D.T. (2022) Go to Bit Chute.com

Kenny, D.T. (2022) Go to Bit Chute.com

TERF Talk # 48 Dr Dianna Kenny, the truth about gender dysphoria Go to YouTube Kenny, D.T. (2022)

Presentation to the forum hosted by Australian Free Speech Association on changes to law proposed by the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute (TLRI) on “conversion” therapy PARLIAMENT HOUSE, TASMANIA 23 November… Read more: Presentation to the forum hosted by Australian Free Speech Association on changes to law proposed by the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute (TLRI) on “conversion” therapy

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED, RECEIVING PUBERTY BLOCKADE AND CROSS SEX HORMONES IN FIVE GENDER CLINICS IN AUSTRALIA, 2014-2021 Dianna T Kenny PhD 29 October 2022 Below are five figures that… Read more: Number of children enrolled, receiving puberty blockade and cross sex hormones in five gender clinics in Australia, 2014-2021

TERF Talk # 48 Dr Dianna Kenny, the truth about gender dysphoria Go to YouTube – Children, Adolescents and Gender – Impacts of Transgender Ideology Kenny, D.T. (2022)

SEGM Guide THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION Dianna T Kenny In the Booker prize winning book, Shuggie Bain, author, Douglas Stuart, describes his experience growing up “not like a normal boy”… Read more: The development of sexual orientation

THE SOCIAL CONTAGION OF GENDER DYSPHORIA Dianna Kenny, PhD Introduction The term social contagion describes the “spread of phenomena (e.g., behaviours, beliefs, and attitudes) across network ties”[1] (p. 556). Using very… Read more: The social contagion of gender dysphoria

GENDER DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN  Dianna Kenny PhD Gender development is a complex process; it involves an interplay of genes, gonadal hormones, cognitive, language, and socioemotional development, the child’s socialization history,… Read more: Gender development in children

ABSTRACT In this paper, I review the evidence for social contagion of gender dysphoria in adolescents and the contagion evident in associated professions and professional bodies. I begin with a… Read more: The ‘madness of crowds’: The social contagion of gender dysphoria In adolescents, governments and professional bodies

 Introduction This paper is an update of the paper Children and young people seeking and obtaining treatment for gender dysphoria in Australia: Trends by state over time (2014-2019) (Kenny, 2019) presented to… Read more: Children and young people seeking and obtaining treatment for gender dysphoria In Australia: Trends by state over time (2014-2019): Update

In 2009, South African athlete Caster Semenya won, by a margin of 20 metres from her nearest rival, the women’s 800m event at the athletics world championships. Her victory was… Read more: Female sport participation and gender affirmation: A collision course for medical ethics 

Is Gender Dysphoria Socially Contagous? Dianna Kenny, PhD Introduction The earliest written record from the town of Hamelin in Lower Saxony is from 1384. It states simply, “It is 100… Read more: Is gender dysphoria socially contagious?

Paper presented at the Forum on transgender children and adolescents at the Parliament of NSW, 2 July, 2019 Professor Dianna Kenny Introduction Precise data regarding the frequency of people with… Read more: Children and young people seeking and obtaining treatment for gender dysphoria in Australia: Trends by state over time (2014-2018)

In this article, I address key issues in the transgender debate as they pertain to children and young people. These include: Are “gender transition treatments” safe, “curative” and in the… Read more: Key issues in decision making for gender transition treatment Questions and answers

Summary of paper The right to best care for children does not include the right to medical transition Citation:  Michael Laidlaw, Michelle Cretella & Kevin Donovan (2019) The right to… Read more: The right to best care for children does not include the right to medical transition

The role of biological factors in gender identity development Professor Dianna Kenny, The University of Sydney Biological factors also make a significant contribution to gender identity development. Recent research in… Read more: The role of biological factors in gender identity development

The impact of family constellations on the development of gender nonconforming/dysphoric children Gender dysphoria is implicitly viewed as an intensely private matter, as a duel between an individual’s psyche and… Read more: The impact of family constellations on the development of gender non-conforming/dysphoric children

From Kenny, D.T. (2018). Children, Sexuality and Child Sexual Abuse. London, Routledge.   Children, Sexuality, and Child Sexual Abuse The eminent 19th century German psychiatrist and sexologist, Richard von Krafft-Ebing,… Read more: Children, sexuality, and child sexual abuse

Transgender hysteria Professor Dianna Kenny, The University of Sydney. Transgender population estimates 123 The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) included a question on gender diversity for the first time in… Read more: Transgender hysteria

Gender development and gender affirmation   Gender is currently a hot topic in psychiatry, psychology, sociology, and surgery. Many self-appointed experts have materialized who travel the world on the conference… Read more: Gender development and gender affirmation

Each month I will post a blog that discusses a current hot topic in psychology. Because my expertise is in the field of developmental psychology, the content will often focus… Read more: Dianna’s Blog