Jacob Edward “Ed” Les is a Canadian pediatrician who has written inflammatory materials about trans and gender diverse people.
Les is involved with anti-trans organization Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM).
Les maintained a blog called Ruminations on a personal site, later moved to Substack.
In 2023, Les began hosting a podcast called Cloudy with a Risk of Children.
References
Siobhan (January 30, 2019). Calgary Physician Calls Transgender People “Demented, Distorted.” Freethought Blogs https://freethoughtblogs.com/atg/2019/01/30/calgary-physician-calls-transgender-people-demented-distorted/ [archive]
“Dr Sarah” (February 1, 2019). The Transphobic Comments Of Dr Jacob Edward Les. Geeky Humanist / Freethought Blogs https://freethoughtblogs.com/geekyhumanist/2019/02/01/the-transphobic-comments-of-dr-jacob-edward-les/ [archive]
Resources
Ed Les (dredles.com) [site active 2018–2021: archive]
Twitter (/twitter.com)
Substack (substack.com)
- Ruminations
- dredles.substack.com
- Cloudy with a Risk of Children
- riskofkids.substack.com