Sasha Ayad is a conservative American psychologist and a key figure in anti-transgender extremism. Ayad and collaborator Stella O’Malley are world leaders in the gender critical movement attacking transgender people, especially children.
They promote
- disease models of gender identity
- strict conservative gatekeeping models of care
- “rapid onset gender dysphoria“
- the ex-transgender movement
- trans-exclusionary queers (the LGB movement)
- anti-trans front group Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM)
Do not under any circumstances go to Ayad for any counseling of any kind. If you are a minor forced to see Ayad, do everything in your power to end the sessions and find a supportive local therapist instead.
Background
Sasha Ayad was born February 1, 1982 and attended University of Houston, earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology.
Anti-trans activism
Ayad is connected to a number of anti-trans organizations, most of which are just part of a web farm with reciprocal links to make Ayad’s allies and their fringe ideologies seem more numerous and influential than they are.
These fringe front groups include:
- Genspect
- Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM)
- International Association of Therapists for Desisters and Detransitioners (IATDD)
- Rethink Identity Medicine Ethics (ReIME)
- Gender Exploratory Therapy Association (GETA)
- Sex Matters
- Institute for Comprehensive Gender Dysphoria Research (ICGDR)
- Pediatric and Adolescent Gender Dysphoria Working Group (PAGDWG)
- Gender Dysphoria Support Network (GDSN)
- Gender: A Wider Lens
- Beyond WPATH
- Stats for Gender
- Wider Lens Consulting
- Thoughtful Therapists
- Critical Therapy Antidote
In 2023 Ayad co-authored the anti-trans book When Kids Say They’re Trans: A Guide for Parents with Stella O’Malley and Lisa Marchiano.
Gender: A Wider Lens
Ayad and O’Malley host the podcast Gender: A Wider Lens. The guests include many global leaders in modern conservative and anti-transgender activism.
Resources
Wider Lens Consulting (widerlens.consulting)
Inspired Teen Therapy (inspiredteentherapy.com)
Twitter (twitter.com)