176 - Funding Lawsuits for Detransitioners with Lynn Chadwick

Gender: A Wider Lens

Sasha Ayad and Stella O'Malley

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Mental Health

4.6 • 961 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

As the mother of two trans-identified children, Lynn Chadwick has navigated the pain of estrangement and now channels her experiences into her work with Themis Resource Fund, an independent, nonprofit, and nonpartisan organization providing financial resource aimed at connecting detransitioned plaintiffs in the United States with attorneys interested in representing their cases.

Lynn expresses her deep concern about the potential for re-traumatization among detransitioned individuals who engage in legal battles. She emphasizes the harsh and uncertain nature of these legal processes, where plaintiffs often face aggressive questioning and blame. Lynn’s work with Themis advocates for the dignity and justice of these individuals, underscoring the importance of their narratives and the need for respectful treatment.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Stella O'Malley, a psychotherapist in Ireland.
0:04.4	And I'm Sasha Ayyad, an adolescent therapist in the United States.
0:08.6	And this is Gender, a wider lens, a podcast dedicated to the shifting concepts around gender in our contemporary culture.
0:16.0	Through in-depth interviews, personal stories, and psychological exploration, we seek to open up the discourse around this hot button issue.
0:25.0	Join us as we look at gender from a wider lens.
0:31.0	Howdy, Stella? How are you, Sasha? I'm well. We are here. Our technology's working and we're ready for our show.
0:40.0	The witch and me usually towardsorts technology pretty much fairly regularly let's face
0:47.0	We live and learn yeah we talked to a really interesting guest Lynn Chadwick today and man if you want to think
0:55.5	about an unexpected twist and turn in somebody's life Lynn is an embodiment of this.
1:16.1	Yeah Lynn is an embodiment of this. Yeah, Lynn is an amazing woman. I really admire her. I kind of got to know her first when she was working for Jen Specked and maybe even before then and she was just she was just right in the center of the whole parent population and she suffered like real extreme tragedy as a result of of gender I would say like really a really difficult life and I watched her
1:28.0	transform in the last few years from becoming like many of us I can include myself obsessed with gender
1:35.7	eaten breathing living gender to moving way beyond gender and having a laugh having a life
1:42.3	like you know it's it's beyond gender and having a laugh, having a life.
1:42.6	Like, you know, it's kind of beautiful, but she still contributes in a very significant way
1:48.9	to this cause, but she's managed to get a handle on it and have a life having been obsessed and I think we could all learn from that
1:57.6	For sure so for listeners who don't know about Lynn I mean she's the parent of two kids who Transidentified and we got to
2:04.9	hear a little bit about this story because they both became estranged from her.
2:09.8	She lost basically her relationship with both of her adult children.
2:14.0	She was married.
2:16.0	And a third child as well who was in that life.
2:18.9	Wow, okay.
2:20.9	She also got divorced. She found a new life, fell in love with a woman on a whale watching trip, and began a new life where she has traveled and seen the world with her new partner and is just
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