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Gender: A Wider Lens

187 - Gender: A Wider Lens Live from Lisbon with Billboard Chris

Gender: A Wider Lens

Sasha Ayad and Stella O'Malley

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Mental Health

4.6961 Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Sasha and Stella speak live from the Genspect Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, with special guest Billboard Chris, a Canadian activist dedicated to challenging gender ideology through public engagement and thought-provoking messages. 

In this conversation, Chris explores the psychological and cultural forces influencing social changes around gender, sharing his motivations for activism and the journey that led him to raise awareness about the implications of puberty blockers for children. He also discusses strategies for facilitating constructive dialogues with those who hold differing views, emphasizing the significance of calm, rational discourse in controversial discussions.  

This episode examines the complex interplay of gender ideology in our culture, focusing on ongoing debates over children’s medical treatments, freedom of speech, educational content in schools, and the critical need to address the mental health challenges surrounding gender dysphoria.

Chris shares personal anecdotes from his activism, including experiences at the United Nations and community engagement, emphasizing the importance of parental involvement and informed consent in children's healthcare decisions. 

Listeners will be confronted with a compelling exploration of the current landscape surrounding gender issues and the potential for meaningful change through open dialogue.

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Transcript

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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.

0:30.0

We're here for a live episode of Gender A Wider Lands. We're thrilled to see you all. We're in Lisbon, Portugal.

0:36.0

And we are very lucky to be joined by Billboard Chris. Presumably your parents didn't name you Billboard, right?

0:42.0

I joke all the time that they had... your parents didn't name you billboard, right?

0:43.5

I joke all the time that they had a lot of foresight

0:45.8

when they named me.

0:47.1

Okay.

0:48.2

But I do have another name.

0:50.6

My name is Chris Elston.

0:51.8

It's harder to say say so you can just

0:53.0

call me billboard people call me bill that's fine to

0:56.8

well my question I think is everybody's question which was how on earth did you come to be known as a man who walks around with

1:06.1

billboards on his body?

1:08.5

And how did this come about?

1:10.9

Yeah, normally these are people preaching about the end of the world

1:14.6

and they don't get very much respect but here I am sitting on a stage with you two

1:19.7

lovely ladies so I must have done something right but I started this campaign so I started

1:26.5

learning about this child abuse which is what this is there's no such thing as

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