I have had calls from parents who say I'm terrified of losing custody, but listen, I know my kid.

I only spent, oh, I don't know, 100,000 hours raising her.

I know her. I'm a political progressive, but this doesn't seem right. It came out of nowhere.

And I'm supposed to trust the judgment of a therapist who spent one 45-minute session with her and claims to know her better than I do?

The trend of silencing and cancellation from the left has created a reality where many

institutions simply cannot be trusted to be speaking the truth. Last week, after a single

angry tweet, Target removed irreversible damage, the transgender craze seducing our daughters

from their book section. Beyond that, a GoFundMe raising awareness for the book was taken down by the site.

Amazon has even gone so far as to restrict the book's advertising. The author, Abigail Schreier,

joins us today to tell us why everyone is so afraid of what she has to say. Abigail's book, Irreversible Damage,

focuses on the transgender epidemic that has swept the nation, a craze mostly now affecting

young women. That wasn't the case a decade ago. In writing it, Abigail conducted a bevy

of interviews with transgender individuals, transition surgeons, social media influencers, therapists,

and parents who have had to watch their teens be caught up in this trend.

Abigail's writing explores these findings as well as a 2018 paper from Lisa Littman of Brown University,

which we will dive into in our episode. Today, we also discuss the harrowing biological consequences

associated with self-diagnosed gender dysphoria and the medical, scientific, and educational

institutions that encourage it. Plus, the battle to keep Abigail's book available to readers

despite attempts to bury it, as well as if conservatives and common-sense liberals can ever

find unity to speak out against the transgender censorship.

Music Hey, hey, and welcome.

This is The Ben Shapiro Show Sunday special.

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