As part of its ongoing crusade of transgender advocacy, PBS on Sunday night brought on transgender youth researcher and psychiatrist Dr. Jack Turban to plug his new book Free to Be: Understanding Kids and Gender Identity. Turban is director of the Gender Psychiatry Program at the University of California, San Francisco and a strong supporter of controversial gender-identity surgeries and of the entire spectrum of trans-related issues, including biological boys intruding into girls’ sports.
The scientific case against gender identity treatments for children, such as hormone replacement therapy, is strengthening every day. But it hasn’t quite dawned on taxpayer-supported PBS, judging by Turban’s treatment.
On PBS News Weekend, openly gay anchor John Yang led the segment with a citation from a pro-transgender interest group, an unpromising start, and…
