The Hole In The Wall Gang Part 2
Update 584. There Are No Witches Special. #BeMorePorcupine.
Onwards with Part 2, dear readers.
The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang was not simply one large organised gang of outlaws but rather was made up of several separate gangs, all operating out of the Hole-in-the-Wall Pass, using it as their base of operations. The gangs formed a coalition, each planning and carrying out its own robberies with very little interaction with the others. At times, members of one gang would ride along with other gangs, but usually each gang operated separately, meeting up only when they were each at the hideout at the same time.
Members of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang included such infamous outlaws as Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch which included, as well as Butch Cassidy (also known as Robert Leroy Parker), also the Sundance Kid (also known as Harry A. Longabaugh).
And here is a photo of the Wild Bunch - not looking very wild!!😃
Thanks to two wonderful readers for suggested pieces.
Some of the linked pieces below may be behind a paywall.
There Are No Witches
I did a one off piece recently of the above title and three pieces have just come out which either helpfully add to this or back up my arguments. My piece is here:
https://dustymasterson.substack.com/p/there-are-no-witches
Kat Highsmith on her substack looks at the non-existence of ‘trans’.
Troons Are Not Step-Parents
Men in Skirts Are Just Delusional
Apr 30, 2025
Here is an excerpt:
“Trans” Does Not Exist
There is no such thing as “trans” because the entire concept is a fraud, and doctors have known that from the beginning.
Transitions from male to female or vice versa do not occur, even if someone “passes” and almost none do. An imitation of something is not that thing. Fool’s gold is not gold, even if everyone thinks that it is. It appears that Matthew Adelstein is trying to argue that a man passing as a woman makes him a woman. It does not.
There is no special category for those who want to reject the reality of their sexed body because no one can refuse or rewrite their body’s chromosomes since sex is binary and immutable, in every one of our cells. Males who do not want to be male are still male.
Similarly, the word “gender” has no application to humans, and that is why no one can define it logically. Gender is a linguistics term for words only, John Money knew that, and he used it in reference to humans to cause confusion…and it worked, as we can see.
Consequently, there is no such thing as “gender identity” or “gender dysphoria” since no one is in the wrong body. We are our bodies. All experiences we have in life are in our bodies, and the opposite sex’s experiences are not available to us. Developmental disorders do not change this.
The full piece is here:
Dr Miriam Grossman puts a message on the site for Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans:
My Colleagues Have Failed You
A message from Dr. Miriam Grossman
Apr 30, 2025
Dear parents,
As an avid reader of PITT essays and comments, I have occasionally noted parents’ frustration that their trauma, and their betrayal by therapists and doctors, aren’t acknowledged.
When parents voice those beliefs, it frustrates me. No, I’ll be honest – it makes me want to scream. For years, I have been writing and speaking about precisely those things at every opportunity.
I guess my ego is too big, and I must work on that, but I assumed parents writing or commenting on PITT must know about my work. But that’s unrealistic, and clearly not the case.
My goal is to reach every parent, and I am grateful that your incredible PITT editors are giving me the opportunity to share with you:
My 2021 Federalist article holding my colleagues accountable for their deplorable behavior with parents.
A 2023 Jordan Peterson podcast in which I kept bringing the focus back to parents.
Most important for me is that you all have access to the chapter called “Mourning the Living” from my 2023 book, Lost in Trans Nation: A Child Psychiatrist’s Guide Out of the Madness.
For permitting the chapter to be reproduced here, I owe a big thanks to my publisher, Tony Lyons at Skyhorse Publishing. Tony’s only request was that I provide a link for purchasing the book, Lost in Trans Nation: A Child Psychiatrist's Guide Out of the Madness here. Please note, there’s also an audio version which I narrated.
It is my hope that this material will help you feel less alone, less ignored, and perhaps a drop less betrayed by doctors and mental health providers.
May God bless you all, and give you the strength to face each day.
Genspect on their Inspecting Gender substack, look at how the gender clinicians in their so called diagnostic process, whilst talking to the parents, simply affirm what the child is saying. There is an addendum where they talk about an excellent parents’ survey created by Hermes Posta:
Attention Insurers: False Diagnostics in Gender Healthcare Exposed
Hermes Postma of "the Dutch Leaks" on the travesty of the diagnosis of "gender dysphoria"
Apr 30, 2025
Diagnosis in Medicine: From Knee Injuries to Headaches
In medicine, diagnoses rely on objective facts. Consider a patient with knee pain: a doctor examines the knee and, if needed, orders an X-ray. The image might reveal a cartilage tear—a clear, observable abnormality. This fact supports a diagnostic code and guides treatment. But some conditions lack direct evidence. For example, no X-ray detects a headache. In these cases, doctors use differential diagnosis (DD), listing potential causes like head trauma, alcohol abuse, migraines, or stress, then systematically ruling them out through investigation and clinical judgment.
In short:
Measurable conditions yield certain diagnoses based on hard facts.
Non-measurable complaints require a logical DD process and careful evaluation for a provisional diagnosis.
In both cases, two principles guide care: "Do no harm" and "In dubio abstine" (when in doubt, refrain from intervention).
The Special Case of Gender Dysphoria
In 1980, the DSM-III classified Gender Identity Disorder (GID) as a psychiatric condition under 'psychosexual disorders.' GID described a severe disconnect between a person’s birth sex and their experienced gender role. Some psychiatrists viewed the belief "I am the opposite sex" as delusional since it contradicted biological reality, but GID was not formally labeled a psychotic disorder like schizophrenia. Still, it remained a recognized mental health condition.
The DSM-IV shifted focus to the distress caused by this disconnect rather than the disorder itself. By the DSM-5, activism drove the adoption of the term Gender Dysphoria, pushing to depathologize trans identity.
This shift had consequences:
The emphasis moved from "disorder" to "identity."
Gender identity became viewed as neutral or normal.
Only the distress from incongruence remained diagnosable.
This created a problem: identity alone isn’t a medical condition and doesn’t justify treatment. To address this, clinicians developed criteria combining trans identity experiences with reported suffering. These criteria gave the appearance of medical necessity for treatments like hormones or surgeries.
Circular Reasoning in Diagnostics
Gender clinics often follow a flawed process: patients complete standardized questionnaires that simply confirm the initial referral’s assumptions. A patient identifying as trans answers affirmatively, and the outcome labels them as trans. This circular reasoning—“You’re trans because you say you’re trans”—lacks independent observation or critical differential diagnosis. The questionnaire acts as a bureaucratic cover, making paperwork appear thorough while failing to explore whether trans identification stems from other issues.
Clinical Practice: How Clinicians Bypass Differential Diagnosis
Differential diagnosis, critical for psychological complaints, is formally conducted but effectively ignored in gender clinics. Clinicians perform DD to claim they investigated, but they never issue a negative diagnosis (i.e., not trans). They document input from parents or family but rarely treat it as a reason to pause. Specialists prioritize self-reports, minimizing legal liability by claiming they "heard everyone."
This creates a superficial diagnosis:
It appears thorough.
It lacks factual testing.
It ignores alternative explanations.
Consequences: Major Risks for Patients, Families, and Healthcare
This flawed diagnostic model poses serious risks:
Patients face permanent harm from inappropriate treatments.
Families suffer emotional devastation when clinicians dismiss their concerns.
The healthcare system loses public trust.
Typically, risky treatments demand rigorous diagnostics and informed consent. In gender healthcare, clinicians apply these standards with alarming laxity.
The full piece is here:
Australia - Pretend Medicine
I reported here on the amazing case of Re Devin:
https://dustymasterson.substack.com/p/the-fiction-of-gender-dysphoria
That case involved a young boy. Subsequently there has been another case involving an older girl ( Re Ash) that went the other way in that, in that case, wrong sex hormones were permitted. There is an interview on (captured) ABC with senior counsel, Minal Vohra about these two cases. If you can put up with her irritating ‘true trans’ approach to the whole thing, there is an interesting indication that perhaps, if this went to appeal court at some stage, the Cass Review might result in the court concluding that, in general, puberty blockers should not be used on children. What do Australian readers think about this?
Meanwhile, despite Re Devin Bernard Lane on his wonderful substack, Gender Clinic News reports on another association doubling down on the Gender Woo:
Non-binary scalpel
Australia's plastic surgeons want universal public funding for "gender-affirming" operations
Apr 30, 2025
“Non-binary” people who suffer no distress in their bodies should be allowed access, without mandatory mental health screening, to a suite of 28 “gender-affirming” surgeries subsidised by Australia’s taxpayers, according to an application to the federal government.
The operations on the wish list from the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons include radical procedures to create a pseudo-penis for transgender-identifying females, and to use a section of the colon to fashion a neo-vagina for males whose genital growth was stunted by puberty blockers in childhood.
The outcome of the society’s application, which has been in the works since 2023, will not be known until after Saturday’s federal election. The clinical evidence was considered earlier this month, with the verdict unknown until after a financial analysis yet to come. A recommendation will then be put to Australia’s federal health minister following these deliberations by expert advisory committees and consultation rounds.
In December last year, current minister Mark Butler was briefed by health officials that “top surgery”—double mastectomy for females or breast implants for males—“can significantly improve a person’s confidence and comfort with their body, helping to reduce feelings of distress related to gender dysphoria.”
There is no high-quality evidence to support this claim. In Australian jurisdictions and overseas, regretful detransitioners including young adults have launched court actions against their doctors.
The proposal by the society of plastic surgeons includes an estimate that in a given year, more than 37,000 trans-identifying adult females would want a double mastectomy “someday,” while more than 34,000 males would seek “breast augmentation” in the future.
It also says that some 30 per cent of people under the trans umbrella are thought to identify as non-binary.
In the UK, the vast majority of the 3,490 gender-distressed patients referred for trans mastectomy from 2021 to 2023 by the NHS were reportedly young women aged 17-25, when the brain has yet to fully mature.
Public documents filed by the Australian plastic surgeons do not reveal the extent of the subsidy being sought by the society, but do include the claim that patients currently funding their own gender surgery face costs up to $50,000.
The full piece is here:
https://www.genderclinicnews.com/p/non-binary-scalpel?publication_id=627677&r=1v403b
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In our tiny front garden, the Spirea is in full bloom 😊
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