Olga Bukhanovskaya is the chief physician of the well-known Rostov…
Olga Bukhanovskaya is the chief physician of the well-known Rostov clinic "Phoenix", founded by her father, psychiatrist Alexander Bukhanovsky.
Consensus
- Olgа Bуханovская is the head physician of the Rostov clinic 'Phoenix', founded by her father, psychiatrist Alexander Bуханovsky.
- Alexander Bуханovsky was one of the first Soviet psychiatrists to support transgender people and argued that transgenderism is not a disease.
- Olgа Bухановская has publicly claimed there is an 'epidemic of transgenderism' inRussia, attributing it to 'financial inflows and grants'.
- She has described transgenderism and homosexuality as mental illnesses.
- She has expressed support for the ban on gender transition in Russia.
- She has referred to 'a fifth column in medicine' consisting of doctors who are empathetic toward LGBTQ+ people.
- She has claimed that transgender individuals undergo 'trans-instruction' to simulate transgenderism during medical visits.
- Former patients of Olgа Bухановская report experiencing pressure, humiliation, manipulation, and diagnoses later invalidated by other specialists.
- The material was reported by journalist Marina Sibirtseva from 'Reporter's Stories'.
- The content was published by 'Meduza', 'TG_Govorit_Nemoskva', and 'TG_Thenewtab'.
Points of divergence
- Olgа Bухановская's ultraconservatism is not a recent development; she has represented the far-right wing of Russian psychiatry for years, with her views being sincere and long-standing, predating current political trends. — meduza
- One former patient stated that Bухановская told him he would die of cancer within two years after starting hormone therapy. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- One former patient stated that Bуханovская told him she saw no indications for transition and that he would never succeed. — tg_thenewtab
Coverage (3 sources)
- Psychiatry returns to dark times. Father of psychiatrist Olga Bukhanovskaya fought against the stigmatization of transhumans throughout his career. And his daughter calls for fighting the "epidemic of transgenderism" in Russia — Meduza
- «Friend is afraid of Buhankovskaya to the point of trembling». How the daughter of one of the first Soviet doctors who helped transgender people became the face of conservative psychiatry — Говорит НеМосква
- «Friend is afraid of Buhankovskaya to the point of trembling». How the daughter of one of the first Soviet doctors who helped transgender people became the face of conservative psychiatry — Новая вкладка