Daughter of Soviet Transgender Pioneer Becomes Conservative…
Olgа Bukhanovskaya, daughter of a pioneering Soviet psychiatrist who helped transgender people, has become a prominent figure in conservative psychiatry, claiming an 'epidemic' of transgenderism fueled by foreign funding and 'a fifth column in medicine'.
Consensus
- Olgа Bukhanovskaya is the daughter of Alexander Bukhanovsky, a Soviet psychiatrist who helped transgender people.
- Alexander Bukhanovsky believed transgender identity was not a disease but a congenital condition.
- Olgа Bukhanovskaya leads the Rostov clinic 'Phoenix', founded by her father.
- She has made public statements at a psychiatrists' conference in May about an 'epidemic of transgenderism' in Russia.
- She attributed the rise in transgender identity to 'financial inflows and grants' and a 'fifth column in medicine'.
- Former patients of Olgа Bukhanovskaya report a different experience compared to her father's approach.
- The topic has gained media attention despite typically low visibility of medical conference speeches.
Points of divergence
- The material is produced, disseminated, and/or directed by a foreign agent. — tg_thenewtab
Coverage (3 sources)
- «Friend is afraid of Bukhanovskaya 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 18+ REAL MATERIAL (INFORMATION) WAS PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED AND (OR) DIRECTED BY A FOREIGN AGENT... — Новая вкладка
- "Friend is afraid of Bukhanovskaya to the point of trembling." How the daughter of one of the first Soviet doctors, who helped transgender people, became a face of conservative psychiatry 18+ — Новая вкладка
- How the daughter of one of the first Soviet doctors who helped transgender people became the face of conservative psychiatry — 7х7 — Горизонтальная Россия