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{{Short description|American psychiatrist, writer and commentator}}

| name = Jack Turban

| image = LPCH Headshot Cropped.jpg

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|birth_place = [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S.

|education employer = [[Harvard =University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Yale University]] ([[Doctor of CaliforniaMedicine|MD]], [[Master of SanHealth FranciscoScience|MHS]])

| known_for occupation = LGBTQPsychiatrist, mentalwriter, healthand researchresearcher

'''Jack L. Turban''' is an American psychiatrist, writer, and writercommentator who researches [[LGBT Health|LGBTQ health]], with a focus on the mental health of [[transgender youth]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out-pride30/pride30-physician-jack-turban-dedicated-trans-kids-health-n763171 |title=#Pride30: Physician Jack Turban is dedicated to trans kids' health |last=Brammer |first=John Paul |date=June 14, 2017 |website=NBC News |language=en |access-date=December 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/how-young-doctors-are-de-bunking-transphobia-in-medicine-65259 |title=How Young Doctors Are De-Bunking Transphobia In Medicine |last=Isaac |first=Bronwyn |date= June 26, 2017|website=Bustle |language=en |access-date=December 2, 2019}}</ref> His writing has appeared in ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|last=Turban|first=Jack|date=April 8, 2017|title=Opinion {{!}} Hannah Is a Girl. Doctors Finally Treat Her Like One.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/08/opinion/sunday/hannah-is-a-girl-doctors-finally-treat-her-like-one.html|access-date=February 22, 2022|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Turban|first=Jack|date=February 6, 2020|title=Opinion {{!}} What South Dakota Doesn't Get About Transgender Children|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/opinion/transgender-children-medical-bills.html|access-date=February 22, 2022|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Turban|first=Jack|date=June 13, 2018|title=Opinion {{!}} The Digital Sex Lives of Young Gay Teenagers|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/opinion/grindr-gay-teenagers-sex-apps.html|access-date=February 22, 2022|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Turban |first=Jack |title=Opinion {{!}} How I am prioritizing my psychiatry patients amid a pandemic |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/30/how-i-am-prioritizing-my-psychiatry-patients-amid-pandemic/ |access-date=February 22, 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Turban |first=Jack |title=Opinion {{!}} Texas officials are spreading blatant falsehoods about medical care for transgender kids |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/01/texas-ken-paxton-greg-abbott-misinformation-transgender-medical-care/ |access-date=March 23, 2022 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> ''[[Los Angeles Times|The Los Angeles Times]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Wednesday |last2=Turban |first2=Jack |date=2020-05-28 |title=The best advice for the three most common coronavirus relationship issues |url=https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2020-05-28/best-advice-coronavirus-relationship-issues |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[CNN]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Turban |first=Jack |date=2023-04-24 |title=Opinion: What the anti-trans movement is all about |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/24/opinions/anti-trans-rhetoric-strategy-turban/index.html |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Turban |first=Jack |date=2021-04-02 |title=Doctor: Arkansas anti-LGBTQ law is completely unethical |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/02/opinions/arkansas-anti-transgender-law-medical-ethics-turban/index.html |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gill-Peterson |first=Jack Turban,Jules |date=2021-06-24 |title=Opinion: Attacks on trans people are also attacks on science itself |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/24/opinions/attacking-transgender-people-is-attacking-science-turban-gill-peterson/index.html |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Scientific American]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Turban |first=Jack |date=2021-05-01 |title=Trans Girls Belong on Girls' Sports Teams |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trans-girls-belong-on-girls-sports-teams/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Scientific American |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Turban |first=Jack |date=2021-01-01 |title=The Disturbing History of Research into Transgender Identity |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-disturbing-history-of-research-into-transgender-identity/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Scientific American |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Turban |first=Jack |title=Politicians Don't Get to Use 'Science' to Oppose the Equality Act |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/politicians-dont-get-to-use-science-to-oppose-the-equality-act/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Scientific American |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Turban|first=Jack|date=April 15, 2020|title="I want to donate plasma for an experimental Covid-19 treatment. Because of homophobia, I can't."|url=https://www.vox.com/2020/4/15/21222191/coronavirus-convalescent-plasma-donation-red-cross-homophobia|access-date=February 22, 2022|website=Vox|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Turban|first=Jack|date=October 22, 2018|title=It's okay to let your transgender kid transition — even if they might change their mind in the future|url=https://www.vox.com/2018/10/22/18009020/transgender-children-teens-transition-detransition-puberty-blocking-medication|access-date=February 22, 2022|website=Vox|language=en}}</ref> He is an assistant professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at [[University of California, San Francisco|The University of California San Francisco]] and affiliate faculty in health policy at The Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Jack Turban MD MHS Profile |url=https://profiles.ucsf.edu/jack.turban |website=University of California San Francisco}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Jack Turban MD MHS {{!}} Psychology Today |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/jack-turban-md-mhs |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=www.psychologytoday.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

Turban is an assistant professor of child and adolescent psychiatry and health policy at the [[University of California, San Francisco]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> He has published studies showing that gender identity [[Conversion therapy|conversion therapies]] (attempts to make transgender people cisgender) are widespread in the US<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/nearly-200-000-trans-people-have-been-exposed-conversion-therapy-n1042891 |title=Nearly 200,000 trans people have been exposed to conversion therapy, study says |last=Aviles |first=Gwen |date= August 15, 2019|website=NBC News |language=en |access-date=December 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.trust.org/item/20190906084639-ak920/ |title=Transgender people in U.S. still face conversion therapy attempts |last=Crist |first=Carolyn |date= |newspaper=News.trust.org |access-date=December 2, 2019}}</ref> and associated with suicide attempts.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/09/11/conversion-therapy-associated-with-severe-psychological-distress-transgender-people-study-says/ |title=Conversion therapy associated with severe psychological distress in transgender people, study says |last=Bever |first=Lindsey |date= |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/gender-identity-conversion-therapy-suicide-transgender-discrimination-hate-1458488 |title=Transgender conversion therapy linked to suicide attempts, with practice "rooted solely in discrimination and hate" |last=Gander |first=Kashmira |date=September 11, 2019 |website=Newsweek |language=en |access-date=December 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-jack-turban-study-transgender-cisgender-conversion-suicide-attempts-20190911-3foyoiecojcfjd4sbffmcdunm4-story.html |title=Trans adults who try professional help to change gender identity are twice likely to commit suicide, new study finds |last=Assunção |first=Muri |date= September 11, 2019|website=New York Daily News |access-date=December 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/new-study-reveals-risks-transgender-conversion-therapy |title=New study reveals risks of transgender 'conversion therapy' |last=Wadman |first=Meredith |date=September 12, 2019 |website=Science Magazine |language=en |access-date=December 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/59ndz8/new-study-conclusively-ties-conversion-therapy-to-suicide-attempts |title=New Study Conclusively Ties "Conversion Therapy" to Suicide Attempts |last=Mahale |first=Jenna |date=September 14, 2019 |website=Vice |language=en |access-date=December 2, 2019}}</ref> His research has shown that access to gender-affirming medical care ([[Puberty blocker|puberty blockers]] and [[Gender-affirming hormone therapy|gender-affirming hormones]]) during adolescence is linked to better mental health outcomes in adulthood,.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ramirez|first=Marc|title=Transgender children who get hormone therapy enjoy better mental health, study says|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/01/15/transgender-hormone-therapy-early-start-helps-mental-health-kids/9174802002/|access-date=February 22, 2022|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Early access to gender-affirming hormones linked to better mental health, study finds|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/early-access-gender-affirming-hormones-linked-better-mental-health-stu-rcna11839|access-date=February 22, 2022|website=NBC News|date=January 13, 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Puberty blockers linked to lower suicide risk for transgender people|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/puberty-blockers-linked-lower-suicide-risk-transgender-people-n1122101|access-date=February 22, 2022|website=NBC News|date=January 24, 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=G|first1=Kashmira|last2=er|date=January 23, 2020|title=Transgender people who have access to puberty blockers are less likely to have suicidal thoughts, study finds|url=https://www.newsweek.com/transgender-puberty-blockers-suicidal-thoughts-study-1483655|access-date=February 22, 2022|website=Newsweek|language=en}}</ref> though the ability of his study to show this causal link has been disputed.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Commentary: The Signal and the Noise—questioning the benefits of puberty blockers for youth with gender dysphoria—a commentary on Rew et al. (2021)|year=2022 |doi=10.1111/camh.12533 |url=https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/camh.12533|access-date=November 8, 2022|language=en|last1=Clayton |first1=Alison |last2=Malone |first2=William J. |last3=Clarke |first3=Patrick |last4=Mason |first4=Julia |last5=d'Angelo |first5=Roberto |journal=Child and Adolescent Mental Health |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=259–262 |pmid=34936180 |s2cid=245384674 }}</ref> He has also been one of the few researchers to publish on the topic of gender [[Detransition|de-transition]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bokat-Lindell|first=Spencer|date=April 8, 2021|title=Opinion {{!}} How Trans Children Became a Political Football|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/opinion/transgender-children-sports-medical.html|access-date=October 26, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Knox|first=Liam|title=Media's 'detransition' narrative is fueling misconceptions, trans advocates say|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/media-s-detransition-narrative-fueling-misconceptions-trans-advocates-say-n1102686|access-date=October 26, 2021|website=NBC News|date=December 19, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> including in the academic literature.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Turban|first1=Jack L.|last2=Loo|first2=Stephanie S.|last3=Almazan|first3=Anthony N.|last4=Keuroghlian|first4=Alex S.|date=May 2021|title=Factors Leading to "Detransition" Among Transgender and Gender Diverse People in the United States: A Mixed-Methods Analysis|journal=LGBT Health|volume=8|issue=4|pages=273–280|doi=10.1089/lgbt.2020.0437|issn=2325-8306|pmc=8213007|pmid=33794108}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Turban|first1=Jack L.|last2=Keuroghlian|first2=Alex S.|date=July 2018|title=Dynamic Gender Presentations: Understanding Transition and "De-Transition" Among Transgender Youth|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29960687/|journal=Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry|volume=57|issue=7|pages=451–453|doi=10.1016/j.jaac.2018.03.016|issn=1527-5418|pmid=29960687|s2cid=49645550}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Turban|first1=Jack L.|last2=Carswell|first2=Jeremi|last3=Keuroghlian|first3=Alex S.|date=October 1, 2018|title=Understanding Pediatric Patients Who Discontinue Gender-Affirming Hormonal Interventions|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30178056/|journal=JAMA Pediatrics|volume=172|issue=10|pages=903–904|doi=10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.1817|issn=2168-6211|pmid=30178056|s2cid=52147320}}</ref>

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