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Newly released DOJ files show that Jeffrey Epstein funded research tied to key figures in transgender medicine, encouraged academic work on ‘transgender biology,’ and circulated the topic among elite institutional networks.
Jeffrey Epstein — a convicted sex offender whose documented crimes involved the sexual exploitation of minors — was simultaneously:
- Funding the surgical infrastructure: A $50,000 grant to Dr. Jess Ting at Mount Sinai, followed by years of relationship-building during the precise period when Ting transitioned from plastic surgery to founding America’s first comprehensive transgender surgery center — a center that would become one of the most prominent transgender surgical programs in the United States. When Ting emailed Epstein about his career shift to transgender surgery, Epstein forwarded the email to an associate (EFTA02667053).
- Commissioning the scientific rationale: Directing and funding Robert Trivers to produce research on “transgender biology” (EFTA00835004) — and when Trivers tried to pursue other research, explicitly conditioning financial survival on compliance: “I thought that you might want to focus on transgender biology. people would be interested and i would fund” (EFTA01035762). The resulting “research” consisted of dehumanizing descriptions of transgender people and enthusiastic discussion of hormonal manipulation of children’s bodies, written by a man who publicly minimized child sex abuse.
- Managing the topic through elite channels: Advising Joi Ito on how to pitch transgender science to Bill Gates (EFTA01038315). Tracking when transgender would reach Wall Street with a smiley face in an email to Obama’s former White House Counsel (EFTA02582780). Listing it first among the contemporary topics of greatest interest (EFTA02669232).
- Seeking involvement in public promotion: Ting’s direct pitch for Epstein to fund Born to Be, a documentary designed to normalize and celebrate transgender surgical procedures.
A convicted sex offender funded research conducted by the founding surgical director of America’s first comprehensive academic transgender surgery program. He commissioned the research. He routed the agenda through the most powerful institutions in the country. He did all of this after his conviction — while continuing to abuse children.
The parents who were told to trust this system deserved to know. Now they do.