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Bill Maher, Jon Cryer Clash During Awkward Podcast Moment
Two and a Half Men star Cryer made an appearance on January 5's installment of Club Random with Bill Maher, where he spoke with the titular host about a range of issues, including youth gender-affirming care.While Maher expressed opposition to children going through gender-affirming care, he also questioned the rise in numbers of young people identifying as transgender.Cryer countered by suggesting that when certain identities and attributes are more widely accepted in society, it affects the numbers of those who will identify as such, using the onetime vilification of left-handed people as an example.Newsweek has contacted representatives of Maher and Cryer via email for comment."There are cases where it is appropriate, I think," Maher said of gender-affirming care. "I think this is the standard liberal position.