Choice is a publication by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). In September 2003, an unnamed reviewer at Choice wrote one of the few positive reviews for the transphobic book The Man Who Would Be Queen by J. Michael Bailey. This led to several academic libraries spending limited resources on a hardcover book that was available for free online from the publisher Joseph Henry Press.
Marketing Director Ann Merchant quoted Choice in revised promotional material for the book:
“Bailey is a sympathetic and compassionate believer who wants to convert others. This is a fascinating read… Summing up: Highly recommended.”
CHOICE, September 2003, via Joseph Henry Press (PDF)
2004 Stonewall Book Award nomination
In December 2003, Cecil Hixon, Chair of ALA’s 2004 Stonewall Book Award Committee, announced that Bailey’s book was one of 39 books shortlisted as a nonfiction nominee. The winner was John D’Emilio’s Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin.
References
American Library Association – ALA (ala.org)
Association of College & Research Libraries – ACRL (ala.org/acrl)
Choice (ala.org/acrl/choice)
GLBTRT Newsletter (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered Round Table)
- Winter 2003 (PDF)
- http://www.ala.org/rt/sites/ala.org.rt/files/content/newsletter/newsletters/winter03.pdf
The New York Post is a conservative American media organization that publishes consistently anti-transgender content.
Background
The New York Evening Post was founded in 1801 by Alexander Hamilton.
In 1939, Dorothy Schiff bought control of the New York Post and installed spouse George Backer as publisher and president. The paper switched to a tabloid format in the 1940s under Backer. Schiff installed Ted Thackrey as editor, then married Thackrey after divorcing Backer. The paper was generally liberal through the 1940s. Thackrey and Schiff divorced following disagreements about whom to endorse for President in the 1948 election.
Schiff sold the Post to Rupert Murdoch in 1976, and the paper shifted to conservative coverage. Murdoch was forced to sell the paper in 1988 to comply with regulations about cross-ownership of media. After a series of owners who tried various changes in format and levels of sensationalism, the Post was repurchased in 1993 by Murdoch’s News Corporation after the FCC dave Murdoch a permanent waiver regarding cross-ownership.
The Post operates NYPost.com, gossip site PageSix.com (launched in print in 1977 and online in 2000), and entertainment site Decider.com (launched 2014). Due to extensive promotion of Donald Trump starting in the 1980s, the paper is reportedly Trump’s preferred newspaper.
The Post’s virulently homophobic coverage of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s led to the formation of GLAAD in 1985.
Contributors
Contributors who have published anti-trans content include Suzy Weiss, ex-trans activist “Chloe Cole” and conservative Meghan McCain. The Editorial Board has published dozens of anti-trans standalone pieces as well as many more mentions in opinion round-ups, drastically increasing their frequency starting in 2023.
References
Out History (December 1, 1985). GLAAD Holds First Rally Outside New York Post. https://outhistory.org/items/show/3519
Storey, Kate (Feb 12, 2020). The Secret History of Page Six. Esquire https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a30709872/page-six-gossip-history-new-york-post/
Moore, Jack (January 24, 2017). What We Can Learn From What Donald Trump Reads. GQ https://www.gq.com/story/donald-trump-reading-list
Selected anti-trans writing
Editorial board (April 7, 2025). ‘Trans’ inclusion = all-male finals, the hands-off hypocrite left and other commentary. New York Post https://nypost.com/2025/04/07/opinion/trans-inclusion-all-male-finals-the-hands-off-hypocrite-left-and-other-commentary/
Editorial board (March 8, 2025). California Gov. Gavin Newsom drops woke — and wakes up to political reality. New York Post https://nypost.com/2025/03/08/opinion/gavin-newsom-drops-woke-and-wakes-up-to-political-reality/
Editorial board (March 4, 2025). Dems prove they’re still radicals by killing bill to protect women’s sports. New York Post https://nypost.com/2025/03/04/opinion/dems-kill-bill-to-protect-womens-sports/
Editorial board (Feb. 4, 2025). Tish James has some nerve threatening hospitals that won’t defy Trump’s sex-change order. New York Post https://nypost.com/2025/02/04/opinion/tish-james-has-some-nerve-warning-hospitals-to-defy-trump-on-trans-gender-treatment/
Editorial board (Nov. 29, 2024). Bravo to the brave women athletes who are standing up to trans madness. New York Post https://nypost.com/2024/11/29/opinion/bravo-to-the-brave-boise-state-athletes-who-are-standing-up-to-trans-madness/
Editorial board (Dec. 30, 2024). Get biological men out of women’s prisons — NOW! New York Post https://nypost.com/2024/12/30/opinion/get-biological-men-out-of-womens-prisons-now/
Editorial board (Dec. 5, 2024). The awful unreality of the case for transitioning kids exposed. New York Post https://nypost.com/2024/12/05/opinion/the-awful-unreality-of-the-case-for-transitioning-kids-exposed/
Editorial board (Nov. 20, 2024). Mike Johnson settles the House trans-bathroom kerfuffle with a simple truth. New York Post https://nypost.com/2024/11/20/opinion/mike-johnson-settles-the-house-trans-bathroom-kerfuffle-with-a-simple-truth/
Editorial board (Nov. 14, 2024). Boys in girls’ sports — what will it take for Democrats to wake up? New York Post https://nypost.com/2024/11/14/opinion/boys-in-girls-sports-what-will-it-take-for-democrats-to-wake-up/
Editorial board (Nov. 5, 2024). How can dubious ‘misgendering’ claims threaten to destroy this law student’s life? New York Post https://nypost.com/2024/11/05/opinion/how-can-dubious-misgendering-claims-threaten-to-destroy-this-law-students-life/
Editorial board (Oct. 26, 2024). Gender extremist doctor hides data showing puberty blockers do NOTHING to help kids. New York Post https://nypost.com/2024/10/26/opinion/extremist-doctor-hides-data-that-show-puberty-blockers-do-nothing-to-help-kids/
Editorial board (Aug. 11, 2024). Prop 1 would mandate extreme ‘trans rights’ in New York — and that’s not even the worst of it. New York Post https://nypost.com/2024/08/11/opinion/prop-1-would-mandate-extreme-trans-rights-in-new-york-and-thats-not-even-the-worst-of-it/
Editorial board (Aug. 1, 2024). That Olympics boxing match offered a scary taste of possible harm when males compete against females. New York Post https://nypost.com/2024/08/01/opinion/that-olympics-boxing-match-offered-a-scary-taste-of-possible-harm-when-males-compete-against-females/
Editorial board (July 23, 2024). Elon Musk’s anti-woke ‘awakening’ has a tragic backstory. New York Post https://nypost.com/2024/07/23/opinion/elon-musks-anti-woke-awakening-has-a-tragic-backstory/
Editorial board (June 29, 2024). Rachel Levine proves YET AGAIN she’s America’s No. 1 gender extremist. New York Post https://nypost.com/2024/06/29/opinion/rachel-levine-proves-again-shes-the-no-1-gender-extremist/
Editorial board (June 24, 2024). Texas Children’s Hospital whistleblower shines light on gender madness. New York Post https://nypost.com/2024/06/24/opinion/texas-childrens-hospital-whistleblower-shines-light-on-gender-madness/
Editorial board (June 21, 2024). Schools Chancellor David Banks rewards bullying by ousting Maud Maron. New York Post https://nypost.com/2024/06/21/opinion/why-is-nyc-schools-chancellor-david-banks-backing-trans-bullies/
Editorial board (May 10, 2024). NYS Board of Regents joins the woke battle to force biological boys into girls’ sports. New York Post https://nypost.com/2024/05/10/opinion/state-board-of-regents-joins-woke-crackdown-on-trans-sports-dissent/
Editorial board (May 4, 2024). West Virginia girls stand up against trans sports madness — they’re braver than the president. New York Post https://nypost.com/2024/05/04/opinion/west-virginia-girls-stand-up-against-trans-sports-madness-theyre-braver-than-the-president/
Editorial board (April 15, 2024). More proof ‘gender-affirming care’ is a monstrous lie — save the children NOW. New York Post https://nypost.com/2024/04/15/opinion/cass-report-proves-gender-affirming-surgery-is-a-monstrous-lie/
Editorial board (April 5, 2024). Protect kids: Break the grip of transgender extremism. New York Post https://nypost.com/2024/04/05/opinion/protect-kids-break-the-grip-of-transgender-extremism/
Editorial board (March 31, 2024). Are Biden & Co. trolling us all with ‘Trans Day’ on Easter, or just that clueless? New York Post https://nypost.com/2024/03/31/opinion/are-biden-amp-co-trolling-us-all-with-trans-day-on-easter-or-just-that-clueless/
Editorial board (March 21, 2024). Potential transgender sports ban in ultra-woke Manhattan would be a big win for athletes — and sanity. New York Post https://nypost.com/2024/03/21/opinion/hurrah-for-sanity-on-a-trans-athlete-ban-in-ultra-woke-manhattan/
Editorial board (March 16, 2024). Britain bans puberty blockers for transgender teens while voodoo ‘science’ still rules US. New York Post https://nypost.com/2024/03/16/opinion/britain-bans-puberty-blockers-for-transgender-teens-while-voodoo-science-still-rules-us/
Editorial board (Feb. 8, 2024). Trans volleyball insanity is a spike to the face for women in sports. New York Post https://nypost.com/2024/02/08/opinion/trans-volleyball-insanity-is-a-spike-to-the-face-for-women-in-sports/
Editorial board (Dec. 21, 2023). UK rules on kid transition proves parents can beat the woke mob. New York Post https://nypost.com/2023/12/21/opinion/uk-fights-trans-madness-with-school-rules-on-sports-bathrooms/
Editorial board (Sep. 15, 2023). Luka Hein lawsuit proves it: Don’t let kids transition. New York Post https://nypost.com/2023/09/15/luka-hein-lawsuit-proves-it-dont-let-kids-transition/
Editorial board (Aug. 24, 2023). NY Times vindicates trans-clinic whistleblower Jamie Reed — Keep up the scrutiny. New York Post https://nypost.com/2023/08/24/ny-times-vindicates-trans-clinic-whistleblower-jamie-reed-keep-up-the-scrutiny/
Editorial board (Aug. 21, 2023). From Virginia to Jersey, ‘trans rights’ can’t trump parents’ duty. New York Post https://nypost.com/2023/08/21/stop-woke-maniacs-from-harming-kids-in-va-and-nj/
Editorial board ( Aug. 16, 2023). Make schools lie to parents about their kids: Phil Murphy’s vast arrogance. New York Post https://nypost.com/2023/08/16/phil-murphys-vast-arrogance-in-making-school-lie-to-parents-about-gender-transitions/
Editorial board (July 12, 2023). Dylan Mulvaney and Bud Light live in a woke distorted reality. New York Post https://nypost.com/2023/07/12/dylan-mulvaney-and-bud-light-live-in-woke-distorted-reality/
Editorial board (June 25, 2023). Save kids from trans-crazy doctors or expect more tragedies. New York Post https://nypost.com/2023/06/25/save-kids-from-trans-crazy-doctors-or-expect-more-tragedies/
Editorial board (June 24, 2023). Trans extremists refuse to face facts: Men are stronger than women. New York Post https://nypost.com/2023/06/24/serena-williams-proved-it-men-are-stronger-than-womentrans-extremists-refuse-to-face-facts-men-are-stronger-than-women/
Editorial board (June 13, 2023). Mayor Adams bends the knee on trans madness. New York Post https://nypost.com/2023/06/13/eric-adams-give-in-to-trans-extremists/
Editorial board (May 7, 2023). The trans bubble’s bursting, troops won’t end border madness and other commentary. New York Post https://nypost.com/2023/05/07/the-trans-bubbles-bursting-troops-wont-end-border-madness-and-other-commentary/
Editorial board (April 23, 2023). Forcing girls to compete against trans athletes is also DANGEROUS. New York Post https://nypost.com/2023/04/23/forcing-girls-to-compete-against-trans-athletes-is-also-dangerous/
Editorial board (April 6, 2023). Tish James’ woke trans crusade is a money-wasting overreach. New York Post https://nypost.com/2023/04/06/tish-james-woke-trans-crusade-is-a-money-wasting-overreach/
Editorial board (March 29, 2023). Audrey Hale’s identity is no reason to cover up her ‘manifesto.’ New York Post https://nypost.com/2023/03/29/audrey-hales-identity-no-reason-to-cover-up-her-manifesto/
Editorial board (March 17, 2023). Transing tweens: Team Biden’s gender extremism knows no bounds. New York Post https://nypost.com/2023/03/17/transing-tweens-team-bidens-gender-extremism-knows-no-bounds/
Editorial board (Feb. 16, 2023). Don’t bet on The New York Times to resist trans extremists. New York Post https://nypost.com/2023/02/16/dont-bet-on-the-new-york-times-to-resist-trans-extremists/
Editorial board (Jan. 23, 2023). Even the New York Times sees the madness of keeping parents in the dark as kids transition. New York Post https://nypost.com/2023/01/23/even-new-york-times-sees-madness-of-keeping-parents-in-the-dark-as-kids-transition/
Editorial board (Nov. 24, 2022). Suddenly, the Times is publishing some news that doesn’t fit the left-wing line. New York Post https://nypost.com/2022/11/24/new-york-times-is-publishing-some-news-that-doesnt-fit-the-left-wing-line/
Editorial board (Sep. 21, 2022). Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivers utter sanity in new school rules on trans kids. New York Post https://nypost.com/2022/09/21/glenn-youngkin-delivers-sanity-in-new-school-rules-on-trans-kids/
Editorial board (May 23, 2022). Questioning trans claims isn’t bigotry and other commentary. New York Post https://nypost.com/2022/05/23/questioning-trans-claims-isnt-bigotry-and-other-commentary/
Editorial board (May 20, 2022). Trans athletes having their own division is step in the right direction. New York Post https://nypost.com/2022/05/20/trans-athletes-having-their-own-division-is-step-in-the-right-direction/
Editorial board (Dec. 7, 2021). Dominating in women’s sports as a trans athlete is fundamentally selfish. New York Post https://nypost.com/2021/12/07/dominating-in-womens-sports-as-a-trans-athlete-is-selfish/
Editorial board (Oct. 11, 2021). Dave Chappelle is right on trans and other commentary. New York Post https://nypost.com/2021/10/11/dave-chappelle-is-right-on-trans-and-other-commentary/
Editorial board (Feb. 28, 2021). Amazon turns from book-seller to censor by dropping transgenderism book. New York Post https://nypost.com/2021/02/28/amazon-turns-from-book-seller-to-censor-by-dropping-transgenderism-book/
Editorial board (Jan. 21, 2021). Biden’s executive order unlevels the playing field for girls. New York Post https://nypost.com/2021/01/21/bidens-exec-order-unlevels-the-playing-field-for-girls/
Editorial board (March 13, 2019). Cuomo’s petty trans-rights authoritarian play. New York Post https://nypost.com/2019/03/13/cuomos-petty-trans-rights-authoritarian-play/
Editorial board (Feb. 20, 2019). The insane gay backlash against Martina Navratilova. New York Post https://nypost.com/2019/02/20/the-insane-gay-backlash-against-martina-navratilova/
Editorial board ( Aug. 27, 2016). Team Obama’s new low in the name of ‘trans rights.’ New York Post https://nypost.com/2016/08/27/forcing-doctors-to-operate-team-obamas-new-low-in-the-name-of-trans-rights/
Editorial board (June 2, 2016). A principled progressive slams the ACLU’s trans-privileging. New York Post https://nypost.com/2016/06/02/a-principled-progressive-slams-the-aclus-trans-privileging/
Resources
The New York Post (nypost.com)
AllSides (allsides.com)
Media Bias/Fact Check (mediabiasfactcheck.com)
Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
The Stranger is an alternative newspaper based in Seattle, Washington. The publication is generally progressive politically, with some issues around anti-trans coverage by Dan Savage, Alice Dreger, and Katie Herzog.
Background
Founded in 1991 as a weekly print publication supported by coupon ads, it switched to a biweekly magazine format in 2017. It suspended print operations in 2020, then resumed them in 2023. In 2024, the paper was sold to Noisy Creek.
Transgender coverage
Since its founding, The Stranger has published a sex column by Dan Savage called Savage Love. Over the years, Savage has published a number of columns about trans and gender diverse people that have been criticized. In addition to work like the It Gets Better project that has helped some in the community, Savage has a long history of supporting and defending sexologists and journalists who have also been accused of bias.
In 2011, The Queer Issue edited by Christopher Frizzelle and Savage included a piece by Alice Dreger, who has long voiced opposition to the affirmative model of care for trans and gender diverse youth, especially any kind of medical options:
The great majority of young children who declare they are a gender that doesn’t match their birth sex grow out of the mismatch. […]
But somehow if we wrap these major interventions around gender identity, we’re supposed to believe they are not that big a deal in terms of planning for a child’s future? And the clinician who tries to get a gender dysphoric kid to learn to like her or his innate body really is a Nazi? Not buying it. […]
I am also sick and tired of trans-rights advocates acting like a certain current-day endocrinologist is ever-so-progressive because he essentially starts prepping genderqueer kids for surgery the moment they are presented by their distraught parents. Reminds me a little too much of Iran, you know?
The Stranger also employed Katie Herzog, whose article on “detransition” was sourced from a group of anti-transgender people associated with the “ex-trans movement.” The Stranger never updated that article to note that major source Ky Schevers has disavowed the views made in the piece.
References
Hiruko, Ashley (July 29, 2024). The Stranger newspaper sold to former state legislator Brady Walkinshaw. KUOW https://www.kuow.org/stories/the-stranger-newspaper-sold-to-former-state-legislator-brady-walkinshaw
Schevers, Ky (June 24, 2024). The Reality Behind the Story I Told The Stranger. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/queer-issue-2024/2024/06/05/79545098/the-reality-behind-the-story-i-told-the-stranger
Wood, Natalie (June 20, 2018). What Happens After the Person You Married Tells You They’re Transgender. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/queer-issue-2018/2018/06/20/27820946/what-happens-after-the-person-you-married-tells-you-theyre-transgender
Herzog, Katie (July 3, 2017). A Response to the Uproar Over My Piece, “The Detransitioners.” The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/07/03/25262759/a-response-to-the-uproar-over-my-piece-the-detransitioners
Herzog, Katie (June 28, 2017). The Detransitioners: They Were Transgender, Until They Weren’t. The Stranger. https://www.thestranger.com/features/2017/06/28/25252342/the-detransitioners-they-were-transgender-until-they-werent
Savage, Dan (June 7, 2014). About That Hate Crime I Committed at University of Chicago. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/06/07/about-that-hate-crime-i-committed-at-university-of-chicago
Dreger, Alice (2011). Trans Advocates (At Least Where Genderqueer Kids Are Concerned). The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/trans-advocates/Content?oid=8743338
Savage, Dan (August 12, 2010). Golden Oldie. https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=4642012
Savage, Dan (August 12, 2010). Bad Tranny. https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=13054
Savage, Dan (March 26, 2009). Deep Thought. https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=1192438
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