DarkHorse Podcast is hosted by biologists Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying. It features many anti-trans guests associated with the intellectual dark web.
Background
Weinstein and Heying became conservative celebrities after resigning from Evergreen State College in 2017. After making numerous podcast appearances, they started their own.
During the 2020 COVID pandemic, they became key figures in vaccine skepticism and promotion of alternatives like ivermectin.
Episodes
Many episodes discuss current topics about trans issues, with several devoted primarily to sex and gender.
Guests
DarkHorse Podcast guests include many key figures in the modern anti-transgender movement, including:
Rebel Wisdom is a podcast closely associated with the so-called intellectual dark web.
The show was hosted by David Fuller and Alexander Beiner. During its run from 2018 to 2022, a large proportion of guests were anti-transgender activists.
Selected guests
- Chloe Valdary
- Paul VanderKlay
Bill Maher is an American comedian and anti-transgender activist. Maher is a key historical figure in the “reactionary centrist” faction of anti-trans extremists.
Background
William “Bill” Maher was born on January 20, 1956 in New York City. Maher earned a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University in 1978 and began a comedy career in 1979.
Maher hosted the panel show Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher on Comedy Central from 1993 to 1997 and on ABC from 1997 to 2002. In 2003 Maher began hosting the weekly show Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO.
Anti-trans activism
Maher hosts Real Time with Bill Maher, a political talk show on HBO that has platformed many anti-trans figures over the course of the series. Maher has had a far smaller number of trans-supportive guests and only a few trans and gender diverse guests.
Maher also hosts Club Random with Bill Maher, a podcast that has also consistently platformed anti-trans guests.
References
Eckstein, Griffin (February 8, 2025). “Stay the f**k out of trans kids’ business”: Hayes pushes back against Maher’s anti-trans rhetoric. Salon https://www.salon.com/2025/02/08/stay-the-fk-out-of-trans-kids-business-hayes-pushes-back-against-mahers-anti-trans-rhetoric/
Taheri, Mandy (October 28, 2024). Megyn Kelly’s Remarks to Bill Maher About Transgender Kids Go Viral. Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/megyn-kellys-remarks-bill-maher-about-transgender-kids-go-viral-1975402
Berry, Susan (November 26, 2024). Bill Maher rebukes Democrats for losing election over anti-science trans ideology. Read Lion https://readlion.com/bill-maher-rebukes-democrats-for-losing-election-over-anti-science-trans-ideology/
Berlinerblau, Jacques (January 12, 2025). Opinion: Bill Maher serves up old, warmed-over beefs in new special. MSNBC https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/bill-maher-special-is-anybody-else-seeing-this-rcna187017
Russell, Lia (April 2, 2025). Gavin Newsom calls Democratic brand ‘toxic’ on Bill Maher show. Sacramento Bee https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article303144894.html
Smith, Ryan (January 7, 2025). Bill Maher, Jon Cryer Clash During Awkward Podcast Moment. Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/bill-maher-jon-cryer-club-random-transgender-debatea-2010873
Suter, Tara (February 25, 2025). Maher: Democrats will ‘lose every election’ without shift on trans issues. The Hill https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5163583-maher-criticizes-democrats-on-transgender-issues/
Gabriel Hays (September 4, 2023) Bill Maher tells Joe Rogan gender surgeries are harmful, claims kids turn trans to say ‘f— you’ to parents. Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/media/bill-maher-tells-joe-rogan-gender-surgeries-harmful-claims-kids-turn-trans-say-f-you-parents
Staff (August 6, 2023). Bill Maher interviews Riley Gaines to discuss the Transgender movement in sports, including penis sizes. Marca https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/tv-shows/2023/08/06/64ceeb79e2704e1ea48b460f.html
Tapper, Jake (March 1, 2023). Maher: ‘Woke’ community wants to ‘shut down debate’ around transgender issues. CNN https://www.cnn.com/videos/media/2023/03/01/bill-maher-transgender-community-debate-tapper-intv-sot-vpx.cnn
Joseph A. Wulfsohn (January 21, 2023). Bill Maher says Biden admin ‘all-in’ on trans indoctrination of kids https://nypost.com/2023/01/21/bill-maher-biden-all-in-on-trans-indoctrination-of-kids/
Jong-Fast, Molly (May 26, 2022). Bill Maher Isn’t a Liberal Anymore. The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/05/bill-maher-anti-lgbtq-transgender-comments/676673/
Molly Jong-Fast (May 26, 2022). Bill Maher Isn’t a Liberal Anymore. The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/05/bill-maher-anti-lgbtq-transgender-comments/676673/
GLAAD (May 21, 2022). GLAAD Responds to ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’ Segment ‘Along for the Pride.’ https://glaad.org/glaad-responds-real-time-bill-maher-segment-along-pride-1/
Vakil, Caroline (May 21, 2022). Maher says increase in those identifying as LGBT partly attributed to being ‘trendy’. The Hill
Haring, Bruce (May 20, 2022). ‘Real Time’s’ Bill Maher Claims Rise Of LGBTQ May Be Sparked By Need To Be Trendy. Deadline https://deadline.com/2022/05/bill-maher-real-time-claims-rise-lgbtq-trans-people-may-be-sparked-by-need-to-be-trendy-1235029488/
Wakefield, Lily (May 21, 2022). Bill Maher says US is ‘experimenting on kids’ and ‘everyone will be gay by 2054’. PinkNews
GLAAD (April 19, 2021). Medical Association Statements Supporting Trans Youth Healthcare and Against Discriminatory Bills. https://www.glaad.org/blog/medical-association-statements-supporting-trans-youth-healthcare-and-against-discriminatory
Media
Big Joel (August 5, 2025). Bill Maher: An autopsy (Part 4: Trans people). https://youtu.be/8THCFfg2BY8?si=vpHbeGIObnpobDmn&t=2649
Rising with Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave (November 7, 2023). Bill Maher takes on Trans kids in sports, gender affirming surgery in debate with Neil Degrasse Tyson. The Hill https://thehill.com/video/bill-maher-takes-on-trans-kids-in-sports-gender-affirming-surgery-in-debate-with-neil-degrasse-tyson/9151163/
Maher, Bill (May 20, 2022). New Rule: Along for the Pride. Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMBzfUj5zsg
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Uncomfortable Truths: The Reality of Gender Identity Ideology is an anti-transgender propaganda series by Travis D. Brown.
Announced participants from 2023 include conservative and anti-trans extremists:
The series includes anti-trans extremists sharing their views on specific trans issues, as well as Peter Boghossian asking random people on the street leading questions about trans issues.
The project had a preview at the November 2023 Genspect anti-trans conference.
Resources
The Signal Productions (thesignalproductions.com)
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Barbara Kay is a Canadian writer and anti-transgender activist.
Background
Barbara Kay was born on November 27, 1943 and grew up in Toronto with siblings.
Kay earned a bachelor’s degree from University of Toronto and a master’s degree from McGill University in 1966.
Kay wrote opinion pieces for the National Post before becoming a columnist in 2003. Kay has also written for in The Post Millennial, Pajama, The Walrus, Canadian Jewish News (CJNews), and Epoch Times. Key briefly wrote for Rebel News in 2017 before leaving due to views held by some staffers.
Kay and spouse Ronny Kay married in 1964 and have two children, including anti-trans activist Jonathan Kay.
Anti-transgender activism
Kay opposed Canada’s Bill C-16, which added “gender identity or expression” to protected classes in regards to discrimination, hate speech, and hate crimes.
In criticizing the bill in the Post Millennial, Kay described it as “velvet totalitarianism” and misattributed a quotation to Voltaire: “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” The passage was actually by white nationalist Kevin Alfred Strom describing Jewish people.
Kay told publication Canadaland:
“With regard to the application of the quote to the Church of Gender Identity, I do not regret it at all, and here is why. The quotation makes a great deal of sense. The fact that an anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist actually believed that the Jews ‘rule over you’ says a great deal about his twisted mind, but it does not reflect reality. I am neither a conspiracy theorist or a transphobic. My quarrel is not with trans gender people, who — I have said this repeatedly — simply want to live their lives in peace, but with the ideologues who are bent on imposing their belief system, founded in theory, but not in evidence, on everyone in the form of compelled speech and compelled expression of belief. The words of the quotation in fact make very good sense. That the mind who thought it up was corrupted by hatred to the point that he was delusionary about who ‘you cannot criticize’ is not my fault.”
During a July 18, 2018 Rights and Freedoms Institute event, Kay used the phrase again to condemn gender neutral pronouns as “compelled speech” and “compelled expression of belief.”
Kay’s Facebook profile uses the anti-trans dogwhistle “Adult human Female.” Kay and anti-trans activist Linda Blade wrote the 2021 book Unsporting: How Trans Activism and Science Denial are Destroying Sport.
References
Strom, Kevin A (August 14, 1993). All America Must Know the Terror That is Upon Us. American Dissident Voices via America First Books http://www.amfirstbooks.com/IntroPages/ToolBarTopics/Articles/Featured_Authors/strom,_kevin/kevin_strom_works/Kevin_Strom_1991-1994/Kevin_A._Strom_19930814-ADV_All_America_Must_Know_the_Terror_That_Is_Upon_Us.html [archive]
Reuters Fact Check (February 5, 2022). ‘To learn who rules over you’ quote wrongly attributed to Voltaire. Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-voltaire-quote/fact-check-to-learn-who-rules-over-you-quote-wrongly-attributed-to-voltaire-idUSL1N2UE2LM
Adriaans, Eric (June 14, 2018). Panel Discussion: Bill C-16 Controversy. Toronto: Rights and Freedoms Institute. https://freedom-of-expression.ca/2018/06/14/panel-discussion-bill-c-16-controversy/ [archive]
Goldsbie, Jonathan (July 26, 2018). Barbara Kay Quotes Neo-Nazi To Justify Attack On Trans Identity: The line, which she and others have misattributed to Voltaire, was originally penned to justify criticism of Jews. Canadaland http://www.canadalandshow.com/barbara-kay-quotes-neo-nazi-to-justify-attack-on-trans-identity/ [archive]
Selected anti-trans writing by Kay
Kay, Barbara (March 16, 2025). Barbara Kay: A chance for fairness in women’s sport. National Post https://nationalpost.com/opinion/protecting-fairness-in-womens-sport
Kay, Barbara (August 11, 2024). Barbara Kay: Groundswell against gender-affirming care becoming too loud to ignore. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/groundswell-against-gender-affirming-care-becoming-too-loud-to-ignore
Kay, Barbara (April 20, 2024). Barbara Kay: CBC doubles down on unscientific youth transgender care in wake of Cass Review. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/cbc-doubles-down-on-unscientific-youth-transgender-care-in-wake-of-cass-review
Kay, Barbara (April 7, 2024). Barbara Kay: Lawsuits could be the answer to unfair, trans-inclusive women’s sports. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-lawsuits-could-be-the-answer-to-unfair-trans-inclusive-womens-sports
Kay, Barbara (March 10, 2024). Barbara Kay: Leaked files expose the ethical rot behind modern transgender medicine.https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-leaked-files-expose-the-ethical-rot-behind-modern-transgender-medicine
Kay, Barbara (December 3, 2023). Barbara Kay: Silenced teacher becomes a hero of the anti-woke resistance. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/silenced-teacher-becomes-a-hero-of-the-anti-woke-resistance
Kay, Barbara (October 8, 2023). Barbara Kay: The movement to oppose gender activism in schools is growing — and science is on its side. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/the-movement-to-oppose-gender-activism-in-schools-is-growing-and-science-is-on-its-side
Kay, Barbara (September 9, 2023). Barbara Kay: Like Jordan Peterson, these medical professionals won’t be silenced. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/like-jordan-peterson-these-medical-professionals-wont-be-silenced
Kay, Barbara (July 23, 2023). Barbara Kay: Breaking the ideological logjam over transgender youth health. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/breaking-the-ideological-logjam-over-transgender-youth-health
Kay, Barbara (April 29, 2023). Barbara Kay: Woke Dylan Mulvaney campaign was destined to be a Bud Light failure. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/woke-dylan-mulvaney-campaign-was-never-going-to-work-for-bud-light
Kay, Barbara (February 5, 2023). Barbara Kay: Scotland scandalized over rapists placed in women’s prisons, while Canada turns a blind eye. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/scotland-scandalized-over-rapists-placed-in-womens-prisons-while-canada-turns-a-blind-eye
Kay, Barbara (January 21, 2023). Barbara Kay: Fairness may be coming back to sport. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/fairness-may-be-coming-back-to-sport
Kay, Barbara (September 24, 2022). Barbara Kay: How StatsCan is contradicting its own data on trans Canadians. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-how-statscan-is-contradicting-its-own-data-on-trans-canadians
Kay, Barbara (August 6, 2022). Barbara Kay: Tavistock closure highlights harms caused by radical gender theorists. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-tavistock-closure-highlights-harms-caused-by-radical-gender-theorists
Kay, Barbara (April 9, 2022). Barbara Kay: When gender rights only protect those who do not fit stereotypes. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-in-ontario-schools-gender-rights-only-protect-those-who-do-not-fit-stereotypes
Kay, Barbara (December 20, 2021). Barbara Kay: The case for an ‘open’ category to welcome trans athletes in sports. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-the-case-for-an-open-category-to-welcome-trans-athletes-in-sports
Kay, Barbara (August 29, 2021). Barbara Kay: Trudeau the fake feminist ignores female inmates’ concerns. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-trudeau-the-fake-feminist-ignores-female-inmates-concerns
Kay, Barbara (June 21, 2021). Barbara Kay: The complicated truth about transwomen in women’s prisons. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-the-complicated-truth-about-transwomen-in-womens-prisons
Kay, Barbara (June 7, 2021). Barbara Kay: Transgender weightlifter may expose the unfairness of trans athletes in Tokyo. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-transgender-weightlifter-may-expose-the-unfairness-of-trans-athletes-in-tokyo
Kay, Barbara (April 23, 2021). Barbara Kay: Gad Saad — the man who’s not afraid to call BS. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-gad-saad-the-man-whos-not-afraid-to-call-bs
Kay, Barbara (April 12, 2021). Barbara Kay: Without exemptions to protect women in prison, gender identity laws are unconstitutional. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-without-exemptions-to-protect-women-in-prison-gender-identity-laws-are-unconstitutional
Kay, Barbara (November 27, 2020). Barbara Kay: The problems with Bill C-6 and the gender affirmation model. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-the-problems-with-bill-c-6-and-the-gender-affirmation-model
Kay, Barbara (November 20, 2020). Barbara Kay: The case for deep-sixing Bill C-6. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-the-case-for-deep-sixing-bill-c-6
Kay, Barbara (November 6, 2020). Barbara Kay: I know a misogynistic sports policy when I see it. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-i-know-a-misogynistic-sports-policy-when-i-see-it
Kay, Barbara (October 23, 2020). Barbara Kay: Transgender sports policies have thrown fair play out the window. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-transgender-sports-policies-have-thrown-fair-play-out-the-window
Kay, Barbara (January 23, 2020). Barbara Kay: Will 2020 will be the year of reason in the cancel-culture wars? https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-will-2020-will-be-the-year-of-reason-in-the-cancel-culture-wars
Kay, Barbara (November 19, 2019). Barbara Kay: Douglas Murray is a writer who says what the rest of us would like to. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-the-writer-who-says-what-the-rest-of-us-would-like-to
Kay, Barbara (October 24, 2019). Barbara Kay: How feminist Meghan Murphy fell victim to progressives’ double standard. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-a-feminist-falls-victim-to-progressives-double-standards
Kay, Barbara (June 25, 2019). Barbara Kay: When gender identity education and theory goes wrong. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-when-gender-identity-education-and-theory-goes-wrong
Kay, Barbara (November 13, 2018). Barbara Kay: For culture warrior David Horowitz, deplatforming is no deterrent. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-for-culture-warrior-david-horowitz-deplatforming-is-no-deterrent
Kay, Barbara (September 13, 2018). Barbara Kay: Diluting the meaning of ‘woman,’ to appease transgender activists, is misogyny. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-transwomen-deserve-respect-but-they-arent-women
Kay, Barbara (August 22, 2018). Barbara Kay: A new report sounds the alarm on Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-a-new-report-sounds-the-alarm-on-rapid-onset-gender-dysphoria
Kay, Barbara (July 10, 2018). Barbara Kay: One woman’s journey from social-justice warrior to free-speech champion. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-one-womans-journey-from-social-justice-warrior-to-free-speech-champion
Kay, Barbara (July 3, 2018). Barbara Kay: Suggestions for the new Ontario sex-ed curriculum. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-suggestions-for-the-new-ontario-sex-ed-curriculum
Kay, Barbara (July 7, 2018). Bill C-16, or The Transgender Identity Bill, is an act of “Velvet Totalitarianism.” The Post Millennial https://www.thepostmillennial.com/bill-c-16-or-the-transgender-identity-bill-is-an-act-of-velvet-totalitarianism/
Kay, Barbara (March 6, 2018). Barbara Kay: There’s no safe space on campus to debate bathroom politics. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-theres-no-safe-space-on-campus-to-debate-bathroom-politics
Kay, Barbara (January 24, 2018). Barbara Kay: B.C. school official protests ‘transgender education’ — and pays the price. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-b-c-school-official-protests-transgender-education-and-pays-the-price
Kay, Barbara (December 13, 2017). Barbara Kay: Parents face scorn for worrying about letting their children change genders. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-parents-victimized-in-the-identity-vs-mental-health-battle-over-transgendered-children
Kay, Barbara (February 14, 201). Barbara Kay: Enter Milo Yiannopoulos, progressivism’s spawn and history’s pendulum in action. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-enter-milo-yiannopoulos-progessivisms-spawn-and-historys-pendulum-in-action
Kay, Barbara (January 24, 2017). Barbara Kay: Betsy DeVos’ support of due process on campuses makes her an excellent pick for secretary of education. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-betsy-devos-support-of-due-process-on-campuses-makes-her-an-excellent-pick-for-secretary-of-education
Kay, Barbara (July 31, 2012). Barbara Kay: The cold, cramped, atheistic world of Sam Harris. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-the-cold-cramped-atheistic-world-of-sam-harris
Kay, Barbara (May 21, 2012). Barbara Kay: Jenna Talackova goes double dipping in the theatre of gender politics. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-jenna-talakova-goes-double-dipping-in-the-theatre-of-gender-politics
Kay, Barbara (May 25, 2011). Barbara Kay: A child’s biology is not a matter of choice. https://nationalpost.com/full-comment/barbara-kay-a-childs-biology-is-not-a-matter-of-choice
Kay, Barbara (May 10, 2010). Barbara Kay: Support Pride or you’re a homophobe. https://nationalpost.com/full-comment/barbara-kay-support-pride-or-youre-a-homophobe
Kay, Barbara (April 28, 2010). Barbara Kay: The cult of multisexualism. https://nationalpost.com/full-comment/barbara-kay-the-cult-of-multisexualism
Media
Leaders on the Frontier David Leis and Barbara Kay (September 18, 2024). We Are Letting Our Children Down | Barbara Kay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPAgtiEyyu4
Leaders on the Frontier David Leis and Barbara Kay (September 17, 2024). UK Shutting Down Gender Affirming Centres, Canada’s Ignoring This | Barbara Kay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nGstDH97jk
Rebel News with Ezra Levant and Barbara Kay (August 8, 2023). Transgenderism in schools: A feature interview with Barbara Kay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZUNhuKC6nk
Rebel News with Ezra Levant and Barbara Kay (Jul 20, 2023). Barbara Kay calls out the sexualization of children through trans activism and gender ideology. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u8qhOloYlc
The Democracy Fund with Kim Jones, Heather Mason, Amy Hamm, Jenn Smith, (September 15, 2022). LIVE EVENT: Protecting Women’s Spaces In The Age of Transgenderism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycorHLs2qco
Unsafe Space with Carter Laren, Juliet Dillon, Mia Cathell, and Barbara Kay (August 1, 2022). [Narrative Dissonance] Gender Identity Clinic Forced to Close | With Barbara Kay & Mia Cathell
Unsafe Space with Carter Laren, Keri Smith, and Barbara Kay (July 27, 2021). [Deprogrammed] Unsporting: Linda Blade and Barbara Kay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR8AIjpR1KQ
Juno News with Candice Malcolm and Barbara Kay (May 26, 2020). Ep. 5 | Barbara Kay | The Woke Left, Cancel Culture and Radical Trans Activism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLs6h4csXa8
Juno News with Andrew Lawton and Barbara Kay (February 6, 2020). Trans Politics and Free Speech (feat. Barbara Kay). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0PL0tNJX0s
Rebel News with Ezra Levant and Barbara Kay discussing Ken Zucker (January 28, 2020). Barbara Kay on the gender dysphoria researcher overcoming cancel culture | Ezra Levant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b3NmOhCJr8
Rebel News with Ezra Levant and Barbara Kay (December 17, 2019). Barbara Kay: Ontario mother takes on school’s trans ideology with Human Rights claim | Ezra Levant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I02_n7M6X8
Rebel News with Ezra Levant and Barbara Kay (October 26, 2019). Barbara Kay: “Trans exclusionary” feminist Meghan Murphy is being protested (again) | Ezra Levant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNELHTfNXqY
Faytene TV with Faytene Grasseschi and Barbara Kay (October 2, 2019). Barbara Kay on Gender, Genital Waxing, Freedom, Marijuana, Integrity & The Election. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PHW2bVU650
Rebel News with Ezra Levant and Barbara Kay (August 23, 2019). Barbara Kay: Transgenders sue rape shelter for “discrimination” | Ezra Levant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdr2EFoK6hI
Bridge City News with Paul Arthur and Barbara Kay (July 5, 2019). Paul Arthur interviews Barbara Kay on the dangers of gender fluidity – July 4, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jkNX5ygxso
Unsafe Space with Carter Laren, Keri Smith, and Barbara Kay (June 27, 2019). [Deprogrammed] Barbara Kay on Trans Activism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RZNeN4XjLE
Rebel News with Ezra Levant and Barbara Kay (March 6, 2019). Barbara Kay: Trans athletes have “erased” REAL women from sports. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJFyJh2RWco
Rebel News with Ezra Levant and Barbara Kay (November 23, 2018). Trans “woman” gets light sentence for sexually assaulting daughter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fN9LrBEyvI
Rebel News with Ezra Levant and Barbara Kay (October 19, 2018). Barbara Kay: Trans athletes will end women’s sports. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph4Y26MABnU
SFS York panel with Debra Soh, Lindsay Shepherd, Jared Brown, Sarina Singh, and Barbara Kay (July 31, 2018). BILL C-16 and COMPELLED SPEECH: One Year Later. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PPXwcYtHn0
Rebel News with Ezra Levant and Barbara Kay (July 17, 2018). Gender identity programs are junk science | Barbara Kay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LqleYq_Azo
Rebel News with Ezra Levant and Barbara Kay (July 2, 2019). Barbara Kay: School defends teaching transgender to tots | Ezra Levant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkl0wwuWohU
Ideacity with Mark Steyn and Barbara Kay (June 26, 2018). Barbara Kay & Mark Steyn – Freedom of Speech. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7P9bQ_PwfM
LGBT Canada In The Media (July 14, 2018). Barbara Kay – Teaching Gender Identity Is Child Abuse & Gaslights Kids | Ontario Sex Ed Curriculum [CBC News clip]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilyXXIg_4uE
Rebel News with Ezra Levant and Barbara Kay (May 9, 2018). Barbara Kay: Non-binary birth certificates are “nuts.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0hFJVyEUOg
Resources
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Steve Sailer is an American far-right activist, white nationalist, and anti-transgender extremist. Sailer created the Human Biodiversity Institute, an organization dedicated to eugenic ideology.
Background
Ernest Steven “Steve” Sailer was born on December 20, 1958 and was adopted soon after by Ernest Rudolph Sailer (1917–2012) . Sailer grew up in Los Angeles and earned a bachelor’s degree from Rice University in 1980, followed by an MBA at UCLA in 1982.
From 1982 to 2000, Sailer worked at Chicago-based SymphonyIRI Group (now IRI).
Sailer and spouse Carole Rita (Guse) Sailer (born 1959) have two children, Matthew Leonard Sailer (born 1985) and Peter Ernest Sailer (born 1992).
Connection to J. Michael Bailey
When psychologist J. Michael Bailey published anti-trans book The Man Who Would Be Queen in 2003. Steve Sailer’s “Roster of Human Biodiversity Discussion Group” linked many of Bailey’s reviewers back to before Bailey had published what became the book online in 2000.
Sailer’s iSteve site also has top page links to many members’ sites, and to others who share his ideology:
Sailer on Bailey
Michael Bailey: A psychologist at Northwestern, Bailey is a leading researcher into homosexuality, and one of the handful of realists on this subject where moralizing (whether of the religious or politically correct variety — “Gays: Sinners Against God or Victims of Society?”) is standard.
Here’s Sailer’s shill review for Amazon
Wonderfully readable book on gay males and transsexuals, August 16, 2003
Reviewer: Steve Sailer (see more about me) from Studio City, CA
United States Please note that this book has been the subject of an organized smear campaign among transsexuals, which accounts for most of unhinged reviews you’ll see below.
Professor Bailey is the chairman of the psychology department at Northwestern and probably the leading researcher into homosexuality in America.
The first two thirds of the book are about male homosexuals, who, as you’ll note, aren’t complaining. It briskly reviews most of the scientific evidence on male homosexuality, which shows that most of the stereotypes about gay men tend to be more or less true on average. I’ve studied this issue for years, and everything I’ve ever seen points to the validity of Bailey’s conclusions about male homosexuals.
Bailey has outraged transexuals by publishing in the last third of the book in highly readable form the evidence that has been mounting for a number of years in scientific journals that the standardized explanation of transsexualism — “I always felt like a girl on the inside, even when I was a linebacker, then a Navy SEAL, then the most feared corporate raider on Wall Street” — is not very persuasive. Bailey suggests that male to female transsexuals tend to fall into one of two categories — extremely effeminate homosexuals or masculine men who have an odd fetish called autogynephilia, which is a kind of heterosexual narcissism.
Is this true? Beats me. My main exposure to transsexualism is the wonderful travel writer James/Jan Morris’ memoir “Conundrum,” which repeats the “I always felt like a girl” party line. It struck me at the time that Morris’ descriptions of how he was a military officer, an adventurer, and fathered five children while feeling like a girl on the inside sure sounded bogus, but I hadn’t heard at the time the alternative explanation of autogynephilia. Anyway, it would be easy to see why nobody would want to be associated with autogynephilia.
In sum, a fascinating and informative book that a well-organized pressure group doesn’t want you to read. What better reason to read it?
Sailer says this about Ray Blanchard:
Of course, the article ignores the truth about male to female transsexuals, as discovered by leading Canadian sexologist Ray Blanchard. All that stuff about, “Even when I was captain of the football team, I always felt like a girl on the inside,” is in most cases a cover story. In reality, most cases fall into two categories. The first are extremely effeminate homosexuals who want to attract a Real (i.e., straight) Man, and figure their only chance is to become a quasi-Real Woman. The second are what Blanchard calls “autogynephiles.” These are, in effect, narcissists who become overwhelmingly attracted, quasi-heterosexually, to the idea of themselves as a beautiful woman. They classically start out dressing up in their mother’s lingerie and, uh, amorously admiring themselves in front of the mirror. That’s kind of embarrassing to explain, so they settled on this “I feel like a girl on the inside” party line. But don’t expect to read that in the NYT.
www.isteve.com/Web%20Exclusives%20Archive-Aug2002.htm
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20020823-120858-6977r
Interview: Are stereotypes of homosexuals true? by Steve Sailer — To paraphrase Mark Twain, everybody talks about sexual orientation, but Michael Bailey is one of the few scientists who rigorously researches it. The Northwestern University psychology professor is among the most respected figures in the field of objectively investigating homosexuality.
Sailer was quoted on the Joseph Henry Press site.
“Gay germ” theory
Gay gene or gay germ? (17 August 2003) http://www.vdare.com/sailer/gay_gene.htm
Pinker’s Progress logrolling for Steven Pinker
http://www.vdare.com/sailer/pinker_progress.htm
Steve was a fellow at the conservative Hudson Institute.
Since it was his shot at the big time, his presentation to Margaret Thatcher and some Hudson Institute people probably best sums up his worldview (see a synopsis below).
Sailer writes for UPI, the formerly objective press consortium now bankrolled by conservative Sun Myung Moon.
Ray Blanchard was one of the very first people to sign on with Steve’s Biodiversity group, no doubt because of Sailer’s prominent role in assisting Canada’s positive eugenics programs through psychology (following the groundbreaking eugenics work of psychologist Charles Kirk Clarke, as in Canada’s anti-trans Clarke Institute). The British/Canada connection is an interesting one.
The Catholic church (via Paul McHugh?) has been churning out a lot of position papers on this matter lately, though Sailer holds views antithetical to most Catholic doctrine. He suggests that the quaint notion that we are all equal in a spiritual sense or the US Constitution’s quaint claim that “all men are created equal” need to be done away with as we enter the “Age of Galton,” which he sees as the next big paradigm shift.
Francis Galton coined the term “eugenics,” was a sort of protopsychologist, and a criminologist who invented the concept of fingerprinting. Steve’s Human Biodiversity group seeks to gather the far-flung diaspora of thinkers and fields influenced by Galton’s undeniably brilliant but ideologically volatile contributions.
Sailer seems to see himself as an evangelist of Galton’s, though he has put a decidedly unusual ideological spin to eugenics. He has fused Marx and Darwin into an ideology in which he seems to advocate a sort of genetic division of labor, taking most examples from sports. He envisions a society of genetic classes each assigned to do what they do best, sort of an antithesis of Marx’s classless society. He also notes that traditional eugenics programs (i.e. genocide and sterilization) are in place in China, and that we are poised to lose the eugenics “arms race” if we don’t implement our own eugenics programs pronto.
He sees those advocating Galtonian principles of eugenics as suffering a sort of religious persecution, getting kicked out of universities and generally reviled. Sailer’s isn’t your Fuhrer’s eugenics, this is a kinder, gentler eugenics!
Presentation to Margaret Thatcher
Sailer presented to Margaret Thatcher at a Hudson Institute event.
http://www.isteve.com/thatcher-speech-web_files/frame.htm
“To Lady Thatcher and three dozen other distinguished guests at the Hudson Institutes’ Thatcher Weekend conference on “Will the 21st Century Be the American Century?” Today, I’ll discuss the long run impact of the biotechnology revolution.”
[Sailer starts of with an example of positive eugenics, in which a family screened embryos to avoid having a second child with cystic fibrosis.]
“Should we ban every genetic manipulation? Or just the ones that would be socially deleterious? But, how would we know which ones are which? Or should we let the free market rip? Or should we subsidize enhancements for the poor and, uh, genetically-challenged?”
[Sailer claims we’ve moved from Marx’s obsession with “accidents of birth” (i.e. Class into which you were born) to Darwin’s “accidents of conception.”]
“In the West, outspoken Darwinian scientists like Edward O. Wilson, Arthur Jensen, J.P. Rushton, and Chris Brand have been the victims of assault, threat, riot, firing, censorship, character assassination, and constant harassment. […] What, by the way, is “human biodiversity?” It’s primarily biological differences in sex, race, and — to some debatable extent — sexual orientation. Just as studying the biodiversity of animals is interesting, aesthetically pleasing, and important to society, so is studying the fascinating biodiversity of humans. I take seriously the multiculturalist slogan “Celebrate Diversity.” Unfortunately, multiculturalists don’t. In practice, the diversicrats try to cover up human biodiversity. […] Consider the French-inspired post-modernist rebellion against science, knowledge, nature, and objective reality. […] The new prestige of evolutionary biology encouraged egalitarians to discard that corny creed of spiritual equality – and to adopt the shiny new scientific hypotheses that humans are physically and mentally uniform. And that, paradoxically, put progressive egalitarians on a collision course with Darwinian science. […] The human race is strengthened by its diversity, as long as we are allowed to specialize in what we do best and trade with people with different strong suits. That’s Ricardian economics 101.”
[An economic model of international trade introduced by David Ricardo to explain the pattern and the gains from trade in terms of comparative advantage. It assumes “perfect competition” (i.e. No affirmative action or economic handicapping for poor countries) and a single factor of production: labor, with constant requirements of labor per unit of output that differ across countries.]
“Similarly, one easy way for America to improve its human resources through immigration reform. Like Canada, we should just admit those likely to most benefit and least burden our current citizenry. Instead, who gets in depends primarily on family reunification, a euphemism for nepotism. […] Eugenics has a terrible reputation, much of it deserved. Until recently, eugenics in action mostly consisted of governments murdering people they didn’t like, as in Nazi Germany, or sterilizing them, as in Socialist Sweden. […] In contrast, today’s eugenics consists of couples freely choosing to improve their own children.”
[Sailer fails to mention Asians screening for female fetuses and aborting them, etc.]
“Will voluntary eugenics bring about utopia, or a Brave New Nightmare? It all depends on what impact these changes in gene frequencies have on society. Fortunately, we have a huge storehouse of data available to base predictions upon: namely, the vast amounts of existing genetic diversity. Unfortunately, we now discourage and even persecute scholars who try to study it.”
[Sailer advocates breeding a subset for intelligence because “In 1997 some high-IQ cancer researchers saved me from a painful death.”]
“Canada discriminates more in favor of intelligent immigrants than the United States. Which country has benefited more?”
[Sailer then goes on a Galtonian reverie about sex difference, where men are “natural” leaders, and women are “nurturing.”]
“But IQ is just one aspect. Consider how free market Galtonism may widen the gap between the sexes. People who want to choose their child’s sex will likely want to choose their genes so that they get boyish boys and girlish girls. They’ll crank up their sons’ testosterone levels to get athletic, square-jawed, hard-charging, natural leaders of men. But what will be the impact on society if the new generation of men are manlier on average? We might get some insights from studying the African-American community, since, as shown by their sports domination, they tend toward greater masculinity. […] Conversely, those parents who choose daughters, will tend to prefer higher estrogen levels to produce lovely, nurturing young ladies who will give them grandchildren and take care of them in their old age. […] When this is understood, it will increase demands for banning genetic technologies. Already, professional activists for the disabled worry that embryo selection will put them out of business by creating healthier people. […] Likewise, feminist organizations will go through the roof once they figure out that reproductive liberty would mean even more little girls who’d much prefer to play house than softball. […] However, just as eugenics was favored in the past by leftist busybodies like Beatrice and Sidney Webb, progressive pressure groups may well someday give up on banning eugenics and flip back to demanding mandatory re-engineering of human nature. Pacificists and multiculturalists will want to chop out our penchant for violence and ethnocentrism. Feminists will demand that the government redesign men to better appreciate women like themselves. Environmentalists will want to delete our desire for the internal combustion engine. “Why can’t people just stay in one place, like a tree?” If socialism failed because it conflicts with human nature, why not change human nature to make Marxism possible?”
(slide 51 is a full screen of Hilary Clinton clones, clearly the greatest threat humanity faces)
“Whether eugenics is officially banned or socialized, people will still try to make their own choices about their own kids. And that’s why God created the Cayman Islands. But these black market babies will out-compete their government-controlled rivals so badly, that governments will have to strike back. […] Unencumbered by post-Christian ethics, the Chinese government recently passed a pre-1945-style eugenics law calling for the sterilization of ‘morons.’ If China uses genetic enhancements while the West either bans them or pursues a politically correct re-engineering of human nature, the inevitable result within a few generations would be Chinese economic, and thus military, global hegemony. The weapons scientist and evolutionary theorist Gregory Cochran points out that ‘We cannot opt out of this biological arms race any more than we could opt out of the nuclear arms race.’”
Bailey on Sailer (2018)
At a 2018 coference held by anti-trans group FIRE, J. Michael Bailey wrote:
I was, for example, investigated by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which accused me of being part of an intellectual cabal that “tries to turn back the clock on sex, gender and race using eugenics and controversial genetic theories” (Dreger, 2008). The investigation was another prompted by the transwomen trying to ruin my life. The evidence for these particular charges was my participation in a Listserv begun by journalist Steve Sailer to discuss aspects of “biodiversity,” including sex, gender, and race. Many fine, heterodox, minds were on that Listserv, and I am proud to have been among them. The idea that the SPLC should attempt to discourage membership on private email lists because it disapproves of topics discussed on them is representative of what the SPLC has become.
References
Wilson, Jason (September 28, 2024). Florida university to host extremist after DeSantis-led lurch to right. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/28/new-college-of-florida-hosting-extremist-writer-steve-sailer
Starr, Paul (March 31, 2020). How the Right Went Far-Right. The media once quarantined neofascists. Not anymore. The American Prospect https://prospect.org/culture/books/how-the-right-went-far-right/
Burley, Shane (Winter 2020). The Autumn of the Alt Right. Commune https://communemag.com/the-autumn-of-the-alt-right/
Marantz, Andrew (2020). Antisocial: How Online Extremists Broke America. Picador, ISBN 978-1509882489
Selected writing by Sailer
Sailer, Steve (July 13, 2025). The NYT Finally Ponders the Zizian Trans Murder Cult. https://www.stevesailer.net/p/the-nyt-finally-ponders-the-zizian
Sailer, Steve (June 30, 2025). Are Radishes Red? Are Men Women? https://www.stevesailer.net/p/are-radishes-red-are-men-women
Sailer, Steve (June 20, 2025). Transmania Loses in the Supreme Court. https://www.stevesailer.net/p/transmania-loses-in-the-supreme-court
Sailer, Steve (June 16, 2025 ). Masculinity at Its Most Toxic. https://www.stevesailer.net/p/masculinity-at-its-most-toxic
Sailer, Steve (April 29, 2025). Here’s an idea so crazy it just might work! https://www.stevesailer.net/p/heres-an-idea-so-crazy-it-just-might
Sailer, Steve (February 8, 2025 ). Wow, the transgender Oscar frontrunner isn’t Woke? https://www.stevesailer.net/p/wow-the-transgender-ocar-frontrunner/comments
Sailer, Steve (February 7, 2025). Why are late onset M-to-F transgenders usually rightists? https://www.stevesailer.net/p/why-are-m-to-f-transgenders-usually
Sailer, Steve (March 2, 2025). Meet the Ex-Men. https://www.stevesailer.net/p/meet-the-ex-men
Sailer, Steve (April 7, 2025). “White Lotus” dares to go there. https://www.stevesailer.net/p/white-lotus-dares-to-go-there
Sailer, Steve (Nov 13, 2024). Why do Dems want to die in the trans sports ditch? https://www.stevesailer.net/p/why-do-dems-want-to-die-in-the-trans
Sailer, Steve (October 31, 2024). J.D. Vance on Joe Rogan. https://www.stevesailer.net/p/jd-vance-on-joe-rogan
Sailer, Steve (September 7, 2024). “Will & Harper:” Whose lines were more exquisitely feminine than Will Ferrell’s? https://www.stevesailer.net/p/will-and-harper-whose-lines-were
Sailer, Steve (June 2, 2024). How to buy my anthology “Noticing.” https://www.stevesailer.net/p/how-to-buy-my-anthology-noticing
Sailer, Steve (May 30, 1994). Why Lesbians Aren’t Gay. National Review http://www.isteve.com/lesvsgay.htm [archive]
Books
Sailer, Steve (2024). Noticing: An Essential Reader (1973-2023). Passage Publishing, ISBN 978-1959403029
Sailer, Steve (2009). America’s Half-Blood Prince Barack Obama’s “Story of Race and Inheritance.” VDARE Foundation, ISBN 978-0578000374
Media
(Aug 26, 2023). The Art of Noticing | Steve Sailer https://www.aporiamagazine.com/p/the-art-of-noticing-steve-sailer#details
Tucker Carlson (June 25, 2024). Steve Sailer: BLM, Karens, Donald Trump, and What Democrats Don’t Want You to Know about DEI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6wjy53o3r8
Craig Bodeker (January 31, 2011). Steve Sailer Interviewed by Craig Bodeker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Xs4QQL76w
Alex Kaschuta (Dec 7, 2022). Steve Sailer – A Lifetime Of Noticing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KpPrGD4M1I
Auron MacIntyre (June 26, 2024). The War on Noticing | Guest: Steve Sailer | 6/26/24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUMFv0__qXI
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Alasdair Gunn is an English anti-transgender extremist living in Ireland. Gunn, originally hiding behind the pseudonym “Angus Fox,” has served as Vice Director of anti-trans hate group Genspect.
Background
Gunn is reportedly a translator and linguistics researcher who has been credited in some academic texts. Gunn identifies as gay and is a cancer survivor.
Anti-trans activism
Gunn, using the name “Angus Fox,” published a series of anti-trans articles for Quillette called “When Sons Become Daughters.”
The Texas Tribune reported on a 2023 chat log leak posted on Daily Dot where Gunn said:
“The key point here is: eyes on the prize! We have to stop child transitions. On those over 25 we say little, because it’s not in YOUR interests to mention this. We have to break through to the policymakers who are left of center, and the way to do that is to focus relentlessly on the problem of transition for under 25s.”
Gunn, who uses the pseudonym Angus Fox, talked about speaking with Quentin van Meter, the president of the Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate group the American College of Pediatrics (ACPeds):
“The endocrinologist Quentin Van Meter sees a difference between the boys and girls he has treated. He said I could quote him on this,” Gunn said.
In one conversation about ideology, Gunn says, “I’m a huge Bilek fan.” He elaborated, “Gender ideology is only possible if you believe that there is a consciousness which is not just a product of biochemistry, but its own entity.”
Jennifer Bilek has put forth a conspiracy theory claiming that Jewish billionaires are are engaging in a transhumanist plot by funding the transgender rights movement.
In 2023 Gunn was a key author of a “Gender Framework” document drafted by Genspect’s Killarney Group. It is intended to be an alternative to the WPATH Standards of Care.
In May 2023, Gunn commended anti-trans activist Hadley Freeman for a piece in The Times titled “Welcome to the doctors’ resistance,” which promotes anti-trans group Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender.
I was heartened by Freeman’s piece about the medical professionals group the Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender (CAN-SG). It’s good to see this thorny subject tackled with compassion and heart.
Like CAN-SG, we are concerned about the culture of fear created by spurious accusations of transphobia. The fact is, the medicalised approach to gender care is not working. It is time to consider alternatives. This group can bring experience and integrity to a sector in crisis. We’re lucky to have it.
Alasdair Gunn, vice-director, Genspect, Tipperary
Gunn frequently collaborates with other anti-trans activists and is a regular guest on Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce.
References
O’Malley, Stella (May 29, 2025). When You’re Gender-Critical – and You’re Woke. Genspect https://genspect.org/when-youre-gender-critical-and-youre-woke/
Downen, Robert (August 21, 2024). Rep. Shawn Thierry joins anti-trans policy group after losing Democratic primary. Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/21/shawn-thierry-lgbtq-gender-transitioning-care-genspect/
Piper, Ernie (July 25, 2023). EXCLUSIVE: ‘Focus relentlessly on under 25’: Leaked chats reveal influential gender-critical group’s plan to use children to push for bans on transitioning Daily Dot https://www.dailydot.com/debug/genspect/ [archive]
Mannisto, Jessie (July 22, 2021). A Fresh Perspective on Gender: An Interview with Angus Fox of Genspect. Third Factor https://www.thirdfactor.org/angus-fox-genspect/
Selected anti-trans writing by Gunn
Gunn, Alasdair and others (May 14, 2023). Letters: ‘Inclusive’ language is misogyny in disguise. The Times https://www.thetimes.com/comment/letters-to-editor/article/inclusive-language-is-misogyny-in-disguise-kr8068xz2
“Angus Fox” (June 18, 2021). When Sons Become Daughters: It’s Time to Admit That Reflexive ‘Affirmation’ Has Been a Mistake. Quillette https://quillette.com/2021/06/18/when-sons-become-daughters-its-time-to-admit-that-reflexive-affirmation-has-been-a-mistake/
“Angus Fox” (June 7, 2021). When Sons Become Daughters, Part VI: Asexuality, Intelligence, and the Trans Co-Option of Intersex Discourse. Quillette https://quillette.com/2021/06/07/when-sons-become-daughters-part-vi-asexuality-intelligence-and-the-trans-co-option-of-intersex-discourse/
“Angus Fox” (May 11, 2021). When Sons Become Daughters, Part V: The Links Between Trans Identity, Gifted Minds, Categorical Thinking—And Anime. Quillette https://quillette.com/2021/05/11/when-sons-become-daughters-part-v-the-links-between-trans-identity-gifted-minds-categorical-thinking-and-anime/
“Angus Fox” (April 21, 2021). When Sons Become Daughters, Part IV: Parents of Transitioning Boys Speak Out on Their Own Suffering. Quillette https://quillette.com/2021/04/21/when-sons-become-daughters-part-iv-parents-of-transitioning-boys-speak-out-on-their-own-suffering/
“Angus Fox” (April 12, 2021). When Sons Become Daughters, Part III: Parents of Transitioning Boys Speak Out on Their Own Suffering. Quillette https://quillette.com/2021/04/12/when-sons-become-daughters-part-iii-parents-of-transitioning-boys-speak-out-on-their-own-suffering/
“Angus Fox” (April 6, 2021). When Sons Become Daughters, Part II: Parents of Transitioning Boys Speak Out on Their Own Suffering. Quillette https://quillette.com/2021/04/06/when-sons-become-daughters-part-ii-parents-of-transitioning-boys-speak-out-on-their-own-suffering/
“Angus Fox” (April 2, 2021). When Sons Become Daughters: Parents of Transitioning Boys Speak Out on Their Own Suffering. Quillette https://quillette.com/2021/04/02/when-sons-become-daughters-parents-of-transitioning-boys-speak-out-on-their-own-suffering/
Media
Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and Alasdair Gunn (April 14, 2025). Alasdair Gunn: Life After Cancer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvNmZMOlQV8
Genspect Australia/NewZealand (March 2, 2024). Alasdair Gunn in Conversation with parents from New Zealand and Australia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0juLCZWKUV4
Genspect with Joe Burgo and Alasdair Gunn (January 13, 2024). AusNZ Webinar: Introducing the Genspect Gender Framework with Alasdair Gunn and Joe Burgo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUsJq4OTcsY
Epoch Times with Jan Jekielek (August 17, 2023). How the Gender Industry Has Parasitized People’s Emotions. https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/how-the-gender-industry-has-parasitized-peoples-emotions-alasdair-gunn-on-the-spike-in-teens-seeking-to-transition-5470406
Genspect (August 5, 2023). The Bigger Picture Conference: Normalising Excellence in Healthcare with Alasdair Gunn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WEpdtgy-fk
Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce, “Eliza Mondegreen,” and Alasdair Gunn (June 13, 2023). So Over The Rainbow | with Alasdair Gunn & Eliza Mondegreen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCpKJ9DXavk
Heterodorx with Nina Paley, Corinna Cohn, and Alasdair Gunn (May 25, 2023). Episode 100: Alasdair Gunn: It’s Fun To Play Scrabble With A Linguist. https://heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-100-alasdair-gunn-its-fun-to-play-scrabble-with-a-linguist/
Genspect with Maya Forstater, Helen Joyce, Stella O’Malley, Alasdair Gunn and Malcolm Clark (May 24, 2023). The Importance of Pronouns and Compelled Speech – Panel Debate Moderated by Alasdair Gunn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY1TSWPr97E
Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce, Stella O’Malley, and Alasdair Gunn (May 3, 2023). Winning the Gender War | with Stella & Alasdair (On Location in Ireland). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVRSdGpdWCQ
Gender: A Wider Lens with Stella O’Malley, Sasha Ayad, Joe Bargo, and Alasdair Gunn (Mar 31, 2023). EPISODE 108: Genspect Vision: The Bigger Picture w/ Joe Burgo & Alasdair Gunn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsgKL2_ty6I
Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce, Joe Burgo, and Alasdair Gunn (March 13, 2023). Announcing: Genspect’s “The Bigger Picture” Conference | with Joseph Burgo & Alasdair Gunn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKn3uraXQ-s
Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce, Joe Burgo, and Alasdair Gunn (January 5, 2023). A Masculine Calmversation with Joe Burgo and Alasdair Gunn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB9mtWnhlxc
Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and Alasdair Gunn (December 22, 2022). Life, Death, & Everything Else | with Alasdair Gunn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpXJ4eo5b_A
Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and “Angus Fox” (September 24, 2022). The Secret Life of Angus Fox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZqMRDk05RQ
Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and “Angus Fox” (November 27, 2021). Ballads of Gender Banditry | with Angus Fox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78shDBe4j74
Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and “Angus Fox” (July 11, 2021). Over the Rainbow | with Claire Graham & Angus Fox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqB-ePn97Qk
Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and “Angus Fox” (June 3, 2021). The Lost Boys of Genderland | with Angus Fox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78XZCuRsDKs
Gender: A Wider Lens with Stella O’Malley, Sasha Ayad, and “Angus Fox” (April 30, 2021). EPISODE 21 – Gender Dysphoria in Males: Part 2 – A Conversation with Angus Fox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8VdySAopgs
Resources
Conservative Home (conservativehome.com)
X/Twitter (x.com)
Quillette (quillette.com)
Etsy (etsy.com)
Meghan Daum is an American anti-transgender activist who got involved through the intellectual dark web.
Background
Daum was born February 13, 1970 in California. Daum earned a bachelor’s degree from Vassar College and a master’s degree from Columbia University.
The Unspeakeasy
Daum founded The Unspeakeasy in 2022 and is host of The Unspeakable podcast. Guests have included:
2021
2020
Daum co-hosts the podcast A Special Place In Hell with Sarah Haider.
Daum published the essay collections My Misspent Youth and The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion. Daum’s work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Vogue, GQ, and Harper’s.
Daum authored the book The Problem With Everything: My Journey Through The New Culture Wars.
Comments on Leelah Alcorn’s suicide
In 2018, Daum expressed what many felt was more sympathy for Leelah Alcorn’s unsupportive parents than for the dead teen.
“There’s no question that Leelah’s death and the circumstances leading to it are worthy of—and, in fact, demand— public rage. But along with that rage should come compassion, not just for the Alcorns but for anyone who’s ever been slow to reach acceptance, or whose circumscribed worldview has clouded their understanding of somebody else’s experience.”
References
Daum, Meghan (August 24, 2018). Nuance: A Love Story. GEN https://gen.medium.com/nuance-a-love-story-ae6a14991059
Daum, Meghan (2015-01-15). Op-Ed: Why blaming Leelah Alcorn’s parents only compounds the bigotry. Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-daum-alcorn-transparent-suicide-20150115-story.html
Schares, Evan Mitchell (2019-02-01). The Suicide of Leelah Alcorn: Whiteness in the Cultural Wake of Dying Queers. QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking. 6 (1): 1–25. doi:10.14321/qed.6.1.0001.
Daum, Meghan (January 5, 2023). Why Do I Talk So Much About Trans Stuff? Because I Have Nothing To Lose.
The Unspeakable with Meghan Daum https://meghandaum.substack.com/p/why-do-i-talk-so-much-about-trans
Resources
Substack (substack.com)
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Natalie Wynn is an American cultural critic whose YouTube channel Contrapoints won a 2022 Peabody Award in the Immersive & Interactive category.
Background
Wynn was born on October 21, 1988 in Arlington, Virginia and grew up in nearby Vienna. Wynn’s parent William is a psychology professor at Georgetown, and parent Marian is a doctor. Wynn has two siblings who also went to Georgetown.
Wynn studied piano at Berklee College of Music, earned a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University in 2012, and a master’s degree from Northwestern University, then decided not to pursue a doctorate. Wynn did gig work before becoming a video essayist in 2008. Wynn’s work is considered part of “BreadTube,” a loose affiliation of YouTubers who posted videos to challenge right-wing views on subjects.
In 2016, Wynn began the ContraPoints channel. In 2017, Wynn came out as trans and removed all pre-transition videos. In 2020 Wynn came out as lesbian.
Video essays
Wynn is known for criticizing a number of prominent anti-trans figures, including Ray Blanchard, Jordan Peterson, Megan Phelps-Roper, and J.K.Rowling. Wynn has also lampooned segments of the trans community, presenting humorous characters who represent various political factions.
2025
- CONSPIRACY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teqkK0RLNkI
2024
- Twilight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqloPw5wp48
2023
2022
- The Hunger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTRT794IQBg
2021
- Envy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPhrTOg1RUk
- J.K. Rowling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gDKbT_l2us
2020
- Voting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3Vah8sUFgI
- Justice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smQsfNw_7V4
- Cringe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRBsaJPkt2Q
- Shame https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7WvHTl_Q7I
- Canceling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjMPJVmXxV8
2019
- Opulence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD-PbF3ywGo
- Men https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1xxcKCGljY
- “Transtrenders” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdvM_pRfuFM
- Beauty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9mspMJTNEY
- Gender Critical https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pTPuoGjQsI
- The Darkness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtj7LDYaufM
- “Are Traps Gay?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbBzhqJK3bg
2018
2017
References
Weiss, Max (June 2024). Who Exactly Is Natalie Wynn? Baltimore Magazine https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/natalie-wynn-viral-baltimore-youtuber-profile/
Peabody Awards (2023). ContraPoints: Natalie Wynn (YouTube) https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/contrapoints/
Nancy Jo, Sales (June 17, 2021). ‘The internet is about jealousy’: YouTube muse ContraPoints on cancel culture and compassion. The Guardian. [archive] https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jun/17/contrapoints-natalie-wynn-youtube-interview
Fleishman, Jeffrey (June 12, 2019). Transgender YouTube star ContraPoints tries to change alt-right minds. Los Angeles Times. [archive] https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-st-transgender-youtuber-contrapoints-cultural-divide-20190612-story.html
McCrea, Aisling; Robinson, Nathan J. (June 9, 2019). Interview: Natalie Wynn of ContraPoints. Current Affairs. [archive] https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/06/interview-natalie-wynn-of-contrapoints
Mark, Clifton (January 6, 2019). ContraPoints Is Political Philosophy Made for YouTube. The Atlantic. [archive] https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/01/contrapoints-political-philosophy-natalie-wynn-youtube/579532/
N.B. (December 20, 2018). The transgender populist fighting fascists with face glitter. The Economist. [archive] https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/12/21/the-transgender-populist-fighting-fascists-with-face-glitter
Marantz, Andrew (November 19, 2018). The Stylish Socialist Who Is Trying to Save YouTube from Alt-Right Domination. The New Yorker. [archive] https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/the-stylish-socialist-who-is-trying-to-save-youtube-from-alt-right-domination
Cross, Katherine (August 24, 2018). The Oscar Wilde of YouTube fights the alt-right with decadence and seduction. The Verge. [archive] https://www.theverge.com/tech/2018/8/24/17689090/contrapoints-youtube-natalie-wynn
Robinson, Nathan J. (May 6, 2018). God Bless ContraPoints. Current Affairs. [archive] https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/05/god-bless-contrapoints
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