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Hadley Freeman is an American-British journalist best known for manipulating notable authors into making statements about trans issues that they later must disavow. Freeman’s interviews with Margaret Atwood and Judy Blume both required the authors to issue statements.

Background

Hadley Clare Freeman was born May 15, 1978 in New York City. As an adolescent, Freeman was hospitalized several times for self-imposed food restrictions. Freeman read English literature at St Anne’s College, Oxford.

Freeman wrote for The Guardian starting in 2000 and is a contributor of anti-trans publication UnHerd.

Freeman and sports writer Andy Bull have three children.

References

Mack, Daniel (April 17, 2023). Judy Blume Blasted An Article Linking Her To J.K. Rowling’s Anti-Trans Views As “Bullshit.” BuzzFeed News https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/judy-blume-transgender-jk-rowling-hadley-freeman

Milton, Josh (February 19, 2022). ‘Gender critical’ journalist tries to grill Margaret Atwood on trans rights. It backfires, badly. PinkNews https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/02/19/margaret-atwood-hadley-freeman-trans-gender-critical/

Levin, Sam; Chalabi, Mona; Siddiqui, Sabrina (2 November 2018). Why we take issue with the Guardian‘s stance on trans rights in the UK. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/02/guardian-editorial-response-transgender-rights-uk

Persio, Sofia Lotto (3 November 2018). Guardian US journalists denounce newspaper’s “transphobic” editorial. PinkNews https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/11/03/guardian-transphobic-editorial-concern/

Hansford, Amelia (20 January 2023). Journalist Hadley Freeman condemned for ‘dangerous’ comments about suicidal trans kids. PinkNews https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/01/10/hadley-freeman-suicidal-trans-youth/

Valens, Ana (2 April 2018). There’s nothing feminist about attacking trans women. The Daily Dot https://www.dailydot.com/irl/attacking-trans-women-feminist/

Ewens, Hannah (16 June 2020). Inside the Great British TERF War. Vice https://www.vice.com/en/article/889qe5/trans-rights-uk-debate-terfs

Freeman, Hadley (26 June 2021). People have told me I’m on the wrong side of history, but I still want to be their friend. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jun/26/people-have-told-me-i-am-on-the-wrong-side-of-history-but-i-still-want-to-be-their-friend

Singh, Anita (5 December 2022). Hadley Freeman: ‘Atmosphere of fear’ governs Guardian trans coverage. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/12/05/hadley-freeman-atmosphere-fear-governs-guardian-trans-coverage/

Resources

Books

The Meaning of Sunglasses: And a Guide to Almost All Things Fashionable (2008)
Be Awesome: Modern Life for Modern Ladies (2013)
Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned from Eighties Movies (and Why We Don’t Learn Them from Movies Anymore) (2016)
House of Glass: The Story and Secrets of a Twentieth-Century Jewish Family (2020)
Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia (2023)

Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

Hadley Freeman

The Guardian (theguardian.com)

Hadley Freeman

New Statesman (newstatesman.com)

Hadley Freeman

X/Twitter (x.com)

hadleyfreeman

Journalisted (journalisted.com)

Hadley Freeman [archive]

UnHerd (unherd.com)

Hadley Freeman

Julie Bindel is a British author and anti-transgender activist.

References

About Julie Bindel

Grew, Tony (7 November 2008). Celebs split over trans protest at Stonewall Awards. PinkNews https://web.archive.org/web/20110629093225/http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9523.html

Burns, Christine (23 November 2004). Transsexual People and the Press: Collected Opinions from Transsexual People Themselves (PDF). https://web.archive.org/web/20100927062232/http://pfc.org.uk/files/Transsexual_People_and_the_Press.pdf Press for Change. p. 10. [archive]

McNab, Claire Re: UK: Gender benders, beware. The Guardian https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20061116120000/http://www.pfc.org.uk/pfclists/news-arc/2004q1/msg00061.htm

Denham, Jess (17 September 2013). Death threats force feminist campaigner out of university debate. The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/death-threats-force-feminist-campaigner-out-of-university-debate-8821362.html

Mayes, Ian (14 February 2004). A change, of course. The Guardian.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/feb/14/pressandpublishing.comment

Minou, C. L. (1 February 2010). Julie Bindel’s dangerous transphobia. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/feb/01/julie-bindel-transphobia

Ardehali, Rod (14 October 2015). ‘Stepford student’ culture threatening free speech. The Daily Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/student-life/11930441/Stepford-student-culture-threatening-free-speech.html

Faye, Sean (19 February 2016). If you don’t like no-platforming, maybe it’s you who’s the ‘special snowflake’. The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/if-you-dont-like-no-platforming-maybe-its-you-whos-the-special-snowflake-a6884026.html

By Julie Bindel

Bindel, Julie (14 March 2007). An end to gender. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/mar/14/juliebindel

Bindel, Julie (31 January 2004). Gender benders, beware. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jan/31/gender.weekend7

Bindel, Julie (1 August 2007). My trans mission. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/aug/01/mytransmission

Bindel, Julie (2008). 2008 Statement from Julie Bindel. Idge of Reason https://idgeofreason.wordpress.com/2013/09/12/2008-statement-from-julie-bindel/

Bindel, Julie (8 October 2008). It’s not me. It’s you. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/nov/08/lesbianism

Resources

Julie Bindel (thejuliebindel.com)

X/Twitter (x.com)

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Substack (substack.com)

juliebindel.substack.com

Justice for Women (justiceforwomen.org.uk)

The Guardian (theguardian.com)

Julie Bindel

New Statesman (newstatesman.com)

Julie Bindel

Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

Julie Bindel

The Spectator is a British newsmagazine that publishes consistently anti-trans content.

For the conservative American publication, see The American Spectator.

Background

The Spectator has been published since 1828.

Contributors (UK)

Julie Bindel
Julie Burchill
Stephen Daisley
Jay Elwes
Naomi Firsht
Rosa Freedman
Jamie Gillies
Debbie Hayton
Dan Hitchens
Cerys Howell
Madeleine Kearns
James Kirkup
Holly Lawford-Smith
Graham Linehan
Melanie McDonagh
Charles Moore
Suzanne Moore
Brendan O’Neill
Jo Phoenix
Damian Reilly
Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
Lionel Shriver
Dot Wordsworth

Contributors (US)

Amber Athey
Casey Chalk
Cockburn
Michael Warren Davis
“Katherine Dee”
Paul Du Quenoy
Mary Harrington
Debbie Hayton
Stephen L. Miller
Teresa Mull
Marc Oestreich
Gilbert T. Sewall
Abigail Shrier
Jesse Singal
Slavoj Zizek

References

Resources

The Spectator (spectator.co.uk)

The Spectator World (thespectator.com)

The Post Millennial is a conservative Canadian publication with consistently anti-transgender coverage.

Background

The Post Millennial was founded in 2017 by Matthew Azrieli and Ali Taghva. In May 2022, The Post Millennial was acquired by Human Events Media Group, which also owns Human Events, an American conservative news website.

Contributors

Christina Buttons
Katie Daviscourt
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
Libby Emmons
Chad Felix Greene
Sara Higdon
Ari Hoffman
Mia (Ashton) Hughes
Jarryd Jaeger
Nick Monroe
Andy Ngo
Hannah Nightingale
Yaakov Pollak
Olivia Rondeau
Alex Timothy
Roberto Wakerell-Cruz
Joshua Young

References

Silverman, Craig; Lytvynenko, Jane; Boutilier, Alex; Oved, Marco (26 July 2019). A Set of Facebook Pages Promoting Conservatives and Attacking Trudeau Are Run by a Post Millennial Staffer. BuzzFeed News https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/post-millennial-facebook-network-liberty-now

Yates, Jeff; Rogers, Kaleigh (13 August 2019). Canadian News Site The Post Millennial Blurs Line Between Journalism and Conservative ‘Pamphleteering’. CBC News

The Post Millennial acquired by Human Events Media Group to form ‘new media powerhouse.’ The Post Millennial

Holt, Jared (10 September 2020). The Post Millennial: The Latest Canadian Outlet Serving Rage Bait to Far-Right America. Right Wing Watch

McIntosh, Emma (22 August 2019). He Used to Work for a Site That Promoted Racists – Now He Edits a Canadian News Outlet. National Observer

Resources

The Post Millennial (thepostmillennial.com)

X/Twitter (x.com)

TPostMillennial

Nina Paley is an American animator and anti-transgender extremist.

Paley is involved in the free culture and “gender critical” movements.

Background

Nina Carolyn Paley was born May 3, 1968 in Urbana, Illinois. Paley’s parent Hiram Paley was a mathematician.

Paley graduated from University High School in 1986 and attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for two years before dropping out.

Paley began publishing comics at a young age before moving into animation in 2002 following a divorce.

Paley directed the animated features Sita Sings the Blues (2008) and Seder-Masochism (2018). After having many problems navigating legal clearance for music recorded in the 1920s by Annette Hanshaw, Paley got involved in the free culture movement. Paley releases work under a copyleft license and has created work supporting intellectual property reform.

Paley has been active in debates about overpopulation and has done work for the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement.

Anti-trans activism

Paley identifies as gender critical and has made a number of controversial comments about gender identity and expression.

In 2020, Paley was one of 58 signatories to an open letter defending author and anti-transgender activist J.K. Rowling. A number of the signatories have been involved in gender critical activism.

In 2021, Paley and Corinna Cohn started the podcast Heterodorx to discuss gender controversies. In 2023 Paley created a set of playing cards featuring extremists and outliers in recent gender controversies.

References

Merli, Melissa (May 18, 2008). First movie ‘a full-time job’ for Uni High grad, illustrator. The News-Gazette http://www.news-gazette.com/living/2008-05-18/first-movie-full-time-job-uni-high-grad-illustrator.html

Merli, Melissa (October 21, 2012). Studio Visit: Nina Paley. The News-Gazette http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2012-10-21/studio-visit-nina-paley.html

Merli, Melissa (June 13, 2013). Urbana artist Paley putting quilt art on display. The News-Gazette http://www.news-gazette.com/arts-entertainment/local/2013-06-13/urbana-artist-paley-putting-quilt-art-display.html

Merli, Melissa (August 10, 2014). Paley’s ‘This Land Is Mine’ a viral hit. The News-Gazette http://www.news-gazette.com/arts-entertainment/local/2014-08-10/paleys-land-mine-film-viral-hit.html

Ramanathan, Lavanya (September 25, 2008). An Ancient Tale, Newly Animated. The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/24/AR2008092404245.html

Scott, A.O. (December 24, 2009). Legendary Breakups: Good (Animated) Women Done Wrong in India. The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/25/movies/25sita.html

Bell, Melissa (April 6, 2012). Online leaders look to create offline experiences. The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/2012/04/05/gIQAUH5E0S_story.html

Dey, Jim (May 7, 2019). Furor over gender issues puts Urbana artist’s film in crosshairs. The News-Gazette https://www.news-gazette.com/news/jim-dey-furor-over-gender-issues-puts-urbana-artists-film-in-crosshairs/article_5a620967-c4dd-5b70-b86d-5729e2097134.html

Hellen, Nicholas (September 27, 2020). Literati rally to JK Rowling’s defence in row over Cormoran Strike book. The Sunday Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/literati-rally-to-jk-rowlings-defence-in-row-over-cormoran-strike-book-vk5frvvj0

Resources

Nina Paley (ninapaley.com)

Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

Nina Paley

Isabella Malbin is an American anti-transgender activist and former birth worker.

Malbin is also an artist, hypnotist, podcaster, and snake charmer.

Background

Isabella A. Malbin was born on August 14, 1991 and graduated from LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. While attending Rhode Island School of Design, Malbin claims to have been “groomed into transgender ideology.”

The Isabella A. Malbin Trust fund was a shareholder in the Texas-based Simon C. Cornelius Partnership Ltd.

Malbin reportedly became concerned about value-neutral language after hearing a Caesarean section referred to as a belly birth. In March of 2020, a fertility education program dismissed Malbin for refusing to use gender-inclusive language such as people who menstruate or people with uteruses. Malbin claims the dismissal was for using the terms mother and woman.

Malbin frequently collaborates with other gender critical activists and maintains lists of “TERF approved” resources. Malbin and Mary Lou Singleton sell a $149.00 membership that includes a program called “Inoculating Our Children Against Transgender Ideology.”

Podcast

Malbin began the Whose Body Is It podcast in 2020. It contains “interviews with radical women raising consciousness on the harms of transgender ideology, pornography, prostitution, the medical industrial complex.”

2023

85. Escaping Sex Trafficking in the Age of “Sex Work is Work” │ Olivia Ballard
84. Children Can’t Consent │ Charlie’s Story
83. A Holistic & Spiritual Approach to Infertility │ Kristin Hauser
82. False Promises & Exploitation: The Truth about IVF & Surrogacy │ Marche’s Story
81. Standing for Women’s Sex Based Rights at NYC Pride 2023 │ K. Yang
80. What has porn done to us? │ Serendipiti Day
79. Navigating Betrayal & Belonging Post Mastectomy & Breast Implant Illness │ Dr. Amanda Savage Brown
78. Detransition and Grow with Leigh Janet Marshall
77. ‘The Second Colonization’: The Impact of Gender Identity on Māori People with Michelle Uriarau
76. (Preview) What You Need to Know about the Medicated Shooters Headed to Our Schools with Robbie Rose
75. A New Look at Reproductive Sovereignty, Raising Boys and Recovering Our Instincts with Amy Ebert
74. The Ethics of Assisted Reproductive Technology with Jennifer Lahl
73. ‘Indigenous Feminism Redefined’ with Cherry Smiley
72. Sexual Politics for Women with Julia Beck
71. Gender Critical Comedy & Speaking Out in The Age of Trans with A Swags
70. Will the NYTimes finally admit they know what a woman is? Debrief with Amanda Stulman
69. From Bio Queen to Jewish Convert: Deborah’s Story
68. Radical Feminist Collectives and Direct Action Strategies with Jesika Gonzalez
67. Learning the Language of Your Body with Kelly Love
66. Healing After Transgender Indoctrination & Medicalization with Emma Eden

2022

65. Time to Awaken with Ora Nadrich (Preview)
64. Feminism & The First Amendment with Marissa Darlingh
63. Fighting Female Genital Mutilation with Hibo Wardere
(Preview) Seeking Justice For A Generation Betrayed with Kim Mack Rosenberg
62. Unpacking Common Myths & Misconceptions About Indigenous Two-Spirit & Third Genders (Inside Look!)
61. The Challenges of Organizing Women-Only Events with Samantha Berg
60. What the hell happened in NYC? Full debrief of Speaker’s Corner Event w/ Amy Sousa & K. Yang
59. How to Protect a Gender Non-Conforming Daughter with Charlotte Reedy
58. Kellie-Jay Keen (aka Posie Parker) in Austin! Recap of the Speakers Corner & VIP Terf Cocktail Hour
57. From Chronic Illness and Trans Ideology to Embodiment: Rae’s Story
56. ‘Being & Being Bought’: Prostitution & Surrogacy through a Socialist Feminist Lens w/ Kajsa Ekman
55. Disease is not a Punishment: A Dive into German New Medicine with Dr. Melissa Sell
54 Why Pelvic Health is a Feminist Issue with Adelaide Meadow
53. Sex Dolls, Robots & Woman Hating with Australian Writer and Activist Caitlin Roper
52. Defamation, DARVO, and What Happens When Men Are Welcomed into Women’s Spaces with Kate Rose
51. The Status of a Mother with Israeli Artist, Activist and Twin Mom, Shira Richter
50. Radical Feminism, Women’s Festivals & Unpacking BDSM with Serendipiti Day
(Preview) What’s the deal with Two-Spirit and Third Gender
49. The UN Is Pushing Female Erasure on a Global Scale w/ Former Trans Rights Activist, K. Yang
48. The Dark History of “Transgender Medicine”, WPATH & Child Castration w/ Genevieve Gluck
(Panel) Women Leaving The Left: A Panel Discussion for the Politically Homeless
47. The Devastating Psychological Effects of Gender Ideology in Child Development & Society w/ Amy Sousa
46. What Will Happen to Women if Medical Abortion is Criminalized? w/ Mary Lou Singleton
45. Losing Custody: A Frontline Story with Mother Jeannette Cooper
44. Confronting My Pediatrician For Injecting Me With Experimental “Medicine”
43. Getting Your Daughter Out of The Trans Cult: Jennifer’s Success Story
42. My Zoom Ambush: A Tale to Remember (audio only)
41. Transgender Ideology in Schools, Loss of Parental Rights and Taking Action with Michelle Evans
40. Full Body Nourishment & Healing After Hysterectomy with Suuzi Hazen
39. [missing]
38. The Dangers of They/Them-ing Children with Belle Cardinal
37. Trans Identities, Dissociative Identity Disorder & The Fragmented Self with Annika Mongan
36. Roxie, a Dominatrix Turned Radical Feminist Tells All
35. The Racist Origins of ‘Gender Neutral’ Language & Women’s Bodies as Currency w/ Dr. Suzanne Vierling
34. The Abolition of Sex with Kara Dansky
33. Emelie’s De-transition & Path to Self-Acceptance
32. Ultra-Sex or De-Sex with Alix Aharon
31. The Brutal Reality of Porn & Prostitution with Elly Arrow

2021

30. How It All Began with Meghan Murphy
29. The Reality of Men in Women’s Prisons with Amie Ichikawa
28. The Attack on Our Sexed Bodies with Jennifer Bilek
- (Clip) “Nobody can be ‘transphobic’ because ‘trans’ is an ad campaign.” -Jennifer Bilek
27. The MRC-5 – Transgender Connection with Robbie Rose Part 2
26. Gaslighting Mothers, Transgenderism and Vaxxine Injury with Robbie Rose Part 1
25. Resisting Groupthink: Gender Identity & The New Normal w/ TheDeprogrammerXX -PART 3
24. Revealing the LGBT-PEDO Connection w/ TheDeprogrammerXX – PART 2
23. Exposing The Trans Agenda w/ TheDeprogrammerXX – PART 1
22. From Transgender to Transhuman with Athena of @WildWilingWisdom
21. Why is Transgender Porn Immune from Public Scrutiny? with Genevieve Gluck
20. Documenting the Harms of Transgenderism with Jennifer Lahl
19. Audrie’s Detransition: A Redemption Story
- (Português)
18. The Truth About Castration Fetishes & Puberty Blockers with Genevieve Gluck
17. Driving Smart Women Mad | Cancelled for Saying WOMAN | Part 1
- Part 2
16. Sexuality Erasure with Joey Brite and MrMenno
15. Getting Cancelled & Gender Dysphoria with Stella Perrett
14. The TRUTH about Sissy Hypno Porn with Genevieve Gluck
13. Transgenderism, Feminism, and Covid with Yolande Norris-Clark
12. ‘This is a time to act’ with Courtney Piper CatEarth
11. “This is An Emergency”: Protecting Women and Girls with Kara Dansky

2020

10. Transhumanism & Autogynephilia with Jennifer Bilek:
9. Fired for Standing For Women with Sasha White
8. The Value of Women-Only Spaces with Emilee Saldaya
7. The Truth about Planned Parenthood & Transgenderism with Alix Aharon
6. Willow’s Transition and De-transition
5. Sissy Hypno Porn & Transgenderism: Angela Shares Her Story
4. Radical Feminism & Gender Ideology Extremism with Rhea M. Riley
3. You’re not a hateful bitch: A message to women who oppose trans ideology.
2. My Indoctrination into Trans Ideology
1. Transgender Ideology, The Birth World & Holding the Line for Women & Girls ∣ Courtney Piper CatEarth

References

Macdonald, Jocelyn (July 22, 2022). Why Are Trans Activists Appropriating Two-Spirit Identities? AfterEllen https://afterellen.com/why-are-trans-activists-appropriating-two-spirit-and-identities/

Sweeney, Chris (January 14, 2022). ‘My job is to help women give birth, but I was banned from using the word “mother.”’ RT https://www.rt.com/uk/542475-gender-inclusive-language-perinatal-services/

Appearances

With Benjamin Boyce

PreggerU: Tales of a Birthing Coach | with Isabella Malbin (February 25, 2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8N4T9S3MBI

All The Birthing People | with Isabella Malbin (January 11, 2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfbTDtzEv_s

With Meghan Murphy

Live! Is challenging gender identity racist? Feat. Isabella Malbin and K. Yang-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWeKqlVMugw

The Same Drugs live stream: Isabella Malbin on bodily autonomy and expanding the abortion debate
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS5LZ_vRQZc

With Chris Sweeney

Is it wrong to use the term mother? Trans debate in birth world. #trans #birthing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7ibgQUAd0k
https://rumble.com/vsnhir-i-was-banned-from-using-the-word-mother-isabella-malbin.html

With Women’s Declaration International

Living the Declaration, Article 2: Motherhood Is an Exclusively Female Status. 5/26/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fiaVTczjb0

With Sasha White and M. K. Fain

Radical Truths with Isabella Malbin (August 9, 2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQSQ8-ET3zc

Resources

Whose Body Is It (whosebodyisit.com)

YouTube (youtube.com)

WhoseBodyIsIt

X/Twitter (x.com)

whosebodyisit

Instagram (instagram.com)

whosebodyisit

Doula Match (doulamatch.net)

Isabella Malbin [inactive]
http://doulamatch.net/profile/14617

Romio (romio.com)

Isabella Malbin [inactive]
https://romio.com/l/new-york-city/user-profile/isabella-malbin/

Rod Dreher is a conservative American author who frequently publishes anti-transgender articles.

Background

Raymond Oliver Dreher, Jr. was born February 14, 1967 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His father was a leader in the Ku Klux Klan and was involved in local politics through those connections.

Dreher earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Louisiana State University in 1989.

Dreher was a media critic for The Washington Times and New York Post before becoming an editor for the National Review.

The American Conservative

Dreher was a contributor to The American Conservative from 2008 to 2023. Dreher’s salary was covered by Howard Ahmanson, Jr., and his work had no editorial oversight.

According to Vanity Fair, the arrangement began to unravel in 2021, when Dreher published a vivid description of a Black elementary school classmate’s uncircumcised penis: “All us boys wanted to stare at his primitive root wiener when we were at the urinal during recess, because it was monstrous.” Two years later, Ahmanson had enough:

Some of Dreher’s commentary on the gay and transgender communities also proved off-putting to Ahmanson, such as his lurid musings on anal sex, rectal bleeding, and the “partially rotted off” nose of a gay man who contracted monkeypox. “At some point, he basically decided, ‘This is too weird,’” the source, paraphrasing Ahmanson, explained to me. “‘I don’t want to read this or pay for this anymore.’”

Dreher advocates for what he calls the “Benedict Option,” where conservative Christians segregate from sex and gender minorities via intentional communities.

Anti-transgender writings

The Guardian described Dreher as “a man who appears to view fomenting transgender panic more as a vocation than a job.”

Articles include:

The Coming Storm Over Trans ‘Tuskegee Experiment’
How GOP Helped Big Trans Conquer South Dakota
Trans Tyranny: The Dangerous New Phase
Building Trans America
The Cost Of Waging World War Trans
Trans Propaganda, Blue And Red
Trans Totalitarianism: Time For Moral Panic
This Diabolical Moment

References

Ecarma, Caleb (March 10, 2023). How Rod Dreher’s blog got a little “too weird” for The American Conservative. Vanity Fair https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/rod-dreher-blog-weird-american-conservative

Wilson, Jason (July 28, 2017). ‘Biology is not bigotry’: conservative writers react to ban on trans troops. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/28/conservative-writers-trump-transgender-troops-ban-military-writing

Dreher, Rod (October 4, 2021). Gary Shteyngart’s ‘gentile region.’ The American Conservative https://www.theamericanconservative.com/gary-shteyngart-circumcision-gentile-region/

), known as ,[1] is an American writer and editor living in a self-imposed exile[2] in Budapest, Hungary. He was a columnist with The American Conservative for 12 years, ending in March 2023, and remains an editor-at-large there.[3] He is also author of several books, including How Dante Can Save Your Life, The Benedict Option, and Live Not by Lies. He has written about religion, politics, film, and culture in National Review and National Review Online, The Weekly Standard, The Wall Street Journal, and other publications.

He was a film reviewer for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and chief film critic for the New York Post. His commentaries have been broadcast on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, and he has appeared on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Court TV, and other television networks.[4]

Resources

Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

Rod Dreher

Books

Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, Gun-Loving Organic Gardeners, Evangelical Free-Range Farmers, Hip Homeschooling Mamas, Right-Wing Nature Lovers, and Their Diverse Tribe of Countercultural Conservatives Plan to Save America (Or at Least the Republican Party) (2006)
The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life (2013)
How Dante Can Save Your Life: The Life-Changing Wisdom of History’s Greatest Poem (2015)
The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation (2017)
Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents (2020)

Jennifer Bilek is an American writer and anti-transgender extremist. Bilek hosts The 11th Hour podcast and site.

Bilek was a scheduled participant in a 2017 panel that claimed transgender people are “a homophobic element introduced by the 1% to control homosexuality, reinstate male supremacy, and utilize gay children as fodder for scientific experimentation.”

Background

Jennifer Bilek was born on October 22, 1958 and grew up in New York City. Bilek trained at Woodstock School of Art. Bilek has worked as a hairstylist for children and young people as the businesses Get Coiffed and My Little Sunshine.

Bilek also paints portraits.

Anti-trans activism

In 2017, left-wing conference Left Forum announced that Jane Wheeler (under the name Jane Chotard) would chair a June 4th panel titled “Misery for Profit: Who is Funding the Transgender Movement and the Impact on LGB.” The synopsis stated:

We will be showing that the immense funding funneled to the transgender movement is coming from giant pharmaceutical and biotechnology Industries and what their aim is. We will also be showing how the corporately controlled media is interfaced with these same Industries and are blocking any alternative to the pro-trans propaganda now being disseminated. We will be showing that the transgender movement is not in fact a civil rights issue, but a business arrangement and an advertising arm of these industries. We will cover the implications of this on the LGB community and show how transgender is a political coup, positioned as an ally alongside the LGB, but are actually a homophobic element introduced by the 1% to control homosexuality, reinstate male supremacy, and utilize gay children as fodder for scientific experimentation.
Left Forum, cited in Riedel (2017)

Participants and provided bios:

Jane Chotard: Chair and speaker
- “Jane Chotard is an out lesbian for over 30 years, mother of two teenage boys, past healthcare attorney, currently works to provide better care services to patients and residents facing serious illnesses and end-of-life issues.”
Jennifer Bilek: Panel organizer and speaker
- “Jennifer Bilek is a bisexual artist/activist/writer living in NYC for a lot longer than is probably healthy.”
Taylor Fogarty: Speaker
- “Taylor Fogarty is a Brooklyn dwelling twenty-something year old who writes about feminism and politics.” Twitter: @theloudlesbian

The panel was canceled following protests.

References

Van Maren, Jonathon (March 16, 2024). How a Handful of Billionaires Created the Transgender ‘Movement’: An Interview with Jennifer Bilek. The European Conservative https://europeanconservative.com/articles/interviews/how-a-handful-of-billionaires-created-the-transgender-movement-an-interview-with-jennifer-bilek/

Bilek, Jennifer (March 3, 2023). Humanity for Sale. The American Mind https://americanmind.org/features/soul-dysphoria/humanity-for-sale/

Bilek, Jennifer (June 14, 2022). The Billionaire Family Pushing Synthetic Sex Identities (SSI). Tablet https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/billionaire-family-pushing-synthetic-sex-identities-ssi-pritzkers

Bilek, Jennifer (June 1, 2021). Foundations Are Setting the Transgender Agenda and Targeting Children. The American Conservative https://www.theamericanconservative.com/foundations-are-setting-the-transgender-agenda-and-targeting-children/

Bilek, Jennifer (April 5, 2021). CNN Versus Biological Reality. The American Conservative https://www.theamericanconservative.com/cnn-versus-biological-reality/

Bilek, Jennifer (July 27, 2020). How LGBT Nonprofits and Their Billionaire Patrons Are Reshaping the World. The American Conservative https://www.theamericanconservative.com/how-lgbt-nonprofits-and-their-billionaire-patrons-are-reshaping-the-world/

Bilek, Jennifer (October 9, 2020). Not Just a Tattoo: Transgenderism Attacks Our Fundamental Humanity. The American Conservative https://www.theamericanconservative.com/not-just-a-tattoo-transgenderism-attacks-our-fundamental-humanity/

Malbin, Isabella (December 17, 2020). Jennifer Bilek: Transhumanism & Autogynephilia. Whose Body Is It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kQ_o0G7D38

Bilek, Jennifer (January 21, 2020). The billionaires behind the LGBT movement. First Things https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/01/the-billionaires-behind-the-lgbt-movement

Riedel, Sam (July 7, 2017). Why Trans Activists Can’t Trust The Left. The Establishment https://medium.com/the-establishment/why-trans-activists-cant-trust-the-left-3bfa22928ddd

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The 11th Hour (the11thhourblog.com)

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X/Twitter (x.com)

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Substack (substack.com)

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Facebook (facebook.com)

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Gettr (gettr.com)

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LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

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Kate Coleman is an anti-transgender sex segregationist in the UK who runs the Keep Prisons Single Sex website. Coleman’s primary focus is the Gender Recognition Act and how transgender prisoners are housed.

Background

Coleman was born in September 1971. Coleman’s graduate work was done at King’s College London and University College London. Coleman’s academic work was in the division of psychiatry at the Centre for Behavioural and Social Sciences in Medicine under the supervision of Simon Dein, and:

examines the experiences of providing palliative care services to the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Stamford Hill, North London.

This research builds on her MSc research, conducted at the Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, King’s College London.

Coleman’s full name is Catharine Victoria Helen Coleman-Brueckheimer, since marrying telco executive Simon Daniel Brueckheimer. The two were officers in Synectyx Ltd.

2018 statement to Parliament

Written submission from Dr Catharine Coleman (EEA0206)

At present women and girls, as a sex, are a protected class. If self-ID becomes law, and it becomes possible for any male to legally become a woman, the status of women and girls as a protected class according to sex becomes impossible to maintain. Women and girls are vulnerable and require protection under the EA due to biological sex, not any vague notions of ‘gender identity’ – it is the material reality of biological sex that is the issue, not one’s identity as a consideration separate from sex. Pertinent issues include: Domestic violence refuges, prisons, hospital wards to name but a few. The status of women and girls as a protected class according to biological sex should not be put at risk.

October 2018

Website

Coleman created the Keep Prisons Single Sex website in 2020. Coleman is assisted in this work by Rob Brailsford and Beverley Dale (bev13thdisciple).

References

Written submission from Dr Catharine Coleman (EEA0206) -https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/95839/pdf/

Vigo, Julian Savage Minds https://savageminds.substack.com/p/kate-coleman#details

GBNews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McXzynPJ5sw

Graham Linehan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX_oL7gW8eA

British Thought Leaders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkk_eosyuWc

Coleman, Kate (17 December 2020). Women’s prisons should be single-sex. Centre for Crime and Justice Studies https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/resources/womens-prisons-should-be-single-sex

Object UK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMgYezcLrsg

Globe EYE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2btksJtbEw

WDI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-fIso3BoKQ

Talk TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUZ8QNiqyKQ

Coleman-Brueckheimer, Kate; Dein, Simon (2011). Health care behaviours and beliefs in Hasidic Jewish populations: a systematic review of the literature. J Relig Health. 2011 Jun;50(2):422-36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-010-9448-2.

Coleman-Brueckheimer K, Spitzer J, Koffman J (2009). Involvement of Rabbinic and communal authorities in decision-making by haredi Jews in the UK with breast cancer: an interpretative phenomenological analysis.
Soc Sci Med. 2009 Jan;68(2):323-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.10.003.

Resources

Keep Prisons Single Sex (kpssinfo.org)

X/Twitter (x.com)

NoXYinXXprisons

What Do They Know? (whatdotheyknow.com)

FOI requests: Kate Coleman

Graham Linehan is an Irish comedy writer and anti-transgender extremist.

Background

Linehan was born May 22, 1968 in Dublin. Linehan’s initial career was as a comedy writer. Linehan helped create and write on shows including Father Ted, Black Books, The IT Crowd, Count Arthur Strong, Brass Eye, and The Fast Show.

Anti-transgender activism

Linehan became an anti-transgender activist after the 2008 The IT Crowd episode “The Speech” was criticized as transphobic. Channel 4 pulled the episode from their streaming service in 2020, infuriating Linehan.

Linehan’s subsequent fixation on trans people led to the end of both Linehan’s comedy career and marriage. A review of Linehan’s 2023 book Tough Crowd summarizes “the extremity of Linehan’s rhetoric”:

In my view, and that of his critics, some of his online remarks have been plainly and unapologetically transphobic: Linehan has characterised the trans rights movement as “paedophilic” and called trans activists and allies “groomers”. It’s true enough that his former life is in tatters: the controversies led to the end of his marriage, the abandonment of a planned, lucrative Father Ted musical, and his agent dropping him.

[…] Often, Linehan paints trans women as predators, men looking to insinuate themselves into women’s spaces in order to assault them with greater ease. When convenient, they are made out to be victims, brainwashed and exploited young queer people who are convinced to “mutilate” their bodies in the name of ideology.

[…] To an extent, the book’s very existence disputes the pretence of Linehan to have been deplatformed. If Linehan had siloed his anti-trans views somewhat, rather than warp them into a life-consuming vocation, his once-glittering TV career might well have remained intact to this day.
Chilton (2023)

The Mess We’re In

Linehan started an interview show in 2020 that frequently has conservative, gender critical, and anti-transgender guests.

For the full episode list with guests, see The Mess We’re In.

References

Chilton, Louis (October 13. 2023). The problems with Graham Linehan’s memoir Tough Crowd. The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/graham-linehan-tough-crowd-book-trans-b2428578.html

Brown, Lee (March 17, 2023). ‘Father Ted’ creator Graham Linehan blames trans war for ending his marriage. New York Post https://nypost.com/2023/03/17/father-ted-creator-trans-war-left-me-broke-and-single/

NSW Liberal candidate likens anti-trans activism to opposing the Holocaust. The Guardian. 14 April 2022.

Andrews, Penny (20 November 2020). Choose your fighter: Loyalty and fandom in the free speech culture wars. Manchester University Press. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-5261-5255-8. – via www.manchesterhive.com. …inviting anti-trans voices such as Graham Linehan or Kathleen Stock on to programmes or to write articles…

Harassers Use Substack Sign-Ups to Spam Trans People and Allies. The Observer. 20 April 2021.

Burns, Katelyn (19 December 2019). J. K. Rowling’s transphobia is a product of British culture. Vox.

Horbury, Ezra; Yao, Christine (1 August 2020). Empire and Eugenics: Trans Studies in the UK (PDF). Transgender Studies Quarterly. 3 (7): 445–454. doi:10.1215/23289252-8553104 [archive] This online transphobia has been spearheaded by former comedy writer Graham Linehan…

Dalwood, Charlotte (6 January 2022). The alt-internet of anti-trans activists. rabble.ca. [archive]

The GOP ‘grooming’ smear is sparking a new wave of anti-LGBT+ violence. The Independent. 14 April 2022.

Moore, Sam (25 October 2021). “Matt Berry comments on ‘transphobic’ IT Crowd episode”. The Independent. [archive]

Krol, Charlotte (9 October 2020). “Channel 4 pulls IT Crowd episode over transphobic content”. NME. [archive]

Clute, Emily (18 April 2021). “The IT Crowd: The Controversial Episode that Killed the Hit Comedy Series”. Screenrant. [archive]

Falvey, Deirdre (21 January 2019). “Graham Linehan: Trans activists ‘don’t realise the damage’ they do”. The Irish Times. [archive]

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Blackall, Molly (27 June 2020). “Twitter closes Graham Linehan account after trans comment”. The Guardian. [archive]

Gabbatiss, Josh (7 July 2018). “London Pride: Anti-trans activists disrupt parade by lying down in the street to protest ‘lesbian erasure'”. The Independent. London. [archive]

Murphy, Sandra (22 January 2019). “How Graham Linehan went from national treasure to divisive figure for trans community”. extra.ie. [archive]

Lyons, Izzy (7 October 2018). “Transgender lawyer launches UK’s first ‘deadnaming’ case against Father Ted writer Graham Linehan”. The Telegraph [archive]

Coyle, Colin (7 October 2018). “Father Ted writer Graham Linehan warned by police after ‘trolling’ transgender activist”. The Sunday Times [archive]

Halliday, Josh (7 October 2018). “Graham Linehan given police warning after complaint by transgender activist”. The Guardian [archive]

Father Ted writer given harassment warning. 7 October 2018. [archive]

Derrick Jensen and Graham Linehan (9 December 2018). Resistance Radio – Guest: Graham Linehan (Podcast). Podbean. The opposition is so extreme and so frightening that eventually everyone is asking you to stop. My feeling is that I can’t, because it’s too important. It’s too important to the women in my life and it’s too important to me. I’m now in a position where I can answer the question honestly of, if you were around at the time of something terrible happening like Nazism, or whatever it happened to be, would you be one of the people who said “no, this is wrong”, despite being opposed? I feel happy in myself that I’ve been one of the people standing up and saying “no, this is wrong”, despite everyone telling me not to do it.

Father Ted writer Graham Linehan compares the trans movement to Nazism. iNews [archive]

Graham Linehan Under Fire for Comparing Trans Activism to Nazism. Attitude [archive]

Father Ted creator Graham Linehan on trans rights. Newsnight BBC [archive]

The UK’s Holocaust memorial boss condemns Graham Linehan for comparing trans healthcare to Nazi experiments. MSN 14 [archive]

David Davies ‘welcomes’ Big Lottery Fund’s ‘review’ of grant to transgender charity. Talkradio [archive]

Statement: Outcome of our review into Mermaids UK grant. National Lottery Community Fund [archive]

Asarch, Steven (20 January 2019). Twitch stream pulls in $250,000 for Mermaids charity featuring Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Owen Jones and more. Newsweek [archive]

Gamer Hbomberguy hands funding row charity Donkey Kong boost. BBC News [archive]

NSPCC employee who hired Munroe Bergdorf gets homophobic abuse. PinkNews [archive]

Hozier and Father Ted creator Graham Linehan join Twitter row over JK Rowling comments. Irish Independent [archive]

Wakefield, Lily (1 December 2020). Disgraced comedy writer Graham Linehan, booted from Twitter for hateful conduct, returns with fake ‘trans guy’ account. PinkNews. [archive]

Wakefield, Lily (3 December 2020). Disgraced comedy writer Graham Linehan boasts he’s back on Twitter with a ‘new sim card’ after being kicked off for a second time. PinkNews. [archive]