Lionel Shriver is an American writer and anti-transgender activist.
Background
Shriver was born on May 18, 1957 in Gastonia, North Carolina. Shriver is a self-described tomboy who grew up with an older and a younger sibling. Shriver took social transition steps as a minor, including a name change at 15. Shriver earned a bachelor’s degree from Barnard College and a master’s degree from Columbia University. Shriver has written eight novels and has been a columnist.
Anti-trans activism
Shriver frequently logrolls for other anti-trans activists and appears on conservative media outlets:
“Western media has moved on to an enthrallment with transgenderism bizarrely out of proportion to the statistical rarity of true gender dysphoriaâthough children and people generally being so suggestible, the condition will doubtless grow more common.”
Shriver was signatory on a 2020 Sunday Times open letter defending anti-trans extremist J.K. Rowling.
Shriver praised trans eliminationist Helen Joyce’s book Trans: “Reasonable, methodical, sane, and utterly unintimidated by extremist orthodoxy, Trans is a riveting read.”Â
Via Washington Post:
Writing about transgender people either sends her down slippery-slope thinking â âWe seem to be entering an era in which everything about ourselves that we donât like is subject to revisionâ â or infantile cracks about pronouns and LGBTQ+ culture. (âA three-year-old bashing the keyboard would produce a more functional shorthand.â)
From a Times profile:
Shriver is âmystifiedâ by the way in which the transgender debate has become so fraught, with death threats to writers and MPs. âThe transgender thing just seems to make people completely crazy,â she says. âI just donât think that what sex you are is that important. My sense of myself is not crucially female.â
As a teenager Shriver changed her name from Margaret Ann to Lionel because she was determined not to be eclipsed by her elder brother. âWomen are supposed to be soft and nurturing and pliable and driven to please and looking out for others. Men are strong and determined, and goal driven and powerful. If you look at the stereotypes, anyone with any self-respect would want to be a man. I reject the stereotypes . . . Iâm all for chucking them and one of my biggest problems with the transgender movement is itâs all about nailing them down.â
References
Harvey, Chris (April 3, 2024). Lionel Shriver: âTransgenderism is a social mania.â The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/lionel-shriver-mania-interview-transgenderism/
Wootton, Dan (May 3, 2022). Has it become trendy to be trans? Uncancelled / GBNews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB_jMq8hoUk
Shriver, Lionel (April 27, 2023). Is trans the new anorexia? UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/04/is-trans-the-new-anorexia/
Athitakis, Markâ(September 20, 2022). Lionel Shriver taunts the âculture policeâ and more in her new book. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/09/20/lionel-shriver-taunts-culture-police-more-her-new-book/
Sylvester, Rachel (September 10 2022) Lionel Shriver: âWhich sex you are isnât that important.â The Times (London) https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lionel-shriver-which-sex-you-are-isnt-that-important-8vq8m0cwd
Shriver, Lionel (August 6, 2021). Trans purity test has lost touch with reality. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/trans-purity-test-has-lost-touch-with-reality-qw5vkzmtp
Shriver, Lionel (September 15, 2018). One discouraging word and youâre a transphobe. The Spectator https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/one-discouraging-word-and-you-re-a-transphobe/
Shriver, Lionel (April 21, 2016). Gender â good for nothing. Prospect https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/features/gender-good-for-nothing https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/essays/48719/gendergood-for-nothing
Resources
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Meghan Murphy is a Canadian writer and anti-transgender activist. Murphy’s projects Feminist Current and The Same Drugs are key anti-transgender resources.
Background
Meghan Emily Murphy was born November 30, 1978 and grew up in Vancouver. Murphy’s family was reportedly “not just left, but most left.” Murphy’s parents were a Marxist labour activist who served as a shop steward at Canada Post and a feminist who worked in arts administration. Murphy has a sibling.
Murphy said, “I have left the left because I donât wish to be part of a cult.”
Rejecting femininity was fine, except that it developed into a disdain for âwivesâ and âmothersâ who had predictively and passively capitulated to the patriarchy, choosing mundane lives for reasons I could not possibly imagine.
Murphy says this rightward political trajectory felt like being excommunicated:
The left disavowed me long ago for insisting that pornography and prostitution was not an empowering choice sexually liberated women make for fun and wealth, then again for understanding that penises are male and girls who cut their hair short and replace pink frilly dresses with bowler hats and mismatched high top converse are not ânon-binaryâ or âtransâ or âboys,â but simply little girls who donât want to play by old-fashioned rules.
References
Murphy, Meghan (April 22, 2015). Laverne Cox’s objectified body ’empowers’ no one. Feminist Current https://www.feministcurrent.com/2015/04/22/laverne-coxs-objectified-body-empowers-no-one/ [archive]
Bindel, Julie (October 9, 2015). No platform: my exclusion proves this is an anti-feminist crusade. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/09/no-platform-universities-julie-bindel-exclusion-anti-feminist-crusade [archive]
Greer, Darryl (November 3, 2016). Writer Quits Rabble Over Pulled Blog. Canadaland http://www.canadalandshow.com/writer-quits-rabble/ [archive]
Signatories (May 11, 2015). Open letter to rabble.ca â Support Meghan Murphy suffered a misogynist campaign by the sex industry lobby. Sisyphe.org [archive]
Statement on review of Meghan Murphy petitions. rabble.ca. May 14, 2015. [archive]
Murphy, Meghan (September 7, 2016). Are we women or are we menstruators? Feminist Current https://www.feministcurrent.com/2016/09/07/are-we-women-or-are-we-menstruators/ [archive]
Murphy, Meghan (October 21, 2016). Hi friends. Just an overdue update. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/meghanemilymurphy/posts/10153849501632343 [archive]
Murphy, Meghan (June 21, 2017). Why a women-only spa in Toronto should not change its policy to accept trans women. CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/women-only-spa-counterpoint-1.4170158 [archive]
(March 20, 2018). Interchange â Sex Politics: Meghan Murphy and the Feminist Current. WFHB. https://wfhb.org/news/interchange-sex-politics-meghan-murphy-and-the-feminist-current/ [archive]
Authenticity & empathy: Meghan Murphy. Woman’s Place UK (WPUK). https://womansplaceuk.org/2019/05/28/meghan-murphy-authenticity-empathy/ May 20, 2019. [archive]
Murphy, Meghan (July 22, 2019). The Yaniv scandal is the end-product of trans activism. The Spectator. [archive]
CTV Vancouver (January 11, 2019). Trans advocates rally against controversial feminist speaker Meghan Murphy. CTV News. [archive]
Meghan Murphy Presents a Feminist Case Against Bill C-16 on YouTube
The Standing Senate Committee On Legal and Constitutional Affairs â Evidence. Senate of Canada. Parliament of Canada. May 10, 2017. [archive]
Legal and Constitutional Affairs â Meeting Detail. Senate of Canada. Parliament of Canada. May 10, 2017. [archive]
Tasker, John Paul (May 12, 2017). Transgender rights bill threatens ‘female-born’ women’s spaces, activists say. CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. [archive]
Robertson, Dylan C (May 30, 2017). Senate committee rejects motion to narrow trans bill’s scope. Daily Xtra. [archive]
Twitter-ban feminist defends transgender views ahead of Holyrood meeting. BBC News. May 22, 2019. [archive]
Sitwell, Ros (May 24, 2019). Hundreds of women gather in London to discuss sex and gender. Morning Star. [archive]
Meghan Murphy: Canadian feminist’s trans talk sparks uproar”. BBC News. October 30, 2019. [archive]
Wells, Georgia (February 11, 2019). Writer Sues Twitter Over Ban for Criticizing Transgender People. The Wall Street Journal. [archive]
Prengel, Kate (November 24, 2018). Meghan Murphy: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know. Heavy. [archive]
Robertson, Julia Diana (November 27, 2018). Twitter Bans Meghan Murphy, Founder of Canada’s Leading Feminist Website. AfterEllen [archive]
Brean, Joseph (February 12, 2019). ‘Yeeeah it’s him’: Vancouver writer sues Twitter over its rule against misgendering trans people. National Post [archive]
Brean, Joseph (October 29, 2019). Meghan Murphy, the woman behind trans wars breaking out at the public library. National Post [archive]
Matt, Naham (February 12, 2019). Feminist Writer Sues Twitter After She Tweets ‘Men Aren’t Women’ and Gets Banned. Law & Crime [archive]
Fry, Madeline (July 10, 2019). This journalist lost her lawsuit against Twitter for banning her account, but she’s not giving up. Washington Examiner [archive]
Davis, Wendy (June 13, 2019). Twitter Defeats Lawsuit By Journalist Banned For ‘Misgendering’. Digital News Daily. MediaPost [archive]
Grant, Melissa Gira (November 22, 2022). Elon Musk’s Anti-Trans Twitter Regime. The New Republic
Binder, Matt (November 22, 2022). Elon Musk is reinstating banned Twitter accounts. Here’s who’s back. Mashable
Compton, Julie (January 14, 2019). ‘Pro-lesbian’ or ‘trans-exclusionary’? Old animosities boil into public view. NBC News. [archive]
Hoard, KC (October 29, 2019). Hundreds protest controversial Toronto Public Library event featuring Meghan Murphy. The Globe and Mail. [archive]
Wadhwani, Ashley (July 23, 2019). Vancouver Public Library banned from Pride parade after allowing controversial speaker. Surrey Now-Leader. [archive]
Ritchie, Kevin (October 18, 2019). Toronto Public Library facing Pride ban over Meghan Murphy event. NOW. [archive]
Rider, David (October 17, 2019). John Tory ‘disappointed’ Toronto library allowing event with writer accused of being anti-transgender. Toronto Star. [archive]
Resources
Meghan Murphy (meghanmurphy.ca)
Substack (substack.com)
Feminist Current (feministcurrent.com)
X/Twitter (x.com)
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. Rowlingâs Anti-Trans Views As âBullshit.â BuzzFeed News https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/judy-blume-transgender-jk-rowling-hadley-freeman
Milton, Josh (February 19, 2022). âGender criticalâ 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)
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New Statesman (newstatesman.com)
X/Twitter (x.com)
Journalisted (journalisted.com)
UnHerd (unherd.com)
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)
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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)
Contributors (US)
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 â Now He Edits a Canadian News Outlet. National Observer
Resources
The Post Millennial (thepostmillennial.com)
X/Twitter (x.com)
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)
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” â Olivia Ballard
- 84. Children Can’t Consent â Charlie’s Story
- 83. A Holistic & Spiritual Approach to Infertility â Kristin Hauser
- 82. False Promises & Exploitation: The Truth about IVF & Surrogacy â Marche’s Story
- 81. Standing for Women’s Sex Based Rights at NYC Pride 2023 â K. Yang
- 80. What has porn done to us? â Serendipiti Day
- 79. Navigating Betrayal & Belonging Post Mastectomy & Breast Implant Illness â Dr. Amanda Savage Brown
- 78. Detransition and Grow with Leigh Janet Marshall
- 77. âThe Second Colonizationâ: The Impact of Gender Identity on MÄori 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. âIndigenous Feminism Redefined’ with Cherry Smiley
- 72. Â 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. âBeing & 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 Â 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 Womenâs Spaces with Kate Rose
- 51. The Status of a Mother with Israeli Artist, Activist and Twin Mom, Shira Richter
- 50. Radical Feminism, Womenâs Festivals & Unpacking BDSM with Serendipiti Day
- (Preview) Whatâs 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 âMedicineâ
- 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
- 18. The Truth About Castration Fetishes & Puberty Blockers with Genevieve Gluck
- 17. Driving Smart Women Mad | Cancelled for Saying WOMAN | Part 1
- 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. âThis is a time to act’ with Courtney Piper CatEarth
- 11. âThis 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. Youâre 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). âMy job is to help women give birth, but I was banned from using the word âmother.ââ 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)
X/Twitter (x.com)
Instagram (instagram.com)
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 Dreherâs 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 âpartially rotted offâ nose of a gay man who contracted monkeypox. âAt some point, he basically decided, ‘This is too weird,ââ the source, paraphrasing Ahmanson, explained to me. ââI donât want to read this or pay for this anymore.ââ
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 Dreherâs blog got a little âtoo weirdâ 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 Shteyngartâs âgentile region.â 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)
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)
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)
What Do They Know? (whatdotheyknow.com)