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The Sunday Times is a conservative British publication. It has taken a consistently anti-transgender stance throughout its history.

Background

The publication was founded in 1821 as The New Observer. In 1822 it was renamed The Sunday Times

Open letters

The Sunday Times has published several anti-trans letters to the editor. Notable letters include.

We stand with JK against hate (2020)

Press pause on Conversion Therapy Bill (2022)

References

John, Tara (October 9, 2021). Anti-trans rhetoric is rife in the British media. Little is being done to extinguish the flames. CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/09/uk/uk-trans-rights-gender-critical-media-intl-gbr-cmd/index.html

Signatories (September 27 2020). We stand with JK against hate. The Sunday Times [archive] https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/letters-to-the-editor-banish-empire-and-make-us-all-proud-5tl06tt6h

Signatories (April 10, 2022) Press pause on Conversion Therapy Bill. The Sunday Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/press-pause-on-conversion-therapy-bill-g7vbtvc7h

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Claire Lehmann is an Australian writer and anti-transgender activist. Lehmann is a key figure in the so-called intellectual dark web, described as a gateway to the far right. Lehmann is founding editor of anti-trans publication Quillette, also classified a pathway to right-wing radicalization.

Background

Claire (Jensen) Lehmann was born on July 18, 1985 and grew up in Adelaide, South Australia. Lehmann earned a bachelor’s degree from University of Adelaide in 2010. Jensen married Harold M. “Harry” Lehmann at age 27 and dropped out of graduate school when their first child was born in 2013.

Lehmann worked 2011-2014 as a Policy Research Assistant at Australian College of Nursing and 2015-2016 as a Communications officer​ at National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance.

Lehmann is a columnist at The Australian.

Anti-transgender activism

Lehmann founded Quillette in October 2015.

Lehman profiled anti-trans psychologist Lee Jussim in 2015.

Lehmann began writing for alt-right punlication The Rebel Media in 2017.

References

Lehmann, Claire (December 4, 2015). How a Rebellious Scientist Uncovered the Surprising Truth About Stereotypes. Quillette https://quillette.com/2015/12/04/rebellious-scientist-surprising-truth-about-stereotypes/

Lehmann, Claire (May 19, 2023). Trans activists have no right to pervert the English language, writes Claire Lehmann. The Australian https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/trans-activists-have-no-right-to-pervert-the-english-language-writes-claire-lehmann/news-story/a3809b3716c4c068c629e5df6b5224a9?amp&nk=13b72df8027fed82dcbc8a39446b952c-1684445053 [archive]

Lehmann, Claire (June 23, 2023). Why Queensland’s gender IDs are a dangerous defiance of science. The Australian https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/why-queenslands-gender-ids-are-a-dangerous-defiance-of-science/news-story/02b5575c2baae36536ebacc2ea48de15 [archive]

Lehmann, Claire (June 14, 2019). “Transgender is the new black”: Teens beg to “try out” a different sex. The Rebel https://www.therebel.media/_transgender_is_the_new_black_teens_beg_to_try_out_a_different_sex [archive]

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Jonathan Kay is a writer and anti-transgender activist. Kay writes for anti-trans publication Quillette.

Kay is also an advisor to anti-trans group Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism.

Background

Jonathan Hillel Kay was born in 1968 in Montreal to Ronny Kay and anti-trans activist Barbara Kay.

Anti-transgender activism

From 2018 to 2019 Kay co-hosted 17 episodes of the Quillette podcast Wrongspeak with anti-trans activist Debra W. Soh.

References

Katie Herzog (May 31, 2018). Wrongspeak Is a Safe Space for Dangerous Ideas. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/podcasts/2018/05/31/26879132/wrong-speak-is-a-safe-space-for-dangerous-ideas

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James Lindsay is an American writer and anti-transgender activist.

Background

James Stephen Lindsay was born on June 8, 1979  in Ogdensburg, New York and grew up in Maryville, Tennessee. Lindsay attended Tennessee Tech, earning a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree. Lindsay earned a doctorate from University of Tennessee in 2010. After completing the degree, Lindsay worked as a massage therapist.

Anti-transgender activism

Lindsay and Peter Boghossian published a hoax paper in 2017 titled “The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct.” They stated the paper parodied “poststructuralist discursive gender theory.” The paper was rejected by Norma, but later accepted by Cogent Social Sciences.

Lindsay, Boghossian, and Helen Pluckrose submitted 20 hoax papers, which they submitted to peer-reviewed journals using several pseudonyms. One recommended that people challenge their transphobia by inserting sex toys into their anuses.

The hoax was uncovered by Toni Airaksinen of Campus Reform in 2018.

Lindsay is a proponent of the right-wing LGBT grooming conspiracy theory and helped popularize “groomer” as a slur directed at LGBTQ educators and activists. Lindsay considers the Pride flag to be “the flag of a hostile enemy.”

Lindsay was a featured speaker at the 2023 anti-trans Genspect conference in Denver.

New Discourses

Lindsay founded the New Discourses wesbsite, now owned by Christian nationalist commentator Michael O’Fallon of Sovereign Nations.

Lindsay published a series of anti-trans posts by contributor “Donna M.,” the pen name of Linda Kramer, “a writer who was censored by Medium when her insights on transgender issues were labelled ‘hate speech.'”

The New Discourses podcast frequently attacks the trans community. Anti-trans episodes include:

2023

2022

2021

2020

References

Airaksinen, Toni (July 25, 2018). Academic journal duped by author of ‘dog rape culture’ article. Campus Reform https://web.archive.org/web/20181009132026/https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11158 [archive] 

Airaksinen, Toni (August 7, 2018). Publisher questions credibility of ‘dog rape culture’ author. Campus Reform. https://www.campusreform.org/article/publisher-questions-credibility-of-dog-rape-culture-author/11199

Schuessler, Jennifer (October 4, 2018). Hoaxers Slip Breastaurants and Dog-Park Sex Into Journals. The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/arts/academic-journals-hoax.html

Jaschik, Scott (May 22, 2017). Hoax With Multiple Targets. Inside Higher Ed https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/05/22/faux-scholarly-article-sets-criticism-gender-studies-and-open-access-publishing

Tillberg, Anneli (June 12, 2017). Attack on gender studies despite rejection of hoax article. Genus https://www.genus.se/en/newspost/attack-on-gender-studies-despite-rejection-of-hoax-article

Editors (May 26, 2017). Statement regarding hoax article. Norma: International Journal for Masculinity Studies https://normajournal.wordpress.com/2017/05/26/statement-regarding-hoax-article/

Caitlin Dickson and Christopher Wilson (May 4, 2022). Right-wing ‘groomer’ attacks target suicide prevention service for LGBTQ youth. Yahoo! News https://news.yahoo.com/right-wing-groomer-attacks-target-suicide-prevention-service-for-lgbtq-youth-130037286.html

Staff report (April 27, 2022). How the Intellectual Dark Web Spawned ‘Groomer’ Panic. The Daily Beast https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-intellectual-dark-web-spawned-anti-lgbtq-groomer-panic

Fisher, Anthony L. (August 9, 2022). The Banned ‘OK Groomer’ Guy Is Not a Free-Speech Martyr. The Daily Beast https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-banned-ok-groomer-guy-james-lindsay-is-not-a-free-speech-martyr

“Donna M.” (April 7, 2021). Believe Moms: There’s Something Else Going on With Trans Teens. New Discourses https://newdiscourses.com/2021/04/believe-moms-theres-something-else-going-on-with-trans-teens/

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Linda Kramer is an American writer and unaccepting parent of a gender diverse adult child.

Kramer publishes anti-trans propaganda under the pen name “Donna M.”

Background

Linda Marie Wolfgram was born in May of 1972 and married Peter Kramer (born 1971) at age 22. They have four children: Benjamin (born ~2001), Jonah (born ~2003), Emma Grace (born ~2004), and Anna (born ~2006).

Kramer created the Travels with Children blog, posting extensively about family trips in the area.

Anti-trans activism

“Mommy bloggers” are highly susceptible to anti-transgender extremism. When one of Kramer’s children came out as gender diverse, Kramer decided to vent on Medium with a cruel “open letter” to this child, but really written for the approval of other unsupportive and anti-trans parents.

The piece was taken down by Medium as a violation of policies on anti-trans content. The piece gained some notoriety among transphobes after being taken down. It was later republished by James Lindsay on New Discourses.

The piece, titled “You’re Not Trans. You’re Just Weird,” repeated many anti-trans talking points from the “parental rights” faction of anti-trans extremists:

You’re right. There is something different about you.

But you’re not trans, you’re just weird.

So we’re right here for you. We’ll always be here for you. But those online folks who urge you to “crack your trans egg” and rush to hormones and surgeries don’t know you at all. They don’t know that gifted kids and ADHD kids and Autism kids and Asperger’s kids are slower to develop emotionally and sexually. They don’t know that sexuality takes time and experience to figure out, and that the majority of trans teens seeking medical treatment haven’t even masturbated or kissed someone yet. They don’t know that 80% of trans children end up becoming comfortable with their birth sex if you just give them time. They don’t know that there are increasing numbers of desisting and de-transitioning people in their twenties. They don’t realize that hormones permanently stunt your growth, decrease your IQ, and can cause sterility. They don’t know that these hormones are prescribed off-label and there’s no research on the long-term outcomes. They don’t even know that the most recent research shows that short-term outcomes are clearly worse.

They don’t realize that you’re weird. But I do. You’re weird, kiddo.

Kramer believes peer pressure and social contagion led their child to identify as trans:

Forty-eight hours after my son announced to us that he thought he might be trans, this teen girl sent me a text congratulating me on having a trans son, saying I must be so proud, and offering to help educate me if I had any questions. You might be surprised to hear that I did not take a teenage girl up on her offer of advice on the psychosocial and sexual development of my son.

Her gall continued. It was clear she had found a new venue for her deep desire to venge justice upon the world. Clearly, this was a wounded and neglected trans boy whose parents just didn’t understand him. Despite her busy schedule of therapy to deal with her anorexia, cutting, and suicide attempt, she found time to provide him clothing and test out nail polish on him.

Over the next few months, we scrambled to find a good therapist, add in an anti-depressant and anti-anxiety medicine, and try to expand our son’s world. By January, he was pulling out of his depression, desisting from his trans identity, engaged and happy, and doing well in school.

According to what appears to be a final post in 2022, “Donna M. has unsubscribed from Twitter in order to protect her privacy and move on. Parents of gender-questioning teens looking for support should visit PITT”.

In the course of attacking 300,000 American children, Kramer publicly outed their own child, apparently feeling the best way to “protect their privacy” was to divulge deeply personal family information in order to promote anti-transgender propaganda.

References

Pfitzinger, Julie (May 28, 2011). It’s time for a family adventure. Minneapolis Star Tribune https://www.startribune.com/it-s-time-for-a-family-adventure/122695629/

“Donna M.” (March 5, 2021). You’re Not Trans. You’re Just Weird. New Discourses https://newdiscourses.com/2021/03/youre-not-trans-youre-just-weird/

“Donna M.” (April 7, 2021). Believe Moms: There’s Something Else Going on With Trans Teens. New Discourses https://newdiscourses.com/2021/04/believe-moms-theres-something-else-going-on-with-trans-teens/

“Donna M.” (April 30, 2021). Dear Teen Girls: Leave the Vulnerable Kids Alone. New Discourses https://newdiscourses.com/2021/04/dear-teen-girls-leave-vulnerable-kids-alone/

“Donna M.” (June 2, 2021). I Act; Therefor [sic] I Am. Dear Trans Kids: Stop Feeling and Start Thinking. New Discourses https://newdiscourses.com/2021/06/dear-trans-kids-stop-feeling-start-thinking/

“Donna M.” (September 18, 2021). Yes, Your Kid’s Trans Thing is a Phase. New Discourses https://newdiscourses.com/2021/09/yes-your-kids-trans-thing-phase/

“Donna M.” (September 22, 2021). A Call for a Defense of Parenting Act. New Discourses https://newdiscourses.com/2021/09/call-for-defense-of-parenting-act/

“Donna M.” (July 21, 2022). Nevertheless, He Desisted. New Discourses https://newdiscourses.com/2022/07/nevertheless-he-desisted/

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Carl Benjamin, is a British far-right activist and media personality who has maintained three YouTube channels: Sargon of Akkad, The Thinkery, and Akkad Daily.

Benjamin has consistently espoused anti-transgender views and is associated with other anti-trans extremists.

Background

Carl Benjamin was born in 1980.

Benjamin was an early member of the so-called intellectual dark web, a gateway to the far right.

Media

Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull (Jan 6, 2023) Akkad Daily – Kellie-Jay interviewed by Carl Benjamin YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMAJivZtmeE

The Serf Times (Aug 13, 2021). Sargon of Akkad has some VERY DATED OPINIONS of Trans Rights (Carl WHINES about Trans Rights Rally!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsiNtH2oAUA

Rationality Rules (Jan 16, 2020). What Makes a Woman? | Stephen Woodford vs. Carl Benjamin (Sargon of Akkad) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgddcw5LXx8

Brenton Lengel (Jul 7, 2020). DEBATE: Trans Women in Sports (Sargon of Akkad vs Brenton Lengel) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC3MehQntVo

The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters (Aug 21, 2023). Our Civilisation Hurts Children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIm-ELM8s_g

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Steven Crowder is a conservative media personality and anti-transgender extremist.

Background

Steven Blake Crowder was born on July 7, 1987, in Detroit, Michigan. Crowder and older sibling Jordan grew up in Montreal. Crowder began acting as a child and began doing standup at age 17. Crowder attended Champlain College for less than a year before dropping out.

In 2009 Crowder began posting satirical videos on conservative platforms, including Pajamas Media and Big Hollywood. Crowder worked at Fox News from 2009 to 2013, when they ended the relationship after Crowder made negative comments about Fox News and host Sean Hannity.

In 2017, Crowder began the Louder with Crowder show on Conservative Review’s CRTV, whic soon merged with Glenn Beck’s TheBlaze. Crowder is known for a “Change My Mind” series, where he shows up on a college campus with a provocative sign. One of the most popular is “There Are Only 2 Genders,” which has been repeated many times.

In 2019 YouTube investigated Crowder regarding comments about gay journalist Carlos Maza, but determined the racist and homophobic slurs did not violate their policies. They demonetized the channel following criticism, but allowed it again on some videos about a year later. In 2021, YouTube suspended the channel for a week and demonetized the channel again. In 2022, Crowder’s channel was suspended for two weeks for violating its policy on harassment, threats and cyberbullying. In 2023, Crowder’s channel was suspended again for featuring Alex Jones as co-host. In 2021, Crowder sued Faceboook over alleged censorship.

In 2023, Crowder got in a dispute with anti-trans organization Daily Wire following failed negotiations to join the platform. Crowder moved the show to Rumble, later partnering with Alex Jones, Nick Di Paolo, and Bryan Callen for an extended show.

Crowder and Hilary Korzon married in 2012, have dizygotic twin children, and separated in 2021. In 2023, Korzon released a recording in which Crowder was angrily yelling.

Anti-transgender activism

Samantha Riedel summarized Crowder’s long history of transphobic content:

No group has captivated Crowder’s gaze more thoroughly, however, than transgender people. Crowder was an early adopter of the post-gay marriage pivot to transphobia as a conservative business model. In the late 2010s, Crowder was already hosting sham “debates” on whether there are more than two genders, physically threatening trans people at work, and infiltrating trans groups to accuse them of indoctrinating children — years before Chaiya Raichik would perfect the grift with Libs of TikTok. Since then, Crowder has kept the volume on his transphobia at 11 by attacking trans public figures like Elliot Page and spreading disinformation, for which he was briefly suspended from YouTube.

[…] Virtually any story seems like a good excuse for Crowder to hop in a dress and spend several hours in a makeup chair to, uh, own the libs? He has dressed in drag to “go undercover” at an International Women’s Day event, where he was welcomed as a trans woman by the cisgender organizers, and wore a floral dress and wig while just hanging out in the studio to kick off “Cultural Appropriation Month” in June 2022. There was also the “Tranny Bane vs. Jihadi Bond” skit, in which Crowder managed to combine his two favorite identity cosplays into one terrible package, and my #1 draft pick: the time he tried to pose as a trans woman at Planet Fitness, where he intentionally broke gym rules by slamming weights and was quickly banned from the entire chain for life. As Twitter user @RightWingCope put it, “I’ve seen Steven Crowder crossdressing more times than I’ve seen drag queens in my whole life.”

Riedel (2023)

On November 6, 2023, Crowder released leaked notes purportedly written by the 2023 Nashville Covenant School shooter.

References

Campbell, Jason (August 7, 2023). Steven Crowder’s empire of hate collapses. Media Matters for America https://www.mediamatters.org/steven-crowder/steven-crowders-empire-hate-collapses

Riedel, Samantha (August 11, 2023). Steven Crowder Was Once the Transphobe in Chief. Now His Career Is Cratering. them. https://www.them.us/story/steven-crowder-career-transphobia

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“Arty Morty” is the stage name of a Canadian anti-transgender extremist. “Arty Morty” is best known for being sidekick to anti-trans extremist Graham Linehan and for co-founding LGB Alliance Canada.

Background

“Arty Morty” is a pseudonym that refers to a Sherlock Holmes case.

Anti-trans activism

The Mess We’re In

“Arty Morty” was an original sidekick on Graham Linehan’s anti-trans podcast, The Mess We’re In.

YouTube channel

In February, 2020, “Arty Morty” began a YouTube channel that has included interviews with other anti-trans extremists, including

Guest appearances

“Arty Morty” has appeared as a guest in interviews with other anti-trans extremists, including Benjamin Boyce, Sasha Ayad, and Stella O’Malley.

References

Stella O’Malley and Sasha Ayad (December 25, 2020). EPISODE 3 – Feminine Boy to Gay Man: A conversation with Arty Morty. Gender: A Wider Lens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-THqe2_0XE

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Tucker Carlson is an American conservative media personality and anti-transgender activist.

Background

Tucker McNear Carlson was born May 16, 1969 in San Francisco to Lisa McNeal and Dick Carlson (born 1941), a broadcaster and lobbyist. Carlos has a younger sibling Buckley Swanson Peck Carlson. Carlson’s parents divorced in 1976, with Lisa moving to France. Dick Carlson then married Swanson Enterprises heir Patricia Caroline Swanson in 1979.

Carlson attended boarding school in Rhode Island and began dating future spouse Susan Andrews there. The yearbook says Carlson led the “Dan White Society.” White assassinated gay politican Harvey Milk.

Carlson worked for The Heritage Foundation at Policy Review, then wrote opinion pieces at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazett. Carlson joineed The Weekly Standard in 1995. A 1999 profile of George W. Bush for Talk magazine led to controversy as well as work at New York, Reader’s Digest, Esquire, Slate, The New Republic, The New York Times Magazine, The Daily Beast, and The Wall Street Journal.

In 2000 CNN hired Carlson to host The Spin Room and later Crossfire. In 2004, Jon Stewart harshly criticized Carlson and Paul Begala, which attributed to the show’s cancellation. Carlson adjusted to a different on-air tone after the incident.

In 2004, PBS aired Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered for about a year. In 2005 MSNBC aired Tucker until 2008.

From 2010 to 2020 Carlson was editor of The Daily Caller. In June 2020, Carlson sold his one-third stake in The Daily Caller following questions about the organization selling their mailing list the the Donald Trump campaign.

From 2009 to 2023 Carlson hosted an appeared on Fox News shows, including Red Eye, Hannity, Fox & Friends Weekend, and Tucker Carlson Tonight. In 2021 Fox entered into a multi-year contract to air and podcast and shows Tucker Carlson Originals and Tucker Carlson Today. Carlson was dismissed in 2023.

In 2023 Carlson relaunched on Twitter/X as host of Tucker on X.

Carlson has authored three books: 

  • Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News (2003)
  • Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution (2018)
  • The Long Slide: Thirty Years in American Journalism (2021)

Anti-transgender activism

Carlson hosted the 2022 two-part special “Transgressive: The Cult of Confusion,” showcasing the ex-transgender movement.

References

 Grant, Melissa Gira (September 28, 2022). Doxxed Doctors, Library Bomb Threats, and Attacks on Pride Centers: A Week in Escalating Anti-LGBTQ Violence. The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/167882/rising-right-wing-lgbtq-threats-violence-tiktok-tucker-carlson

Goggin, Ben; Tenbarge, Kat (November 23, 2022). Right-wing influencers and media double down on anti-LGBTQ rhetoric in the wake of the Colorado shooting. NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/right-wing-influencers-media-double-anti-lgbtq-rhetoric-wake-colorado-rcna58371

Baker-Jordan, Skylar (September 20, 2022). Tucker Carlson’s latest LGBT rant proves he’s been radicalized. The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/tucker-carlson-gay-trans-rant-radical-b2171570.html

Wiggins, Christopher (September 23, 2022). Tucker Carlson Says Hospitals Should Expect Threats Over Trans Care. The Advocate https://news.yahoo.com/tucker-carlson-says-hospitals-expect-163813949.html

Resources

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Megyn Kelly is an American author, conservative media personality, and anti-transgender activist.

Kelly frequently platforms anti-transgender extremists, including Helen Joyce, Jesse Singal, Katie Herzog, Jennifer Bilek, Miriam Grossman, Jaimee Michell, and Chris Barrett.

Background

Megyn Marie Kelly was born November 18, 1970 in Champaign, Illinois to Edward Francis Kelly (1940-1985) and Linda (DeMaio) Kelly. Edward Kelly died when Megyn was 15. Kelly was raised Catholic.

Kelly earned a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University in 1992 and a law degree from Albany Law School in 1995. Kelly worked as a lawyer for about 10 years.

Kelly married Daniel “Dan” Kendall in 2001 the divorced in 2006. Kelly married novelist Doug Brunt in 2008. They have three children: Thatcher, Yates, and Yardley.

Kelly hosted several shows at Fox News from 2004 to 2017, including America Live, America’s Newsroom, and The Kelly File. During that time, Kelly was known for political reporting, debate coverage, and debate moderation. Kelly was at NBC News from 2017 to 2018 before being terminated over comments about blackface. 

Kelly authored the 2016 memoir Settle for More.

Kelly founded Devil May Care Media, which produces the podcast The Megyn Kelly Show.

Anti-transgender activism

Kelly frequently criticizes prominent trans and gender diverse figures, including Rachel Levine, Jonathan Van Ness and Dylan Mulvaney.

References

Staff (December 9, 2017). Why GLAAD Ripped Megyn Kelly For ‘Failing’ the LGBTQ Community. TooFab https://toofab.com/2017/12/09/why-glaad-ripped-megyn-kelly-for-failing-the-lgbtq-community/

Cooper, Alex (April 25, 2022). Watch Megyn Kelly Claim Trans Activists Are Making Gay Men Trans. The Advocate https://www.advocate.com/media/2022/4/25/watch-megyn-kelly-claim-trans-activists-are-making-gay-men-trans

Kelly, Megyn (April 16, 2021). Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal on Culture Wars, the Trans Trend, and Fad Psychology | Ep. 90. The Megyn Kelly Show

McBride, Jessica (December 11, 2017). Dan Kendall, Megyn Kelly’s Ex-Husband: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know. Heavy https://heavy.com/news/2017/12/dan-kendall-megyn-kelly-ex-husband-daniel-is-still-married/

Wiggins, Christopher (September 28, 2023). How Jonathan Van Ness Clapped Back at Megyn Kelly Over Mocking Trans Inclusion in Sports. The Advocate https://www.advocate.com/people/jonathan-van-ness-megyn-kelly

Schwartz, Ian (June 2, 2023). Megyn Kelly: I’m Done With The Trans Pronoun Charade, I Didn’t See The Harm. RealClearPolitics https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/06/02/megyn_kelly_i_was_unfortunately_an_early_proponent_of_using_preferred_pronouns_trans_people_were_tortured_enough.html

Resources

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