Andy NgĂŽ is an American writer and anti-transgender activist. NgĂŽ’s coverage of trans topics consistently depicts trans people in a negative light.
NgĂŽ’s writing has appeared many anti-trans publications, including Quillette The Post Millennial
Background
Andy Cuong NgĂŽ was born on April 6, 1986 and grew up in Portland, Oregon. NgĂŽ earned a bachelor’s degree from UCLA in 2009.
NgĂŽ came out as gay around age 30.
In 2015, NgĂŽ enrolled in graduate school at Portland State University. NgĂŽ was fired from student newspaper Portland State Vanguard in 2017 after allegedly misrepresenting statements made at a protest.
NgĂŽ organized or filmed campus appearances of:
NgĂŽ covered leftist student protests at Evergreen State University. After that, NgĂŽ became well-known for covering Antifa activity in the Pacific Northwest. NgĂŽ would frequently attend protests and publish mugshots of those arrested. NgĂŽ is author of the 2021 book Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy .
Anti-transgender activism
NgĂŽ was suspended from Twitter in 2019 for a tweet disputing rates of violence against trans people.
In 2021, Ngo revealed that sex offender Darren Agee Merager was the suspect in an incident at Wi Spa in Los Angeles. Merager identifies as a trans woman and was accused by Wi Spa guests of indecent exposure while nude in a sex-segregated part of the spa. The incident was initially declared a hoax by some people who covered it, and it led to tense protests.
NgĂŽ hosted the podcast Things You Should Ngo and has appeared as a guest on many anti-trans shows, including shows by or with Tucker Carlson , Dave Rubin , Peter Boghossian , Allen West, Michael Malice , Charlie Kirk , Adam Carolla, Laura Ingraham, Megyn Kelly , Glenn Beck, Konstantin Kisin , Francis Foster , Jennifer Bilek , Drew Pinsky, Dan Crenshaw, Jesse Kelly, Tim Pool , Julia Hartley-Brewer, Jordan Peterson , Kennedy, Lotuseaters, Maajid Nawaz , Brandi Kruse, Sebastian Gorka, Joe Rogan , Bret Weinstein , Wilfred Reilly , Eric Weinstein , Greg Gutfeld , Ben Shapiro , and Debra Soh .
NgĂŽ has reported from anti-trans events like the LGB Alliance conference and has interviewed many anti-trans figures, including:
References
Urquhart, Evan (June 14, 2023) Did Andy Ngo coin âTRANTIFAâ? Assigned Media https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/did-trantifa-originate-with-andy-ngo
Gais, Hannah (September 11, 2019). The Making of Andy Ngo. Jewish Currents https://jewishcurrents.org/the-making-of-andy-ngo/
Dickson, EJ (September 3, 2019). How a Right-Wing Troll Managed to Manipulate the Mainstream Media. Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/andy-ngo-right-wing-troll-antifa-877914/
Gupta, Arun (August 2019). Portland’s Andy Ngo Is the Most Dangerous Grifter in America . Jacobin https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/08/andy-ngo-right-wing-antifa-protest-portland-bigotry
Bernstein, Joseph (July 18, 2019). Andy Ngo Has The Newest New Media Career. It’s Made Him A Victim And A Star. BuzzFeed News https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/andy-ngo-portland-antifa
Griffin, Anna (February 8, 2018). For Immigrants’ Son, Vietnam Trip Led To More Conservative Worldview . Oregon Public Broadcasting https://www.opb.org/news/series/racenw/immigrants-vietnam-oregon-conservative-worldview/
Work by NgĂŽ and supporters
NgĂŽ, Andy (September 17, 2021). Wi Spa suspect still at large â has history of indecent exposure and masturbation. New York Post https://nypost.com/2021/09/17/wi-spa-suspect-still-at-large-has-history-of-indecent-exposure-and-masturbation/
Singal, Jesse (September 3, 2021). Some Mainstream Outlets Can’t Even Perform Basic Newsgathering Functions Anymore: How Andy Ngo’s coverage of the Wi Spa controversy humiliated Slate, The Guardian, and other outlets. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/some-mainstream-outlets-cant-even
NgĂŽ, Andy (September 2, 2021). Sex offending suspect claims transgender harassment in Wi Spa case. New York Post https://nypost.com/2021/09/02/charges-filed-against-sex-offender-in-wi-spa-casecharges-filed-against-sex-offender-in-notorious-wi-spa-incident/ [alt headline: Charges filed against Darren Agee Merager in Wi Spa case]
Herzog, Katie (December 7, 2018). Anti-Racist Protesters Harass Gay Asian-American Journalist. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/politics/2018/12/07/36874512/anti-racist-protesters-harass-gay-asian-american-journalist
Ngo, Andy (May 12, 2017). Fired for Reporting the Truth . National Review https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/05/free-speech-islam-portland-state-vanguard-editor-fired-tweets/
Media
Peter Boghossian (May 30, 2023). Moving the Needle on Gender Ideology (with Peter Boghossian, Billboard Chris, Andy Ngo, Savanah Hernandez, Matt Thornton, & Honey Badger Mom) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLtd6NhxFbc
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Your Welcome is a podcast founded in 2017 by troll Michael Malice . Guests include many key figures in conservative and anti-transgender activism.
Below is a full episode list through 2023.
2023
Dave Smith and Will Chamberlain December 20, 2023
Alex Jones December 13, 2023Ian Crossland and Jack Angeli-Chansley December 6, 2023
James Lindsay November 29, 2023Dinesh D’Souza November 21, 2023Magatte Wade November 15, 2023
Dave Landau November 8, 2023
Luke Rudkowski November 1, 2023
Moms for Liberty Tina Descovich October 25, 2023Kurt Schlichter October 18, 2023
Cody Wilson & Jessica Solce October 11, 2023
Dave Smith October 4, 2023
Scott Adams September 27, 2023Kurt Metzger September 20, 2023
Cenk Uygur September 13, 2023Ethan Van Sciver September 6, 2023
Chaya Raichik (âLibs of TikTokâ) August 30, 2023Gabriel Shipton August 23, 2023
Gad Saad August 16, 2023Jake Angeli August 9, 2023
Destiny August 2, 2023
Carol Roth July 26, 2023
Matt Lewis July 19, 2023
Amanda Milius July 12, 2023
Robert Barnes July 5, 2023
Cody Wilson June 28, 2023
Joseph McBride June 21, 2023
Dave Rubin June 14, 2023Raheem Kassam June 7, 2023
Roseanne Barr May 31, 2023Dave Smith & Konstantin Kisin May 24, 2023
Andy Ngo May 17, 2023James OâKeefe May 10, 2023Martin Shkreli May 3, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy April 26, 2023Dave Landau April 20, 2023
Konstantin Kisin April 12, 2023Kmele Foster April 5, 2023
Jack Posobiec March 29, 2023Natalie Sideserf March 22, 2023
Karol Markowicz March 16, 2023
Carpe Donktum March 8, 2023Dave Smith March 1, 2023
Bridget Phetasy February 22, 2023Yeonmi Park February 15, 2023
Kari Lake February 8, 2023
Colin Moriarty February 1, 2023
Mike Cernovich January 25, 2023Roger Stone January 18, 2023
Curtis Yarvin and Dave Smith January 11, 2023Carl Benjamin January 4, 2023
2022
Tom Woods December 28, 2022
Alex Stein December 21, 2022Alex Jones December 15, 2022Jimmy Dore December 7, 2022
Ben Askren November 30, 2022
Lora Logic November 23, 2022
Dave Smith November 16, 2022
Razib Khan November 9, 2022James OâKeefe November 2, 2022
Ryan James Girdusky October 26, 2022
Antoine Vaillant October 19, 2022
Sour Patch Lyds October 12, 2022
Matt Iseman September 28, 2022
James Lindsay September 21, 2022David Pietrusza September 14, 2022
Lou Perez September 7, 2022
Seamus Coughlin August 31, 2022
Auron MacIntyre August 24, 2022
Robert Barnes August 17, 2022
Dave Smith August 10, 2022
Charlie Kirk August 3, 2022
Alex Jones July 27, 2022Kari Lake July 20, 2022
Kurt Schlichter July 13, 2022
Sara Gonzales July 6, 2022
Glenn Greenwald June 29, 2022Blaire White June 22, 2022Marc Andreessen June 15, 2022
Dave Smith June 8, 2022
Angela McArdle June 1, 2022
Eric July May 25, 2022
Hotep Jesus May 18, 2022
Dave Smith May 11, 2022
Sydney Watson May 4, 2022
Dave Rubin March 30, 2022Aaron Berg March 23, 2022
Lauren Southern March 16, 2022Curtis Yarvin March 9, 2022Mike Cernovich March 2, 2022
Lily Tang Williams February 23, 2022
Dave Smith February 16, 2022
Thaddeus Russell February 9, 2022
Corey DeAngelis February 2, 2022
Count Dankula January 26, 2022Cody Wilson January 19, 2022
Dave Smith January 12, 2022
2021
Ethan Nicolle December 23, 2021
Glenn Beck December 16, 2021Dave Smith December 9, 2021
Chris Williamson December 2, 2021
Mark Hemingway November 24, 2021
Robert Barnes November 17, 2021
James Lindsay November 3, 2021
Carl Benjamin October 25, 2021Ben Domenech October 18, 2021
Jesse Lee Peterson October 11, 2021
Debra Soh October 4, 2021
Siraj Hashmi September 28, 2021
Yaron Brook September 21, 2021
Maxime Bernier September 14, 2021
Kurt Schlichter September 7, 2021
Dave Smith August 24, 2021
Curtis Yarvin August 10, 2021Ron Coleman August 3, 2021
Dave Smith July 27, 2021
Kmele Foster July 20, 2021Carol Roth July 13, 2021
Alex Jones July 6, 2021
Dave Smith June 29, 2021
Adam Curry June 22, 2021
Elizabeth Spiers June 15, 2021
Jack Posobiec June 8, 2021Dave Smith June 1, 2021
Eliza Bleu May 25, 2021
David Pietrusza May 18, 2021
Kristin Tate May 11, 2021
Dave Smith May 4, 2021
Mark Pellegrino April 27, 2021
Corey DeAngelis April 13, 2021
Dave Smith April 6, 2021
James Lindsay March 30, 2021Tim Young March 23, 2021
Bridget Phetasy March 16, 2021Dave Smith March 9, 2021
Madison Cawthorn March 1, 2021
Justin Amash February 23, 2021
Lauren Chen February 16, 2021Yeon-mi Park February 9, 2021
Dave Smith February 2, 2021
Tom Woods January 26, 2021
Lauren Southern January 19, 2021Chris Williamson January 12, 2021
Dave Smith January 5, 2021
2020
Adrianne Curry December 22, 2020
Dave Smith December 15, 2020
Mike Cernovich December 8, 2020Tom Woods December 1, 2020
Glenn Greenwald November 24, 2020Dave Smith November 17, 2020
Phil Labonte November 10, 2020
Chris DeRose November 3, 2020
Douglas Murray October 27, 2020Kurt Metzger October 20, 2020
Dave Smith October 20, 2020
Dave Smith October 20, 2020
Laura Loomer October 6, 2020
Joe Machi September 29, 2020
Dave Smith September 23, 2020
Tucker Max September 16, 2020
Cody Wilson September 8, 2020
Mikhaila Peterson September 1, 2020
Chrissie Mayr August 24, 2020
Stu Burguiere August 18, 2020
Ashley St. Clair August 11, 2020Thaddeus Russell August 4, 2020
Dave Smith July 23, 2020
Chrissie Mayr July 21, 2020
Dave Smith July 14, 2020
Kurt Schlichter July 7, 2020
Dave Smith June 30, 2020
Dave Smith June 24, 2020
Dave Smith June 23, 2020
Dave Smith June 16, 2020
Dave Smith June 9, 2020
Dave Smith June 2, 2020
Edward Stringham May 26, 2020
Dave Smith May 19, 2020
Dave Smith May 11, 2020
Dave Smith May 5, 2020
Dave Rubin April 29, 2020Dave Smith April 22, 2020
Dave Smith April 15, 2020
Dave Smith April 7, 2020
Tom Woods March 31, 2020
Jessica Tarlov March 24, 2020
Mollie Hemingway March 17, 2020
Matt Taylor March 10, 2020
Amanda Lenox March 3, 2020
Lou Perez February 18, 2020
Matt McClowry February 11, 2020
Geno Bisconte February 4, 2020
Ethan Suplee January 30, 2020
Dave Landau January 23, 2020
Lisa De Pasquale January 16, 2020
Buck Sexton January 9, 2020
Richard Aldous January 2, 2020
2019
Heidi Matthews December 26, 2019
Kmele Foster December 19, 2019Arthur Herman December 12, 2019
Joe DeVito December 5, 2019
David Pietrusza November 28, 2019
Jason Stapleton November 21, 2019
Jack Posobiec November 14, 2019Zuby November 7, 2019
Dave Smith October 29, 2019
Mark Hyman October 22, 2019
John Carney October 15, 2019
Big âJayâ Oakerson October 8, 2019
Terry Schappert October 1, 2019
Karol Markowicz September 24, 2019
Andrew Pollack & Max Eden September 17, 2019
Dan Soder September 10, 2019
Dave Landau September 3, 2019
Zac Amico August 27, 2019
Hotep Jesus August 20, 2019
Ben Howe August 13, 2019
Vit Jedlicka August 6, 2019
Charlie Nash July 30, 2019
Bridget Phetasy July 23, 2019Thaddeus Russell July 16, 2019
Melissa Chen July 9, 2019Ben Domenech July 2, 2019
Janae Marie Kroc June 25, 2019
Luis J. Gomez June 18, 2019
Lyn Ulbricht June 11, 2019
Joey Salads June 4, 2019
Ethan Nicolle May 28, 2019
Ethan Suplee May 21, 2019
[no guest] May 14, 2019
Michael Wolf April 30, 2019
Faith Goldy April 30, 2019Brandon Straka April 23, 2019Nick Searcy April 16, 2019
Titania McGrath April 9, 2019Will Chamberlain April 2, 2019
David Reaboi March 26, 2019
Nick Monroe March 19, 2019
Ron Coleman. March 12, 2019
Bill Schulz and Joanne Nosuchinsky March 5, 2019
John DeVore February 26, 2019
Kristin Tate February 19, 2019
Dave Smith February 12, 2019
Maj Toure February 5, 2019
Dick Manitoba January 29, 2019
Michael Tracey January 22, 2019Jake Sabawini January 15, 2019
Nomiki Konst January 8, 2019
Tom Woods January 1, 2019
2018
Allum Bokhari December 25, 2018
Brandon Svarc and Bahzad Trinos December 18, 2018
Count Dankula December 11, 2018
Lux Alptraum December 4, 2018
Imam Tawhidi November 27, 2018
Anthony Cumia November 20, 2018Justin Silver November 13, 2018
Marion Smith November 6, 2018
Arthur Herman October 30, 2018
Juanita Broaddrick October 23, 2018Ralph Sutton October 16, 2018
Stephen Miller October 9, 2018
Kurt Schlichter October 2, 2018
Hans-Hermann Hoppe September 25, 2018
Robert Epstein and Matt Taylor September 18, 2018
David Pietrusza September 11, 2018
Shane OâMara September 4, 2018
Rucka Rucka Ali August 28, 2018
John Stossel August 21, 2018Freddy Lim August 14, 2018
Matt Welch & Tom Woods August 7, 2018
Mike Cernovich July 31, 2018Jessica Tarlov July 24, 2018
Cody Wilson July 17, 2018
Lauren Southern July 10, 2018Cathy Young July 3, 2018
Ryan Holiday June 26, 2018
Joe Machi June 19, 2018
Scott Adams June 12, 2018Anthony Cumia June 5, 2018
Stephan Kinsella May 29, 2018
Geno Bisconte May 23, 2018
Bethany Mandel May 16, 2018
Lux Alptraum May 9, 2018
Hotep Jesus May 2, 2018
Aaron Berg April 25, 2018
Kevin Gutzman April 18, 2018
Karol Markowicz April 11, 2018
Ed March 28, 2018
March 21, 2018 Kristin Tate
Pat Flynn March 14, 2018
Tom Woods March 7, 2018
[no guest] February 28, 2018
Dave Rubin February 21, 2018Matt Iseman February 14, 2018
Dan Gluck and Serge Becker February 7, 2018
Frederick Bouchardy January 31, 2018
[no guest] January 24, 2018 A Night for Freedom Mike Cernovich, Gavin McInness, Stefan Molyneux, Owen Benjamin
Buck Sexton January 17, 2018
Matt Welch January 10, 2018Owen Benjamin January 3, 2018
2017
John DeVore December 27, 2017
Ed Stringham December 20, 2017
Janice Erlbaum December 13, 2017
Brett Veinotte December 6, 2017
Arthur Herman November 29, 2017
Luis J. Gomez November 22, 2017
Laura Loomer November 15, 2017David Pietrusza November 8, 2017
Jeremie Ruby-Strauss November 1, 2017
Tim Pool October 25, 2017Maddox October 18, 2017
Kirsten Haglund October 11, 2017
[no guest] October 4, 2017
Lisa De Pasquale September 27, 2017
Tom Ciccotta September 20, 2017
Dave Smith September 13, 2017
Stephen Miller September 6, 2017
Gavin McInnes August 23, 2017Eliza Orlins August 16, 2017
Thaddeus Russell August 9, 2017
John Basedow August 2, 2017
Don Caldwell July 26, 2017
Kmele Foster July 19, 2017[no guest] July 12, 2017
Jay Irwin (4chan) June 28, 2017
Tom Shillue June 21, 2017
Pax Dickinson June 14, 2017
Tom Woods June 7, 2017
Eva Kurilova is a Canadian anti-transgender activist. Kurilova identifies as a TERF and has been affiliated with anti-trans extremist groups Gays Against Groomers and LGB United . Kurilova has contributed to anti-trans group blogs and Substack newsletters, including Gender Dissent , Reality’s Last Stand , and The Distance .
Background
Kurilova lives in Calgary, Alberta and earned a bachelor’s degree from University of Calgary in 2013.
Anti-trans activism
In 2022, Kurilova signed an open letter supporting anti-trans extremist Amy Hamm .
Kurilova is part of the LGB separatist movement. In 2024, Kurilova told conservative Canadian publication True North :
âIâm a very gender non-conforming person, and I was that way as a child⊠I was a tomboy,â she said. âI really really worry and fear that if I was a child today, I would be a prime candidate for transition, for teachers and counsellors and doctors to tell me, âyou know you can be a boy.â Thatâs kind of why I have a very strong personal investment in these issues, and why I want to help protect kids.â
References
Menzies, Peter (October 31, 2024). Peter Menzies: The Trudeau governmentâs latest intrusion into newsrooms is another nail in the industryâs coffin. The Hub https://thehub.ca/2024/10/31/peter-menzies-the-trudeau-governments-outrageous-new-intrusion-into-newsrooms-is-yet-another-nail-in-the-industrys-coffin/
Johnson, Lisa (February 6, 2024). Alberta transgender restrictions draw more fire from Edmonton 2SLGBTQIA+ leaders. Edmonton Journal https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/alberta-transgender-restrictions-draw-more-fire-from-edmonton-2slgbtqia-leaders
Cantin-Nantel, Elie (February 2, 2024). âA step forwardâ: LGBT Albertans react to Danielle Smithâs new gender policies. True North https://tnc.news/2024/02/02/lgbt-albertans-react-to-smiths-policies1/
Nobre, Andreia (April 27, 2023). Dating App HER Suspended from Twitter after Insulting Lesbians. 4W https://4w.pub/dating-app-her-suspended-from-twitter/
Yang, Wesley ; “Moonlit Piglet” (October 03, 2023). The LGB and the T. Year Zero https://wesleyyang.substack.com/p/the-lgb-and-the-t
111 signatories (April 25, 2022). In Support of Amy Hamm. https://openletter.earth/in-support-of-amy-hamm-24239583
Slatz, Anna (December 2, 2021). Mother Claims 5-Year-Old Daughter is Trans Because She Likes ‘Trucks, Dinosaurs.’ 4W
Selected anti-trans writing by Kurilova
Kurilova, Eva (January 21, 2025). I Hate Gender Ideology but I Donât Hate Trans People. Reality’s Last Stand https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/i-hate-gender-ideology-but-i-dont
Kurilova, Eva (October 19, 2024). Opinion: UCP’s proposed policies will protect gender-diverse children. Calgary Herald https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-ucps-proposed-policies-will-protect-gender-diverse-children
Kurilova, Eva (January 24, 2024). From Abusive Husband to Trans Community Darling: A Trans Widow Speaks Out. Gender Dissent https://www.genderdissent.com/post/from-abusive-husband-to-trans-community-darling-a-trans-widow-speaks-out
Kurilova, Eva (Decemmber 20, 2023). Barbara Findlay: The Activist Lawyer Slaying Women’s Rights in Canada. Gender Dissent https://www.genderdissent.com/post/barbara-findlay-the-activist-lawyer-slaying-women-s-rights-in-canada
Kurilova, Eva (October 11, 2023). From Gay Rights to Trans Wrongs: Egaleâs Lucrative Transition. Gender Dissent https://www.genderdissent.com/post/from-gay-rights-to-trans-wrongs-egale-s-lucrative-transition
Kurilova, Eva (May 14, 2023). No, the Gay Movement Did Not Spawn the Trans Movement. The Distance https://www.thedistancemag.com/p/no-the-gay-movement-did-not-spawn
Kurilova, Eva (May 4, 2023). Women’s Rights Aren’t Human Rights in Canada. Gender Dissent https://www.genderdissent.com/post/women-s-rights-aren-t-human-rights-in-canada
Kurilova, Eva (March 8, 2023). The Man Who Speaks for Canadian Women, Even on International Women’s Day. Gender Dissent https://www.genderdissent.com/post/the-man-who-speaks-for-canadian-women-even-on-international-women-s-day
Kurilova, Eva (February 16, 2023). CANADA: Mother Threatened With Arrest After Confronting Male âWatchingâ Girls Undress In Changing Room At Nanaimo Swimming Pool. Reduxx
Kurilova, Eva (December 15, 2022). Shafted – The Gender Goldmine. Gender Dissent https://www.genderdissent.com/post/shafted-the-gender-goldmine
Kurilova, Eva (Oct 20, 2022). The Transition of Calgary Pride. Gender Dissent https://www.genderdissent.com/post/the-transition-of-calgary-pride
Kurilova, Eva (September 9, 2022). How the Canadian Anti-Hate Network is Policing Thought Crime with Your Tax Dollars. Gender Dissent https://www.genderdissent.com/post/how-the-canadian-anti-hate-network-is-policing-thought-crime-with-your-tax-dollars
Kurilova, Eva (July 25, 2022). I Would Have Been a âTrans KidââStop Medicalizing Gender Non-Conformity. Reality’s Last Stand https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/i-would-have-been-a-trans-kidstop
Kurilova, Eva (May 19, 2022). Meet Skipping Stone, the trans youth organization hosting sex work peer groups. Gender Dissent https://www.genderdissent.com/post/meet-skipping-stone-the-trans-youth-organization-hosting-sex-work-peer-groups
Kurilova, Eva (Feb 24, 2022). Story ARC: The money behind a plot to push gender ideology into Canadian classrooms. Gender Dissent https://www.genderdissent.com/post/story-arc-the-money-behind-a-plot-to-push-gender-ideology-into-canadian-classrooms
Media
Bad Canadians with Jared Michael and Eva Kurilova (June 24, 2025). Eva Kurilova: Gender, Queer Theory, and the Loss of Biological Reality | Bad Canadians Ep. 6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd-JYEorMXs
Rebel News with David Menzies and Eva Kurilova (March 21, 2024). Calgary writer speaks out on perils of gender ideology. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSyGTEwQHS8
Heterodorx with Nina Paley , Corinna Cohn , Eva Kurilova, and Lois Cardinal (February 24, 2024 ). Episode 125: TERF-Tranny Alliances with Eva Kurilova and Lois Cardinal. https://heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-125-terf-tranny-alliances-with-eva-kurilova-and-lois-cardinal/
Benjamin Boyce with “Exulansic” and Eva Kurilova (January 27, 2024). Purity Spiral Junkies | Exulansic & Eva Kurilova. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPAiQNriRL8
Deprogrammed with Keri Smith and Eva Kurilova (January 26, 2024). LIVE Deprogrammed – The Dangers of Gender Ideology – Eva Kurilova. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Rjl7_YrHI
Sasha White with Eva Kurlova (January 2, 2024). “It’s a Predatory Movement Targeting Vulnerable Kids” Eva Kurilova. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjJ3W5wJ3w
Off the Rails with Gillian Robinson and Eva Kurilova (November 30, 2023). Canada’s Gender Identity with Eva Kurilova. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFSyCleZQaE
Meghan Murphy with Eva Kurilova (September 28, 2023). Live from Canada! With Canada’s preeminent lesbian, Eva Kurilova. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RewhLu9KtFs
It Is MA’AM! with K Carnelian, Mel, and Eva Kurilova (September 1, 2023). It is MA’AM! Ep. 010 Eva Kurilova. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j64XpRZIri4
Alotta Thoughts with Julia Malott , Catherine Kronas, Eva Kurilova, Neil Dorin, and Lois Cardinal (May 12, 2023). Podcast Episode 3 – Pronouns with Catherine, Eva, Neil and Lois. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=przSxNEV6NU
Jon Uhler (SurvivorSupport.net) with Eva Kurilova (April 12, 2023). Episode #19 (pt. 1) Eva Kurilova Discuss Gender Ideology In Canada, & it’s Harm to Women and Minors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9YvzAe8vqo
The Famous Artist Birdy Rose with Eva Kurilova (October 30, 2022). Letâs Get Cancelled! With Eva Kurilova. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaADig9kq1g
Benjamin Boyce with Eva Kurilova and Birdie Rose (July 21, 2022). Freedom & Consequences | with Eva Kurilova & Birdie Rose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fdOnJzf8dQ
Benjamin Boyce (September 23, 2021). Honest to Goodness | with Eva Kurilova. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glbwLw-Y-1o
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Harper’s Magazine is an American publication founded in 1850. In the 21st century, amid the disruption of journalism and media, the magazine has had a revolving door of editors, leading to a number of questionable decisions that have affected the publication’s reputation.
No transgender journalist has ever appeared on their masthead since its founding in 1850.
“A Letter on Justice and Open Debate”
In 2020, Thomas Chatterton Williams led the effort to draft a letter decrying “illiberalism” with help from Robert Worth, George Packer, David Greenberg, and Mark Lilla. They then sought signatories without divulging who had signed. Because it “was passed among circles of activists and writers,” it is an excellent example of how anti-trans networks operate.
It’s one of the best recent examples of what Julia Serano calls “the Dregerian narrative” in which some elitists claim they are being persecuted or silenced by the minorities they exploit. The list featured an unusually large proportion of “gender critical ” mainstays.
Signatories
Elliot Ackerman, Saladin Ambar, Martin Amis, Anne Applebaum, Marie Arana, Margaret Atwood, John Banville, Mia Bay, Louis Begley, Roger Berkowitz, Paul Berman, Sheri Berman, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Neil Blair, David W. Blight, Jennifer Finney Boylan , David Bromwich, David Brooks, Ian Buruma, Lea Carpenter, Noam Chomsky, Nicholas Christakis , Roger Cohen, Frances D. Cook, Drucilla Cornell, Kamel Daoud, Meghan Daum , Gerald Early, Jeffrey Eugenides, Dexter Filkins, Federico Finchelstein, Caitlin Flanagan , Richard T. Ford, Kmele Foster , David Frum , Francis Fukuyama, Atul Gawande, Todd Gitlin, Kim Ghattas, Malcolm Gladwell, Michelle Goldberg , Rebecca Goldstein, Anthony Grafton, David Greenberg, Linda Greenhouse, Kerri Greenidge, Rinne B. Groff, Sarah Haider , Jonathan Haidt , Roya Hakakian, Shadi Hamid, Jeet Heer, Katie Herzog, Susannah Heschel, Adam Hochschild, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Eva Hoffman, Coleman Hughes , Hussein Ibish, Michael Ignatieff, Zaid Jilani, Bill T. Jones, Wendy Kaminer, Matthew Karp, Garry Kasparov, Daniel Kehlmann, Randall Kennedy, Khaled Khalifa, Parag Khanna, Laura Kipnis, Frances Kissling, Enrique Krauze, Anthony Kronman, Joy Ladin, Nicholas Lemann, Mark Lilla, Susie Linfield, Damon Linker, Dahlia Lithwick, Steven Lukes, John R. MacArthur, Susan Madrak, Phoebe Maltz Bovy , Greil Marcus, Wynton Marsalis, Kati Marton, Debra Mashek, Deirdre McCloskey , John McWhorter , Uday Mehta, Andrew Moravcsik, Yascha Mounk , Samuel Moyn, Meera Nanda, Cary Nelson, Olivia Nuzzi, Mark Oppenheimer, Dael Orlandersmith, George Packer, Nell Irvin Painter, Greg Pardlo, Orlando Patterson, Steven Pinker , Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Katha Pollitt , Claire Bond Potter, Taufiq Rahim, Zia Haider Rahman, Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, Jonathan Rauch, Neil Roberts, Melvin Rogers, Kat Rosenfield , Loretta J. Ross, J. K. Rowling , Salman Rushdie, Karim Sadjadpour, Daryl Michael Scott, Diana Senechal, Jennifer Senior, Judith Shulevitz, Jesse Singal , Anne-Marie Slaughter, Andrew Solomon, Deborah Solomon, Allison Stanger, Paul Starr, Wendell Steavenson, Gloria Steinem , Nadine Strossen, Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., Kian Tajbakhsh, Zephyr Teachout, Cynthia Tucker, Adaner Usmani, ChloĂ© Valdary , LucĂa MartĂnez Valdivia, Helen Vendler, Judy B. Walzer, Michael Walzer, Eric K. Washington, Caroline Weber, Randi Weingarten, Bari Weiss , Sean Wilentz, Garry Wills, Thomas Chatterton Williams , Robert F. Worth, Molly Worthen, Matthew Yglesias , Emily Yoffe , Cathy Young , Fareed Zakaria
A More Specific Letter on Justice and Open Debate
A letter countering it appeared shortly after that discussed the original’s “gender critical” aims:
The letter reads as a caustic reaction to a diversifying industry â one thatâs starting to challenge institutional norms that have protected bigotry. The writers of the letter use seductive but nebulous concepts and coded language to obscure the actual meaning behind their words, in what seems like an attempt to control and derail the ongoing debate about who gets to have a platform.
In fact, a number of the signatories have made a point of punishing people who have spoken out against them, including Bari Weiss (who made a name for herself as a Columbia University undergrad by harassing and infringing upon the speech of professors she considered to be anti-Israel, and later attempted to shame multiple media outlets into firing freelance journalist Erin Biba for her tweets), Katha Pollitt (whose transphobic rhetoric has extended to trying to deny trans journalists access to professional networking tools), Emily Yoffe (who has spoken out against sexual-assault survivors expressing their free speech rights), Anne-Marie Slaughter (who terminated her Google-funded organizationâs partnership with a Google critic), and Cary Nelson (whose support of free speech, apparently, does not extend to everyone ) â just to name a few. What gives them the right to use their platforms to harass others into silence, especially writers with smaller platforms and less institutional support, while preaching that silencing writers is a problem?
Rowling, one of the signers, has spouted transphobic and transmisogynist rhetoric, mocking the idea that trans men could exist, and likening transition-related medical care such as hormone replacement therapy to conversion therapy . She directly interacts with fans on Twitter, publishes letters littered with transphobic rhetoric, and gets away with platforming violent anti-trans speakers to her 14 million followers.
Jesse Singal, another signer, is a cis man infamous for advancing his career by writing derogatorily about trans issues. In 2018, Singal had a cover story in The Atlantic expressing skepticism about the benefits of gender-affirming care for trans youth. No trans writer has been afforded the same space. Singal often faces and dismisses criticism from trans people, but he has a much larger platform than any trans journalist. In fact, a 2018 Jezebel report found that Singal was part of a closed Google listserv of more than 400 left-leaning media elites who praised his work, with not a single out trans person in the group. He also has an antagonistic history with trans journalists, academics, and other writers , dedicating many Medium posts to attempting to refute or discredit their claims and reputations.
Itâs also clear that the organizers of the letter did not communicate clearly and honestly with all the signatories. One invited professor, who did not sign the Harper’s letter, said that he was asked to sign a letter “arguing for bolder, more meaningful efforts at racial and gender inclusion in journalism, academia, and the arts.” The letter in its final form fails to make this argument at all. Another of the signers, author and professor Jennifer Finney Boylan, who is also a trans woman, said on Twitter that she did not know who else had signed it until it was published. Another signatory, Lucia Martinez Valdivia, said in a Medium post : âWhen I asked to know who the other signatories were, the names I was shown were those of people of color from all over the political spectrum, and not those of people who have taken gender-critical or trans-exclusionary positions.â
Under the guise of free speech and free exchange of ideas, the letter appears to be asking for unrestricted freedom to espouse their points of view free from consequence or criticism.
Other critics
Jeff Yang criticized the letter:
It’s hard not to see the letter as merely an elegantly written affirmation of elitism and privilege.
Each has also, in the face of resultant backlash, dismissed rebuttals and positioned themselves as beleaguered victims of the current culture, turning their support for open debate and free expression into an example of stark hypocrisy or sly gaslighting.
That’s because even if the letter were warranted â even if it weren’t an off-note, Olympian statement that reads as self-interested and elitist at best â it’s sure to be used by serial bad actors on the list as a shield against legitimate criticism.
References
[Signatories] (July 7, 2020). A Letter on Justice and Open Debate. Harper’s Magazine https://harpers.org/a-letter-on-justice-and-open-debate/
[Signatories] (July 10, 2020), A More Specific Letter on Justice and Open Debate The Objective https://www.objectivejournalism.org/p/a-more-specific-letter-on-justice
Yang, Jeff (July 10, 2020). The problem with ‘the letter.’ CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/opinions/the-letter-harpers-cancel-culture-open-debate-yang/index.html
Ellefson, Lindsey (July 9, 2020). Editor Who Led Harperâs Letter Says The Cancel Culture It Warns of Drove Backlash. The Wrap https://www.thewrap.com/harpers-letter-cancel-culture-backlash-thomas-williams/
McNamara, Mary (July 9, 2020). Column: âCancel cultureâ is not the problem. The Harperâs letter is. Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-07-09/cancel-culture-harpers-letter
Giorgis, Hannah (July 13, 2020). A Deeply Provincial View of Free Speech. The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/07/harpers-letter-free-speech/614080/
DarkHorse Podcast is hosted by biologists Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying . It features many anti-trans guests associated with the intellectual dark web .
Background
Weinstein and Heying became conservative celebrities after resigning from Evergreen State College in 2017. After making numerous podcast appearances, they started their own.
During the 2020 COVID pandemic, they became key figures in vaccine skepticism and promotion of alternatives like ivermectin.
Episodes
Many episodes discuss current topics about trans issues, with several devoted primarily to sex and gender.
Guests
DarkHorse Podcast guests include many key figures in the modern anti-transgender movement, including:
Rebel Wisdom is a podcast closely associated with the so-called intellectual dark web .
The show was hosted by David Fuller and Alexander Beiner. During its run from 2018 to 2022, a large proportion of guests were anti-transgender activists.
Selected guests
Chloe Valdary
Paul VanderKlay
Bill Maher is an American comedian and anti-transgender activist. Maher is a key historical figure in the “reactionary centrist” faction of anti-trans extremists.
Background
William “Bill” Maher was born on January 20, 1956 in New York City. Maher earned a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University in 1978 and began a comedy career in 1979.
Maher hosted the panel show Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher on Comedy Central from 1993 to 1997 and on ABC from 1997 to 2002. In 2003 Maher began hosting the weekly show Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO.
Anti-trans activism
Maher hosts Real Time with Bill Maher
Maher also hosts Club Random with Bill Maher , a podcast that has also consistently platformed anti-trans guests.
References
Eckstein, Griffin (February 8, 2025). âStay the f**k out of trans kidsâ businessâ: Hayes pushes back against Maherâs anti-trans rhetoric. Salon https://www.salon.com/2025/02/08/stay-the-fk-out-of-trans-kids-business-hayes-pushes-back-against-mahers-anti-trans-rhetoric/
Taheri, Mandy (October 28, 2024). Megyn Kelly’s Remarks to Bill Maher About Transgender Kids Go Viral. Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/megyn-kellys-remarks-bill-maher-about-transgender-kids-go-viral-1975402
Berry, Susan (November 26, 2024). Bill Maher rebukes Democrats for losing election over anti-science trans ideology. Read Lion https://readlion.com/bill-maher-rebukes-democrats-for-losing-election-over-anti-science-trans-ideology/
Berlinerblau, Jacques (January 12, 2025). Opinion: Bill Maher serves up old, warmed-over beefs in new special. MSNBC https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/bill-maher-special-is-anybody-else-seeing-this-rcna187017
Russell, Lia (April 2, 2025). Gavin Newsom calls Democratic brand âtoxicâ on Bill Maher show. Sacramento Bee https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article303144894.html
Smith, Ryan (January 7, 2025). Bill Maher, Jon Cryer Clash During Awkward Podcast Moment. Newsweek
Suter, Tara (February 25, 2025). Maher: Democrats will âlose every electionâ without shift on trans issues. The Hill https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5163583-maher-criticizes-democrats-on-transgender-issues/
Gabriel Hays (September 4, 2023) Bill Maher tells Joe Rogan gender surgeries are harmful, claims kids turn trans to say âf— youâ to parents. Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/media/bill-maher-tells-joe-rogan-gender-surgeries-harmful-claims-kids-turn-trans-say-f-you-parents
Staff (August 6, 2023). Bill Maher interviews Riley Gaines to discuss the Transgender movement in sports, including penis sizes. Marca https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/tv-shows/2023/08/06/64ceeb79e2704e1ea48b460f.html
Tapper, Jake (March 1, 2023). Maher: ‘Woke’ community wants to ‘shut down debate’ around transgender issues. CNN https://www.cnn.com/videos/media/2023/03/01/bill-maher-transgender-community-debate-tapper-intv-sot-vpx.cnn
Joseph A. Wulfsohn (January 21, 2023). Bill Maher says Biden admin âall-inâ on trans indoctrination of kids https://nypost.com/2023/01/21/bill-maher-biden-all-in-on-trans-indoctrination-of-kids/
Jong-Fast, Molly (May 26, 2022). Bill Maher Isnât a Liberal Anymore. The Atlantic
Molly Jong-Fast (May 26, 2022). Bill Maher Isnât a Liberal Anymore. The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/05/bill-maher-anti-lgbtq-transgender-comments/676673/
GLAAD (May 21, 2022). GLAAD Responds to âReal Time with Bill Maherâ Segment âAlong for the Pride.â https://glaad.org/glaad-responds-real-time-bill-maher-segment-along-pride-1/
Vakil, Caroline (May 21, 2022). Maher says increase in those identifying as LGBT partly attributed to being ‘trendy’ . The Hill
Haring, Bruce (May 20, 2022). âReal Timeâsâ Bill Maher Claims Rise Of LGBTQ May Be Sparked By Need To Be Trendy. Deadline https://deadline.com/2022/05/bill-maher-real-time-claims-rise-lgbtq-trans-people-may-be-sparked-by-need-to-be-trendy-1235029488/
Wakefield, Lily (May 21, 2022). Bill Maher says US is ‘experimenting on kids’ and ‘everyone will be gay by 2054’ . PinkNews
GLAAD (April 19, 2021). Medical Association Statements Supporting Trans Youth Healthcare and Against Discriminatory Bills . https://www.glaad.org/blog/medical-association-statements-supporting-trans-youth-healthcare-and-against-discriminatory
Media
Big Joel (August 5, 2025). Bill Maher: An autopsy (Part 4: Trans people). https://youtu.be/8THCFfg2BY8?si=vpHbeGIObnpobDmn&t=2649
Rising with Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave (November 7, 2023). Bill Maher takes on Trans kids in sports, gender affirming surgery in debate with Neil Degrasse Tyson. The Hill https://thehill.com/video/bill-maher-takes-on-trans-kids-in-sports-gender-affirming-surgery-in-debate-with-neil-degrasse-tyson/9151163/
Maher, Bill (May 20, 2022). New Rule: Along for the Pride . Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMBzfUj5zsg
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Abigail Shrier is an American author and anti-transgender extremist. Shrier is a key historical figure in the oppression of trans and gender diverse youth.
Shrier is author of the 2020 book Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters and testified against the Equality Act before Congress in 2021. Shrier has contributed to numerous anti-trans publications, including The Wall Street Journal Quillette The Free Press PragerU and is a fellow of Manhattan Institute , an anti-trans think tank.
Background
Abigail Brett Krauser Shrier was born June 21, 1978 and grew up in College Park, Maryland. Shrier’s parents are Sherrie L. Krauser, a judge of the Circuit Court of Maryland, and Peter B. Krauser, a judge of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals and former chair of the Maryland Democratic Party.
Shrier attended Sheridan School and Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School. After earning a bachelorâs degree from Columbia University in 2000, Shrier earned a bachelor’s degree from Oxford in 2002. Shrier then earned a law degree from Yale University in 2005. After clerking for Judith W. Rogers and Chief Justice Aharon Barak of the Supreme Court of Israel, Shrier was admitted to the New York Bar in 2006 and the California Bar in 2007. Shrier was an associate attorney at Irell & Manella from 2006 to 2008 before becoming a full-time writer in 2009. Shrier’s California license became inactive in 2009.
Shrier is a registered Republican and married wealth manager Zachary Loren Shrier in 2007.
Anti-trans activism
Shrier’s anti-trans activism focuses on:
Wall Street Journal (2018â2021)From 2018 through 2021, Shrier wrote opinion pieces for the Wall Street Journal
Selected articles by Shrier:
(August 29, 2018) The Transgender Language War: California threatens to jail health workers who refuse to use âpreferredâ pronouns.
(January 6, 2019) When Your Daughter Defies Biology: The burden of mothers whose children suffer from ârapid onset gender dysphoria.â
(March 26, 2019) The Transgender War on Women: The Equality Act sacrifices female safety in restrooms, locker rooms and even domestic-violence shelters.
(May 3, 2019) Standing Against Psychiatryâs Crazes: In 1979 Dr. Paul McHugh closed the sex-change clinic at Johns Hopkins. In the â80s he testified against phony ârecovered memories.â He hasnât given up the fight.
(June 22, 2020) Amazon Enforces âTransâ Orthodoxy: The company wonât allow a publisherâs ads for my skeptical book.
(November 15, 2020) Does the ACLU Want to Ban My Book? Target stopped selling it in response to two Twitter complaints. A professor even wants to burn it.
(January 22, 2021) Joe Bidenâs First Day Began the End of Girlsâ Sports.
(May 14, 2021) To Be Young and Pessimistic in America: Generation Z is lonelier than millennials and more reluctant to embrace the responsibilities and joys of adulthood. Life online seems to be a reason.
(May 31, 2021) Male Inmates in Womenâs Prisons: If Congress passes the Equality Act, Californiaâs dangerous policy would go nationwide.
(August 9, 2021) A Pediatric Association Stifles Debate on Gender Dysphoria: Doctors who question the orthodoxy wonât be allowed to set up a booth at its annual conference.
Irreversible Damage (2020)In January 2019, Shrier published a opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal rapid onset gender dysphoria .” Titled “When Your Daughter Defies Biology: The burden of mothers whose children suffer from ârapid onset gender dysphoria,” that article claims that increase in trans visibility is part of a “social contagion.” The piece received so much response that Shrier turned it into a book for conservative publisher Regnery. The op-ed was first promoted by Shrier’s PragerU colleague Candace Owens , followed by Ben Shapiro at the Daily Wire Benjamin A. Boyce at Calmversations
The book’s cover depicts a young girl with a void where her reproductive organs would be. One historian linked it to Nazi propaganda. The book was blurbed by other key anti-trans extremists, including:
Following the book’s release on June 30, 2020, Shrier appeared on BlazeTV with Steve Deace and on the podcast Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy . Amazon declined to run ads for the book on their site, which led to claims of censorship.
Shrier and the book got an enormous boost on July 16 after Shrier appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience noted in Men’s Health :
“Shrier invalidated the lived experience of trans and nonbinary kids and teens, and made numerous dangerous, entirely unsound false equivalencies. She compared transitioning among teenagers to historic adolescent phenomena such as eating disorders, self-harm, and (bafflingly) the occult, calling this age group ‘the same population that gets involved in cutting, demonic possession, witchcraft, anorexia, bulimia.’ She even described wanting to transition as a ‘contagion’ with the potential to infect other children with the same ideas, drawing yet more scientifically baseless parallels with eating disorders.”
Target briefly pulled the book in response to concerns, which led to more claims of censorship. Several book launches were canceled, leading to more claims of censorship. Several local libraries faced backlash after including it. After lawyer Chase Strangio posted support for banning the book, conservatives claimed this was the view of Strangio’s employer, the ACLU. Some translators refused to translate the book into other languages. In July 2021, the American Booksellers Association apologized after including the book in a monthly mailing.
The book is notable for how a network of anti-trans academics and media figures worked together to present Shrier as a free speech martyr being “candeled” by the “trans mob,” similar to how the 2003 anti-trans book The Man Who Woould Be Queen
Quillette (2020âpresent)Around the time Irreversible Damage was released, Shrier began posting self-promotional pieces on anti-trans group blog Quillette
The Free Press (2021âpresent)Shrier’s friend Bari Weiss hired Shrier to write for anti-trans group blog The Free Press Erica Anderson and Marci Bowers where they “sound off on puberty blockers, ‘affirmative’ care, the inhibition of sexual pleasure, and the suppression of dissent in their field.” Many of Bowers’ peers were stunned by the report, and both WPATH and USPATH released a statement in the wake of negative community response.
(June 26, 2021) The Books Are Already Burning The Free Press
(October 4, 2021) Top Trans Doctors Blow the Whistle on âSloppyâ Care https://www.thefp.com/p/top-trans-doctors-blow-the-whistle
(December 21, 2021) Abigail Shrier on Freedom in an Age of Fear https://www.thefp.com/p/abigail-shrier-on-freedom-in-an-age
(June 19, 2022) Abigail Shrier: In Defense of Political Escalation https://www.thefp.com/p/abigail-shrier-in-defense-of-political
(February 27, 2024) How Bad Therapy Hijacked Our Nationâs Schools https://www.thefp.com/p/how-bad-therapy-hijacked-american-schools
(May 2, 2024) Abigail Shrier: There Are Two Sets of Rules for Speech https://www.thefp.com/p/abigail-shrier-there-are-two-sets
(July 18, 2024) Abigail Shrier: Californiaâs New Law Lets Schools Keep Secrets from Parents https://www.thefp.com/p/abigail-shrier-california-gender-law-newsom
(July 31, 2024) Abigail Shrier: Republicans, Youâre Going After Kamala All Wrong https://www.thefp.com/p/abigail-shrier-republicans-kamala
(September 2, 2024) Abigail Shrier: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Our Government Censors https://www.thefp.com/p/abigail-shrier-elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg
(October 31, 2024) Abigail Shrier: The Kindergarten Intifada https://www.thefp.com/p/abigail-shrier-the-kinderfada-revolution
(January 30, 2025) Abigail Shrier: How the Gender Fever Finally Broke https://www.thefp.com/p/abigail-shrier-how-the-gender-fever-broke-trump-executive-order
References
Gessen, M (November 22, 2024). What Democrats Are Getting Wrong About Transgender Rights. New York Times
Cass Eris (April 26, 2024). Introduction to “Bad Therapy”, Abigail Shrier’s latest book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDR64_LVojI
Staff report (December 6, 2023). Japan firm nixes translation of U.S. Book questioning trans surgery. Kyodo News https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/45155
Jones, Imara (July 26, 2023). Episode 4: âA Voice for Anti-Trans, Mass Mediaâ | The Anti-Trans Hate Machine. Translash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv0bTrNdBNo Transcript https://translash.org/articles/a-voice-for-anti-trans-mass-media-animated-short/
Harkov, Lahav (May 23, 2023). Trans activists shut down book launch, sparking free speech debate. The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-743968
Fox, Max (October 26, 2022). Learning From the âBad Gaysâ of History. The Nation https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/bad-gays-podcast-interview/
Hsu, V. J. (2022). Irreducible Damage: The Affective Drift of Race, Gender, and Disability in Anti-Trans Rhetorics. Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 52(1), 62â77. https://doi.org/10.1080/02773945.2021.1990381
Bokat-Lindell, Spencer (April 8, 2021). How Trans Children Became a Political Football. New York Times
Samantha Lux (April 1, 2021). Reacting To A Transphobic Prager U Video ft. Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uou_PDNmoCo
Cass Eris (January 1, 2021). “Irreversible Damage” – Introduction, from a cognitive psychologist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OLNEiECN24
(Jan 29, 2021). Rapid-onset gender dysphoria? | “Irreversible Damage” from a cognitive psychology perspective
Eckert AJ (July 18, 2021). Irreversible Damage to the Trans Community: A Critical Review of Abigail Shrierâs Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters (Part Two). Science-Based Medicine https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/irreversible-damage-to-the-trans-community-a-critical-review-of-abigail-shriers-book-irreversible-damage-the-transgender-craze-seducing-our-daughters-part-two/
Iati, Marisa (July 16, 2021). Booksellers association apologizes for ‘violent’ distribution of ‘anti-trans’ title. The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/07/16/irreversible-damage-anti-trans-booksellers-association/
Italie, Hillel (July 15, 2021). Booksellers association apologizes for anti-trans mailing. AP News
Eckert AJ (July 4, 2021). Irreversible Damage to the Trans Community: A Critical Review of Abigail Shrierâs Irreversible Damage (Part One). Science-Based Medicine https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/irreversible-damage-to-the-trans-community-a-critical-review-of-abigail-shriers-book-irreversible-damage-part-one/
Lovell, Rose (July 2, 2021). Abigail Shrier’s Irreversible Damage: A Wealth of Irreversible Misinformation. Science-Based Medicine https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/abigail-shriers-irreversible-damage-a-wealth-of-irreversible-misinformation/
Novella, Steven (June 30, 2021). The Science of Transgender Treatment. Science-Based Medicine https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-science-of-transgender-treatment/
Ryan, Haley (May 30, 2021). Pride breaks with Halifax libraries after controversial book kept on shelves. CBC https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/pride-breaks-with-halifax-libraries-after-controversial-book-kept-on-shelves-1.6045823
Gill-Peterson, Jules (April 5, 2021). Transgender Childhood Is Not a âTrend.â New York Times
Ferguson CJ (January 19, 2021). A Review of “Irreversible Damage” by Abigail Shrier. Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/checkpoints/202101/review-irreversible-damage-abigail-shrier
Fonseca, Sarah (January 17, 2021). The Constitutional Conflationists: On Abigail Shrier’s ‘Irreversible Damage’ and the Dangerous Absurdity of Anti-Trans Trolls. Los Angeles Review of Books https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-constitutional-conflationists-on-abigail-shriers-irreversible-damage-and-the-dangerous-absurdity-of-anti-trans-trolls/
Sarcasmnation (December 31, 2020). Abigail Shrier Is Yelling ‘Fire’ In A Crowded Theater. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vDtohokRJY
Tracy, Matt (November 13, 2020). Bigots Swarm Twitter as Target Flip-Flops on Transphobic Book. Gay City News https://www.gaycitynews.com/bigots-swarm-twitter-as-target-flip-flops-on-transphobic-book/
Turban, Jack (December 6, 2020). New Book âIrreversible Damageâ Is Full of Misinformation. Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/political-minds/202012/new-book-irreversible-damage-is-full-of-misinformation
Factora, James (November 17, 2020). Target Removed a Transphobic Book From Shelves â Then Replaced It a Day Later. them https://www.them.us/story/target-transphobic-book-removed-irreversable-damage-abigail-shrier
Valens, Ana (November 16, 2020). Target restocked a transphobic book because of moneyânot “censorship.” The Daily Dot https://www.dailydot.com/irl/target-transphobia-book/
Valens, Ana (November 13, 2020). Bari Weiss Defends Transphobic Book Pulled From Target. The Daily Dot https://www.dailydot.com/irl/bari-weiss-transphobic-book-target/
Quah, Nicholas (November 3, 2020). Should Spotify Be Responsible for What Joe Rogan Does? Vulture https://www.vulture.com/2020/11/spotify-responsible-joe-rogan.html
Cox, Joseph; Maiberg, Emanuel (September 16, 2020). Spotify CEO Defends Keeping Transphobic Joe Rogan Podcasts Online. VICE https://www.vice.com/en/article/spotify-joe-rogan-transphobic/
Ellis, Philip (July 22, 2020). Joe Rogan Is Spreading Transphobic Hate Speech and It’s Putting Lives in Danger. Men’s Health https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a33391944/joe-rogan-abigail-shrier-interview-transphobia/
Princess JelyFish (August 30, 2020). I Read Abigail Shrier’s Book So You Didn’t Have To. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W54nEWcoWvk
Jella Joie (July 29, 2020). Joe Rogan X Abigail Shrier Transgender Podcast Reaction/Commentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPJ-EZhig1Q
Parsons, Vic (June 23, 2020). Amazon refuses to advertise renowned anti-trans journalist’s book suggesting trans teens are a ‘contagion’. PinkNews https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/23/amazon-abigail-shrier-book-refuse-adverts-regnery-publishing/
Boylan, Jennifer Finney (January 8, 2019). Coming Out as Trans Isnât a Teenage Fad. New York Times
Staff report (June 10, 2007). Achievement and Reasonable Pride. PrawfsBlawg https://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2007/06/achievement_and.html
Coverage in anti-trans press
Editors (December 17, 2024). Abigail Shrier Was Vilified. Now Sheâs Been Vindicated. The Free Press
Williamson, Elizabeth (February 3, 2024). âMy Heart Sankâ: In Maine, a Challenge to a Book, and to a Townâs Self-Image. New York Times
Bazelon, Emily (March 17, 2023). The Battle Over Gender Therapy . New York Times
Gil, Vincent E. (January 2023). Review: Irreversible Damage:Â The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters. On Knowing Humanity Journal 7(1), January 2023Â https://doi.org/10.18251/okh.v7i1.182
Paul, Pamela (July 24, 2022). Thereâs More Than One Way to Ban a Book. New York Times
Hall, Harriet (July 2021). Gender Dysphoria in Adolescents. https://www.skepdoc.info/gender-dysphoria-in-adolescents/
O’Donovan, Caroline (June 1, 2022). Amazon employees protest the sale of books they say are anti-trans. The Washington Post
Long, Katherine Anne (May 3, 2021). Amazon overrules employees’ calls to stop selling book questioning mainstream treatment for transgender youth. The Seattle Times https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-overrules-employees-calls-to-stop-selling-book-questioning-controversial-treatment-for-transgender-youth/
Strimpel, Zoe (April 30, 2022). Abigail Shrier: Taking on the trans lobby has made me Public Enemy No 1. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/abigail-shrier-taking-trans-lobby-has-made-public-enemy-no-1/
Hall, Harriet (June 17, 2021). Trans Science: A review of Abigail Shrier’s Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters. Skeptic https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/trans-science-review-of-abigail-shier-irreversible-damage-transgender-craze-seducing-our-daughters/
Kirchick, James (March 31, 2021). The Disintegration of the ACLU. Tablet https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/the-disintegration-of-the-aclu-james-kirchick
Beattie, Tina (March 10, 2021). No Turning Back. The Tablet https://www.thetablet.co.uk/books/10/19579/no-turning-back-polemicist-abigail-shrier-on-transgenderism
Hourican, Emily (January 17, 2021). Girls who would be boys: The rise in teen gender dysphoria. The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/girls-who-would-be-boys-the-rise-in-teen-gender-dysphoria-39975855.html
Cater, Nick (January 30, 2021). Queer Teen Craze. The Spectator Australia
Patterson, Christina (January 3, 2021). Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier review â the risks of transgender activism. The Sunday Times
Turner, Janice (December 30, 2020). Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier review â resisting the ‘transgender craze.’ The Times
Staff report (December 3, 2020). Cold comforts â Our books of the year. The Economist
Staff (November 26, 2020). Miss gender â A book on transitioning girls is denounced as transphobic. The Economist
Pavia, Will (November 21, 2020). Author Abigail Shrier faces threats after warning of trans epidemic. The Sunday Times
Halon, Yael (November 16, 2020). Author accuses Target of caving to ‘woke activists’ by briefly pulling book deemed ‘transphobic’ on Twitter. Fox News
Steele, Anne (October 31, 2020). Joe Rogan’s Podcast Sparks Tensions Inside Spotify. The Wall Street Journal
Kearns, Madeleine (October 19, 2020). The Beginning of Gender. National Review
Riley, Naomi Schaefer (June 16, 2020). The Trans Cult. Commentary https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/naomi-schaefer-riley/transgender-children-craze/
Golden, Sheri (2020). Review of Abigail Shrierâs (2020) Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters. Journal of Human Sexuality Alliance for Therapeutic Choice and Scientific Integrity Volume 11, p. 122ff https://www.journalofhumansexuality.com/_files/ugd/ec16e9_0946e401cbb54e20a6f78207667dc190.pdf
Selected anti-trans material by Shrier
Shrier, Abigail (2024). Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up. Sentinel, ISBN 978-0593542927
Shrier, Abigail (August 9, 2021). A Pediatric Association Stifles Debate on Gender Dysphoria: Doctors who question the orthodoxy wonât be allowed to set up a booth at its annual conference. Wall Street Journal
Shrier, Abigail (June 2021). Gender ideology run amok. Imprimis June/July 2021 | Volume 50, Issue 6/7 https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/gender-ideology-run-amok/ reprint: https://endeavourforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2022-12-01_EFN_No180_Dec2022.pdf
Shrier, Abigail (May 31, 2021). Male Inmates in Womenâs Prisons: If Congress passes the Equality Act, Californiaâs dangerous policy would go nationwide. Wall Street Journal
Shrier, Abigail (May 14, 2021). To Be Young and Pessimistic in America: Generation Z is lonelier than millennials and more reluctant to embrace the responsibilities and joys of adulthood. Life online seems to be a reason. Wall Street Journal
Shrier, Abigail (March 15, 2021). Equality Act testimony. (video ) https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Shrier%20EQUALITY%20ACT%20TESTIMONY%20-%20%203-15-21.pdf
Shrier, Abigail (January 22, 2021). Joe Bidenâs First Day Began the End of Girlsâ Sports. Wall Street Journal
Shrier, Abigail (November 15, 2020). Does the ACLU Want to Ban My Book?: Target stopped selling it in response to two Twitter complaints. A professor even wants to burn it. Wall Street Journal
Shrier, Abigail (November 7, 2020). Gender Activists Are Trying to Cancel My Book. Why is Silicon Valley Helping Them? Quillette
Shrier, Abigail (July 8, 2020). Discovering the Link Between Gender Identity and Peer Contagion . Quillette
Shrier, Abigail (June 22, 2020). Amazon Enforces âTransâ Orthodoxy: The company wonât allow a publisherâs ads for my skeptical book. Wall Street Journal
Shrier, Abigail (June 2020). Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters. Regnery, ISBN 978-1684510313
Shrier, Abigail (May 3, 2019). Standing Against Psychiatryâs Crazes: In 1979 Dr. Paul McHugh closed the sex-change clinic at Johns Hopkins. In the â80s he testified against phony ârecovered memories.â He hasnât given up the fight. Wall Street Journal
Shrier, Abigail (March 26, 2019). The Transgender War on Women: The Equality Act sacrifices female safety in restrooms, locker rooms and even domestic-violence shelters. Wall Street Journal
Shrier, Abigail (January 6, 2019). When Your Daughter Defies Biology: The burden of mothers whose children suffer from ârapid onset gender dysphoria.â Wall Street Journal
Shrier, Abigail (August 29, 2018). The Transgender Language War: California threatens to jail health workers who refuse to use âpreferredâ pronouns. Wall Street Journal
Media supporting Shrier
The Spectator with Freddy Gray and Abigail Shrier (March 11, 2025). The truth about child therapy â Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVvkO8CsYPA
Macdonald-Laurier Institute with Coleman Hughes , Mia Hughes , and Abigail Shrier (January 17, 2025). Coleman Hughes and Abigail Shrier on Identity, Speech, and Policy / MLI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0Vt3EkSjvs
PragerU with Marissa Streit and Abilgail Shrier (Aug 7, 2024). Have Americaâs Classrooms Become Profit Centers for the Mental Health Industry? | Real Talk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGXDZXpNHvI
PowerfulJRE with Joe Rogan and Abigail Shrier (June 27, 2024). Joe Rogan Experience #2109 – Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTNjc8HyOaE
Gad Saad (April 2, 2024). My Chat with Abigail Shrier, Bestselling Author of “Bad Therapy” (THE SAAD TRUTH_1665). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzMNVGluc0E
Gender: A Wider Lens with Stella O’Malley , Sasha Ayad , and Abigail Shrier (June 14, 2024). Bad Therapy and Irreversible Damage with Abigail Shrier | Episode 168. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xxrs1VrE38
Real Time with Bill Maher , Matt Welch, and Abigail Shrier (June 7, 2024). Overtime: Matt Welch, Abigail Shrier | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW9_J76MQRE
Ben Shapiro (May 5, 2024). Resisting Indoctrination | Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qNK7jN9vdo
Chris Williamson (April 20, 2024). Debating Therapy Culture & Gen Z – Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5YuHvB2eso
Reason TV with Nick Gillespie and Abigail Shrier (April 10, 2024). Stop obsessing over our children’s happiness | Abigail Shrier | The Reason Interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwfIKOrWXCk
Real Alex Clark (April 4, 2024). âTherapy Is Preventing Kids From Growing Up.â – Author Abigail Shrier | The Spillover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_7Me9clH4g
Praxis Circle (March 29, 2024). Warning to Parents: The Value Vacuum Is Hurting Your Kids | Abigail Shrier Interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjfWAW3sqjg
Andrew Klavan (March 27, 2024). Why Gen Z Struggles So Much With Mental Health | With Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYXLeFU8ocs
UnHerd with Flo Read and Abigail Shrier.(March 19, 2024). Abigail Shrier: How therapy culture creates victims. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJMhyG50N-Y
Maiden Mother Matriarch with Louise Perry (March 17, 2024). The Mental Health Industrial Complex – Abigail Shrier | Maiden Mother Matriarch 61. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaIWsR0Qlac
Glenn Beck (March 16, 2024). Is Too Much Therapy Hurting Our Kids? | Abigail Shrier | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 213 . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubnyW3kkhE0
Manhattan Insights with Yael Hungerford and Abigail Shrier (March 7, 2024). Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up | A Conversation with Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHBILSnloCc
Spiked with Brendan OâNeill and Abigail Shrier (March 7, 2024). Abigail Shrier: Bad therapy is hurting our kids. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYy28tK5z_0
Allie Beth Stuckey (March 6, 2024). How Gentle Parenting Hurts Kids | Guest: Abigail Shrier | Ep 963. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s0PO57rs00
Coleman Hughes (March 1, 2024). Is Therapy Bad for You? with Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvBk5huq8w0
Jordan B Peterson (February 29, 2024). Bad Therapy, Weak Parenting, Broken Children | Abigail Shrier | EP 427. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4roLI_Gb12I
Bridget Phetasy (February 29, 2024). Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren’t Growing Up – Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIAlYi22b08
“YOUR WELCOME” with Michael Malice (February 28, 2024). “YOUR WELCOME” with Michael Malice #300: Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sw87u86i2E
Sitch & Adam Show with “Adam Friended” and “PSA Sitch” (October 30, 2022). John Oliver GASLIGHTS Trans Children – Debunking “Last Week Tonight” LIES LIES LIES : Show 215. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLFlZ4XnpbI
Misha Petrov (September 9, 2022). The âTransgender Epidemicâ – Why So Many Young Girls Are Transitioning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ0x5xJL_X8
Turning Point USA with Alex Clark and Abigail Shrier (April 1, 2022). Abigail Shrier exposes the TRUTH to Parents about the Trans Movement in Schools Across America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Rj5SIbfvw
FAIR with Bion Bartning , Abigail Shrier, Colin Wright , Zander Keig , Carrie Mendoza , Candice Jackson , & Miriam Grossman (Dec 17, 2021). FAIR’s Gender Webinar with Abigail Shrier, Colin Wright, Zander Keig, and more! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XYzCE1ph5s
John Anderson Media (August 6, 2021). Abigail Shrier | Social Contagion and Gender Identity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlekg5imwjQ
Glenn Beck (July 16, 2021). Trans Activism Will End Your Parental Rights | Abigail Shrier | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 110. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlGxrN7SLeU
ReasonTV with Nick Gillespie and Abigail Shrier (July 13, 2021). Abigail Shrier Worries Teenage Gender Transitions Lead to ‘Irreversible Damage.’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk-1iqa1jbY
Matt Walsh (July 6, 2021). The Transgender Craze Seducing America: An Interview With Author Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ2I_pzOvJU
Gad Saad (June 24, 2021). Tomorrow’s Guest, Abigail Shrier, Has Sent Me Into Hiding (THE SAAD TRUTH_1263). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69vd_uB8vPM
Hillsdale College (May 12, 2021). Science, the Transgender Phenomenon, and the Young | Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWbxIFC0Q2o
PragerU with Georgia Howe and Abigail Shrier (May 7, 2021). Transgenderism: The Unintended Victims | Interviews. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGfYOPFrvXU
PragerU with Abigail Shrier (March 29, 2021). Are Schools Telling Girls to Become Boys? | 5 Minute Video | PragerU. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7bMJd_QAXs
Jordan B Peterson (March 22, 2021). Irreversible Damage? | Abigail Shrier | EP 159. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSKQfATa-1I
PBS NewsHour (March 17, 2021). WATCH LIVE: Senate Judiciary committee holds hearing on Equality Act for LGBTQ rights. https://youtu.be/iK7eOudkkZg?t=4486
Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University (February 15, 2021). C-SPAN Book TV: Irreversible Damage . https://www.c-span.org/program/book-tv/irreversible-damage/589785
TRIGGERnometry with Konstantin Kisin , Francis Foster , and Abigail Shrier (January 24, 2021). Abigail Shrier: “The Trans Issue Shouldn’t Be Political.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uqht5dcJAI
Skeptic with Michael Shermer and Abigail Shrier (Feb 27, 2021). Michael Shermer w/ Abigail ShrierâIrreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFQKFYPL0tc
The Babylon Bee with Kyle Mann, Ethan Nicolle, and Abigail Shrier (January 12, 2021). Abigail Shrier Interview: The Truth Behind Trans Children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C6YTHGg0fA
The Rubin Report with Dave Rubin and Abigail Shrier (December 20, 2020). Exposing the Reality of the Transgender Craze in Teen Girls | Abigail Shrier | WOMEN | Rubin Report. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIFdWhRwfFg
Quillette with Jonathan Kay and Abigail Shrier (December 6, 2020). PODCAST 126: Abigail Shrier on Her New Book About Peer Contagion and Gender Dysphoria. https://quillette.com/2020/12/06/podcast-126-abigail-shrier-on-her-new-book-about-peer-contagion-and-gender-dysphoria/
Mellen Baker (November 25, 2020). Book review: Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rafnOvvkRNc
Ben Shapiro (November 22, 2020). Abigail Shrier | The Ben Shapiro Show Sunday Special Ep. 108. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uSlmfp7euo
Family Research Council with Tony Perkins and Abigail Shrier (October 30, 2020). Abigail Shrier details the heartbreaking dangers of the transgender movement on young girls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl3WyPtnFTU
The Same Drugs with Meghan Murphy and Abigail Shrier (October 16, 2020). The Same Drugs: Abigail Shrier on girls and the trans trend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c7G4dGBGFI
Benjamin Boyce with Debra Soh and Abigail Shrier (October 1, 2020). The Gender Trap | with Dr. Debra Soh & Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNhn2ufmSVg
“Waffling Willow” (September 5, 2020). “Irreversible Damage” by Abigail Shrier || Intro (Book Review by FtM Detransitioner). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PllbYA56Uzg
Isaac Butterfield (September 3, 2020). The Transgender Craze – Abigail Shrier – The Butterfield Effect Podcast 041. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD4jyEBjmKQ
Graham Linehan (August 26, 2020). A chat with Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH5wKHxF-bA
Wild at Heart with Morgan Snyder and Abigail Shrier (August 11, 2020). Become Good Soil Interview – Abigail Shrier on Dignity Restored to Masculinity and Feminity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrNRypyrRyc
The Federalist with Emily Jashinsky and Abigail Shrier (July 31, 2020). Why Transgenderism Is Exploding Among Teenage Girls: Abigail Shrier Explains. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH_-p0oPtXA
Patrick Coffin (July 21, 2020). 190: The Trans Attack On Our Daughters with guest Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91-uj-6CezM
Andrew Klavan (July 19, 2020). Abigail Shrier On The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-6JoXKvaVg
PowerfulJRE with Joe Rogan and Abigail Shrier (July 16, 2020). Joe Rogan Experience #1509 – Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtftWcgXjdg
Bridget Phetasy (July 15, 2020). Walk-Ins Welcome Podcast #86 – Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GikPmEv6_UE
BlazeTV with Steve Deace and Abigail Shrier (July 7, 2020). The Second Wave Scam | Guest: Abigail Shrier | 7/7/20 . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bHFvHA8iHc
Benjamin A. Boyce (July 4, 2020). What’s the Matter with Girls Today? | with Abigail Shrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdtxUcvkJWA
Ben Shapiro (June 28, 2020). How the Supreme Court Transgender Ruling is Harming Women, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86t46InP3qw
Save Women’s Sports Fox Nation with Bill McGurn, Rachel McKinnon, Jaycee Cooper, and Abigail Shrier (March 5, 2021). Abigail Shrier on Fox Nation with Rachel McKinnon and Jaycee Cooper (2019). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PIkN1uH3Jo
PragerU with Candace Owens and Abigail Shrier (June 2, 2019). The Candace Owens Show: Abigail Shrier. https://soundcloud.com/user-579946570/the-candace-owens-show-abigail-shrier
PragerU with Abigail Shrier (April 15, 2019). Preferred Pronouns or Prison | 5 Minute Video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn5opUFNs-I
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Uncomfortable Truths: The Reality of Gender Identity Ideology is an anti-transgender propaganda series by Travis D. Brown .
Announced participants from 2023 include conservative and anti-trans extremists:
The series includes anti-trans extremists sharing their views on specific trans issues, as well as Peter Boghossian asking random people on the street leading questions about trans issues.
The project had a preview at the November 2023 Genspect anti-trans conference.
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The Signal Productions (thesignalproductions.com )
Twitter (twitter.com )
Locals (locals.com )
Lindsay Shepherd is a Canadian writer and anti-transgender activist. Shepherd is part of the so-called intellectual dark web , described as a gateway to the far right.
Background
Lindsay Shepherd was born on December 7, 1994 and grew up in Burnaby, British Columbia. Shepherd earned a bachelor’s degree form Simon Fraser University, followed by a master’s degree from Wilfrid Laurier University in 2018.
Anti-transgender activism
Shepherd became a cause cĂ©lĂšbre among anti-trans media figures from the “academic freedom” faction after a 2017 classroom controversy at Wilfrid Laurier University. Shepherd showed students two clips of Jordan Peterson criticizing Canada’s Bill C-16, which added gender identity and expression to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights Act and the list of characteristics of identifiable groups protected from hate propaganda in the Canadian Criminal Code.
Shepherd was called into a meeting with administrators after a student complaint, and Shepherd’s supervisor agreed to review Shepherd’s future class materials. Shepherd secretly recorded the meeting and released it to the press, which led to apologies from Shepherd’s supervisor and the college president. The university opened an independent inquiry that found no wrongdoing by Shepherd. The incident led to lawsuits by Shepherd and Peterson, as well as countersuits against Shepherd.
Shepherd appeared in the 2019 film No Safe Spaces to discuss the incident.
In 2019 Shepherd began work with anti-trans organizations Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms  and True North Centre for Public Policy.
The Boston Herald identified Shepherd as a member of the intellectual dark web . Praising “intellectually curious podcast hosts like Dave Rubin and Joe Rogan ,” the anonymous editorial lists “victims of these progressive mobs”:
People like Jordan Peterson , Eric and Bret Weinstein , Sam Harris , Ayaan Hirsi Ali , Douglas Murray , Christina Hoff Sommers , Steven Pinker , Ben Shapiro , Lindsay Shepherd and Owen Benjamin , to name just a handful.
Shepherd was briefly banned from Twitter in 2019 after exchanging insults with litigant and troll Jessica Yaniv .
Shepherd has written for several anti-trans publications, including The Federalist The Post Millennial , National Post , Quillette .
References
Amundson, Quinton (May 16, 2021). Lindsay Shepherd carries on fight for free speech. The Catholic Register https://www.catholicregister.org/item/33101-lindsay-shepherd-carries-on-fight-for-free-speech
Myers, Fraser (July 23, 2019). “I was banned for trans heresy.” Lindsay Shepherd on the Jessica Yaniv balls-waxing controversy. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/07/23/i-was-banned-for-trans-heresy/
Krishnan, Manisha (July 16, 2019). Free Speech ‘Activist’ Lindsay Shepherd Was Banned From Twitter. Vice https://www.vice.com/en/article/xwnbxd/free-speech-activist-lindsay-shepherd-was-banned-from-twitter-and-its-very-sad
Editors (May 14, 2018). Editorial: Truth requires free thinking, honest talk. Boston Herald https://www.bostonherald.com/2018/05/14/editorial-truth-requires-free-thinking-honest-talk/
Hutchins, Aaron (December 11, 2017). What really happened at Wilfrid Laurier University: Inside Lindsay Shepherdâs heroic, insulting, brave, destructive, possibly naĂŻve fight for free speech. Maclean’s https://macleans.ca/lindsay-shepherd-wilfrid-laurier/
Selected anti-trans writing by Shepherd
Shepherd, Lindsay (August 12, 2024). The Daily Brief | Another venue cancels womenâs rights event. True North https://tnc.news/2024/08/12/db-another-venue-cancels-womens-rights-event/
Shepherd, Lindsay (August 11, 2024). Victoria venue cancels womenâs rights event. True North https://tnc.news/2024/08/11/victoria-venue-cancels-womens-rights-event/
Shepherd, Lindsay (July 22, 2024). The Daily Brief | Concerns about gender ideology are a security threat? True North https://tnc.news/2024/07/22/db-concerns-gender-ideology-security-threat/
Shepherd, Lindsay (July 6, 2024). No cellphones, no gender ideology, no tuition: New independent school proposed in B.C. True North https://tnc.news/2024/07/06/independent-school-proposed-in-bc/
Shepherd, Lindsay (January 31, 2024). The Daily Brief | âDrag queen bingoâ for soldiers? True North https://tnc.news/2024/01/31/db-drag-queen-bingo-caf/
Shepherd, Lindsay (December 30, 2023). Concerned parents set up overnight camp to protest gender ideology 24/7. True North https://tnc.news/2023/12/30/parents-camp-gender-ideology-protest/
Shepherd, Lindsay (September 27, 2023). Womenâs centre rebrands to âPearlSpaceâ to be trans-inclusive. True North https://tnc.news/2023/09/27/womens-centre-trans-inclusive/
Shepherd, Lindsay (September 22, 2023). Police shut down Victoria parental rights march within 15 minutes. True North https://tnc.news/2023/09/22/police-shut-down-victoria-march/
Shepherd, Lindsay (September 21, 2023). The Daily Brief | Thousands take part in the One Million March for Kids. True North https://tnc.news/2023/09/21/db-one-million-march-kids-2/
Shepherd, Lindsay (September 10, 2023). Eventbrite drops Protect Our Kids event for being âhatefulâ or âdangerous.â True North https://tnc.news/2023/09/10/eventbrite-drops-protect-our-kids/
Shepherd, Lindsay (August 23, 2023). The Daily Brief | Another premier stands up for parental rights. True North https://tnc.news/2023/08/23/db-premier-parental-rights/
Shepherd, Lindsay (July 12, 2023). The Daily Brief | More parents are speaking out against gender ideology in schools. True North https://tnc.news/2023/07/12/db-parents-gender-ideology-schools/
Shepherd, Lindsay (June 27, 2023). The Daily Brief | Not respecting pronouns is a human rights violation? True North https://tnc.news/2023/06/27/db-pronouns-rights-violation/
Shepherd, Lindsay (June 19, 2023). The Daily Brief | Ottawa parents fight back against woke school board trustee. True North https://tnc.news/2023/06/19/db-ottawa-parents-woke-trustee/
Shepherd, Lindsay (June 6, 2023). The Daily Brief | Satanic drag queen story hour performers? True North https://tnc.news/2023/06/06/db-satanic-drag/
Shepherd, Lindsay (May 26, 2023). UN admits that trans activism threatens womenâs rights. True North https://tnc.news/2023/05/26/trans-activism-threatens-womens-rights/
Shepherd, Lindsay (March 30, 2023). SHEPHERD: The CBCâs drag queens for kids – what is the endgame? True North https://tnc.news/2023/03/30/shepherd-cbcs-drag-queens-kids/
Shepherd, Lindsay (August 21, 2021). Protesters demand removal of biological male inmates from womenâs prisons. True North https://tnc.news/2021/08/21/protesters-demand-removal-of-biological-male-inmates-from-womens-prisons/
Shepherd, Lindsay (May 10, 2021). SHEPHERD: Another Canadian professor cancelled, but sheâs fighting back. True North https://tnc.news/2021/05/10/shepherd-another-canadian-professor-cancelled-but-shes-fighting-back/
Shepherd, Lindsay (September 20, 2020). DEBUNKED: Is J.K. Rowlingâs new book âtransphobicâ? (From someone who read it). True North https://tnc.news/2020/09/20/debunked-is-j-k-rowlings-new-book-transphobic-from-someone-who-read-it/
Shepherd, Lindsay (September 13, 2020). âI âheartâ JK Rowlingâ billboard in Vancouver taken down after only a day. True North https://tnc.news/2020/09/13/i-heart-jk-rowling-billboard-in-vancouver-taken-down-after-only-a-day/
Shepherd, Lindsay (January 29, 2020). SHEPHERD: The grassroots revival of women taking on Bill C-16. True North https://tnc.news/2020/01/29/shepherd-the-grassroots-revival-of-women-taking-on-bill-c-16/
Shepherd, Lindsay (November 19, 2019). SHEPHERD: Disturbing Canadian “Sex Ed School” videos go viral. True North https://tnc.news/2019/11/19/shepherd-disturbing-canadian-sex-ed-school-videos-go-viral/
Shepherd, Lindsay (November 8, 2019). Trans activism vs. Women’s rights? An interview with Meghan Murphy. True North https://tnc.news/2019/11/08/trans-activism-vs-womens-rights-an-interview-with-meghan-murphy/
Shepherd, Lindsay; Kay, Jonathan (August 31, 2019). Yanivâs Other Racket: How a Single Gender Troll Managed to Get ‘Hundreds’ of Women Thrown Off Twitter. Quillette
Shepherd, Lindsay (August 15, 2019). Transgender Users Get Away With What Gets Others Banned From Twitter. The Federalist
Shepherd, Lindsay (May 11, 2019). A detransitioner, a psychologist, and Meghan Murphy speak about gender identity and kids in Vancouver. The Post Millennial
Shepherd, Lindsay (December 4, 2017). Lindsay Shepherd: My Laurier interrogation shows universities have lost sight of their purpose. National Post
Media
Benjamin A Boyce (April 4, 2021). Diversity & Exclusion | with Lindsay Shepherd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XIej5RKknw
Lindsay Shepherd (July 27, 2019). UN-BANNED from Twitter & Jessica Yaniv. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZL1jNkeaeg
Lindsay Shepherd (July 17, 2019). I’ve been BANNED from Twitter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3dbKitC3Ns
Timcast with Tim Pool (July 16, 2019). Lindsay Shepherd BANNED From Twitter For Calling Transwoman “Ugly Fat Man.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkHhmmxU48I
Benjamin A Boyce (January 9, 2019). Lindsay Shepherd SUED by her Inquisitors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9deT_iW6OA
Benjamin A Boyce (October 4, 2018). Un[REDACTING] Lindsay Shepherd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcK4Vgo7uSE
Ideacity (June 26, 2018). Lindsay Shepherd | Free Speech & Victimhood Culture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xdb7nlkzPY
Jordan B. Peterson (June 20, 2018). The Lindsay Shepherd Affair: Update. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkNv4LFpGf4
Timcast with Tim Pool (June 13, 2018). Lindsay Shepherd Files Massive Lawsuit for Free Speech Abuse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssh4URpbR9o
Lindsay Shepherd (March 30, 2018). GOODBYE TO THE LEFT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpg6P1PNWR8
Mark Steyn (March 14, 2018). The Mark Steyn Show with Lindsay Shepherd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUMkRa6lBAQ
Jordan B. Peterson (December 26, 2017). Deconstruction: The Lindsay Shepherd Affair. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWVmDSMl30s
CBC News with Carole MacNeil and Lindsay Shepherd (December 20, 2017). Teaching assistant reacts after Wilfrid Laurier University president promises change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81f748gBaTs
The Rubin Report with Dave Rubin and Lindsay Shepherd (December 1, 2017). Free Speech Battle with Laurier University | Lindsay Shepherd | ACADEMIA | Rubin Report. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpFUvfAvKs4
Aydin Paladin (November 29, 2017). The Death of Critical Thinking in Higher Education. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IExImIwLHgA
Gad Saad (November 27, 2017). My Chat with Laurier TA Lindsay Shepherd (THE SAAD TRUTH_551). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwUMk8DtuQ0
CBC News (November 24, 2017). Wilfrid Laurier University’s free speech controversy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we-nflsPzBk
The Quartering with Jeremy Hambly (November 21, 2017). The Lindsay Shepherd Incident-Why Laurier University Must Pay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWSbWC-QfaY
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