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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, Chloé Valdary, Lucía Martínez 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 — one that’s 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 organization’s partnership with a Google critic), and Cary Nelson (whose support of free speech, apparently, does not extend to everyone) — 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.

It’s 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: “When 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.”

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 — even if it weren’t an off-note, Olympian statement that reads as self-interested and elitist at best — 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 Harper’s 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: â€˜Cancel culture’ is not the problem. The Harper’s 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/

J.K. Rowling is a British author and the most prominent anti-transgender activist in the world. Rowling has used wealth and influence to cause tremendous harm to the trans rights movement worldwide, and particularly in the United Kingdom.

Rowling’s primary anti-trans focuses are:

  • falsely claiming “there are no trans kids”
  • supporting sex segregation, especially in sports and prisoner accommodation
  • opposing legal recognition on the basis of gender identity and expression
  • opposing value-neutral and inclusive scientific language about human anatomy and body functions
  • supporting the “LGB erasure” conspiracy theory, particularly the conspiracy that gender-affirming care is “conversion therapy” on lesbian, gay, and bisexual minors
  • opposing those who note Rowling is transphobic or a TERF, often threatening legal action against those who do
  • opposing what Rowling calls the “new trans activism”

Background

Joanne “Jo” Rowling was born on July 31, 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England. Rowling’s parents both served in the British Navy before marrying. Rowling has a younger sibling Dianne. Rowling earned a bachelor’s degree from Exeter in 1987.

Rowling came up with the idea for the Harry Potter series in 1990. After holding several unfulfilling jobs, Rowling moved to Portugal to teach English. There, Rowling met journalist Jorge Arantes, and they married in 1992. They had a child Jessica in 1993, but Rowling left because the relationship was abusive. They divorced in 1995. Rowling earned a teaching certificate in 1996 and began teaching.

The first Harry Potter book was published in 1997. Since publication of the final book in 2007, the series has amassed a huge fandom for the franchise, including movie series, plays, video games, amusement park tie-ins, and extensive merchandizing. Rowling is one of the most successful authors in the history of publishing.

In 2001 Rowling married physician Neil Murray and purchased Killiechassie House, a Scottish estate. They have two children: David (born 2003) and Mackenzie (born 2005).

Rowling subsequently wrote additional children’s books and adult novels, including some under the pen name Robert Galbraith.

Anti-transgender activism

After a series of increasingly anti-transgender statements starting in 2019 with a tweet in support of anti-trans activist Maya Forstater. In 2022 Rowling came out against the proposed Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. As Rowling’s anti-trans views became more strident, Rowling began openly supporting anti-transgender extremists in the UK and beyond.

Harper’s letter (2020)

Rowling signed the Harper’s letter with many other leading lights of anti-transgender extremism, including Meghan Daum, Caitlin Flanagan, David Frum, Michelle Goldberg, Jonathan Haidt, Katie Herzog, Phoebe Maltz Bovy, Steven Pinker, Katha Pollitt, Kat Rosenfield, Jesse Singal, Bari Weiss, Matthew Yglesias, Emily Yoffe, and Cathy Young. Trans author Jennifer Finney Boylan also signed and later requested to be removed.

2020 open letter

A 2020 Sunday Times open letter supporting Rowling was signed by many key figures in anti-transgender activism, including Lionel Shriver, Graham Linehan, Stella O’Malley, Nina Paley, Julie Bindel, Abigail Shrier, Lisa Marchiano, Zuby, Debbie Hayton, Jonny Best, Sam Leith, Malcolm Clark, and Jess de Wahls.

Beira’s Place (2022)

Rowling also created Beira’s Place, a privately funded trans-exclusionary help center for cisgender women who have experienced sexual assault or domestic violence. Rowling was enraged that other local resources offered help to trans people who had been sexually assaulted. Rowling was also enraged that the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre’s CEO Mridul Wadhwa is transgender. In a 2021 interview, Wadhwa said “this is about who has power and who doesn’t,” adding:

Sexual violence happens to bigoted people as well. And so, you know, it is not discerning crime. But these spaces are also for you. But if you bring unacceptable beliefs that are discriminatory in nature, we will begin to work with you on your journey of recovery from trauma. But please also expect to be challenged on your prejudices, because how can you heal from trauma and build a new relationship with your trauma, because you can’t forget, and you can’t go back to life before traumatic incident or traumatic incidents. And some of us never, ever had a life before traumatic incidents. But if you have to reframe your trauma, I think it is important as part of that reframing, having a more positive relationship with it, where it becomes a story that empowers you and allows you to go and do other more beautiful things with your life, you also have to rethink your relationship with prejudice. Otherwise, you can’t really, in my view, recover from trauma and I think that’s a very important message that I am often discussing with my colleagues that in various places.

Wadhwa (2021)

Anti-trans supporters

Rowling’s supporters are anti-trans activists from across the political spectrum and include Bari Weiss, Megan Phelps-Roper, Pamela Paul, Kathleen Stock, Maya Forstater, Alison Bailey, Helen Joyce, Graham Linehan, Lianne Timmerman, Angela Wild, Suzanne Moore, and Julie Bindel.

2024 comments on Nazi persecution of trans people (2024)

On March 13, 2024, X user jaytuberr posted in a thread on trans healthcare, “The Nazis burnt books on trans healthcare and research, why are you so desperate to uphold their ideology around gender?” Rowling then responded, “How did you type this out and press send without thinking ‘I should maybe check my source for this, because it might’ve been a fever dream’?” Many people interpreted Rowling’s post as denial of the 1933 Nazi looting and burning of Magnus Hirschfeld’s clinical books and research on trans people and sexual minorities. Rowling stated in part: “I’m familiar with such activists’ assertions that transgender people have been uniquely persecuted and oppressed throughout history, but claims that trans people were ‘the first targets’ of the Nazis – a claim I refuted on X, and which led to these accusations – and that I ‘uphold [Nazi] ideology around gender’ is a new low.”

Critics

Rowling’s critics include numerous LGBT rights organizations, authors, actors who have appeared in filmed versions of Rowling’s books, and the vast majority of the trans community.

Contrapoints (contrapoints.com)

Shaun (youtube.com/@Shaun_vids)

References

Reed, Erin (December 29, 2024). JK Rowling Falsely Claims “There Are No Trans Kids.” Erin in the Morning https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/jk-rowling-falsely-claims-there-are

Hayes, Britt (March 15, 2024). J.K. Rowling’s Transphobia Hits a New Low With Holocaust Denial. The Mary Sue https://www.themarysue.com/j-k-rowling-holocaust-denial-nazi-transphobic/

Rowling, J.K. (March 14, 2024). Statement from J.K. Rowling, 14th March 2024. https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/statement-from-j-k-rowling-14th-march-2024/

Montgomerie, Katy (June 15, 2020). Addressing The Claims In JK Rowling’s Justification For Transphobia. Medium https://katymontgomerie.medium.com/addressing-the-claims-in-jk-rowlings-justification-for-transphobia-7b6f761e8f8f

Romano, Aja (March 3, 2023). Is J.K. Rowling transphobic? Let’s let her speak for herself. Vox https://www.vox.com/culture/23622610/jk-rowling-transphobic-statements-timeline-history-controversy

Gardner, Abby (February 7, 2023). A Complete Breakdown of the J.K. Rowling Transgender-Comments Controversy. Glamour https://www.glamour.com/story/a-complete-breakdown-of-the-jk-rowling-transgender-comments-controversy

Muir, Ellie (Feburary 20, 2023). A timeline of JK Rowling’s comments about women and transgender rights. The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/jk-rowling-trans-rights-controversy-timeline-b2285947.html

Chiu, Allyson (8 July 2020). Letter signed by J.K. Rowling, Noam Chomsky warning of stifled free speech draws mixed reviews. Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/08/letter-harpers-free-speech/ [archive] 

Milne, Amber; Savage, Rachel (11 June 2020). Explainer: J. K. Rowling and trans women in single-sex spaces: what’s the furore? Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-lgbt-rowling-explainer-trfn-idUSKBN23I3AI

Brooks, Libby (11 June 2020). Why is JK Rowling speaking out now on sex and gender debate? The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/11/why-is-jk-rowling-speaking-out-now-on-sex-and-gender-debate

KottasovĂĄ, Ivana; Andrew, Scottie (20 December 2019). J.K. Rowling’s ‘transphobia’ tweet row spotlights a fight between equality campaigners and radical feminists. CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/20/uk/jk-rowling-transgender-explainer-intl-gbr/index.html

Staff report (11 June 2020). JK Rowling responds to trans tweets criticism. BBC News / Reuters https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53002557

Staff report (4 January 2021). Feminist writer Judith Butler has given her theory on why JK Rowling has deemed it necessary to speak out on. Pink News. https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/04/judith-butler-owen-jones-jk-rowling-british-feminism-transphobia/

Staff report (22 December 2020). BBC nominates J.K.Rowling’s controversial essay of trans rights for award. dw. https://www.dw.com/en/bbc-nominates-jk-rowlings-controversial-essay-on-trans-rights-for-award/a-56014673 [archive] 

Flood, Alison (9 October 2020). Stephen King, Margaret Atwood and Roxane Gay champion trans rights in open letter. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/09/stephen-king-margaret-atwood-roxane-gay-champion-trans-rights-open-letter-jk-rowling

Rowley, Glenn (11 June 2020). Artists fire back at J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans remarks, share messages in support of the community. Billboard. https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/artists-fire-back-jk-rowling-anti-trans-remarks-9400386/

Siegel, Tatiana; Abramovitch, Seth (10 June 2020). Universal Parks responds to J.K. Rowling tweets: ‘Our core values include diversity, inclusion and respect.’ The Hollywood Reporter https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/universal-parks-responds-jk-rowling-tweets-core-values-include-diversity-inclusion-respect-1297845/

Skrebels, Joe (1 October 2020). WB Interactive president responds to ongoing debate over supporting JK Rowling. IGN https://www.ign.com/articles/wb-interactive-president-responds-to-ongoing-debate-over-supporting-jk-rowling

Rosenblatt, Kalhan (10 June 2020). J.K. Rowling doubles down in what some critics call a ‘transphobic manifesto.’ NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/j-k-rowling-doubles-down-what-some-critics-call-transphobic-n1229351

Petter, Olivia (17 September 2020). Mermaids writes open letter to JK Rowling following her recent comments on trans people. The Independent https://web.archive.org/web/20200615235531/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/mermaids-jk-rowling-transphobia-transgender-sexual-abuse-domestic-letter-a9565176.html [archive]

Law, Katie (15 October 2020). JK Rowling and the bitter battle of the book world. Evening Standard https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/books/trans-battle-book-world-jk-rowling-a4571221.html

Hancock, Sam (27 April 2021). Maya Forstater: who is woman in employment tribunal over transgender comments?. The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/maya-forstater-transgender-twitter-jk-rowling-b1838151.html [archive]

Thorpe, Vanessa (14 June 2020). JK Rowling: from magic to the heart of a Twitter storm. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/14/jk-rowling-from-magic-to-the-heart-of-a-twitter-storm [archive]

Yang, Maya (7 October 2021). ‘I’m team Terf’: Dave Chappelle under fire over pro-JK Rowling trans stance. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/oct/07/dave-chappelle-transgender-netflix-special-backlash

Yasharoff, Hannah (30 December 2021). How the ‘Harry Potter’ reunion addresses author J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans controversy. USA Today https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2021/12/30/harry-potter-return-hogwarts-20th-reunion-emma-watson-jk-rowling-controversy/9042955002/

Shirbon, Estelle (10 June 2020). J.K. Rowling reveals past abuse and defends right to speak on trans issues. Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-rowling/j-k-rowling-reveals-past-abuse-and-defends-right-to-speak-on-trans-issues-idUSKBN23H2XI [archive]

(1 January 2021). ‘I don’t think JK Rowling is transphobic,’ says gender-fluid comedian Eddie Izzard”. The Daily Telegraph.  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/what-to-see/dont-think-jk-rowling-transphobic-says-gender-fluid-comedian/ [archive]

(11 June 2020.). JK Rowling responds to trans tweets criticism. BBC News

Grant, Katie (22 March 2018). JK Rowling liked transphobic tweet in ‘middle-aged moment.’ i https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/jk-rowling-liked-transphobic-tweet-in-middle-aged-moment-137860

(19 December 2019.). Woman sacked over trans tweets loses tribunal. BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-50858919  Archived 

Sommer, Marni; Kamowa, Virginia; Mahon, Therese (28 May 2020). Opinion: Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate. Devex https://www.devex.com/news/sponsored/opinion-creating-a-more-equal-post-covid-19-world-for-people-who-menstruate-97312 Archived 

Petter, Olivia (15 June 2020). JK Rowling criticised over ‘transphobic’ tweet about menstruation. The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/jk-rowling-tweet-women-menstruate-people-transphobia-twitter-a9552866.html Archived 

Moreau, Jordan (6 June 2020). J.K. Rowling Gets Backlash Over Anti-Trans Tweets. Variety https://variety.com/2020/film/news/jk-rowling-transphobic-tweets-controversy-1234627081/ Archived 

Avila, Pamela (6 June 2020). J.K. Rowling Faces Backlash Over Tweets Considered Transphobic. E! Online. Archived 

Harry Potter fan sites distance themselves from JK Rowling over transgender rights.” The Guardian. 3 July 2020. Archived 

Chilton, Louis (3 July 2020). Harry Potter fan sites distance themselves from JK Rowling over transgender comments. Independent. Archived 

Bui, Hoai-Tran (11 June 2020). The ‘Harry Potter’ Kids Are All Right: Emma Watson, Eddie Redmayne Condemn J.K. Rowling’s Trangender Comments. SlashFilm.com. Archived

Haynes, Suyin (11 June 2020). Emma Watson, Eddie Redmayne and Other ‘Harry Potter’ Actors Voice Support for Transgender People. Time.

Lewis, Isobel (12 June 2020). Rupert Grint speaks out after JK Rowling’s comments about trans people. The Independent.

Radcliffe, Daniel (8 June 2020). Daniel Radcliffe Responds to J.K. Rowling’s Tweets on Gender Identity. The Trevor Project. Archived 

Malvern, Jack (13 June 2020). JK Rowling: flood of tweets reverses Noma Dumezweni’s praise of author. The Times. Archived 

Hibberd, James (17 March 2021). Ralph Fiennes defends J.K. rowling amid trans controversy, says backlash is ‘disturbing’. The Hollywood Reporter.

Shirbon, Estelle (10 June 2020). J.K. Rowling reveals past abuse and defends right to speak on trans issues. Reuters.com. Archived 

D’Alessandro, Anthony (10 June 2020). J.K. Rowling Defends Trans Statements In Lengthy Essay, Reveals She’s A Sexual Assault Survivor & Says “Trans People Need And Deserve Protection”. Deadline.

Explainer: J. K. Rowling and trans women in single-sex spaces: what’s the furore?”. Reuters. 11 June 2020

J K Rowling, predatory men and the nuance we’re all missing out. The Independent. 11 June 2020

The battle for Stonewall: the LGBT charity and the UK’s gender wars”. New Statesman. 3 November 2021

An open letter to J.K. Rowling. Mermaids. 12 June 2020. Archived 

Moore, Matt (13 June 2020). Mermaids writes open letter to JK Rowling following her anti-trans tweets. Gay Times. Archived 

Calvario, Liz (10 June 2020). GLAAD President Says J.K. Rowling’s Words Create Dangerous Environment for Transgender Community. ET Online. Archived

Ferber, Alona (22 September 2020). Judith Butler on the culture wars, JK Rowling and living in “anti-intellectual times”. New Statesman. Archived 

Siegel, Tatiana; Abramovitch, Seth (10 June 2020). Universal Parks responds to J.K. Rowling tweets: ‘Our core values include diversity, inclusion and respect’. The Hollywood Reporter.

Chris Murphy (10 June 2020). Warner Bros. Finally Responds To J.K. Rowling’s Shocking Commitment to Being Transphobic. Vulture.

Ntim, Zac. Hagrid actor Robbie Coltrane says people accusing JK Rowling of transphobia ‘hang around waiting to be offended’. Insider. Archived 

Succession star Brian Cox jumps to JK Rowling’s defence while lambasting inclusive language around menstruation. 24 September 2020. Archived 

Thorpe, Vanessa (14 June 2020). JK Rowling: from magic to the heart of a Twitter storm. The Observer. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020. Arrayed on Rowling’s side are some of the veteran voices of feminism, including the radical Julie Bindel, who spoke out in support this weekend: “Her political position is nothing to do with transgender issues. She has always been a feminist and she has inspired generations of young women and men to look into issues of sex-based discrimination,” she told the Observer.

Hirsi Ali, Ayaan (25 June 2020). J.K. Rowling’s lonely fight for women’s rights. The Washington Examiner. Archived 

The winners:2020 Russell prize for best writing. BBC News. 21 December 2020. Archived 

Fitzsimons, Tim (19 June 2020). GOP senator quotes J.K. Rowling while blocking vote on LGBTQ bill. NBC News. Archived 

Waterson, Jim (22 June 2020). Authors quit JK Rowling agency over transgender rights. The Guardian. Archived 

Waterson, Jim (23 July 2020). Children’s news website apologises to JK Rowling over trans tweet row. The Guardian. Archived 

Flood, Alison (28 August 2020). JK Rowling returns human rights award to group that denounces her trans view”. The Guardian. Archived 

A Statement from Kerry Kennedy. Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights website. 3 August 2020. Archived 

Statement from J.K. Rowling regarding the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award. Archived 

JK Rowling’s latest book is about a murderous cis man who dresses as a woman to kill his victims. PinkNews. 14 September 2020. Archived 

Review: Yep, J.K. Rowling’s new thriller has transphobic elements. It’s also a crashing bore. Los Angeles Times. 22 September 2020. Archived 

Kolirin, Lianne (15 September 2020). JK Rowling’s new book sparks fresh transgender rights row. CNN. Archived 

Flood, Alison (15 September 2020). JK Rowling’s Troubled Blood: don’t judge a book by a single review. The Guardian. Archived 

Hellen, Nicholas (27 September 2020). Literati rally to JK Rowling’s defence in row over Cormoran Strike book. The Sunday Times. Archived 

Letters to the Editor. The Sunday Times. 27 September 2020. Archived

Eddie Redmayne condemns ‘vitriol’ aimed at JK Rowling after her trans rights comments. The Guardian. 29 September 2020. Archived 

Cordero, Rosy. Eddie Izzard defends J.K. Rowling, says she doesn’t believe author is transphobic. EW

‘I don’t think JK Rowling is transphobic,’ says gender-fluid comedian Eddie Izzard. The Telegraph. 1 January 2021.

Tony Blair: Without total change Labour will die. New Statesman. 11 May 2021.

‘I’m team Terf’: Dave Chappelle under fire over pro-JK Rowling trans stance. The Guardian. 7 October 2021.

US quidditch leagues to change name in effort to break from JK Rowling. the Guardian. 20 December 2021.

MichĂšle, JosĂ©phine (1 January 2022). Why Harry Potter’s Reunion Mostly Ignores JK Rowling. ScreenRant

Return to Hogwarts: Critics bemoan Rowling’s absence in Harry Potter reunion. BBC News. 29 December 2021

Romano, Nick (30 December 2021). Why J.K. Rowling didn’t join the Harry Potter reunion for the Return to Hogwarts special. Entertainment Weekly

Russell, Rachel (12 March 2022). JK Rowling accuses Keir Starmer of ‘misrepresenting equalities law’ on trans women. Sky News

Chilton, Louis (25 April 2022). JK Rowling accused by Lesbian Visibility Week founder of ‘stirring hate within our community’. The Independent

Bollinger, Alex (25 April 2022). JK Rowling now thinks she can say who’s a lesbian & who’s not. LGBTQ Nation

Wakefield, Lily (26 April 2022). JK Rowling blasted as ‘perfect example of how not to be an ally’ by Lesbian Visibility Week founder. PinkNews

Beal, James (19 May 2022). Nadhim Zahawi backs schoolgirl forced out after trans row. The Times.

JK Rowling backs protest over Scottish gender bill. BBC News. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022. Author JK Rowling has supported a protest rally by wearing a T-shirt calling Scotland’s first minister a “destroyer of women’s rights”.

JK Rowling launches support centre for female victims of sexual violence. The Guardian. 12 December 2022.

Alex Bollinger (19 December 2022). JK Rowling gleefully tweets anti-trans “holiday” message to fan. LGBTQ Nation.

John Russel (13 December 2022). JK Rowling opened a rape crisis center that excludes trans women. LGBTQ Nation.

Ring, Trudy (19 December 2022). J.K. Rowling Lambasted for ‘Merry Terfmas’ Tweet. The Advocate.

Duggan, Jennifer (28 March 2021). Transformative readings: Harry Potter fan fiction, trans/queer reader response, and J. K. Rowling. (PDF). Children’s Literature in Education. 53 (2): 147–168. doi:10.1007/s10583-021-09446-9.

Pape, Madeleine (2022). Feminism, trans justice, and speech rights: a comparative perspective. Law and Contemporary Problems. 85 (1): 215–240.

Pedersen, Sarah (2022). ‘They’ve got an absolute army of women behind them’: the formation of a women’s cooperative constellation in contemporary Scotland. Scottish Affairs. 31 (1): 1–20. doi:10.3366/scot.2022.0394

Schwirblat, Tatiana; Freberg, Karen; Freberg, Laura (2022). Chapter 21: Cancel culture: a career vulture amongst influencers on social media. In Lipschultz, Jeremy Harris; Freberg, Karen; Luttrell, Regina (eds.). The Emerald Handbook of Computer-Mediated Communication and Social Media. Emerald Publishing Limited. doi:10.1108/978-1-80071-597-420221021

Steinfeld, Jemimah (2020). Not my turf: Helen Lewis argues that vitriol around the trans debate means only extreme voices are being heard. Index on Censorship. 49 (1): 34–35. doi:10.1177/0306422020917609

Suissa, Judith; Sullivan, Alice (February 2021). The gender wars, academic freedom and education. Journal of Philosophy of Education. 55 (1): 55–82. doi:10.1111/1467-9752.12549. S2CID 233646159.

Wagner, Wolfgang; Hayes, Nicky (2022). Repressive moralism: world making and petty fascism in transgender politics. (PDF). Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science. Springer Publishing. 56 (3): 573–589. doi:10.1007/s12124-021-09670-4

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Kat Rosenfield is an American writer and “dissident feminist” whose work frequently appears in conservative outlets.

Background

Rosenfield earned a bachelor’s degree from Drew University in 2003. Rosenfield worked in marketing and publicity before becoming a reporter at MTV in 2010. Rosenfield has done freelance work in pop culture.

Rosenfield is an advice columnist at anti-trans publication UnHerd and co-host of the Feminine Chaos podcast with Phoebe Maltz Bovy.

Cultural criticism

In 2020, Rosenfield signed the so-called Harper’s letter with many prominent gender critical voices, including Meghan Daum, Caitlin Flanagan, Michelle Goldberg, Sarah Haider, Jonathan Haidt, Katie Herzog, Phoebe Maltz Bovy, Steven Pinker, Katha Pollitt, J. K. Rowling, Jesse Singal, Bari Weiss, Matthew Yglesias, and Cathy Young.

Like many trans-suspicious writers, Rosenfield claims to be part of a left-wing but “heterodox” movement standing up against cancel culture to speak the truth.

There’s a loose but growing coalition of lefties out there, artists and writers and academics and professionals, who’ve drawn sympathetic attention from conservatives after being publicly shamed out of the progressive clubhouse (that is, by the type of progressive who thinks there is a clubhouse, which is of course part of the problem). It’s remarkably easy these days to be named an apostate on the left. Maybe you were critical of the looting and rioting that devastated cities in the wake of George Floyd’s murder by police in 2020. Maybe you were skeptical of this or that viral outrage: Covington Catholic, or Jussie Smollett, or the alleged racial abuse at a BYU volleyball game that neither eyewitness testimony nor video evidence could corroborate. Maybe you were too loud about the continued need for due process in the middle of #MeToo. Maybe you wouldn’t stop asking uncomfortable questions about the proven value of certain divisive brands of diversity training, or transgender surgeries for kids, or — come the pandemic — masking. Maybe you kept defending the right to free speech and creative expression after these things had been deemed “right-wing values” by your fellow liberals.

When Bari Weiss and team went after a Missouri children’s hospital and its gender clinic with some questionably obtained medical records of children and adolescents, Rosenfield sided with the unsupportive parents:

In a piece on author and anti-trans activist JK Rowling, Rosenfield makes the oft-used false equivalence of Christians protesting Rowling’s occult themes and trans people and their supporters protesting Rowling’s vocal support of anti-transgender activists:

In the 15 years since Harry Potter made his final stand against Voldemort, the angst directed at Rowling has evolved from nebulous fears of neo-paganism into a far more sustained and focused rage over her perceived transphobia. But when it comes to the shape the anger takes, very little has changed. Rowling’s haters can’t stop her from writing, and they can’t stop people from reading her writing — but by god, they’ll do what they can to make sure those people don’t enjoy it. 

This framing was later used by Megan Phelps-Roper in “The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling,” a podcast apologia produced by Bari Weiss.

References

Rosenfield, Kat (August 9, 2021). How cancel culture hurts the Left. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2021/08/how-the-left-will-lose-the-culture-wars/

Rosenfield, Kat (October 27, 2022). Why I keep getting mistaken for a conservative. National Review https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2022/11/07/why-i-keep-getting-mistaken-for-a-conservative/

Rosenfield, Kat (September 2, 2022). JK Rowling sees through her enemies. unHerd https://unherd.com/2022/09/j-k-rowling-sees-through-her-enemies/

Rosenfield, Kat (September 10, 2020). How Do I Stop Being a TERF? Persuasion https://www.persuasion.community/p/how-do-i-stop-being-a-terf

Rosenfield, Kat (November 6, 2023). Women’s sport should be a ghetto. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/11/womens-sport-should-be-a-ghetto/

Resources

Kat Rosenfield (katrosenfield.com)

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In 2018, Benjamin A. Boyce began a series of interviews with other anti-transender, conservative, and ex-trans figures. The show is alternately called “Calmversations” or “The Boyce of Reason.” Despite the show’s relaxed tone, Boyce’s guests are often strident critics of progressive aspects of the trans rights movement.

See this episode list for details.

Guests with pseudonyms

Many guests lack the courage of their convictions and use fake names and identities.

  • “A Woman”
  • “Andrius”
  • “Brette” & “Anna” (unaccepting parent and “desisted” child)
  • “Brian W” / “BriWagon”
  • “Brit”
  • “Bx”
  • “Cat Girl Kulak”
  • “Catherine”
  • “Chris”
  • “Dr. Rollergator” 
  • “E. Ransom”
  • “Emily”
  • “Finley”
  • “Grace”
  • “Isaac”
  • “Isaac” / “CryptoCluniac” (conservative transmedicalist)
  • “Issa Ismail”
  • “Jenni”
  • “Jennifer Anne” / JenniferAnne_s
  • “Jet London”
  • “Jett”
  • “Jonathan Anomaly”
  • “Joshua Neal”
  • “Jules Louise”
  • “Kallie”
  • “kate” / unqueenlyandsh
  • “Kayla”
  • “Kelly S”
  • “Kevin / Evelyn”
  • “King Crocoduck”
  • “Kobe”
  • “Kruptos”
  • “Lara”
  • “Leigh”
  • “Lexi” 
  • “Leoaica Motanelul”
  • “Lois”
  • “Lomez”
  • “Lorelei”
  • “Mackenzie”
  • “Maye Muses”
  • “Mazy”
  • “Oak Leaves and Onions”
  • “Oliver”
  • “Peavy”
  • “Rachel”
  • “radley_ms”
  • “Raw Egg Nationalist”
  • “RedHawk of The Old Glory Club”
  • “Ria”
  • “Right Side”
  • “Robin” / “niwatori_dt”
  • “Robynne M.” (conservative transmedicalist)
  • “ROGD Mom”
  • “Shane Cole”
  • “Solid Ground”
  • “Some Moms”
  • “Stoic Mom”
  • “Tascatorials”
  • “Terffy”
  • “Teiresias”
  • Theo/XXinv9
  • “Waffling Willow”

Guests (alphabetically by surname)

This list is not exhaustive.

  • Maia Abbruzzese (ex-trans activist)
  • Catherine Abecassis / “Femalefedupwith”
  • Oren Amitay (anti-trans activist)
  • Erica Anderson (conservative psychologist)
  • Buck Angel (conservative transmedicalist)
  • Jackson Ankeney / “J. Burden”
  • Ben Appel (LGB separatist)
  • Jadis Argiope (conservative transmedicalist)
  • Hunter Robert Ash / “PsiKey” / “Ash Hunter” / “ArtemisConsort” / Alice Fields
  • Robin Atkins
  • Sasha Ayad (anti-trans activist)
  • Erika Bachiochi 
  • J. Michael Bailey (anti-trans extremist)
  • Jamie Bambrick
  • Marc Barnes
  • GeneviĂšve Bask / “Jellybean Gen”
  • Stephen Baskerville
  • Julie Behling
  • Carl Benjamin 
  • Austin Benton / “Austin Unbridled”
  • Christina Berry / “Christina Buttons” (anti-trans activist)
  • Julie Bindel (anti-trans activist and sex segregationist)
  • Stephen Blackwood
  • Linda Blade (anti-trans activist and sex segregationist)
  • Ray Blanchard (anti-trans activist)
  • Randall Bock
  • Tomas Bogardus (anti-trans activist)
  • Schyler Bogert (conservative transmedicalist)
  • Talia Bongolan-Schwartz / “Tali”
  • Karlyn Borysenko
  • Shannon Boschy
  • Rick Bosshardt
  • Beth Bourne (unaccepting parent and anti-trans extremist)
  • Jason Bradley
  • Cynthia Breheny
  • Erin Brewer (unaccepting parent)
  • Asha Britt / “Kinesis” / “Kinysis” / “Alex” / “GC_Ladyboi’ / “Sulaco_Queen” / “A Gender Critical Trans Individual” / “Last LadyBoi StarFighter”
  • Chloe Brockman / “Chloe Cole” (ex-trans activist)
  • Katherine Brodsky
  • Belinda Brown (anti-trans activist)
  • Rachel Fulton Brown
  • Heather Brunskell-Evans (anti-trans activist)
  • Joseph Burgo (unaccepting parent / “autogynephilia” activist)
  • Abigail Favale
  • Mars Fernandez / “UPPERhand Mars” (conservative transmedicalist)
  • Janice Fiamengo
  • Deb Fillman
  • Nate Fischer
  • Nicolas Flowers / “Nita Flowers” / “Nicolas Blooms”
  • Robin Forbes-Lorman
  • Rebekah Ford / “Aydin Paladin”
  • Mitra Forouhar [episode with July Carlan deleted]
  • Maya Forstater (anti-trans activist)
  • “J.G. Fox” / James Foxx
  • Erin Friday (unaccepting parent)
  • Amie Ichikawa
  • Elika Imanaga
  • Auron MacIntyre
  • Monica Madrigal / “Poof” / “Dr. Proof”
  • Ane Maiora
  • Isabella Malbin (anti-trans activist)
  • William Malone (anti-trans activist)
  • Jessie Mannisto (anti-trans activist)
  • “Carob Marcelle” / Cari Bartholomew
  • Lisa Marchiano (anti-trans activist)
  • Maud Maron (anti-trans activist)
  • Dave Martel / Big Dave Martel
  • Heather Mason
  • Mike Maxwell
  • Frank McCormick
  • Rhys McKavanagh (conservative transmedicalist)
  • Dina McMillan
  • Carrie Mendoza (anti-trans activist)
  • Robynne Merguerdijian
  • Noelle Mering
  • Chris Milburn
  • Michael Millerman
  • David Minor
  • Veera Mirjam
  • Joshua Mitchell
  • Sarah Mittermaier / “Eliza Mondegreen” (anti-trans activist)
  • H. Georg Moeller
  • Josh Moon
  • Tanis Moore / “The Prim Reaper”
  • Prisha Mosley (ex-trans activist)
  • Meghan Murphy (anti-trans activist)
  • Jamie Mustard
  • Michelle Naef 
  • Mike Nayna
  • Scott Newgent (conservative transmedicalist / regretter)
  • Terry Newman
  • Reid Nicewonder
  • Abby Nissenbaum
  • Ani O’Brien
  • Stella O’Malley (anti-trans extremist)
  • Camilo Ortiz
  • Chris Ostrowski
  • Jonathan Pageau
  • Nina Paley (anti-trans activist)
  • Elle Palmer 
  • Neema Parvini / The Academic Agent 
  • Thaddeus Patrick / “Jac Falcon” / Shea Thaddeus-Patrick Layton
  • Amanda Patterson / “A Normal American” / LeftTheCoast
  • Gio Pennacchietti
  • Eva Penner / “Benji” / “GNC-Centric”
  • Laura Perry (ex-trans activist)
  • Chanel Pfahl
  • Garrett Phillips / “Garrett” / “Dani Pax” / “itsgarrettap”
  • Charles Pincourt
  • David Pivtorak
  • Helen Pluckrose (anti-trans activist)
  • Jeremy Pollack
  • Nina Power (anti-trans activist)
  • Simon Amaya Price & Gareth Amaya Price / “Ash” & “Raphael” (ex-trans activist and unaccepting parent)
  • Steve Salerno
  • Angel SanMartin
  • Leor Sapir (anti-trans extremist)
  • Arielle Scarcella (LGB separatist and sex segregationist)
  • Nick Schappaugh / “Naxela2” (“autogynephilia” activist)
  • Emelie Schmidt / “Emmie” on Calmversations
  • Devin Scott / “Micheal Scott” / “FabianLiberty”
  • Christine Sefein
  • Jodi Shaw
  • Jonathan Shedler 
  • Chris Shelton
  • Neil Shenvi
  • Lindsay Shepherd
  • Brandon Showalter
  • Abigail Shrier (anti-trans activist)
  • Elisa Rae Shupe / Jamie Shupe (former ex-trans activist)
  • Isaac Simpson
  • Rachael Slick / “Aella” (“autogynephilia” activist)
  • Josh Slocum
  • Erec Smith
  • Erin Smith
  • Keri Smith
  • Warren Smith
  • Debra Soh (anti-trans activist)
  • John Sonmez
  • Amy Sousa (anti-trans activist)
  • Will Spencer
  • April Spitzer / “Taftaj” / “Taf Taj” (conservative transmedicalist)
  • Daniel Stange (LGB separatist)
  • Eli Steele
  • Beth Stelzer (anti-trans activist and sex segregationist)
  • Inez Stepman
  • Aria Stevens / “Ciel” / “CielNestPasVert”
  • Katherine Stevens /“K. Yang” / Kat Yang-Stevens
  • Kathleen Stock (anti-trans extremist)
  • Wade Stotts
  • Karen Straughan
  • Rupa Subramanya
  • Vaishnavi Sundar
  • Will Tanner
  • Philipp Tanzer / Logan McCree
  • Nicholas Terepka / “Limpidăa”
  • Aaron Terrell (conservative transmedicalist)
  • Anderson Todd
  • David Tomasi
  • Connor Tomlin
  • Artemaeus Treadwell / “Artemis”
  • Courtenay Turner
  • Jon Uhler
  • Katya Ungerman / “Katherine Dee” (anti-trans activist)
  • Barry Wall
  • Ella Washington / “Ella Penn” / Erin Adams (gender critical activist)
  • Dagny Walton (ex-trans activist)
  • Christian Watson
  • SinĂ©ad Watson / “Watson” (ex-trans activist)
  • Britta Weidner /”Britta” / “NoSoup4Knowles”
  • Bret Weinstein
  • Sierra Weir / “Exulansic” (ex-trans activist)
  • Justin Wells 
  • Ray Alex Williams / “RayGP” (“autogynephilia” activist)
  • Michael Witcoff / “Brother Augustine”
  • Blaire White (conservative transmedicalist)
  • Iseult White
  • Bo Winegard (anti-trans activist and men’s rights activist)
  • Trish Wood
  • Adrienne Wootten / “ScioSophia”
  • Colin Wright (anti-trans activist)
  • Miranda Yardley (conservative transmedicalist)
  • Curtis Yarvin
  • Natasha Ybarra-Klor (writer)
  • Katelyn Yntema
  • Michael Young / “Wokal Distance”

See also

Benjamin A. Boyce

Calmversations episode list

Resources

Substack (substack.com)

YouTube (youtube.com)

Anti-trans activist Benjamin Boyce hosts Calmversations, a show featuring conservative, ex-transgender, and anti-transgender guests.

Below is a list of all episodes through 2024.

2024

s07e39 | The Road to Tyranny is Paved with “Natural Rights” with Kevin Dolan 3 days ago

s07e38 | WTF is the “Woke Right” with Neil Shenvi & Dave Greene 5 days ago

s07e37 | So, I Transed My Lesbian Wife
 with Tali 9 days ago

s07e36 | Abortion as a Right, with Seth Gruber 11 days ago

s07e35 | It Ain’t Easy, Bein’ Heathen, with BIG DAVE MARTEL 15 days ago

s07e34 | US Law & “Gender Medicine” with Leor Sapir 18 days ago

s07e33 | Morality Plays & Governance – TheDeepEnd #23 with Leslie Elliott Boyce 23 days ago

s07e33 | Raw Egg Nationalist, in Calmversation 25 days ago

s07e32 | Millennial Woes Interviews Me (or at least tries) 29 days ago

s07e31 | It Ain’t Easy, Being Heathen, with Mike Maxwell of Imperium Press Dec 14th, 2024

s07e30 | In the Shadow of the Meaning Crisis, with John Vervaeke Dec 11th, 2024

s07e29 | Debating the “Post War Consensus” with Dave Greene & Wokal Distance Dec 9th, 2024

s07e28 | In Defense of Liberalism, with Joseph Klein Dec 3rd, 2024

s07e27 | Taste the Biscuit: TheDeepEnd no. 22 with Leslie Elliott Boyce Dec 1st, 2024

s07e26 | Surf & TERF with Meghan Murphy! Nov 29th, 2024

s07e25 | Trauma & Transition: A Detrans Story, with Roxanne Reed Nov 26th, 2024

s07e24 | The Cool Kids Are Alt-Right, with Rudyard Lynch, aka WhatIfAltHist Nov 22nd, 2024

s07e22 | The Strange Death of Late Night, with Wade Stotts Nov 20th, 2024

s07e23 | Political Horseshoe Theory is Meigh: TheDeepEnd no.21 with Leslie Elliott Boyce Nov 18th, 2024

s07e21 | Is Trump a Libertarian Win? with Clint Russell Nov 13th, 2024

s07e20 | Young Men: Get Yourselves Off the Ground! | Trump’s Message to the Chuds Nov 11th, 2024

s07e19 | Restoring American Fraternity, with RedHawk of The Old Glory Club Nov 8th, 2024

s07e18 | “The Right to Regret” and other Gender Insanity, with Eliza Mondegreen & Jamie Reed Nov 6th, 2024

s07e17 | Election Incoherence: TheDeepEnd #20 Nov 4th, 2024

s07e16 | A Democrat’s Case for Trump, with Joomi Kim Oct 31st, 2024

s07e15 | Libertarian Tech-Bro Utopia, with Jeremy Kauffman Oct 27th, 2024

s07e14 | Nina Power: Speaking Truth to Stupidity Oct 24th, 2024

s07e13 | Darryl Cooper: The Making of a Martyr Oct 17th, 2024

s07e12 | The Gentle Parenting Trap, with Dr. Camilo Ortiz Oct 13th, 2024

s07e11 | Arming Parents Against Gender Ideology, with Kris Kaliebe Oct 10th, 2024

s07e10 | Will Tanner: Zoomer with a View (of History) Oct 7th, 2024

s07e09 | Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me, with Professor Wilfred Reilly Oct 1st, 2024

s07e08 | How Boomers Broke Britain, or, The Endless End of the English Empire, with Connor Tomlin Sep 28th, 2024

s07e07 | Why is Israel Important to the West? with King Crocoduck Sep 25th, 2024

s07e06 | Discussing “The Woke Right” with Konstantin Kisin Sep 19th, 2024

s07e05 | Mythologies of The Current Era, TheDeepEnd #19 with Leslie Elliott Sep 18th, 2024

s07e04 | Economics of Connection and Conflict with Professor Ashley Hodgson Sep 14th, 2024

s07e03 | No Fault Divorce & the Unraveling of the American Family, with Dr. Stephen Baskerville Sep 10th, 2024

s07e02 | Why Oliver is Transitioning (Female to Male) Sep 6th, 2024

s07e01 | Courage in an Age of Madness, with Jordan Hall Sep 2nd, 2024

s06e134 | Lies, Damn Lies, & Gender Journalism with Benjamin Ryan Aug 31st, 2024

s06e133 | Ulysses S. Grant: Civil War Super Star, with Beau Dade Aug 29th, 2024

s06e132 | How We Met & Why We Married #TheDeepEnd #18 with Leslie Elliott Boyce Aug 27th, 2024

s06e131 | Escaping Extremist Islam, with Yasmine Mohammed Aug 21st, 2024

s06e130 | How the West was Undone, with Professor Eric Kaufmann Aug 19th, 2024

s06e129 | Postmodernism on the Right, with Neema Parvini, the Academic Agent Aug 16th, 2024

s06e128 | Electoral Dysphoria | TheDeepEnd #17 with Leslie Elliott Boyce Aug 14th, 2024

s06e127 | What Are We Voting For? (Likely Trump/Vance Policies) | with Jeremy Carl Aug 12th, 2024

s06e126 | Conspiracy Nuts—and Bolts! | with Jay Dyer Aug 9th, 2024

s06e125 | Why Eithan Haim Blew The Whistle on Child Gender Medicine Aug 5th, 2024

e06e124 | Alex Kaschuta: Ex-Darling of the Alt-Right Aug 3rd, 2024

s06e123 | American Diversity vs. Ideological Purism, with Isaac Simpson Aug 1st, 2024

s06e122 | Evergreen Meltdown Watch Party #7 (final show!) with Leslie Elliott Boyce Jul 30th, 2024

s06e121 | Progressive Manipulations, from Climate to Gender, with Melanie Bennet & Leslie Elliott Boyce Jul 25th, 2024

s06e120 | Online Extremism, Satanic Cults, & Accelerationism, with Bx Jul 23rd, 2024

s06e119 | This Perilous Political Moment, with Peachy Keenan Jul 20th, 2024

s06e118 | Evergreen Fiasco Watch Party #6 with Leslie Elliott Boyce Jul 17th, 2024

s06e117 | Getting Interviewed by Malcolm and Simone Collins Jul 13th, 2024

s06e116 | Lies, Damn Lies, and Journalism | with Lisa Seline Davis and Eliza Mondegreen Jul 11th, 2024

s06e115 | Jamie Bambrick: A Pastor With Christian Opinions Jul 9th, 2024

s06e114 | Tavistock: The OG Propaganda Mill? with Courtenay Turner Jul 5th, 2024

s06e113 | Simone Collins: Techno-Matriarch Jul 3rd, 2024

s06e112 | Devon Eriksen: Author, Engineer, Opinionator Jun 26th, 2024

s06e111 | Evergreen College Implosion Watch Party #4 w/ Leslie Elliott Boyce Jun 24th, 2024

s06e110 | Anatomy of a Transition, with Schylar Jun 22nd, 2024

s06e109 | Has Liberalism Failed Us? | with Carl Benjamin Jun 20th, 2024

s06e108 | Gen X’s Politically Homeless Problem | with Jenny Holland Jun 17th, 2024

s06e107 | How The Gnostic Sausage Is Made | with Right Side Jun 14th, 2024

s06e106 | “Scary Ideas” & The Mainstream Legitimacy Crisis, with Lomez Jun 6th, 2024

s06e105 | Detrans Lawfare: Holding “Gender” Doctors Accountable | with Lynn Chadwick & Katherine Dooley Jun 4th, 2024

s06e104 | Evergreen Implosion Watch Party #3 (with Leslie Elliott) Jun 2nd, 2024

s06e103 | Natalism vs. Nihilism | with Malcolm Collins May 30th, 2024

s06e102 | TransMan in a TradLand, a detrans story, with Maia May 29th, 2024

s06e101 | The Unprotected Class: Honestly Tackling Anti-White Racism, with Jeremy Carl May 27th, 2024

s06e100 | Evergreen College Implosion Watch Party Part 2 with Leslie Elliott May 22nd, 2024

s06e99 | Surviving Social Justice: A Detrans Story, with Mazy May 20th, 2024

s06e98 | Liberalism’s Last Stand, with Helen Pluckrose May 15th, 2024

s06e97 | So I Married An Autogynephile
 A Detrans Story, with Jules Louise May 14th, 2024

s06e96 | Auron MacIntyre’s Total State: How Liberal Democracies Become Illiberal Tyrannies May 8th, 2024

s06e95 | Evergreen College Implosion: 7 Year Anniversary Watch Party May 6th, 2024

s06e94 | Race Is Poison (White Guilt, Black Power) | with Eli Steele May 4th, 2024

s06e93 | The Evergreening of America, with James Lindsay May 2nd, 2024

s06e92 | Cluster-B Blues, with Josh Slocum of Disaffected Apr 26th, 2024

s06e91 | Fear & Self-Loathing: A Detrans Story, with LaRell Herbert Apr 24th, 2024

s06e90 | TheDeepEnd #16: Snacks-Positivity and the Limits of Power Apr 22nd, 2024

s06e89 | Counseling As Conversation, with David Minor Apr 21st, 2024

s06e88 | Post-Liberal Bedtime Stories, with Mike Nayna & Gio Pennacchietti Apr 19th, 2024

s06e87 | DeTrans Stories Legacy: Helena Kerschner, 2019 Apr 15th, 2024

s06e86 | Healing From Sissy Hypno, with Shane Cole Apr 12th, 2024

s06e85 | Unnatural Selection: Rise of Genetically Modified Babies, with Jonathan Anomaly Apr 9th, 2024

s06e84 | Experts & Sex Cults | TheDeepEnd 15 with Leslie Elliott Apr 8th, 2024

s06e83 | It’s Time America’s Backbone Grew a Spine, with Rebecca Velo Apr 3rd, 2024

s06e82 | Realistic Expectations for A.I., with Brian Chau Apr 1st, 2024

s06e81 | Can Christianity Save American Masculinity? with Will Spencer Mar 29th, 2024

s06e80 | Is “Gender” A Useless Concept? [TheDeepEnd #14 w Leslie Elliott] Mar 28th, 2024

s06e79 | From Gender Fantasy to Race Realism: A Gen Z Journey, with PsiKey Mar 26th, 2024

s06e78 | Autism, Gender, Gen Z (A Young Interviewee Returns), with Simon Amaya Price Mar 25th, 2024

s06e77 | The Queering of American Education, with “Logan Lancing” Mar 22nd, 2024

s06e76 | The WPATH To Hell
 with Mia Hughes Mar 20th, 2024

s06e75 | Caste Away: The Indelicacy of IQ Inquiry, with Bo Winegard Mar 18th, 2024

s06e74 | Life After Mormonism, with Joshua Neal Mar 16th, 2024

s06e73 | Kaiser REALLY Wants to Trans You, with Beth Bourne Mar 14th, 2024

s06e72 | Real Parasocialism Has Never Been Tried, TheDeepEnd 13 with Leslie Elliott Mar 11th, 2024

s06e71 | California Foster Care’s Gender Meat Grinder Mar 10th, 2024

s06e70 | Do Genetics Dictate Politics? with Edward Dutton, The Jolly Heretic Mar 7th, 2024

s06e69 | Equality vs. Reality: The Taboo of “Race Realism” | with Nathan Cofnas Mar 5th, 2024

s06e68 | The Feminization of Politics, or, Why Democracy Sucks, with Aydin Paladin Mar 2nd, 2024

s06e67 | Beneath Sheep’s Clothing, or, Why Communism SUCKS | with Julie Behling Feb 29th, 2024

s06e66 | Conspiracies In Theory & Practice | with Courtenay Turner Feb 29th, 2024

s06e63 | Equitocracy vs. Meritocracy in Medicine | with Dr. Rick Bosshardt Feb 28th, 2024

s06e65 | Splitting Crosshairs: TheDeepEnd #12 with Leslie Elliott Feb 26th, 2024

s06e62 | Karen Straughan on Motherhood, Vaccines, and Gender Feb 25th, 2024

s06e64 | The Art of Thoughtfulness, with Warren Smith Feb 23rd, 2024

s06e61 | Woke Persecution of a Christian Church, with Rev Bradley Helgerson Feb 19th, 2024

s06e60 | Trans Narcissism & Overcoming AGP, with Ray Alex Williams Feb 17th, 2024

s06e59 | The God-Shaped Machine, with New Polity’s Marc Barnes Feb 13th, 2024

s06e58 | Viral Purity Spirals | TheDeepEnd #11 with Leslie Elliott Feb 12th, 2024

s06e57 | Medical Madness: The Downward Spiral of US Healthcare, with Andrew Zywiec Feb 10th, 2024

e6e56 | Andrew Doyle’s Haberdashery of Haters Feb 8th, 2024

s06e55 | “Gender Me This
” A Candid Chat with Sasha Ayad & Stella O’Malley About Therapy, Gender, & Online Bullies Feb 6th, 2024

s06e54 | Theo Jordan Saves America: One Floridian’s Fight For Truth, Justice, & Saner Times Feb 3rd, 2024

s06e53 | The Center Mustn’t Scold, with Katherine Brodsky Jan 31st, 2024

s06e52 | The War On Boobs, with Leslie Jan 29th, 2024

s06e51 | Pull-No-Punches Punditry, with Tony Kinnett Jan 27th, 2024

s06e50 | The Queering of the American Child, with James Lindsay and “Logan Lancing” Jan 25th, 2024

s06e49 | Is It Ethical To Transition Yourself | with Artemis Jan 22nd, 2024

s06e48 | Canada’s “Safe Supply” Drug Program: The Literal Opiate of the Masses, with Dr. Lori Regenstreif, MD Jan 20th, 2024

s06e47 | The Detrans to Tradwife Pipeline is Real, with Daisy Strong (née Ollie Chadra) Jan 18th, 2024

s06e46 | The Shaming of the Prude: TheDeepEnd #9 w/ Leslie Elliott Jan 16th, 2024

s06e45 | Public School Tried To Trans My Daughter, with January Littlejohn Jan 12th, 2024

s06e44 | Killing D.E.I. Softly, with Carob Marcelle Jan 9th, 2024

s06e43 | A Warning To America, From Communist China, with Xi Van Fleet Jan 4th, 2024

s06e42 | Trans Daughter, or Prodigal Son?: How Parents Are Coping With Trans Identification, with Kallie Jan 2nd, 2024

2023

s06e41 | Widowed by Transition, with Shannon Thrace Dec 31st, 2023

s06e40 | From The Opioid Crisis to Gender “Medicine”: How Health Care Harms | with Carrie Mendoza Dec 27th, 2023

s06e39 | “Lolcows,” Kiwifarms, and The Death of the Open Internet, with Josh Moon Dec 22nd, 2023

s06e38 | Luka Hein’s Detransition Story Dec 21st, 2023

[Holiday Special] | Twas the Night Before Wokemas Dec 18th, 2023

s06e37 | Internet As Neurosis Accelerator, with Eliza Mondegreen Dec 15th, 2023

s06e36 | Inspecting Henpeckery (TheDeepEnd #7 with Leslie Elliott) Dec 12th, 2023

s06e35 | Authority & Authoritarianism II: A Christian Response, with Jonathan Pageau Dec 10th, 2023

s06e34 | Before (and After) Trans Was Cool, with Dr. Az Hakeem Dec 8th, 2023

s06e33 | Wokery 101: A College Student’s Guide to Surviving DEI, with Aaron Kindsvatter & David Tomasi Dec 4th, 2023

s06e32 | Authority & Authoritarianism, with James Lindsay Dec 1st, 2023

s06e31 | Gender Affirmation & The Law | with Shape Shifter and Mitra Forouhar Nov 30th, 2023

s06e30 | Based Gen Z: Resisting The Resistance | with The Right Side of Historyℱ

  • “The Right Side of History” 28 NOV

s06e29 | ?Mr. Probelmatic Hands? | The DeepEnd #6 with Leslie Elliott

s06e28 | Stella O’Malley & Kellie Jay Keen, in Calmversation

s06e27 | Art and Ideology, with J.G. Fox

  • J.G. Fox 22 NOV

s06e26 | Creepin’ Creepers! TheDeepEnd with Leslie Elliott

s06e25 | Autogynephilia: Malignant Fetish or Benign Orientation? A Debate with Phil Illy and Rudy

s06e24 | So I Married An Interviewee…. (my first calmversation with Leslie Elliott… Boyce…)

s06e23 | Fashion Police: Freedom of Expression VS Safeguarding, with Solid Ground

  • “Solid Ground” 13 NOV

s06e22 | Child Transition First Responders: Stephanie Davies Aria & Denise Caignon

s06e21 | Sage’s Story: How Gender Identity Lead to Sex Trafficking, with Laura Bryant Hanford

  • Laura Bryant Hanford 9 NOV

s06e20 | Fixing “Youth Gender Medicine” with Eliza Mondegreen and Jamie Reed

s06e19 | Sainthood & Sanity, or, Eastern Orthodoxy and Mental Health, with Thaddeus Patrick

  • Thaddeus Patrick 23 OCT

s06e18 | Gender, Sex, & Identity: My Thoughts After 5 Years of Interviews, feat. Jane Gatsby

  • Jane Gatsby 19 OCT

s06e17 | The Fog of War: How Social Media Warps Reality | TheDeepEnd #5 with Leslie Elliott

s06e16 | Discussing Dogma & Religious Experience with Michael Witcoff (Brother Augustine)

  • Michael Witcoff 14 OCT

s06e15 | Venture Politics: Using Capital to Shape Society, with Nate Fischer

  • Nate Fischer 12 OCT

s06e14 | “My Body Is A Puberty Blocker”: Talking About Intersex Conditions with James Linehan

s06e13 | How T Overtook LGB, with Iseult White & Malcolm Clark

s06e12 | The Life Parasocial (DeepEnd #4 with Leslie Elliott)

s06e11 | Rise of the Art-Right, with Gio Pennacchietti

  • Gio Pennacchietti 29 SEP

s06e10 | “Human Rights” vs. Women’s Rights, with Meghan Murphy & K. Yang

s06e09 | Lies, Damn Lies, and Information Warfare, with Cat Girl Kulak

  • “Cat Girl Kulak” 25 SEP

s06e08 | Normalizing the Pathological, Pathologizing the Normal with Eliza Mondegreen and Jessie Mannisto

s06e07 | Derailed Development: a Detrans Story, with Abel Garcia

s06e06 | The Globalist Agenda, with Jason Bradley

  • Jason Bradley 18 SEP

s06e05 | Dealing with Dysphoria, with Oak Leaves and Onions

  • “Oak Leaves and Onions” 14 SEP

s06e04 | Trauma, Drama, & Pharma, with Katelyn Yntema

  • “Katelyn Yntema” 12 SEP

s06e03 | Nietzsche, Hinduism, and The Great Books | with Jash Dholani

  • Jash Dholani 8 SEP

s06e02 | Parents VS. California: Saving Kids from Gender Ideologues, with Erin Friday & Jonathan Zachreson

s06e01 | No Enemies To The Right!?, with The Distributist & Wokal Distance

  • “The Distributist” & “Wokal Distance”/Michael Young 3 SEP

s05e119 | The Psychology of Victimhood, with Jaco van Zyl

  • Jaco van Zyl 26 AUG

s05e118 | Challenging Gender Medicine from Within, with Jamie Reed & Aaron Kimberly

s05e117 | The Trans-fixation of Kevin / Evelyn: A Detrans Story

  • “Kevin / Evelyn” 22 AUG

s05e116 | YouTube Bans Me For Talking About COVID Authoritarianism (Sunday Stream with Leslie Elliott)

s05e115 | Canadian Justice VS. COVID Tyranny, with William Roy & Dr. Chris Milburn

  • William Roy & Dr. Chris Milburn 19 AUG

s05e114 | Resisting Indoctrination in Education, with Angel SanMartin

  • Angel SanMartin 18 AUG

s05e113 | When Kids Say They’re Trans | with Sasha Ayad & Some Moms

s05e112 | Why Woke Won’t Work, with James Lindsay & Wokal Distance

s05e111 | Ancient Wisdoms, Modern Attitude, with Spencer Klavan

  • Spencer Klavan 9 AUG

s05e110 | Orphaned & Owning It, with Veera Mirjam

  • Veera Mirjam 7 AUG

s05e109 | How Advertising Became Totally Cringe, with Isaac Simpson

  • Isaac Simpson 2 AUG

s05e108 | The Future is… Feudal? with Maximum Leader Charles Haywood

  • Charles Haywood 31 JUL

s05e107 | From Maoist China to “Woke” America: The Living Memory of Xi Van Fleet

  • Xi Van Fleet 26 JUL

s05e106 | The Prodigal Transitioner, with Austin Unbridled

  • “Austin Unbridled” 24 JUL

s05e105 | The Gauntlet of Girlhood, with Lisa Marchiano & Eliza Mondegreen

s05e104 | Can Lawfare Save US from Wokeness? with David Pivtorak, Esq.

  • David Pivtorak 19 JUL

s05e103 | Alexander Hamilton: Architect of the Deep State? with B.B. Dade

  • B.B. Dade 16 JUL

s05e102 | Neuroscience & Spirituality, with David Tomasi

  • David Tomasi 15 JUL

s05e101 | Thailand’s “Third Gender” with Amanda Kovattana

  • Amanda Kovattana 13 JUL

s05e100 | Stairway to Selfhood: Life after Detransition, with Elle Palmer

  • Elle Palmer 10 JUL

s05e99 | Documenting & Executing the “Grievance Studies Affair” with James Lindsay & Mike Nayna

s05e98 | Stunted by Transition | a Detrans Story, with Kobe (male to male detransitioner)

  • “Kobe” 4 JUL

s05e97 | When Butch Is Not Enough, a Detrans Story, with Terffy

  • “Terffy” 3 JUL

s05e96 | “Wokeness” as a Post-Christian Nationalism, with Josh Daws

  • Josh Daws 1 JUL

s05e95 | The Sacred & The Psychological, with the Solid Ground Streamers

  • “Solid Ground” 29 JUN

s05e94 | PTSD: A Physical Injury with a Physical Cure? with Jamie Mustard

  • Jamie Mustard 25 JUN

s05e93 | The Politics of Addiction, with Doctor Randall Bock

  • Randall Bock 23 JUN

s05e92 | Autogynephilia’s Impact on Intimacy | with Phil Illy

s05e91 | So Over The Rainbow | with Alasdair Gunn & Eliza Mondegreen

s05e90 | Unscripted Remarks on Gender (from “Breaking the Narrative” hosted by Center for Bioethics & Culture)

  • Center for Bioethics & Culture 14 JUN

s05e89 | Gender Idolatry: A Christian Take on Transgenderism, with Brandon Showalter

  • Brandon Showalter 13 JUN

s05e88 | How “Population Control” Guides Global Governance, with Jason Bradley

  • Jason Bradley 7 JUN

e05e87 | Parenting an ROGD Kid, with Stoic Mom

  • “Stoic Mom” 4 JUN

s05e86 | This Episode is Gay! with Ritchie and Rudy

s05e85 | Dilating the Overton Window, with J. Burden

  • “J. Burden” 1 JUN

s05e84 | Nobody Expects the Spanish Transition! with Ane Maiora

  • Ane Maiora 31 MAY

s05e83 | Fatal Flaws in “Gender Affirming” Care | with Eliza Mondegreen & Aaron Terrell

s05e82 | Men in Women’s Prisons: What Could Go Wrong? with Amie Ichikawa

  • Amie Ichikawa 25 MAY

s05e81 | Crash Course in Libertarianism, with Micheal Scott of Fabian Liberty

  • “Micheal Scott” 23 MAY

s05e80 | Let’s Hear It From The Boys (a Genspect debrief), with Alasdair, Corinna, & Ritchie

s05e79 | How US Law Enforces Transgenderism, with Leor Sapir

s05e78 | “What If They’re Gay Not Trans?” A Genspect Panel with Alasdair Gunn, Ritchie Herron, Iseult White, Jet London, and Malcolm Clark

s05e77 | “What About the Boys?” A Genspect Panel with Joe Burgo, Marcus Evans, Corinna Cohn, and Alasdair Gunn

s05e76 | Detransition: A Group Discussion | from Genspect’s Bigger Picture Conference

s05e75 | Winning the Gender War, with Stella and Alasdair (on location in Ireland)

s05e74 | Is there a Science to Story? with Justin Wells

  • Justin Wells 1 MAY

s05e73 | Ethics of Surrogacy, with Lexi of Stop Surrogacy Now UK

  • “Lexi” 28 APR

s05e71 | IN The Matrix, Not OF The Matrix, with Kruptos

  • “Kruptos” 23 APR

s05e70 | Posie Parker Down Under, with Kellie-Jay Keen

s05e69 | Lydia Leitermann Interviews Me

  • Lydia Leitermann 18 APR

s05e68 | The Sophistry of Gender, with Tomas Bogardus

s05e67 | Notes on the Luciferian West, with Jonathan Pageau, Paul VanderKlay, & “Wokal Distance”/Michael Young

  • Jonathan Pageau, Paul Vander Klay, & “Wokal Distance”/Michael Young 13 APR

s05e66 | Crisis in Counseling, with Leslie Elliott, Jennifer Friend, & Aaron Kindsvatter

s05e65 | How Pregnancy Put Cynthia’s Dysphoria in Perspective, w Cynthia Breheny & Zach Elliott

  • Cynthia Breheny & Zach Elliott 9 APR

s05e64 | Tomboy, Interrupted: A Detrans Story, with Chloe Cole

s05e63 | Catherine, A Female Fed Up With Feminism

  • “Catherine” 4 APR

s05e62 | This Little Student Went To Market: A School Choice Primer, with Jason Bedrick

  • Jason Bedrick 1 APR

s05e61 | The Dangerous Radicalization of Gender Rhetoric, with Stella O’Malley & Eliza Mondegreen

s05e60 | The Decline of General Intelligence, with Dr. Edward Dutton

  • Edward Dutton 23 MAR

s05e59 | Autism, Isolation, and Autogynephilia, with Naxelas

  • “Naxelas” 21 MAR

s05e58 | Genspect’s “The Bigger Picture” Conference, with Joe Burgo & Alasdair Gunn

s05e57 | Lost in Transition: A Detrans Story, with Sarah Elizhar

  • Sarah Elizhar 10 MAR

s05e56 | Tale of a “Trans Widow” with Tracy Shannon

s05e55 | Arming Warrior Teachers with a Winning Mindset, with Barry Wall

  • Barry Wall 5 MAR

s05e54 | The Libtard-to-TradCath Pipeline, with Peachy “Domestic Extremist” Keenan

  • “Peachy Keenan” 25 FEB

s05e53 | In Defense of Common Sense, with Jodi Shaw & Leslie Elliott

s05e52 | America’s Abusive Relationship with Itself, with Josh Slocum

  • Josh Slocum 18 FEB

s05e51 | Creativity, Sexuality, Identity, with Corinna Cohn & Nina Paley

s05e50 | Ditching the Therapeutic Treadmill, with Camille Keifel

s05e49 | The Ethics of Transition, with Taftaj

  • “Taftaj” 10 FEB

s05e48 | The Liberal Parasite – with James Lindsay and Carl Benjamin (aka Sargon of Akkad)

s05e47 | Moral Compasses, Social Contagions, with Eliza Mondegreen

s05e46 | Should Porn Be Banned? with Aella and Meghan Murphy

s05e45 | MAiD in Canada: From Medical Transition to Assisted Suicide, with Lois and Eva Kurilova

s05e44 | Live with James Lindsay: Woke Gnosticism and the Oxford Debate

s05e43 | The Life of a Dominican Nun, with Sister Mary of Jesus

  • Sister Mary of Jesus 15 JAN

s05e42 | Is it High Time for Gen X to Step to the Plate? with Nina Power

s05e41 | Curing the Gender Curse: A Detrans Story, with Teiresias

  • “Teiresias” 4 JAN

s05e40 | Understanding Psychopathy | with Jon Uhler, LPC

  • Jon Uhler 1 JAN

2022

s05e39 | …And What About Living With Dignity? with Alasdair Gunn (Angus Fox)

s05e38 | Restoring Ethics to Canadian Journalism, with Terry Newman

  • Terry Newman 27 DEC 2022

s05e37 | Manly Virtues, Manly Vices, with Joseph Burgo

s05e36 | Celebrating the Superpower of Pregnancy, with Brit the Slightly Twisted Female

  • “Brit” 20 DEC 2022

s05e34 | The Art of Being Pwned, with Curtis Yarvin

  • Curtis Yarvin 13 DEC 2022

s05e33 | Canada’s Elective Death Sentence (“MAiDs”), with Darshan Maharaja

  • Darshan Maharaja 11 DEC 2022

s05e32 | Kellie-Jay Keen Saves the Day

s05e31 | Medical Fads and Fanatics, with Eliza Mondegreen & Mia Ashton

s05e30 | Decoding “Stochastic Terrorism” & Other Games of the Ruling Class, with DR. ROLLERGATOR and JAMES LINDSAY

s05e29 | Beyond Gender: a chat over whiskey, with Stella O’Malley & Angus Fox

s05e28 | Dark Heart of the Ivory Tower: Corruption of Psychology Departments, with Christine Sefein

  • Christine Sefein 25 NOV 2022

s05e27 | Canada’s Easy-Access Euthanasia Program, “MAiD” with Rupa Subramanya

  • Rupa Subramanya 21 NOV 2022

s05s26 | Crisis in Counseling, with Leslie Elliott (The Radical Center)

s05e25 | Rethinking “Gender Therapy” with Lisa Marchiano

s05e23 | The Long Road To Self-Acceptance, with Veera Mirjam

  • Veera Mirjam 8 NOV 2022

s05e22 | Gender Medicine Has Gone INSANE: Inside WPATH, with Eliza Mondegreen

s05e21 | Teen Transition Fast Track, with Prisha

s05e20 | Furry Fandom & Detransition, with Ria

  • “Ria” 28 OCT 2022

s05e19 | The Politics of “Trans Kids” with Corinna Cohn and Denise Caignon

s05e18 | From “Boys Will Be Boys” to “Boys Won’t Be Boys”… with Angus and Ritchie

s05e17 | Economic Impacts of Lockdowns on the Working Class, with Sarah St. Onge

  • Sarah St. Onge 17 OCT 2022

s05e16 | Everyone’s Conspiring, All of the Time, with DR. ROLLERGATOR

  • “Dr. Rollergator” 17 OCT 2022

s05e15 | Gender Absurdities in US Law, with Candice Jackson & Lauren Bone, sisters in lawfare

s05e14 | Saving Kids from Gender… and the State, with Erin Friday

s05e13 | How Gender Activists Dictate “Standards of Care” | with Stella O’Malley

s05e12 | Trans Rush, Detrans Regret, with Jenni

  • “Jenni” 10 OCT 2022

s05e11 | Hot Topics & Cold Showers, with James Lindsay

s05e10 | Saving Children’s Medicine from Gender Ideology, with Julia Mason, MD

s05e09 | Documenting Detransition Stories, with Jennifer Lahl

s05e08 | The Secret Life of Angus Fox

s05e07 | Talking Therapies & Gender Identities, with Marcus and Susan Evans

s05e06 | Castration Affirmation?? New Medical Guidelines Promote Eunuchs, with Genevieve Gluck of REDUXX

s05e05 | Overcoming Autogynephilia, with Andrius

  • “Andrius” 15 SEP 2022

s05e04 | Child Services Sicced on Mom for Celebrating Daughter’s Desistance, with Brette & Anna

  • “Brette” & “Anna” 12 SEP 2022

s05e03 | Using Artificial Intelligence to Study Social Media Contagion, with Shannon Boschy

  • Shannon Boschy 7 SEP 2022

s05e02 | Mediocracy: The Dumbing-Down of American Elites | with Wilfred Riley

s05e01 | Right Winging It, with The Distributist

  • “The Distributist” 4 SEP 2022

s04e92 | Biology: The New Hate Speech, with Colin Wright

s04e91 | From Transition to Liberation: A Detrans Male Story, with Torren Danowski

  • Torren Danowski 28 AUG 2022

s04e90 | Catholic Feminism & The Genesis of Gender | with Abigail Favale

  • Abigail Favale 27 AUG 2022

s04e89 | Andrew Doyle HEARTILY SHUNS the Woke Puritans

s04e88 | From Maoist China to Woke America: Alvin Lui Stands Up

  • Alvin Lui 23 AUG 2022

s04e87 | Surviving Awkward: from Aspergers to Anime to Transition | a Detrans Story, with Emmie

  • “Emmie” 17 AUG 2022

s04e86 | Speaking Truth to Gender, with Sasha Ayad & Stella O’Malley

s04e85 | Cultural Revolution: from Communist China to Woke USA, with Erica Li

  • Erica Li 11 AUG 2022

s04e84 | Political vs. Personal Christianity, with Neil Shenvi

  • Neil Shenvi 7 AUG 2022

s04e83 | Counseling Ex-Cons, with Gar Lock

  • Gar Lock 5 AUG 2022

s04e82 | Is Liberal Feminism Anti-Woman? | with Louise Perry

s04e81 | Courage & Cowardice In Canadian Public Schools, with Chanel Pfahl??

  • Chanel Pfahl 16 JUL 2022

s04e80 | Liberal World Disorder, with Auron MacIntyre & Wokal Distance

  • Auron MacIntyre & “Wokal Distance”/Michael Young 12 JUL 2022

s04e79 | Trauma, Transition, & an Intersex Condition: a Detrans Story, with Theo

  • “Theo” 1 JUL 2022

s04e78 | Right Winging It, with Auron MacIntyre

  • Auron MacIntyre 28 JUN 2022

s04e77 | How the West was Undone, with Carl Benjamin (aka Sargon of Akkad)

s04e76 | Indoctrination in California’s Public Schools, with Kelly S

  • “Kelly S” 26 JUN 2022

s04e75 | Daughter of God, Bride of Christ: Maria Brandell on Becoming a Nun

  • Maria Brandell 26 JUN 2022

s04e74 | The Genius of Thomas Sowell, with Alan Wolan

  • Alan Wolan 19 JUN 2022

s04e73 | Transition and Redemption: A Detrans Story, with NJada

s04e72 | When Transition Goes Wrong, a Detrans Story with Shape Shifter

s04e71 | When Transition Works, with Zander Keig

s04e70 | The Impact of Feminism on Young Men, with Helena Kerschner, Josh Slocum & Limpida

s04e69 | Life & Times of an Internet TERF | with Mia

s04e68 | The New Homophobia, with Ben Appel

  • Ben Appel 25 MAY 2022

s04e67 | Five Years Later: Catching Up With Bret Weinstein

  • Bret Weinstein 23 MAY 2022

s04e66 | The Science of Sex / The Faith of Gender, with Zach Elliott

  • Zach Elliott 21 MAY 2022

s04e65 | Curtis Yarvin, on How American Power Operates, At Home & Abroad

  • Curtis Yarvin 18 MAY 2022

s04e64 | Sex Differences in Detransition, with Sinead & Tullip

s04e63 | Adolescence Via Internet: a Detrans Story, with Michelle

s04e62 | A Catholic Critique of Liberalism, with Marc Barnes of New Polity

  • Marc Barnes 3 MAY 2022

s04e61 | Speaking Truth to Gender, with Helen Joyce & Stephanie Davies-Arai

s04e60 | Why “Woman” Needs to Mean, Well, *Woman*, with DR. Karleen Gribble

Special Episode: The Family Sex Show: A Dramatic Website Reading [Explicit Content]

  • 24 APR 2022

s04e58 | Detrans Stories: Depression & Addiction, with Brian W

  • “Brian W” 24 APR 2022

s04e57 | Dysphoria & Self-Acceptance, with Cynthia Breheny

  • Cynthia Breheny 15 APR 2022

s04e56 | Facts & Fictions of the “TransKid” Phenomenon, with Denise of 4thWaveNow

s04e55 | Revolution, Rationalism, Revelation: Imaging A Post-Woke World, with James Lindsay & Jonathan Pageau

s04e54 | Testosterone! The Science, The Experience, with Carole Hooven & Helena Kerschner

s04e53 | Can Culture Survive the Culture War? with Famous Artist Birdie Rose

  • Birdie Rose 2 APR 2022

s04e52 | Inflation Nation: Energy Policy & Your Wallet, with Joan Sammon & Alma Cook

  • Joan Sammon & Alma Cook 26 MAR 2022

s04e51 | On the Ground in Ukraine, with Erin Smith

  • Erin Smith 18 MAR 2022

s04e50 | In The Beginning Was The Discourse, with Wokal Distance

  • “Wokal Distance”/Michael Young 15 MAR 2022

s04e49 | How to Become Bully-Proof, with Stella O’Malley

s04e48 | What Feminism Gets Wrong About Men, with Janice Fiamengo

  • Janice Fiamengo 7 MAR 2022

s04e47 | All The News Unfit To Print: Failures of Elite Journalism, with Trish Wood

  • Trish Wood 28 FEB 2022

s04e46 | S.E.L.ing Out US Schools, with Lisa Logan

  • Lisa Logan 24 FEB 2022

s04e45 | Psychoanalysis in Theory and Practice, with Jonathan Shedler

  • Jonathan Shedler 21 FEB 2022

s04e44 | School to Sex Work Pipeline: Grooming in Education, with Charlie Jacobs

  • Charlie Jacobs 19 FEB 2022

s04e43 | Logos, Chaos, Meaning Crisis, with Professor John Vervaeke

  • John Vervaeke 13 FEB 2022

s04e42 | Crisis in Education, with Paul Rossi and Frank McCormick

  • Paul Rossi and Frank McCormick 8 FEB 2022

s04e41 | The Science of Climate, the Climate of Science, with ScioSophia

  • “ScioSophia” 4 FEB 2022

s04e40 | Woke as Cancer: Diagnosis & Treatment, with James Lindsay & King Crockoduck

s04e39 | Detrans Stories: Education, Autism, Gender, Communism, with Limpidă

  • “Limpidă” 28 JAN 2022

s04e38 | Pandemic Impacts: Canadian Prisons, with Heather Mason

  • Heather Mason 27 JAN 2022

s04e37 | Liberals Fall While Conservatives Decline, with Mary Harrington

s04e36 | Political Mythologies, with Michael Millerman

  • Michael Millerman 16 JAN 2022

s04e35 | Appreciating Men, with The Prim Reaper

  • “The Prim Reaper” 15 JAN 2022

s04e34 | Gender Absurdities, with Exulansic

s04e33 | James Lindsay Lets Loose, with James Lindsay, Letting Loose

s04e32 | Getting Hormonal, with Carole Hooven

s04e31 | God & The Devil: Catholic Counter-Woke Strategies, with Noelle Mering

  • Noelle Mering 1 JAN 2022

2021

s04e30 | Feminine Overcorrection in Academia, with JD Haltigan

s04e29 | What is “Street Epistemology”? | with Reid Nicewonder of Cordial Curiosity

  • Reid Nicewonder 24 DEC 2021

s04e28 | Sidewalk Skepticism, with Billboard Chris

s04e27 | Biological Sex and US Law, with Candice Jackson

s04e26 | Abandon Cope, Ye Who Enter Here, with James Lindsay

s04e25 | Counter Wokecraft: Using Cold War Tactics against Critical Social Justice, with Charles Pincourt

  • Charles Pincourt 29 NOV 2021

s04e24 | The Gender Cope: a Detrans Story, with Isaac

  • “Isaac” 28 NOV 2021

s04e23 | Evolutionary Psychology of the Incel Phenomenon, with William Costello

  • William Costello 23 NOV 2021

s04e22 | Rejuvenating Journalism, with Nancy Rommelmann

  • Nancy Rommelmann 18 NOV 2021

s04e21 | Cognitive Dissidents, with Sasha Ayad LPC

s04e20 | Sacred Profanities, with Jonathan Pageau of The Symbolic World

  • Jonathan Pageau 11 NOV 2021

s04e18 | Orthodoxy in Public Education, with Frank McCormick @CBHeresy

  • Frank McCormick 31 OCT 2021

s04e17 | Being A Woman Being A Man, with Aaron Terrell

s04e16 | Truth Is No Stranger To Comedy, with Maye Muses

  • “Maye Muses” 24 OCT 2021

e04e15 | Heather Heying; in Calmversation

s04e14 | Self Esteem is for Suckers; Critical Thinking is for Everyone, with Steve Salerno

  • Steve Salerno 19 OCT 2021

s04e13 | Rise of the Well-Adjusted Weirdos, with Jessie Mannisto of Third Factor Magazine

s04e12 | Inside Antifa: Tactics of the Radical Left, with Erin Smith

  • Erin Smith 13 OCT 2021

s04e11 | Countering Critical Theory’s Nihilism with Mindful Humanism, with Jason Littlefield

  • Jason Littlefield 10 OCT 2021

s04e10 | Bureaucratic Incompetence & the Death of Expertise, with Michelle Naef

  • Michelle Naef 6 OCT 2021

s04e09 | Writing Fantasy, Making History: On Craft & Communism | with Steven Brust

  • Steven Brust 3 OCT 2021

s04e08 | Babymaking is Crazymaking! Reproductive Mental Health with Robin Atkins, LMHC

  • Robin Atkins 29 SEP 2021

s04e07 | Tomboys & Other Untold Stories, with Lisa Selin Davis

s04e06 | The Failure of NYC Public Schools, with Maud Maron

s04e05 | A Rational Feminism, with Erika Bachiochi

  • Erika Bachiochi 14 SEP 2021

s04e03 | Woke Psychopathy: Cluster B & Activism, with Josh Slocum of Disaffected Podcast

  • Josh Slocum 7 SEP 2021

s04e02 | How to Stop Being a Jerk and Get Along with the Opposite Sex, with Lorelei

  • “Lorelei” 5 SEP 2021

s04e01 | Challenging Gender Ideology in Public Schools, with Peavy

  • “Peavy” 1 SEP 2021

s03e114 | When Ideology Meets Reality, with Helen Joyce

s03e113 | Based & PoliSci Pilled, with Wilfred Reilly

s03e112 | Gender & Autism, with Ash and Raphael

  • “Ash” and “Raphael” 24 AUG 2021

s03e111 | Hardship and Hope: a Detrans Story, with Veera

  • “Veera” 20 AUG 2021

s03e110 | Are US Public Schools Beyond Saving? Deb Fillman Argues for Abolition

  • Deb Fillman 18 AUG 2021

s03e109 | Cult Thinking Then & Now: An Okay Boomer Story, feat. Jim Heller

  • Jim Heller 14 AUG 2021

s03e108 | Teen Mental Illness & Trans Identity, with Ella Washington

  • Ella Washington 11 AUG 2021

s03e107 | Writing About Women & Reviled for Writing “Woman” with Milli Hill

s03e106 | GenZ: The Politicized Generation, with Elika Imanaga

  • Elika Imanaga 6 AUG 2021

s03e105 | Canceled out of Counseling, with James Esses

s03e103 | Crowdsourcing COVID & Vaccine Facts, with Alexandros Marinos

  • Alexandros Marinos 26 JUL 2021

s03e102 | Bullying in the Trans Community, with Aaron Kimberly

s03e101 | United States’ Path to a World Power: The War of 1812, with B.B. Dade

  • B.B. Dade 21 JUL 2021

s03e100 | “South Africa is a CRT State” with Vincent De Boni

Righting the Left | with Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix

s03e99 | Nobody’s in the Wrong Body | with Erin Brewer

s03e98 | You Are Your Avatar (Identity in the Profile Age) | with Professor H. Georg Moeller

  • H. Georg Moeller 7 JUL 2021

s03e97 | Damaged by Gender: A Detrans Story, with Garrett

  • “Garrett” 6 JUL 2021

s03e96 | Much Ado About Transition, with Blaire White

s03e95 | Human Contact, Devil’s Contract with Jodi Shaw

  • Jodi Shaw 28 JUN 2021

s03e94 | The End of Women’s Sport, with Coach Linda Blade

s03e93 | “Transkids” and Medical Ethics, with Jennifer Lahl

s03e92 | Through the Looking Glass: A Detrans Story, with Issa Ismail

  • Issa Ismail 17 JUN 2021

s03e91 | Critical Race Thinking, with Kimi Katiti

  • Kimi Katiti 15 JUN 2021

s03e90 | The Hormone Hangover: A Detrans Story, with Grace

e03s89 | A Preponderance of Gender, with Sasha Ayad LPC

e03s88 | Pride & Prejudice, with Helena and Sinead

s03e87 | The Lost Boys of Genderland, with Angus Fox

s03e86 | Liberating Women from Patriarchy Part 2, with Julie Bindel

s03e85 | Liberating Women from Patriarchy, with Kara Dansky

s03e84 | WOKEBUSTERS! with James Lindsay and Wokal Distance

  • James Lindsay and “Wokal Distance”/Michael Young 30 MAY 2021

s03e83 | Detrans Stories: Dominic Lauren

  • “Dominic Lauren” 27 MAY 2021

s03e82 | Bret Weinstein: Four Years Later

  • Bret Weinstein 23 MAY 2021

s03e81 | How Queer Theory Interferes with Good Therapy, with Aaron Kimberly

s03e80 | Update on the Hormone Health Crisis, with Dr. William Malone

s03e79 | Oh, the Humanities! with Stephen Blackwood

  • Stephen Blackwood 14 MAY 2021

s03e78 | Asian Americans: The Inconvenient Minority, with Kenny Xu

s03e77 | Resisting Dogmatism—Both Religious and Secular, with Sarah Haider

s03e76 | Standing Up to CRT in Education, with Paul Rossi

  • Paul Rossi 8 MAY 2021

s03e75 | Rebuilding the Love Story, with Alison Tieman of Honey Badger Radio

  • Alison Tieman 4 MAY 2021

s03e74 | Libertarian Principles, with Christian Watson

  • Christian Watson 2 MAY 2021

s03e73 | Black Victim to Black Victor, with Adam B. Coleman

  • Adam B. Coleman 30 APR 2021

s03e72 | Revelation & Rebellion, with Jonathan Pageau

  • Jonathan Pageau 28 APR 2021

s03e71 | Equity in Corporate & Federal Hiring, with Amy Bee

  • Amy Bee 27 APR 2021

e03s70 | Dysphoria & Acceptance, with Natasha Ybarra-Klor

  • Natasha Ybarra-Klor 21 APR 2021

s03e69 | Social Media Censorship: A Legal Perspective, with Ramsey Ramerman

  • Ramsey Ramerman 18 APR 2021

e03s68 | What Is Up With Men and Their Issues??? (with Brian Martinez from Honey Badger Radio)

  • Brian Martinez 16 APR 2021

s03e67 | LGB Advocacy, with Belissa Cohen & Carrie Hathorn

  • Belissa Cohen & Carrie Hathorn 13 APR 2021

s03e64 | Critical Theory’s Threat to Jewish-Muslim Relations, with David Bernstein & Suhail Khan

  • David Bernstein & Suhail Khan 11 APR 2021

s03e66 | Native Americans & Classical Liberalism, with Jason Miller

  • Jason Miller 11 APR 2021

s03e65 | Debunking “White Fragility” with Jonathan Church & Christopher Paslay

  • Jonathan Church & Christopher Paslay 8 APR 2021

s03e63 | Critical Critical Theory Theory, with James Lindsay & Wokal Distance

s03e62 | Diversity & Exclusion, with Lindsay Shepherd

  • Lindsay Shepherd 4 APR 2021

s03e61 | Gnosticism / Nihilism / Humanism, with Professor Bruno Chaouat

  • Bruno Chaouat 1 APR 2021

s03e60 | #IStandWithMaya, with Maya Forstater

e03s59 | The Art of (Narrative) War, with Cactus Chu

  • Brian Chu 25 MAR 2021

s03e58 | The Corruption of US Colleges, with Aaron Kindsvatter

  • Aaron Kindsvatter 21 MAR 2021

S03E57 | The Plight of Women in India, with Vaishnavi Sundar

356 | The Rhetoric of Woke / Anti-Woke Discourse, with Professor Erec Smith

  • Erec Smith 15 MAR 2021

355 | Managing Crippling Anxiety, with Jess

  • “Jess” 14 MAR 2021

354 | What Men & Women Want, with Nina Power

353 | (Culture) War & Peace, with Jeremy Pollack

  • Jeremy Pollack 8 MAR 2021

352 | Autogynephilia: One Man’s Account, with Kayla

  • “Kayla” 7 MAR 2021

351 | Comedy Uncanceled, with Francis Foster

350 | Basic Biology: Somehow Controversial??? with Emma Hilton & Colin Wright

349 | Russia’s Past, America’s Present | with Ora Itkin

  • Ora Itkin 1 MAR 2021

348 | The Fib In Women’s Lib, with Inez Stepman

  • Inez Stepman 25 FEB 2021

347 | The Future of Content Creation & Consumption, with LBRY founder Jeremy Kauffman

  • Jeremy Kauffman 24 FEB 2021

346 | An Unconventional Millennial, with Little Apostate

  • “Little Apostate” 22 FEB 2021

345 | A Postmodern Humanity, with Mary Harrington

344 | Detrans Stories: The Feminine & Divine, with Waffling Willow

  • “Waffling Willow” 18 FEB 2021

343 | Speaking Out For Children, with Christoph Elston

342 | Parting The BS Seas: The Capitol, Trauma, and Trump, with Karlyn Borysenko

  • Karlyn Borysenko 12 FEB 2021

341 | Tonic Masculinity, with Jack Murphy

  • Jack Murphy 11 FEB 2021

340 | Portrait of the Podcaster: A Brief Autobiography

  • 8 FEB 2021

339 | Courageous Gratitude, with Konstantin Kisin

338 | Straying from the Woke Script, with Jodi Shaw

  • Jodi Shaw 1 FEB 2021

337 | The Broken Religion of Identity Politics, with Professor Joshua Mitchell

  • Joshua Mitchell 30 JAN 2021

336 | When The Left Left Women, with Ani O’Brien

  • Ani O’Brien 28 JAN 2021

335 | Ethical Failures in Academia, with Abby Nissenbaum

  • Abby Nissenbaum 27 JAN 2021

334 | Executive Disorders, with James Lindsay & Wokal Distance

333 | Counseling & the Human Condition, with Timothy Courtois

332 | All the Birthing People, with Isabella Malbin

331 | The Art of the Puppet, with Barnaby Dixon

  • Barnaby Dixon 11 JAN 2021

330 | Seeking the Woke Antidote, with Keri Smith

  • Keri Smith 6 JAN 2021

2020

329 | When Government Regulates “Gender Identity”, with Katherine Deves

328 | Debunking the Gender Myth, with Stephanie Davies-Arai

327 | Developing Giggle: A Women’s Social Media App, with Sall Grover

326 | Detrans* Stories: Suffering & Sincerity | with Torren

  • “Torren” 16 DEC 2020

325 | Gender: A Wider Lens, with Sasha Ayad and Stella O’Malley

324 | Facetious Navidad, with Andrew Doyle

323 | The Authenticity Quest, with Daisy Chadra (A DeTrans Story)

  • Daisy Marie Chadra 6 DEC 2020

322 | The Postmodern Jedi, with James Lindsay

321 | World of WokeCraft: Mists of Postmodernia, with Wokal Distance

  • “Wokal Distance”/Michael Young 27 NOV 2020

320 | Rock ‘n Realism, with Karen Davis

  • Karen Davis 24 NOV 2020

319 | Bypassing Bias with Dr. Dina McMillan

  • Dina McMillan 21 NOV 2020

318 | The Woke Encroachment into Therapy, with Seerut Chawla

  • Seerut Chawla 17 NOV 2020

317 | First Principles First, with Jane Gatsby

  • Jane Gatsby 13 NOV 2020

316 | Ethics & Aesthetics in Marketing & Design, with Christ Bintliff

  • Christ Bintliff 11 NOV 2020

315 | The Life & Thoughts of an Online Sex Worker, with Aella

  • “Aella” 7 NOV 2020

314 | Criminal Therapies: Gender Conversion in Canada, with Drs Debra Soh & James Cantor

313 | Conscious Conservatism and the Black Vote, with Felecia Killings

  • Felecia Killings 30 OCT 2020

312 | Teaching to Profess, with Lara Ayad

  • Lara Ayad 29 OCT 2020

311 | Black Conservatism: Where It’s At, Where It’s Going, with Julian Acciard

  • Julian Acciard 23 OCT 2020

310 | Rethinking The War on Drugs, with Benjamin Boyce

  • 19 OCT 2020

309 | “Don’t Tell Me What I Kant Do!” ‱ Discussing Ethics with Sam Hoadley-Brill

  • Sam Hoadley-Brill 18 OCT 2020

308 | Gender, Conversion & Conformity, with Donovan Cleckley

  • Donovan Cleckley 10 OCT 2020

307 | What Makes Critical Race Theory Wrong (and Racist), with James Lindsay

306 | The Gender Trap, with Dr. Debra Soh & Abigail Shrier

305 | Black Minds Matter: Heterodoxy in Black American Thought, with Brittany King

  • Brittany King 27 SEP 2020

304 | Missteps of Modern Feminism, with Alex Kaschuta

  • Alex Kaschuta 21 SEP 2020

303 | Something Wokéd This Way Comes, with Wokal Distance

  • “Wokal Distance”/Michael Young 14 SEP 2020

302 | Breaking Through Black & White Thinking, with Desi-Rae

  • “Desi-Rae” 12 SEP 2020

301 | Whistleblowing on Woke Government, with Casey Petersen

  • Casey Petersen 1 SEP 2020

268 | Falsifying Wokeness, with King Crocoduck

  • “King Crocoduck” 30 AUG 2020

267 | Art Like An Egyptian, with Professor Lara Ayad

  • Lara Ayad 29 AUG 2020

266 | The Rise of Unreason in Academia, with Dr. James Cantor, PhD

265 | Evergreen Protests Through a Sociological Lens, with Shaun Cammack

  • Shaun Cammack 22 AUG 2020

264 | Decoding the Gender Matrix, with Helen Joyce

263 | Detrans Stories: Taking the Reins, with Chiara

262 | The Phantom Moderate: Left Coast Life, with Christopher Rufo

261 | Truths About Transition, with Buck Angel

260 | How Antiracism Disempowers, with Professor Erec Smith

  • Erec Smith 5 AUG 2020

259 | Detrans Stories: Helena, The Problematic

258 | A More Perfect Transition: Trans Health Advocacy, with Corinna Cohn

257 | Children’s Rights, Trans Realities with Scott Newgent

256 | Cops, Crime, & Sociology with Roderick Graham

  • Roderick Graham 24 JUL 2020

255 | The Diversity Dilemma, with Cedrick-Michael Simmons

  • Cedrick-Michael Simmons 24 JUL 2020

254 | Speech, Privacy, Capital, with Sarah Downey

  • Sarah Downey 17 JUL 2020

253 | End of Days Survivor’s Guide, with Jonathan Pageau & Paul Vander Klay

  • Jonathan Pageau & Paul Vander Klay 15 JUL 2020

252 | Sundown Town Stories, with Adrian Lee Oliver

  • Adrian Lee Oliver 13 JUL 2020

251 | Modeling a Minority Opinion, with @EricsElectrons

  • “EricsElectrons” 9 JUL 2020

250 | Why “White Fragility” Is Such An Ego Trip, with Christopher Paslay

  • Christopher Paslay 8 JUL 2020

249 | Girlhood, Interrupted: Teen Mental Health & the Transgender Trend, with Abigail Shrier

248 | Organization Psychology & The Woke Encroachment, with Dr. Karlyn Borysenko

  • Karlyn Borysenko 1 JUL 2020

247 | What We Do With The Shadows, with Jungian Therapist Anderson Todd

  • Anderson Todd 24 JUN 2020

246 | A Crash Course in Black U.S. History, with John Wood Jr.

  • John Wood Jr. 18 JUN 2020

245 | Surviving a Moral Panic, with Lisa Marchiano, Jungian Analyst

244 | America’s New Religion, with James Lindsay & Mike Nayna

243 | Inoculation to Indoctrination: Exploring Cult Techniques with Chris Shelton

  • Chris Shelton 11 JUN 2020

242 | Chloé Valdary: Collective Guilt, Common Pride

  • ChloĂ© Valdary 3 JUN 2020

241 | Bret Weinstein: Three Years After the Protest

  • Bret Weinstein 26 MAY 2020

240 | Enlightenment Virtues & Vices, with Carl Benjamin

239 | Courage & Detransition, with Chris (Male)

  • “Chris” 10 MAY 2020

238 | Having a Moment with Claire Graham

237 | Two if by Prime: Amazon’s Logistic Revolution, with Hannah the Logistics Lady

  • “Hannah the Logistics Lady” 13 APR 2020

236 | Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria: A Primer | with Lisa Littman and Sasha Ayad

235 | Mackenzie’s Detransition Story

  • “Mackenzie” 4 APR 2020

234 | Quarantine Conversations, with Katie Herzog

233 | Comedy & Catastrophe, with Andrew Doyle

232 | Suppose Sex Is Real… with Colin Wright

231 | A Straight Talking Gay Man, with Arty Morty

230 | Quarantine Conversation: with Posie Parker

229 | Lucifer’s Wager, with Bo Winegard

  • Bo Winegard 19 MAR 2020

228 | Engendering an Authentic Self, with Stella O’Malley

227 | Gendered Enough: A Detrans Story with Leigh

  • “Leigh” 16 MAR 2020

226 | A Woman Without Feminism, with Claire Graham

225 | The Limits of Feminism, with Belinda Brown

  • Belinda Brown 14 MAR 2020

224 | Interview with a Woman

  • “radley_ms” 5 MAR 2020

223 | The Problematization of Everything, with Meghan Daum

222 | New Discourses, with James Lindsay

221 | Canadian Government Suppresses Impact Reports of Bill C-16

  • “Jennifer Anne” / JenniferAnne_s 19 FEB 2020

220 | Outwitting Wokeness, with Andrew Doyle

219 | Escaping Abuse, Evolving Agency, with Lara

  • “Lara” 14 FEB 2020

218 | Journalism, Gender, & Justice, with Helen Joyce

217 | The Cancel Culture Club, with Graham Linehan

216 | Consider the Gender, with Debbie Hayton

215 | Renegotiating Womanhood: A Detrans Story, with Laura

  • “Laura” 21 JAN 2020

214 | What the Hormones Didn’t Change: a Detrans Story, with Watson

213 | Trauma & Transition, with Rachel

  • “Rachel” 7 JAN 2020

212 | Growing Out of GroupThink, with Helena

211 | Unity and Disunity in the LGBT Community, with Arielle Scarcella

2019

210 | Banned but not Broken, with GNC_Centric

  • “GNC_Centric” 31 DEC 2019

209 | Coercive Tolerance, with Sasha Ayad

208 | Transgender & Right-of-Center, with Mars

  • Mars Fernandez 20 DEC 2019

207 | Stephen Hicks: Postmodernism and Its Discontents

  • Stephen Hicks 13 DEC 2019

206 | Maturing into Masculinity, with Logan McCree

  • Logan McCree 5 DEC 2019

205 | Germany’s Free Speech Problems, with Logan McCree

  • Logan McCree 3 DEC 2019

204 | Posie Parker: Sticking Up for Sex Differences

203 | Masculine Actualities, Feminine Possibilities, with Jonathan Pageau

  • Jonathan Pageau 22 NOV 2019

202 | Collateral Cancelation, with John Sonmez

  • John Sonmez 20 NOV 2019

201 | The State of College Debate, with Michael Moreno

  • Michael Moreno 30 OCT 2019

74 | Free Range Discourse with the Future Thinkers Euvie Ivanova and Mike Gilliland

  • Euvie Ivanova and Mike Gilliland 12 SEP 2019

73 | Defense Lawyer Speaks About Ramifications of the Yaniv Case

  • John Carpay 2 AUG 2019

72 | Blaire White: Persona and Personality

71 | Civility and Citizenship with Philosopher Steven Clouse

  • Steven Clouse 29 JUL 2019

70 | Transition by Tumor: An Accidental Androgen Story

  • “kate” / unqueenlyandsh1 25 JUL 2019

69 | Saving Our Religions, with Paul Vander Klay

  • Paul Vander Klay 24 JUL 2019

68 | A Postmodern Postmortem with James Lindsay

67 | Transsexual vs. Transgender, with Amazon Eve

  • Amazon Eve 15 JUL 2019

66 | The Science of Hormones with William Malone, MD

65 | A Life in Transition, with Miranda Yardley

64 | Parkouring Life’s Obstacles, with Rafe Kelley

  • Rafe Kelley 28 JUN 2019

63 | Creativity & Cancellation, with playwright Libby Emmons

  • Libby Emmons 13 JUN 2019

62 | The Unbearable Whiteness of Being, with Jonathan Church

  • Jonathan Church 31 MAY 2019

61 | Intuition and Wholeness in Jungian Therapy, with Lisa Marchiano

60 | Identity, Gender, and Development, with Dr. Ken Zucker

59 | The Biology of Male and Female, with Robin Forbes-Lorman

  • Robin Forbes-Lorman 17 MAY 2019

58 | Stigma and Censorship with Dr Ray Blanchard

57 | Parenting the Gender Dysphoric Child, with Sasha Ayad

56 | True Fantasy, with Steven Brust

  • Steven Brust 9 MAY 2019

55 | Telling the Grievance Studies Story, with Mike Nayna

  • Mike Nayna 8 MAY 2019

54 | Identity Politics is Rubbish, with Rose of Dawn

  • “Rose of Dawn” 3 MAY 2019

53 | Storytelling & Transition with Wheston Chancellor Grove

  • Wheston Chancellor Grove 24 APR 2019

52 | Trauma and Dysphoria with Erin Brewer

51 | Becoming a Feminine Entity with Jadis Argiope

  • Jadis Argiope 14 APR 2019

50 | Hierarchy, Trauma, & Psychology with Dr. Patrick Lockwood

  • Patrick Lockwood 12 APR 2019

49 | Is Social Justice a Cultural Revolution Reboot? with Simon Chen

  • Simon Chen 10 APR 2019

48 | Let’s Talk About Intersex with Claire Graham

47 | From Dysphoria to Euphoria with Therapist Carey Callahan

46 | Adolescent Identity & Exploration with Sasha Ayad, Licensed Professional Counselor

45 | Inside Radical Islam with Filmmaker François Margolin

  • François Margolin 3 APR 2019

44 | Art Dies Where Correctness Thrives | with Alexander Adams

  • Alexander Adams 1 APR 2019

43 | Dr. Ray Blanchard on Sex, Research, and Typology

42 | Gender Biology & Ideology with Kalvin Garrah

41 | Taking on the Gender Industry with Maritza Cummings

  • Maritza Cummings 24 MAR 2019

40 | Toward a Trans-Centrism with Rhys McKavanagh

  • Rhys McKavanagh 18 MAR 2019

39 | Curb Your Postmodernism with Helen Pluckrose

38 | Conformity and Abuse in the Gender Ideology Community with GNC-Centric

  • “GNC-Centric” 14 MAR 2019

37 | Hip To Be Trans? with Jesse, of The Pique Resilience Project

36 | Therapy & the Teen Gender Crisis with Sasha Ayad, LPC

35 | A TransMan’s Cautious Transition with Sean Lindsey

  • Sean Lindsey 9 MAR 2019

34 | Reforming the Social Sciences with Lee Jussim

33 | Smashing the (Non)Binary with Jamie Shupe

32 | Social SPIDERS! & What They Say About Us, with Colin Wright

31 | Sexuality & Gender Identity with Dr J Michael Bailey

30 | Teen Transition and Social Media with Helena

29 | Free Will & Inescapable Bias with Dr. Cory Clark

  • Cory Clark 27 FEB 2019

28 | Transition vs Transformation with Jungian Analyst Lisa Marchiano

26 | Detransition & Self Acceptance with Chiara

25 | The Divine Feminine, with Rachel Fulton Brown

  • Rachel Fulton Brown 16 FEB 2019

24 | Radical Feminism & Power Structures with Dr. Jane Clare Jones

  • Jane Clare Jones 14 FEB 2019

23 | BJ Campbell: Guns, Memes, & Societal Ills

  • BJ Campbell 9 FEB 2019

22 | John Vervaeke: Wisdom, Myth, and Artificial Intelligence

  • John Vervaeke 6 FEB 2019

21 | Egolibrium: A story of lost lovers

  • 6 FEB 2019

20 | Art & Identity with Alexander Adams

  • Alexander Adams 3 FEB 2019

19 | Lior Leser: Sargon, Patreon, & The Case Against Paypal

  • Lior Leser 24 JAN 2019

18 | Dr Jane Clare Jones: Communicating Feminism

  • Jane Clare Jones 23 JAN 2019

17 | Adaptations in Masculinity with Eric Anderson, PhD

  • Eric Anderson 23 JAN 2019

16 | Physicist Sam Gregson: Resisting Media Manipulation

  • Sam Gregson 21 JAN 2019

15 | A Crash Course in Sexology with Dr. James Cantor

14 | Kinesis: Beyond the Trans Identity

  • Asha Britt 18 JAN 2019

13 | Kinesis on the Potentials of Trans People

  • Asha Britt 18 JAN 2019

12 | Psychologist Oren Amitay: Social Media & its Discontents

11 | Graham Linehan: In Good Faith

10 | Corinna on Trans Rights & Wrongs

09 | Esther O’Reilly: Unapologetic Christian Apologetics

  • Esther O’Reilly 14 JAN 2019

08 | Robynne on the Reality of Transition

  • Robynne Merguerdijian 14 JAN 2019

07 | Journalist William Ray: On the Death of the Left

  • William Ray 14 JAN 2019

06 | Filmmaker Jay Shapiro: On the Future of Tolerance

  • Jay Shapiro 14 JAN 2019

05 | Dr. Kathleen Stock: On Being vs Identifying as Female

04 | Arno Michaelis: Life After a Hate Group

  • Arno Michaelis 14 JAN 2019

03 | Carrey Callahan: Rethinking Transition

02 | Coleman Hughes: Categories and Consequences of Race

  • Coleman Hughes 14 JAN 2019

01 | Reverend Paul Vander Klay: “Walk Softly & Carry a Big Cross”

  • Paul Vander Klay 22 DEC 2018

The Washington Post is an American media organization. It is considered a paper of record for the United States, along with The New York Times.

Washington Post has covered trans issues with several important initiatives, including the 2023 KFF/The Washington Post Trans Survey.

In December 2024, the Post signaled a significant shift from previous objectivity in trans coverage. This shift came about after the Post was purchased by Jeff Bezos and reorganized to serve the interests of its owner. Amid relentless laundering of anti-trans extremism into mainstream media, the Post began actively participating in that laundering:

  • The Editorial Board presented trans healthcare care for minors as a controversy where “the medical questions have not been properly resolved,” citing “scientists’ failure to study these treatments slowly and systematically,” citing anti-trans activists Jesse Singal and Azeen Ghorayshi among others.
  • The Editorial Board then added anti-trans activist Megan McArdle to its roster.
  • The Post also hired anti-trans activist Pamela Paul, who promptly began writing the kinds of anti-trans pieces Paul previously wrote for The New York Times.
  • In 2025, The Editorial Board wrote two pieces (one in May and one in November) praising the Trump Administration’s US HHS report attacking gender affirming care.

Leadership

  • Sally Buzbee, Executive Editor
  • Krissah Thompson, Managing Editor
  • Justin Bank, Managing Editor
  • Barbara Vobejda, Managing Editor
  • Monica Norton, Deputy Managing Editor
  • Mark W. Smith, Deputy Managing Editor
  • Scott Vance, Deputy Managing Editor
  • Liz Seymour, Deputy Managing Editor (Newsroom operations, standards and planning)
  • Ann Gerhart, Senior Visual Enterprise Editor
  • Erika Allen, Head of Audience Strategy and Growth
  • Coleen O’Lear, Head of Curation and Platforms
  • Carla Broyles, Senior Career Development Editor
  • Sommer Mathis, Senior Recruiting Editor
  • Terrell Mizell, Senior Recruiting Consultant
  • Matea Gold, National Editor
  • Phil Rucker, Deputy National Editor
  • Douglas Jehl, Foreign Editor
  • Jennifer Amur, Deputy Foreign Editor
  • Mike Semel, Local Editor
  • Maria Glod, Deputy Local Editor
  • Ben Williams, Features Editor
  • Hank Stuever, Deputy Features Editor
  • Tara Parker-Pope, Wellness Editor
  • Anjuman Ali, Deputy Wellness Editor
  • Lori Montgomery, Business Editor
  • Damian Paletta, Deputy Business Editor
  • Christina Passariello, Deputy Business Editor
  • Jeff Leen, Investigations Editor
  • David Fallis, Deputy Investigations Editor
  • Eric Rich, Deputy Investigations Editor
  • Jason Murray, Sports Editor
  • Matthew Rennie, Deputy Sports Editor
  • Zachary Goldfarb, Climate and Environment Editor
  • Juliet Eilperin, Deputy Climate and Environment Editor
  • Meghan Hoyer, Data Reporting Director
  • Anu Narayanswamy, Deputy Data Editor
  • Micah Gelman, Director of Editorial Video
  • David Bruns, Executive Producer
  • Lauren Saks, Executive Producer
  • MaryAnne Golon, Photography Director
  • Robert Miller, Deputy Photography Director
  • Dudley Brooks, Deputy Photography Director
  • Sandra Stevenson, Deputy Photography Director
  • Courtney Rukan, Multiplatform Editing Chief
  • Brian Cleveland, Deputy Multiplatform Editor
  • Nora Simon, Deputy News Service Editor
  • Kenisha Malcolm, Curation Desk Editor
  • Anne Bartlett, Live Editing Chief
  • Charity Brown, Deputy Newsroom Product Director
  • Keith McMillan, General Assignment Editor
  • Herman Wong, Deputy General Assignment Editor

Assessments

Statista

“The Washington Post’s credibility fared relatively well in 2022, with a survey revealing that 48 percent of respondents believed the publication to be very or somewhat credible. The Washington Post’s credibility rating was slightly lower than that of The New York Times, and the paper also lost out to The Wall Street Journal in this regard.”

Ad Fontes Media (adfontesmedia.com)

Ad Fontes Media rates Washington Post in the Skews Left category of bias and as Generally Reliable/Analysis OR Other Issues in terms of reliability. 

  • https://adfontesmedia.com/washington-post-bias-and-reliability/
  • Reliability: 38.15
  • Bias: -8.75

NewsGuard (newsguardtech.com)

  • Standards met:
  • Standards failed:
  • as of 1 January 2020

Contributors

The following people have had writing about trans issues published in the Washington Post.

Letters of note

  • Rachel Cornwell and Liz Matthews

2023 defense of New York Times’ transphobia

In 2023, media critic Erik Wemple published a defense of the New York Times during their anti-trans coverage crisis.

2024 editorial critical of youth gender medicine

In December 2024, the Post signaled a significant shift that reflected relentless laundering of anti-trans extremism into mainstream media.

Without citing any recent research finding low regret rates or citing any countries that have reaffirmed the benefits of gender affirming care for minors, the editorial notes “at least some patients who transitioned later experience regret and suffer the fate the treatments were supposed to avoid: a body that doesn’t match their gender identity.”

Signaling their desire to have a politically-appointed non-expert review similar to the UK’s disastrous Cass Review, the Post urged a US non-expert review “overseen by scientists who are not gender medicine practitioners.”

They cited the following:

  • the British Cass Review by anti-trans pediatrician Hilary Cass and the subsequent ban of puberty blockers for trans minors (but not cis minors)
  • the report by the Norwegian Healthcare Investigation Board (UKOM) criticizing gender affirming care as “experimental”
  • the report by Swedish anti-trans activist Mikael LandĂ©n et al criticizing gender affirming care as “experimental”
  • a paper by Carmichael et al, ignoring that overall patient experience was positive, focusing instead on psychological function, which The Post characterized as “lackluster results”
  • anti-trans activist Jesse Singal’s blog post critical of a New England Journal of Medicine paper on psychosocial functioning, in which The Post claimed NEJM “massaged the results”
  • an Economist piece attacking WPATH
  • a Boston Globe piece about psychologist Amy Tishelman’s lawsuit against Boston Children’s Hospital
  • a New York Times piece by anti-trans activist Azeen Ghorayshi attacking pediatrician Johanna Olson-Kennedy

Anti-trans activists lauded the editorial, including Leor Sapir, Jesse Singal, Benjamin Ryan, Lisa Selin Davis, and Partners for Ethical Care. The editorial was praised by consistently anti-trans conservative platforms, including National Review, Catholic Vote, Ovarit, and X.

The authors were:

  • Mary Duenwald
  • James Hohmann
  • Charles Lane, Deputy Opinion Editor 
  • Eduardo Porter
  • Keith B. Richburg
  • David Shipley, Opinion Editor 
  • Stephen Stromberg, Deputy Opinion Editor 

May 2025 editorial praising Trump’s HHS report

In May 2025, the Trump Administration’s Department of Health & Human Services published a report designed to give cover for banning transgender healthcare for minors. The Post’s Editorial Board described it as “a careful, thorough and definitely skeptical tour through the subject,” adding that “it makes a legitimate case for caution that policymakers need to wrestle with.”

The authors were

  • Mary Duenwald
  • Robert Gebelhoff
  • James Hohmann
  • Megan McArdle
  • Eduardo Porter
  • Keith B. Richburg
  • David Shipley, Opinion Editor 
  • Stephen Stromberg, Deputy Opinion Editor 

November 2025 editorial praising Trump’s HHS report

After the HHS report came out, researchers discovered evidence that anti-trans philosopher Alex Byrne was a contributor. In June, the Post ran an article by Byrne admitting involvement.

In November 2025, HHS re-released the report and revealed the names of the nine contributors, all of whom are deeply involved in attacking trans healthcare for minors.

Critics will note that many of these contributors question the evidence for pediatric medical transition, though that was fairly obvious from the report itself. But these are not ideological cranks; they are thoughtful researchers. Their core finding — that the evidence for these interventions is highly uncertain — echoes the results of systematic reviews in other countries. None of the peer reviews of the HHS report ultimately rebut that conclusion.

The authors were

  • David Shipley
  • Charles Lane
  • Stephen Stromberg
  • Mary Duenwald
  • James Hohmann
  • Eduardo Porter
  • Keith B. Richburg

References

Wilchins, Riki (December 20, 2024). The Anti-Care Playbook. Assigned Media https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/washington-post-anti-care-playbook

Lazine, Mira (December 16, 2024). Opinion: Washington Post Editorial Board Misleadingly Attacks Care Of Trans Youth. Erin in the Morning https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/opinion-washington-post-editorial

Schorr, Isaac (December 16, 2024). Washington Post Editorial Board Declares There Is ‘Reason to Worry’ About Transgender Treatments for Kids. Mediaite https://www.mediaite.com/news/washington-post-editorial-board-declares-there-is-reason-to-worry-about-transgender-treatments-for-kids/

Berry, Susan (December 18, 2024). Washington Post admits subjecting children to ‘transgender medicine’ not based on ‘science.’ Catholic Vote https://catholicvote.org/washington-post-admits-subjecting-children-to-transgender-medicine-not-based-on-science/

Butler, Jack (December 17, 2024). Transgender Skepticism from . . . the Washington Post? National Review https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/transgender-skepticism-from-the-washington-post/

Selected anti-trans publications

Editorial Board (November 19, 2025). What we still don’t know about pediatric medical transition. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/19/transgender-pediatric-medical-transition-hhs-report/ alt title Questions linger about the safety of pediatric medical transition

Paul, Pamela (October 31, 2025). The Growing Divide in the Rainbow Coalition. Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-growing-divide-in-the-rainbow-coalition-1128015b

Byrne, Alex (June 26, 2025). I co-wrote the anonymous HHS report on pediatric gender medicine. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/26/hhs-review-anonymous-author/

Editorial Board (May 11, 2025). Good questions about transgender care: The authors of a new HHS report make a case against pediatric gender transition. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/11/transgender-care-pediatric-transition/

Editorial Board (December 15, 2024). Look to science, not law, for real answers on youth gender medicine. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/12/15/skrmetti-case-youth-transition-trans-supreme-court/ alt title: Opinion | Skrmetti court case won’t settle questions about youth gender medicine.

McArdle, Megan (February 2, 2023). Opinion: When kids consider transitioning, parents need to be involved. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/02/kids-transitioning-parents-debate/

McArdle, Megann (January 13, 2022). Opinion: We need to be able to talk about trans athletes and women’s sports. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/13/trans-women-sports-uncomfortable-questions/

McArdle, Megan (May 2, 2023). Opinion: Missouri’s effort to limit gender treatments for adults is a bad idea. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/02/missouri-transgender-medical-limits-bad-idea/

McArdle, Megan (June 19, 2018). Opinion: Who should we listen to on gender dysphoric children? Everyone. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/who-should-we-listen-to-on-gender-dysphoric-children-everyone/2018/06/19/a62f8882-73fd-11e8-9780-b1dd6a09b549_story.html

McArdle, Megan (April 21, 2023). Opinion: For conservatives, Dylan Mulvaney should be a role model. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/21/dylan-mulvaney-bud-light-trans-conservatives/

McArdle, Megan (February 24, 2022 ). Opinion: Don’t forget the other women swimming against Lia Thomas. [alt title: Don’t forget the other women in the pool]. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/24/lia-thomas-ivy-league-swimming-championships/

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Alasdair Gunn is an English anti-transgender extremist living in Ireland. Gunn, originally hiding behind the pseudonym “Angus Fox,” Gunn has served as Vice Director of anti-trans hate group Genspect.

Background

Gunn is reportedly a translator and linguistics researcher who has been credited in some academic texts. Gunn identifies as gay and is a cancer survivor.

Anti-trans activism

Gunn, using the name “Angus Fox,” published a series of anti-trans articles for Quillette called “When Sons Become Daughters.”

The Texas Tribune reported on a 2023 chat log leak posted on Daily Dot where Gunn said:

“The key point here is: eyes on the prize! We have to stop child transitions. On those over 25 we say little, because it’s not in YOUR interests to mention this. We have to break through to the policymakers who are left of center, and the way to do that is to focus relentlessly on the problem of transition for under 25s.”

Gunn, who uses the pseudonym Angus Fox, talked about speaking with Quentin van Meter, the president of the Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate group the American College of Pediatrics (ACPeds):

“The endocrinologist Quentin Van Meter sees a difference between the boys and girls he has treated. He said I could quote him on this,” Gunn said. 

In one conversation about ideology, Gunn says, “I’m a huge Bilek fan.” He elaborated, “Gender ideology is only possible if you believe that there is a consciousness which is not just a product of biochemistry, but its own entity.”

Jennifer Bilek has put forth a conspiracy theory claiming that Jewish billionaires are are engaging in a transhumanist plot by funding the transgender rights movement.

In 2023 Gunn was a key author of a “Gender Framework” document drafted by Genspect’s Killarney Group. It is intended to be an alternative to the WPATH Standards of Care.

In May 2023, Gunn commended anti-trans activist Hadley Freeman for a piece in The Times titled “Welcome to the doctors’ resistance,” which promotes anti-trans group Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender.

I was heartened by Freeman’s piece about the medical professionals group the Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender (CAN-SG). It’s good to see this thorny subject tackled with compassion and heart.

Like CAN-SG, we are concerned about the culture of fear created by spurious accusations of transphobia. The fact is, the medicalised approach to gender care is not working. It is time to consider alternatives. This group can bring experience and integrity to a sector in crisis. We’re lucky to have it.
Alasdair Gunn, vice-director, Genspect, Tipperary

Gunn frequently collaborates with other anti-trans activists and is a regular guest on Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce.

References

O’Malley, Stella (May 29, 2025). When You’re Gender-Critical – and You’re Woke. Genspect https://genspect.org/when-youre-gender-critical-and-youre-woke/

Downen, Robert (August 21, 2024). Rep. Shawn Thierry joins anti-trans policy group after losing Democratic primary. Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/21/shawn-thierry-lgbtq-gender-transitioning-care-genspect/

Piper, Ernie (July 25, 2023). EXCLUSIVE: ‘Focus relentlessly on under 25’: Leaked chats reveal influential gender-critical group’s plan to use children to push for bans on transitioning Daily Dot https://www.dailydot.com/debug/genspect/ [archive]

Mannisto, Jessie (July 22, 2021). A Fresh Perspective on Gender: An Interview with Angus Fox of Genspect. Third Factor https://www.thirdfactor.org/angus-fox-genspect/

Selected anti-trans writing by Gunn

Gunn, Alasdair and others (May 14, 2023). Letters: ‘Inclusive’ language is misogyny in disguise. The Times https://www.thetimes.com/comment/letters-to-editor/article/inclusive-language-is-misogyny-in-disguise-kr8068xz2

“Angus Fox” (June 18, 2021). When Sons Become Daughters: It’s Time to Admit That Reflexive ‘Affirmation’ Has Been a Mistake. Quillette https://quillette.com/2021/06/18/when-sons-become-daughters-its-time-to-admit-that-reflexive-affirmation-has-been-a-mistake/

“Angus Fox” (June 7, 2021). When Sons Become Daughters, Part VI: Asexuality, Intelligence, and the Trans Co-Option of Intersex Discourse. Quillette https://quillette.com/2021/06/07/when-sons-become-daughters-part-vi-asexuality-intelligence-and-the-trans-co-option-of-intersex-discourse/

“Angus Fox” (May 11, 2021). When Sons Become Daughters, Part V: The Links Between Trans Identity, Gifted Minds, Categorical Thinking—And Anime. Quillette https://quillette.com/2021/05/11/when-sons-become-daughters-part-v-the-links-between-trans-identity-gifted-minds-categorical-thinking-and-anime/

“Angus Fox” (April 21, 2021). When Sons Become Daughters, Part IV: Parents of Transitioning Boys Speak Out on Their Own Suffering. Quillette https://quillette.com/2021/04/21/when-sons-become-daughters-part-iv-parents-of-transitioning-boys-speak-out-on-their-own-suffering/

“Angus Fox” (April 12, 2021). When Sons Become Daughters, Part III: Parents of Transitioning Boys Speak Out on Their Own Suffering. Quillette https://quillette.com/2021/04/12/when-sons-become-daughters-part-iii-parents-of-transitioning-boys-speak-out-on-their-own-suffering/

“Angus Fox” (April 6, 2021). When Sons Become Daughters, Part II: Parents of Transitioning Boys Speak Out on Their Own Suffering. Quillette https://quillette.com/2021/04/06/when-sons-become-daughters-part-ii-parents-of-transitioning-boys-speak-out-on-their-own-suffering/

“Angus Fox” (April 2, 2021). When Sons Become Daughters: Parents of Transitioning Boys Speak Out on Their Own Suffering. Quillette https://quillette.com/2021/04/02/when-sons-become-daughters-parents-of-transitioning-boys-speak-out-on-their-own-suffering/

Media

Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and Alasdair Gunn (April 14, 2025). Alasdair Gunn: Life After Cancer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvNmZMOlQV8

Genspect Australia/NewZealand (March 2, 2024). Alasdair Gunn in Conversation with parents from New Zealand and Australia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0juLCZWKUV4

Genspect with Joe Burgo and Alasdair Gunn (January 13, 2024). AusNZ Webinar: Introducing the Genspect Gender Framework with Alasdair Gunn and Joe Burgo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUsJq4OTcsY

Epoch Times with Jan Jekielek (August 17, 2023). How the Gender Industry Has Parasitized People’s Emotions. https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/how-the-gender-industry-has-parasitized-peoples-emotions-alasdair-gunn-on-the-spike-in-teens-seeking-to-transition-5470406

Genspect (August 5, 2023). The Bigger Picture Conference: Normalising Excellence in Healthcare with Alasdair Gunn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WEpdtgy-fk

Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce, “Eliza Mondegreen,” and Alasdair Gunn (June 13, 2023). So Over The Rainbow | with Alasdair Gunn & Eliza Mondegreen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCpKJ9DXavk

Heterodorx with Nina Paley, Corinna Cohn, and Alasdair Gunn (May 25, 2023). Episode 100: Alasdair Gunn: It’s Fun To Play Scrabble With A Linguist. https://heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-100-alasdair-gunn-its-fun-to-play-scrabble-with-a-linguist/

Genspect with Maya Forstater, Helen Joyce, Stella O’Malley, Alasdair Gunn and Malcolm Clark (May 24, 2023). The Importance of Pronouns and Compelled Speech – Panel Debate Moderated by Alasdair Gunn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY1TSWPr97E

Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce, Stella O’Malley, and Alasdair Gunn (May 3, 2023). Winning the Gender War | with Stella & Alasdair (On Location in Ireland). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVRSdGpdWCQ

Gender: A Wider Lens with Stella O’Malley, Sasha Ayad, Joe Bargo, and Alasdair Gunn (Mar 31, 2023). EPISODE 108: Genspect Vision: The Bigger Picture w/ Joe Burgo & Alasdair Gunn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsgKL2_ty6I

Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce, Joe Burgo, and Alasdair Gunn (March 13, 2023). Announcing: Genspect’s “The Bigger Picture” Conference | with Joseph Burgo & Alasdair Gunn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKn3uraXQ-s

Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce, Joe Burgo, and Alasdair Gunn (January 5, 2023). A Masculine Calmversation with Joe Burgo and Alasdair Gunn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB9mtWnhlxc

Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and Alasdair Gunn (December 22, 2022). Life, Death, & Everything Else | with Alasdair Gunn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpXJ4eo5b_A

Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and “Angus Fox” (September 24, 2022). The Secret Life of Angus Fox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZqMRDk05RQ

Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and “Angus Fox” (November 27, 2021). Ballads of Gender Banditry | with Angus Fox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78shDBe4j74

Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and “Angus Fox” (July 11, 2021). Over the Rainbow | with Claire Graham & Angus Fox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqB-ePn97Qk

Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and “Angus Fox” (June 3, 2021). The Lost Boys of Genderland | with Angus Fox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78XZCuRsDKs

Gender: A Wider Lens with Stella O’Malley, Sasha Ayad, and “Angus Fox” (April 30, 2021). EPISODE 21 – Gender Dysphoria in Males: Part 2 – A Conversation with Angus Fox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8VdySAopgs

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Ben Appel is an American author and anti-transgender activist. Appel is a contributor to Queer Majority, UnHerd, Quillette, Spiked, Washington Examiner, The Atlantic, New York Post, Reality’s Last Stand, and other anti-trans publications. Appel is associated with anti-trans hate group Genspect and anti-trans separatist group LGB Alliance.

Background

Benjamin John “Ben” Appel was born in February 1983 to Nancy Sue (Lipman) Gunzelman (born 1954) and Randy Appel (1949–2019). Appel grew up in Catonsville and Ellicott City, Maryland in a “fundamentalist” Catholic household with three siblings: Erin, Jessica, and Bret.

Appel had many “feminine” interests as a child (particularly My Pretty Pony) and has concerns that similar children are now encouraged to make a gender transition. Citing anti-trans psychologists Devita Singh, Susan Bradley, and Kenneth Zucker, Appel wote:

“I, like a lot of other LGB (and some trans) people, believe that many children and some adolescents presenting at gender clinics today would likely desist and grow up to be gay, lesbian, or bisexual if they were given proper emotional support. In other words, in many cases, the medicalization of “trans kids” might actually be the medicalization of homosexuality.”

In 2015 Appel married attorney Andrew Charles “Drew” Leaser (born 1976). They live in New York.

Appel worked as a hairdresser in Maryland for ten years before earning a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in 2020.

Appel has written about getting sober and has criticized Alcoholics Anonymous for working toward inclusivity:

“I was finishing my last year of study at Columbia University. Having entered the university in 2017 as a self-described radical progressive planning a career in LGBT activism, I was graduating an exile. I had become disillusioned with, and spoken out against, my fellow progressives’ tactics: suppressing free speech, purity policing and reducing every individual to his or her skin colour, gender and sexual orientation. During my last semester, which was moved online due to the pandemic, I’d sign on to virtual AA meetings after class, and immediately be struck by how similar the two spaces had become. Pronouns lit up the screen. Whereas opening readings once consisted of the AA preamble, the 12 Steps and 12 traditions, and details about the meeting, now some groups chose to add a thinly veiled threat: ‘We will not tolerate racist, homophobic, sexist or transphobic rhetoric in this space.’”

Appel was also upset that AA revised its language to be more gender-inclusive.

Anti-transgender activism

In 2023, Appel was announced as a participant in an anti-trans conference by SPLC-designated hate group Genspect.

Appel is an “autogynephilia” activist and frequently criticizes “gender ideology.”

Appel’s 2025 memoir Cis White Gay: The Making of a Gender Heretic was pitched as:

about growing up in a Christian fundamentalist cult before becoming a gay rights activist while a student at Columbia University, only to encounter there a cultural landscape ruled by gender ideology and a puritanical cult of social justice resembling The Handmaid’s Tale dystopia of his childhood.

Appel’s book was blurbed by anti-trans activists Konstantin Kisin, Julie Bindel, James Kirchick, and Brandon Showalter.

In October 2025, Appel spoke at The Unspeakeasy in NYC: A Small Gathering for Big Ideas hosted by Meghan Daum. Announced guests were Appel, Lisa Selin Davis, Andrew Hartz, Rob Henderson, Carole Hooven, John McWhorter, Peter Moskos, Alana Newhouse, and Mike Pesca.

Podcasts

In December 2024, Appel began co-hosting Informed Dissent, a “gender critical” podcast with Cori Cohn, Lisa Selin Davis, “Eliza Mondegreen”, and Jamie Reed. Guests include Alex Byrne, Anna Hutchinson, Maud Maron, Leor Sapir, Lauren Schwartz. Appel left in September 2025.

In May 2025, Appel started a podcast titled The Ben Appel Podcast. The only episode posted in 2025 was Pear Joseph.

References

Bollinger, Alex (November 19, 2025). “Zohran Mamdani is going to force gay men to transition” & other stupid things straight media says. LGBTQ Nation https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/zohran-mamdani-is-going-to-force-gay-men-to-transition-other-stupid-things-straight-media-says/

Lieberman, Tucker (November 7, 2025). We Do Not Have to Keep Doing This (Yet Here’s Another Anti-Trans Book). Medium https://tuckerlieberman.medium.com/we-do-not-have-to-keep-doing-this-cis-white-gay-30751d03c3ed

Iacia, Samantha (January 14, 2015). Wedded: Ben Appel and Drew Leaser. Baltimore Sun https://www.baltimoresun.com/features/bs-lt-wedded-0118-20150114-story.html

Anti-trans coverage

Paresky, Pamela (December 1, 2025). He Escaped a Pious Cult—Then Found College to Be a New One. Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/happiness-and-the-pursuit-of-leadership/202511/he-escaped-a-pious-cult-then-found-college-to

Bindel, Julie (November 30, 2025). ‘I grew up in a cult that said gay men were evil. After escaping, I found trans ideology was worse.’ The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/30/ben-appel-lamb-of-god-cult-trans-gender-ideology/

Showalter, Brandon (October 13, 2025). How a man survived 2 cults and lived to tell about it (book review). Christian Post https://www.christianpost.com/voices/how-a-man-survived-2-cults-and-lived-to-tell-about-it.html

Selected writing by Appel

Appel, Ben (March 3, 2026). In Defense of Effeminate Boys: If anyone had suggested that I might really be a girl, I don’t know how I would have responded. The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/gay-boys-lgbtq-trans/686179/

Appel, Ben (November 20, 2025). Cis, White, and Gay: In a new book, Ben Appel describes his journey from closeted Christian cult child, to recovering addict, to social-justice warrior, to self-confessed ‘gender heretic.’ Quillette https://quillette.com/2025/11/20/cis-white-and-gay/

Appel, Ben (February 20, 2026). This Is What They’re Doing: The gender surgeons speak for themselves. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/this-is-what-theyre-doing

Appel, Ben (February 13, 2026). The Cult of Niceness. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/the-cult-of-queer-niceness

Appel, Ben (February 5, 2026). There Is No Such Thing As ‘LGBTQ+.’ Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/there-is-no-such-thing-as-lgbtq

Appel, Ben (January 18, 2026). I’m Glad You Unfriended Me. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/im-glad-you-unfriended-me

Appel, Ben (November 17, 2025). Mamdani’s ‘gender-affirming care’ plan surgically erases gays — just like Iran. New York Post https://nypost.com/2025/11/17/opinion/mamdanis-gender-affirming-care-plan-surgically-erases-gays-just-like-iran/

Appel, Ben (September 9, 2025). The Demonization of the ‘Cis White Gay.’ Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/the-demonization-of-the-cis-white

Appel, Ben (August 21, 2025). The worst people on the planet. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/the-worst-people-on-the-planet

Appel, Ben (July 31, 2025). The f*g-to-trans-fashion-model pipeline. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/the-fg-to-trans-fashion-model-pipeline

Appel, Ben (June 30, 2025). Andrea Long Chu, the libertine. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/andrea-long-chu-the-libertine

Appel, Ben (June 24, 2025). Judith Butler says the quiet parts out loud. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/judith-butler-weighs-in-on-the-supreme

Appel, Ben (May 13, 2025). Do “LGBTQ+” orgs even care about gay people anymore? Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/do-lgbtq-orgs-even-care-about-gay

Appel, Ben (May 6, 2025). You have two options: become a “real man” or a trans prostitute. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/you-have-two-choices-become-a-real

Appel, Ben (July 10, 2025). I saw Columbia craziness up close — and New York City’s headed that way if Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor. New York Post https://nypost.com/2025/07/10/opinion/i-saw-columbia-craziness-up-close-and-the-citys-headed-that-way-if-zohran-mamdani-becomes-mayor/

Appel, Ben (March 2, 2025). ‘Conclave’ Isn’t The Pro-Trans Film People Think It Is. Rather, it illustrates the insanity of the trans/queer movement. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/conclave-isnt-the-pro-trans-film

Appel, Ben (February 2, 2025). Enough With Their Lies: LGBT organizations and mainstream news outlets do more to contribute to the youth mental health crisis than the Trump Administration ever could. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/enough-with-their-lies

Appel, Ben (January 19, 2025). It’s Time for This Madness to End. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/perhaps-its-time-we-went-scorched

Appel, Ben (December 14, 2024). That Which Must Not Be Named. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/that-which-must-not-be-named

Appel, Ben (December 26, 2023). The Re-deminzation of the Gay Male. Queer Majority https://www.queermajority.com/essays-all/the-re-demonization-of-the-gay-male

Appel, Ben (May 14, 2023). Homophobia in drag: Transgender ideology has breathed new life into a dark, old prejudice. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/05/14/the-new-homophobia/

Appel, Ben (September 4, 2022). Dispatches of a Gender Heretic: Thoughts on the prominence of gender heresy among gay men, cultural appropriation, and some updates on my latest work. Ben Appel’s Newsletter https://benappel.substack.com/p/dispatches-of-a-gender-heretic

Appel, Ben (September 2, 2022). Victimhood is one helluva drug. [alternate title: “Chase Strangio, you can have ‘fa**ot’ if you want it.”] Queer Majority https://www.queermajority.com/essays-all/victimhood-is-one-helluva-drug

Appel, Ben (May 12, 2023). How Alcoholics Anonymous lost its way Addicts with the ‘wrong opinions’ no longer fit in. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/05/how-alcoholics-anonymous-lost-its-way/

Appel, Ben (April 21, 2022). The New Homophobia | Opinion. Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/new-homophobia-opinion-1698969

Adler, Dahlia (February 25, 2022). February 2022 deal announcements. LGBTQ Reads https://lgbtqreads.com/2022/02/25/february-2022-deal-announcements/

Appel, Ben (January 13, 2022). The stifling conformity of campus sexual politics. Washington Examiner https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-stifling-conformity-of-campus-sexual-politics

Appel, Ben (July 8, 2021). As a Gay Child in a Christian Cult, I Was Taught to Hate Myself. Then I Joined the Church of Social Justice—and Nothing Changed, Quillette https://quillette.com/2021/07/08/as-a-gay-child-in-a-christian-cult-i-was-taught-to-hate-myself-then-i-joined-the-church-of-social-justice-and-nothing-changed/

Appel, Ben (January 17, 2018). How to Be Cisgender. Quarto https://quartomagazine.com/nonfiction/how-to-be-cisgender

Book

Appel, Ben (2025). Cis White Gay: The Making of a Gender Heretic. Bombardier Books, ISBN 978-1637586280

Media

Unlicensed Philosophy with Chuong Nguyen and Ben Appel (December 26, 2025). Episode 603 – Second Interview with Ben Appel (Writer). https://musicallyspeaking.substack.com/cp/182650727

DIAG Democrats with “Ellie” and Ben Appel (December 9, 2025). Cis White Gay: A conversation with author Ben Appel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoTpTCy3v5U

Jack Jewell with Ben Appel (November 23, 2025). The Making of a Gender Heretic | Ben Appel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFcXjgzO-Ec

Quillette Podcast with Jonathan Kay and Ben Appel (November 20, 2025). Podcast #314: A Gay Author’s Escape from Cults, Drugs, Queer Radicalism, and ‘Scrupulosity.’ https://quillette.com/2025/11/30/podcast-314-a-gay-authors-escape-from-cults-drugs-queer-radicalism-and-scrupulosity/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL5tOou2t1c

The Unspeakable with Meghan Daum and Ben Appel (November 4, 2025). The Making of a Gender Heretic: Ben Appel on being cis, white, and gay. https://www.theunspeakablepodcast.com/p/the-making-of-a-gender-heretic

The Third Rail with Daniel Idfresne, Maud Maron, and Ben Appel (August 22, 2025). Episode 2: How We Became ‘Problematic.’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQtO_kkMskM

The Third Rail with Daniel Idfresne, Maud Maron, and Ben Appel (August 21, 2025). Episode 1: Russia Hoaxes and Mamdani Socialists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7dpRogJQM8

Queer Majority with Andrew Sullivan and Ben Appel (June 18, 2025). Andrew Sullivan & Ben Appel: On The Category Errors of Sexual Politics. https://queermajority.substack.com/cp/166270694

Queer Majority with Andrew Sullivan and Ben Appel (June 16, 2025). Andrew Sullivan & Ben Appel: The Category Errors of Sexual Politics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIy-af6mNqc

Ben Appel’s Podcast with Ben Appel and Pear Joseph (May 1, 2025). Podcast: Pear Joseph doesn’t give a f***. https://benappel.substack.com/p/episode-1-pear-joseph-doesnt-give

The Distance with Matt Osborne and Ben Appel (April 16, 2025). How Cis White Gay Ben Appel Beat His Social Justice Activism Habit. https://www.thedistancemag.com/p/how-cis-white-gay-ben-appel-beat-685 alt url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ob0axDXcZM

The Distance with Matt Osborne and Ben Appel (April 1, 2025). How Cis White Gay Ben Appel Beat His Social Justice Activism Habit. https://www.thedistancemag.com/cp/161402688

LGB Alliance with Eileen Gallagher, Julie Bindel, Cath Leng, Ben Appel and Simon Edge (November 16, 2024). Sounding The Alarm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_TpfWtObjs

Institute for Liberal Values / Queer Majority with “Rio Veradonir,” Wilfred Reilly, Iona Italia, “Phil Illy,” Jimmy Bangash, and Ben Appel (September 10, 2024). Liberalism in Practice: Wilfred Reilly, Ben Appel, Jimmy Bangash, and Phil Illy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W6thStKErI

Sky News / The Rita Panahi Show with Rita Panahi and Ben Appel (April 1, 2024). Number of children identifying as transgender has ‘skyrocketed.’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnOpM6Av2DY

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Mainstream Media & Gender: A Genspect Panel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7v6RLJpojw

Genspect with Benjamin Boyce, Pamela Paresky, Lisa Selin Davis, Ben Appel, and “Christina Buttons” (November 25, 2023). What the Left Media WON’T Tell You About the Trans Movement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHQfd-sdTVQ

Heterodorx with Nina Paley, Corinna Cohn, and Ben Appel (June 29, 2023). Doin’ the 12-Step with Ben Appel. https://heterodorx.substack.com/p/doin-the-12-step-with-ben-appel-742

Sky News / The Rita Panahi Show with Rita Panahi and Ben Appel (May 20, 2023). ‘Maybe you do need to be fixed’: Ben Appel reveals trans ideology concerns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_NIdtV3F4Q

The Lou Perez Podcast with Lou Perez and Ben Appel (May 9, 2023). The Lou Perez Podcast Episode 71 – Ben Appel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPkRD5JIeB0

Heterodorx with Nina Paley, Corinna Cohn, and Ben Appel (September 20, 2022). The Parts We Play with Ben Appel. https://heterodorx.substack.com/p/the-parts-we-play-with-ben-appel-5c1

Julie Bindel’s Podcast with Julie Bindel and Ben Appel (June 12, 2022). An interview with Ben Appel. https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-ben-appel

Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and Ben Appel (May 24, 2022). The New Homophobia | with Ben Appel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhUOev9OFo0

HumanGayMale with James Paul Roberts and Ben Appel (May 11, 2022). Conversation with Ben Appel, 11th May 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM6W99t-yvs

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Hannah Barnes is a UK-based author and anti-transgender activist. Barnes is a key historical figure in the oppression of trans and gender diverse youth.

Barnes was an invited speaker at a 2023 conference organized by SPLC-designated anti-trans hate group Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine. Barnes frequently writes anti-trans pieces for The New Statesman.

Background

Barnes earned a bachelor’s degree from University of Oxford in 2005 and a degree from City University of London in 2006.

After roles at DeHavilland and GCap Media, Barnes joined the BBC in 2014. Barnes is a significant contributor to anti-trans publication The New Statesman.

Anti-trans activism

Barnes is a key figure in FUD propaganda around healthcare for gender diverse youth, with a special focus on medications for unwanted puberty.

Time to Think

Barnes authored the 2023 book Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock’s Gender Service for Children. The Tavistock was typical of bureaucratic centralized federally funded clinics that have emerged under nationalized healthcare systems. These clinics often deliver substandard care due to unacceptable wait times. Countries like Canada and the UK have closed these kinds of clinics in favor of decentralized options.

The acknowledgements list many key figures in global anti-trans activism:

This book would never have been written without the endless support of my husband, Pat, who has kept our family on track while allowing me to research, conduct interviews, write and rewrite. Enormous thanks are also due to my parents and step-parents for their love, and for their help with looking after their amazing grandchildren. To all those who shared their experience of GIDS as service users or as their family members, thank you for telling your stories. Ellie, Jack, Phoebe, Hannah, ‘Jacob’, ‘Michelle’, ‘Diana’, ‘Harriet’ – thank you for trusting with me with such personal accounts, and, in some cases, highly sensitive information.

I owe a huge debt of gratitude to all of the GIDS clinicians who have given me their time, shared their thoughts – whatever they may be – and who met or spoke with me, even if they did not feel comfortable being interviewed. To Anna Hutchinson, who patiently shared her experiences over many hours, to Matt Bristow, Will Crouch, Kirsty Entwistle, Sue Evans, Az Hakeem, Melissa Midgen, Natasha Prescott, Anastassis Spiliadis, and to the many, many others who have spoken on condition of anonymity – thank you. For some, I am aware it has been a difïŹcult experience, and I do not take lightly how daunting it might have been to share your views – for a variety of reasons. There are also further, unnamed clinicians who have spoken out over several years, and who have tried to bring about change away from the public eye. Thanks too to all who have spoken with me who work or worked in the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, or were charged with its governance: Sonia Appleby, Juliet Singer, David Bell, Marcus Evans, Stanley Ruszczynski, David Taylor, Marilyn Miller and those who do not wish to be named. Paul Moran, Donal O’Shea, Russell Viner, David Freedman and Stephanie Davies-Arai also deserve my thanks, as do Lucy Bannerman, Susan Matthews and Richard Stephens.

My ïŹrst, and exceptionally brilliant, reader was my uncle, Robert Barnes, and I thank him for his many thoughtful, wise suggestions and feedback. My second was Julia Murphy, who managed to squeeze in reading alongside work and family life. Thank you. This book would also not have been written without the encouragement of Innes Bowen, who convinced me that I had it in me. Nor would it have been possible without my agent Toby Mundy, who took it – and me – on, and who has been a consistent voice of calm when I have needed it. And to Mark Richards and Diana Broccardo at Swift Press, who were brave enough to publish it. For bringing coherence to the many, many references, thank you to the ever-patient Alex Middleton. The seeds were sown at BBC Newsnight, and there would have been no book without the original backing and courage of my former editor, EsmĂ© Wren, and my friend and former colleague Deborah Cohen, as well as support from deputy editors Dan Clarke, Verity Murphy and Stewart Maclean. Finally, thank you to everyone who has sent me source material or shared information, and to those whose names I don’t know who have had the wisdom to archive hundreds of webpages. I am indebted to you all.

Selected anti-trans writing by Barnes

Barnes, Hannah (14 June 2025). Do our politicians understand the Supreme Court’s gender ruling? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-report/2025/06/do-our-politicians-understand-the-supreme-courts-gender-ruling

Barnes, Hannah (27 May 2025). Exclusive: Why Wes Streeting changed his mind on cross-sex hormones. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2025/05/exclusive-why-wes-streeting-changed-his-mind-on-cross-sex-hormones

Barnes, Hannah (23 April 2025). Labour’s cynical shift on biological sex. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2025/04/labours-cynical-shift-on-biological-sex

Barnes, Hannah (26 March 2025). How gender ideology corrupted government data. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2025/03/how-gender-ideology-corrupted-government-data

Barnes, Hannah (27 February 2025). The new puberty blockers trial is expensive and adds little. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/02/the-new-puberty-blockers-trial-is-expensive-and-adds-little

Barnes, Hannah (12 February 2025). Katharine Birbalsingh: “They’re going to destroy our schools.” New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/education/2025/02/katharine-birbalsingh-interview-destroy-our-schools-bridget-phillipson-academies

Barnes, Hannah (23 January 2025). Are politicians trying to undermine the Cass Review? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/01/are-politicians-trying-to-undermine-the-cass-review

Barnes, Hannah (20 December 2024). Why courts could stop a teenager changing their gender. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/12/why-courts-could-stop-a-teenager-changing-their-gender

Barnes, Hannah (29 November 2024). The Scottish government is ignoring women’s rights. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/11/scottish-government-is-ignoring-womens-rights

Barnes, Hannah (3 December 2024).Why courts could stop a teenager changing their gender. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2024/12/why-courts-could-stop-a-teenager-changing-their-gender

Barnes, Hannah (November 2024).The Scottish government is ignoring women’s rights. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/11/scottish-government-is-ignoring-womens-rights

Barnes, Hannah (21 October 2024). Questions remain over NHS youth gender care, despite Cass Review. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/thestaggers/2024/09/the-bma-turns-away-from-rejecting-the-cass-report

Barnes, Hannah(27 September 2024). The BMA turns away from rejecting the Cass Report. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/09/the-bma-turns-away-from-rejecting-the-cass-report

Barnes, Hannah (25 September 2024). The intolerant age. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/09/intolerant-age-free-speech-britain-institutions

Barnes, Hannah (18 September 2024). Data and ideology don’t mix. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/09/data-and-ideology-dont-mix

Banres, Hannah (25 September 2024). Has Labour shifted on sex-based rights? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/09/has-labour-shifted-on-sex-based-rights

Barnes, Hannah (8 August 2024). Hundreds of doctors are challenging the BMA’s stance on puberty blockers. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/08/hundreds-of-doctors-are-challenging-the-bmas-stance-on-puberty-blockers

Barnes, Hannah (26 July 2024). Why are BMA Council’s confidential discussions on the Cass Review a matter of public interest? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/07/why-are-bma-councils-confidential-discussions-on-the-cass-review-a-matter-of-public-interest

Barnes, Hannah (16 July 2024). Why are British doctors considering rejecting the Cass report? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2024/07/why-are-british-doctors-voting-to-reject-the-cass-report

Barnes, Hannah (26 June 2024). The vexed history of British feminism. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2024/06/the-vexed-history-of-british-feminism

Barnes, Hannah (25 June 2024). Labour’s women problem. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/labour/2024/06/labour-starmer-women-problem-jk-rowling-gender

Barnes, Hannah (12 June 2024).Politicians ignore the Mumsnet manifesto at their peril. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/06/politicians-ignore-the-mumsnet-manifesto-at-their-peril

Barnes, Hannah (5 June 2024). Why won’t Labour tell the truth about the NHS? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/06/why-wont-labour-tell-truth-about-nhs-debates

Barnes, Hannah (5 June 2024). Kemi Badenoch and the legal definition of sex. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/06/kemi-badenoch-and-the-legal-definition-of-sex

Barnes, Hannah (30 May 2024). The government’s 11th-hour ban on puberty blockers. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2024/05/government-11th-hour-ban-puberty-blockers-gender

Barnes, Hannah (8 May 2024). Hilary Cass: “Do I regret doing it? Absolutely not.” New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/ns-interview/2024/05/hilary-cass-interview-review-transgender-identity-tavistock-puberty-blockers-do-i-regret-it

Staff (April 11, 2024). How will the gender care report affect politics? New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2024/04/how-will-the-gender-care-report-affect-politics

Barnes, Hannah (10 April 2024). The Cass Review into children’s gender care should shame us all. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2024/04/the-cass-review-into-childrens-gender-care-should-shame-us-all

Barnes, Hannah (31 March 2024). Why the Tavistock gender identity clinic was forced to shut … and what happens next. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/31/why-the-tavistock-gender-identity-clinic-was-forced-to-shut-and-what-happens-next

Barnes, Hannah (20 March 2024). Inside the collapse of the Tavistock Centre. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/03/inside-the-collapse-of-the-tavistock-centre

Barnes, Hannah (24 February 2024). Reem Alsalem on the biggest obstacles to ending violence against women. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-interview/2024/02/reem-alsalem-biggest-obstacles-ending-violence-against-women

Barnes, Hannah (8 February 2024). Kemi Badenoch sticks to the facts. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/02/kemi-badenoch-facts-select-committee

Barnes, Hannah (24 March 2024). New legal challenge aims to restrict private gender clinics for teenagers. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/03/legal-challenge-stop-private-gender-clinics-teenagers-tavistock

Barnes, Hannah (12 March 2024). No more puberty blockers for children, says NHS England. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/03/no-more-puberty-blockers-for-children-says-nhs-england

Barnes, Hannah (16 January 2024). Inside NHS England’s faltering plan to replace the Tavistock. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/01/inside-nhs-englands-faltering-plan-to-replace-tavistock

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Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (April 8, 2024). SEGM NYC23 – Hannah Barnes – Lessons from The Largest Youth Gender Clinic in the World. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaZ8xEbctx8

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Megan McArdle is an American writer and anti-transgender activist. McArdle is a key historical figure in the oppression of trans and gender diverse youth.

McArdle is the central figure in the Washington Post opinion section’s shift to anti-trans positions during the 2020s.

Background

Megan J. McArdle was born January 29, 1973. McArdle earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1994, and a master’s degree from the University of Chicago in 2001.

McArdle blogged under the name “Jane Galt” at Asymmetrical Information:

McArdle has something of a contrarian streak. She’s the “black sheep” of her “rabid Democrat” family. She took her pseudonym from the Ayn Rand novel Atlas Shrugged, solely to irk a frequent commenter on a New York Times Internet forum who smeared anyone to the “right of Chairman Mao” as a “Randroid.” 

McArdle authored the 2014 book The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success. 

McArdle is married to Peter Suderman (born September 30, 1981), who ran the blog alarm-alarm.com. Suderman writes for Reason and previously worked for National Review, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, FreedomWorks, Doublethink, and Culture11.

McArdle has described distress from being personally misgendered: “I’m 6-foot-2, tall enough that distracted store clerks often call me “sir,” a fact that caused me great distress as a young woman.”

Anti-trans activism

McArdle began getting involved in anti-trans activism in 2018, after friend Jesse Singal published When a Child Says She’s Trans in The Atlantic. After promoting Singal in the Washington Post, McArdle has gone on to live events with Singal.

McArdle has since written dozens of pieces about trans issues in the Washington Post. McArdle has promoted and uplifted many anti-trans voices, including J.K. Rowling, Kat Rosenfield, River Page, Conor Friedersdorf, Leigh Stein, Hilary Cass, and Riittakerttu Kaltiala.

McArdle is the key figure on the Washington Post editorial board during their shift to attacking trans healthcare.

Podcast

In October 2025, McArdle launched the podcast Central Air with Josh Barro and Ben Dreyfuss.

References

Urquhart, Evan (February 2, 2023). Megan McArdle Wants Child Abuse to Be Simple. Assigned https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/8yq09oito2gagnigwd4uqussnmkn6w

Staff report (June 11, 2010). Megan McArdle, Peter Suderman. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/fashion/weddings/13mcardle.html

Miller, Cheryl (April 15, 2007) What’s Your Story? America’s Future https://americasfuture.org/whats-your-story/

Selected writing by McArdle

McArdle, Megan (February 6, 2026). Opinion: The transgender orthodoxy is cracking. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/06/transgender-children-malpractice-plastic-surgery-lawsuit/

McArdle, Megan (January 17, 2026). Opinion: The gaping hole in the transgender sports case. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/01/17/transgender-sports-supreme-court/

McArdle, Megan (October 13, 2025). Opinion | Two Supreme Court cases, one unasked question about trans kids. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/13/gender-conversion-therapy-supreme-court/

McArdle, Megan (June 21, 2025). The ACLU bet big on a trans rights case. Its loss was predictable. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/21/supreme-court-youth-gender-transition-ban/

McArdle, Megan (June 8, 2025). Opinion | The Bluesky bubble hurts liberals and their causes. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/08/blue-sky-twitter-liberals/

McArdle, Megan (December 6, 2024). Civil rights isn’t the right framework for assessing many trans issues. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/12/06/transgender-rights-skrmetti-supreme-court-tennessee/

McArdle, Megan (October 23, 2024). Trump’s ads on trans issues are effective. Harris has herself to blame. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/23/harris-trump-transgender-ads/

McArdle, Megan (July 2, 2024). Opinion | The crucial questions about gender care are not political or legal. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/02/transgender-medicine-scientific-legal-political-children/

McArdle, Megan (March 8, 2024. When treating transgender youth, how informed is informed consent? Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/08/transgender-medicine-report-evidence/

McArdle, Megan (October 13, 2023). Opinion | Canceling is wrong no matter how bad the speech. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/13/hamas-israel-cancel-culture-students-speech/

McArdle, Megan (May 2, 2023). Opinion: Missouri’s effort to limit gender treatments for adults is a bad idea. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/02/missouri-transgender-medical-limits-bad-idea/

McArdle, Megan (April 21, 2023). Opinion: For conservatives, Dylan Mulvaney should be a role model. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/21/dylan-mulvaney-bud-light-trans-conservatives/

McArdle, Megan (February 2, 2023). Opinion: When kids consider transitioning, parents need to be involved. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/02/kids-transitioning-parents-debate/

McArdle, Megan (May 5, 2022). Can the women’s movement be as effective without the word ‘women’? Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/05/pregnant-people-womens-rights-roe/

McArdle, Megan (March 23, 2022). The key question raised by Lia Thomas’s swimming success: What is the purpose of women’s sports? Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/23/lia-thomas-trans-swimmer-ncaas-fairness-inclusion/

McArdle, Megan (February 24, 2022 ). Opinion: Don’t forget the other women swimming against Lia Thomas. [alt title: Don’t forget the other women in the pool]. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/24/lia-thomas-ivy-league-swimming-championships/

McArdle, Megan (February 10, 2022). The Joe Rogan case is the latest example of how ‘deplatforming’ doesn’t work. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/10/joe-rogan-case-is-latest-example-how-deplatforming-doesnt-work/

McArdle, Megan (February 3, 2022). What the outrage machine costs us all. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/03/georgetown-law-twitter-controversy-consequences/

McArdle, Megan (January 13, 2022). Opinion: We need to be able to talk about trans athletes and women’s sports. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/13/trans-women-sports-uncomfortable-questions/

McArdle, Megan (December 10, 2021). The debate over ‘Latinx’ highlights a broader problem for Democrats. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/10/debate-over-latinx-highlights-broader-problem-democrats/

McArdle, Megan (November 12, 2021). The University of Austin founders’ challenge: Creating a college from another time. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/12/university-austin-founders-challenge-creating-college-another-time/

McArdle, Megan (April 28, 2021). Substack wants to disrupt reading habits. Will its newsletters upend newspapers? Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/substack-wants-to-disrupt-reading-habits-will-its-newsletters-upend-newspapers/2021/04/27/1d1a20ea-a797-11eb-8d25-7b30e74923ea_story.html

McArdle, Megan (January 12, 2021). Why we should be frightened by tech companies’ censoring of conservatives. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-we-should-be-frightened-by-tech-companies-censoring-of-conservatives/2021/01/12/e9da7ce2-5512-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html

McArdle, Megan (July 10, 2020). Opinion: The real problem with ‘cancel culture.’ Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/10/real-problem-with-cancel-culture/

McArdle, Megan (January 7, 2020). Ricky Gervais teaches Hollywood what speaking truth to power really means. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ricky-gervais-teaches-hollywood-what-speaking-truth-to-power-really-means/2020/01/07/be97df72-3185-11ea-91fd-82d4e04a3fac_story.html

McArdle, Megan (January 3, 2020). Our online rage is making us worse human beings. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/03/our-online-rage-is-making-us-worse-human-beings/

McArdle, Megan (December 31, 2019). Has J.K. Rowling figured out a way to break our cancel culture? Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/has-jk-rowling-figured-out-a-way-to-break-our-cancel-culture/2019/12/31/10798748-2bf3-11ea-bcb3-ac6482c4a92f_story.html

McArdle, Megan (September 10, 2019). Why conservatives feel threatened by the illiberal left. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-conservatives-feel-threatened-by-the-illiberal-left/2019/09/10/8b41edc6-d40a-11e9-86ac-0f250cc91758_story.html

McArdle, Megan (July 24, 2018). People are getting fired for old bad tweets. Here’s how to fix it. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-need-a-statute-of-limitations-on-bad-tweets/2018/07/24/a84e335c-8f7d-11e8-b769-e3fff17f0689_story.html

McArdle, Megan (June 26, 2018). The ACLU’s divided heart. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/06/26/the-aclus-divided-heart/

McArdle, Megan (June 19, 2018). Opinion: Who should we listen to on gender dysphoric children? Everyone. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/who-should-we-listen-to-on-gender-dysphoric-children-everyone/2018/06/19/a62f8882-73fd-11e8-9780-b1dd6a09b549_story.html

McArdle, Megan (May 10, 2018). What is the greatest threat to free speech on campus? Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/05/10/what-is-the-greatest-threat-to-free-speech-on-campus/

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