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Tim Ferriss is an American podcaster and lifestyle influencer. Although Ferriss is sometimes considered part of the intellectual dark web for having a few guests who are part of that movement, Ferriss has not engaged in anti-transgender activism.

Selected podcast guests

Resources

Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

Tim Ferriss (tim.blog)

Four Hour Workweek (fourhourworkweek.com)

The Joe Rogan Experience is an influential podcast hosted by entertainer Joe Rogan. It is notable for hosting a disproportionate number of conservative and anti-transgender guests, including:

  • Collins Iyare Idehen Jr. / “Colion Noir”

Trans and gender diverse guests

Rogan’s guests from the community hold moderate to conservative views about trans topics.

References

JRELibrary (May 26, 2022). Spotify’s Missing Episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast. https://jrelibrary.com/articles/spotifys-missing-episodes-of-the-joe-rogan-experience-podcast/

Coleman Hughes is an American writer and anti-transgender activist.

Background

Coleman Cruz Hughes was born February 25, 1996 and grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. Hughes earned a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in 2020.

Like Glenn Loury, Thomas Chatterton Williams, and John McWhorter, Hughes has gained a reputation for criticizing progressive views and policies around race.

Anti-transgender activism

Hughes has written for several anti-trans publications, including Quillette, The Spectator, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, National Review, Washington Examiner, Manhattan Institute’s City Journal, and Heterodox Academy.

Coleman hosts Conversations with Coleman, which is a major platform for other anti-transgender activists, including:

  • ChloĂ© Valdary

References

Hughes, Coleman (May 2023). A case for color blindness. TED https://www.ted.com/talks/coleman_hughes_a_case_for_color_blindness

Resources

Coleman Hughes (colemanhughes.org)

Twitter (twitter.com)

Facebook (facebook.com)

Instagram (instagram.com)

YouTube (youtube.com)

Patreon (patreon.com)

IMDb (imdb.com)

“Zuby” is the stage name of Nzube Olisaebuka Udezue, a British rapper and anti-transgender activist.

Background

Nzube Olisaebuka Udezue was born on August 19, 1986. Udezue has four siblings and split time between the UK and Saudi Arabia while growing up. Udezue earned a bachelor’s degree from Oxford in 2007. Between 2006 and 2016, Udezue released several songs and albums while working as a consultant.

Podcast

In 2019, Udezue started a podcast, Real Talk with Zuby. Anti-trans guests include:

  • Mike Cernovich
  • Lauren Chen
  • Belissa Cohen and Carrie Hathorn
  • Dan Crenshaw
  • Hodge Twins
  • James O’Keefe
  • Andrew Tate

Anti-transgender activism

In 2019, Udezue performed an anti-trans stunt involving a women’s deadlifting record. Udezue claimed to have broken it while identifying as a female as a way to mock transgender athletes.

In 2020, Udezue signed a letter supporting anti-trans activist JK Rowling.

References

 Male rapper identifying as female, declares he broke female deadlift record. WQAD. 11 March 2019. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020.

Urwin, Rosamund (March 3, 2019). Rapper Zuby identifies as female to smash weightlifting record. The Times. Archived 

Zuby (27 August 2019). ‘Trans women shouldn’t be allowed to compete in women’s sport.’ Sky News https://news.sky.com/story/trans-women-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-compete-in-womens-sport-11795192 [archive]

Gillespie, Nick (August 3, 2022). Zuby on self-control, personal responsibility, and trans athletes. Reason https://reason.com/video/2022/08/03/u-k-rapper-zuby-when-im-in-the-u-s-my-mind-is-blown-by-the-opportunities-here/

Resources

Zuby Music (zubymusic.com)

Team Zuby (teamzuby.com)

Facebook (facebook.com)

Instagram (instagram.com)

YouTube (youtube.com)

Patreon (patreon.com)

The Candy Calamity (candycalamity.com)

Twitter (twitter.com)

Stefan Molyneux is an Irish-born Canadian podcaster and key figure in the alt-right and the so-called intellectual dark web. Molyneux’s anti-feminist and white nationalist views have resulted in removal from many online platforms.

Podcast

Molyneux was an early adopter of social media and podcasting. Molyneux has participated in episodes with many key figures in the anti-trans movement, including Steven Crowder, Douglas Murray, Jordan Peterson, Dennis Prager, Joe Rogan, and Michael Shermer.

Guests include:

  • Cordelia Fine
  • Nicholas J. Fuentes
  • Faith Goldy
  • Rebecca Hargraves / Blonde In The Belly Of The Beast
  • Stephen Hicks
  • Katie Hopkins
  • Stephen Hsu
  • Janusz Korwin-Mikke 
  • Ezra Levant
  • Phyllis Schlafly
  • Michael Shermer
  • Tommy Sotomayor
  • Lauren Southern 
  • Roger Stone

References

Jurg, DaniĂ«l; SchlĂŒter, Maximilian; Tuters, Marc (May 17, 2023). Inside the Cult of Stefan Molyneux: A Historical Exploration of Far-Right Radicalisation on YouTube. Global Network on Extremism and Technology https://gnet-research.org/2023/05/17/inside-the-cult-of-stefan-molyneux-a-historical-exploration-of-far-right-radicalisation-on-youtube/

Resources

Southern Poverty Law Center (splcenter.org)

  • Stefan Molyneux
  • splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/stefan-molyneux

Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

Freedomain (freedomain.com)

Twitter (twitter.com)

Julie Bindel is a British author, sex-segregationist, and anti-transgender activist. Bindel is a key historic media figure in British anti-trans activism. Bindel has written hundreds of anti-trans articles for UnHerd, The Guardian, The Critic, Daily Mail. and on a personal Substack.

Background

Julie Bindel was born on July 20, 1962 in Darlington, County Durham, England. At age 17, Bindel moved to Leeds and joined anti-pornography activist organization Leeds Revolutionary Feminist Group. At the time, “Yorkshire Ripper” Peter Sutcliffe was committing serial murders in the area. Bindel described being followed one night in 1980 by someone who appeared similar to Sutcliffe.

In the late 1980s. Bindel became involved in anti-violence campaigns. In 1991, Bindel co-founded Justice for Women, which provided legal support to women who were convicted after resisting violence from men.

From the mid-1990s onward, Bindel worked as a journalist, becoming a regular columnist for The Guardian in the late 1990s. Bindel continued to write for the publication for more than two decades. During the 2000s, Bondel reported on issues including domestic violence, prostitution, trafficking, and the treatment of women in conflict zones.

Bindel has published several books, including Straight Expectations (2014), The Pimping of Prostitution (2017), and Feminism for Women (2021).

Anti-trans activism

Bindel was deeply influenced by anti-trans extremist Janice Raymond and others who frame trans women as a threat to cisgender women.

A 2004 Guardian column by Bindel titled “Gender Benders, beware” led to over 200 letters of complaint. The public pushback was a turning point in Bindel’s anti-trans activism. Bindel apologized for the tone, then began expressing anti-trans views more frequently and stridently over the ensuing decades.

When Stonewall nominated Bindel for Journalist of the Year in 2008, protesters picketed the event.

In 2020, Bindel sued British LGBTQ publication PinkNews for libel over an article on abuse within the anti-trans feminist movement. The article did not mention Bindel by name. The case was settled, and both parties released a joint statement.

During 2025 Pride Month, Bindel claimed it was now a “pride of perverts,” writing:

Women like me are sick of being lumped in with trans-identified people, with kinksters, with those that just call themselves ‘asexual’, ‘non-binary’, ‘sapiosexual’ or ‘aromantic’ – people who are never going to face oppression or discrimination for their sexuality. The Pride movement is redundant.

References

Saunders, Rachel (April 6, 2025). Julie Bindel and the rise of gender critical strife. Medium https://rejserin.medium.com/julie-bindel-and-the-rise-of-gender-critical-strife-6169708b2349

Stone, Gemma (November 28, 2021). No Julie Bindel, Trans People Aren’t To Blame For Cisgender Women’s Fears. Medium https://medium.com/@notCursedE/no-julie-bindle-trans-people-arent-to-blame-for-cisgender-women-s-fears-38cd8d8ec338

Steph (July 23, 2020). Trans Womans Response To The Spectator and Julie Bindel. TransLucent https://translucent.org.uk/a-trans-womans-response-to-the-spectator-and-julie-bindel/

Hime, Lilli (November 14, 2017). Lecture cancelled after students question Julie Bindel’s comments on transgender people. Hilltop Views https://www.hilltopviewsonline.com/14748/news/lecture-cancelled-after-students-question-julie-bindels-comments-on-transgender-people/

Hines, S. (2017). The feminist frontier: on trans and feminism. Journal of Gender Studies, 28(2), 145–157. https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2017.1411791

Staff report (October 4, 2015). “Transphobe” Julie Bindel banned from Free Speech debate. Mancunion https://mancunion.com/2015/10/06/transphobe-julie-bindel-banned-from-free-speech-debate/

Roberts, Scott (January 10, 2013). Guardian columnist Julie Bindel: The ‘trans cabal’ are running a witch hunt. PinkNews https://www.thepinknews.com/2013/01/10/guardian-columnist-julie-bindel-the-trans-cabal-are-running-a-witch-hunt/

Allen, Emma (June 2013). Unpacking Transphobia*. Radical Women https://radicalwomen.org/unpacking-transphobia/

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

Rearce, Ruth (January 31, 2010). “Censoring Julie Bindel”: a response. Dr Ruth Pearce https://ruthpearce.net/2010/01/31/censoring-julie-bindel-a-response/

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

(August 3, 2007). Transgenderism – Bindel condemns, Tatchell defends. BBC & Guardian debate on the ethics of sex change surgery and hormone treatment. https://petertatchell.net/lgbt_rights/transgender/transsexualismbindelcondemns/

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

Anti-trans coverage

Strudwick, Matt (September 7, 2025). Moment women’s rights campaigner and journalist Julie Bindel is thrown out of Pride in Surrey ‘at the behest of the MP for Guildford.’ Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15074465/Moment-womens-rights-campaigner-journalist-Julie-Bindel-thrown-Pride-Surrey-behest-MP-Guildford.html

Bodkin, Henry (June 25, 2022). Council axes talk by feminist writer because of her views on trans rights. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/25/council-axes-talk-feminist-writer-views-trans-rights/

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

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

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

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

Selected writing by Bindel

Bindel, Julie (December 31, 2025). What a terfing year it’s been! Julie Bindel’s writing and podcasts https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/what-a-terfing-year-its-been

Bindel, Julie (December 6, 2025). Why do so many girls in Blackpool want to become boys? Julie Bindel’s writing and podcasts https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/why-do-so-many-girls-in-blackpool-a6a

Bindel, Julie (December 19, 2025). The rabbit rescue centre and the online ‘follow’ that led to a feud with the trans lobby: JULIE BINDEL. Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15400737/The-rabbit-farm-online-follow-led-feud-trans-lobby-JULIE-BINDEL.html

Bindel, Julie (November 16, 2025). Trans activists still don’t understand the need for women’s refuges. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/trans-activists-still-dont-understand-the-need-for-womens-refuges/

Bindel, Julie (November 21, 2025). I was in the presence of evil: Being face-to-face in a room with Helen Webberley, the ‘Gender GP’, felt similar to the times I have interviewed rapists and murderers in prison. I was in the midst of a malign presence. Julie Bindel’s writing and podcasts https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/i-was-in-the-presence-of-evil

Bindel, Julie (November 10, 2025). Will Tim Davie’s resignation be a fresh start for the BBC? UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/tim-davies-resignation-is-a-fresh-start-for-the-bbc/

Bindel, Julie (November 07, 2025). Sex Change Surgery is Unnecessary Mutilation. Julie Bindel’s writing and podcasts https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/sex-change-surgery-is-unnecessary-c76

Bindel, Julie (October 28, 2025). JULIE BINDEL: Allowing the Trans Taliban to hound and bully women is shameful. Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15236071/JULIE-BINDEL-Allowing-Trans-Taliban-hound-bully-women-shameful.html

Bindel, Julie (October 24, 2025). GRAHAM LINEHAN: I lost wife, career & pension over trans right tweets – but I’ll defend women’s safe spaces until madness ends. The Sun https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/37112341/i-lost-wife-career-pension-trans-tweets-graham-linehan/

Bindel, Julie (October 9, 2025). The Green Party’s war on women. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2025/10/the-green-partys-war-on-women/

Bindel, Julie (October 8, 2025). Transsexuality: I used this term in 2009 and no-one objected (to the word, I mean). Julie Bindel’s writing and podcasts https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/transsexuality-i-used-this-term-in

Bindel, Julie (September 26, 2025). John Boyne refuses to be cancelled. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2025/09/john-boyne-refuses-to-be-cancelled/

Bindel, Julie (September 20, 2025). You claim that Andrea Dworkin would have become a ‘trans ally’ do you? Julie Bindel’s writing and podcasts https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/you-claim-that-andrea-dworkin-would

Bindel, Julie (August 12, 2025). The bullying of John Boyne shames the Polari prizes. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-bullying-of-john-boyne-shames-the-polari-prizes/

Bindel, Julie (August 9, 2025). Has the politics of the trans movement damaged academia? Julie Bindel’s writing and podcasts https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/has-the-politics-of-the-trans-movement

Bindel, Julie (June 21, 2025). Transsexual: we used to use that word, back in the day. Julie Bindel’s writing and podcasts https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/transsexual-we-used-to-use-that-word

Bindel, Julie (June 30, 2025). Meet Ireland’s gender rebels. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2025/06/meet-irelands-gender-rebels/

Bindel, Julie (May 29, 2025). Robert Wintemute: The Professor of Human Rights Law did an about turn when he realised ‘trans rights’ eroded the rights of women and girls. Julie Bindel’s writing and podcasts https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/robert-wintemute

Bindel, Julie (April 16, 2025). JULIE BINDEL: Shame on the liberals who jumped aboard the trans bandwagon in a cruel betrayal of women and our rights. Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14619959/JULIE-BINDEL-Shame-liberals-jumped-aboard-trans-bandwagon-cruel-betrayal-women-rights.html

Bindel, Julie (January 6, 2025). What I learned at Terf School. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2025/01/what-i-learned-at-terf-school/

Bindel, Julie (December 10, 2024). The downfall of PinkNews was a long time coming. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-downfall-of-pinknews-was-a-long-time-coming/

Bindel, Julie (November 28, 2024). Supreme Court puzzles over definition of ‘woman.’ UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/supreme-court-puzzles-over-definition-of-woman/

Bindel, Julie (November 18, 2024). Police did nothing when I reported yobs attacking cars with a crowbar. But TWO turned up on my doorstep over my tweet, reveals JULIE BINDEL. It’s state harassment and I know who is to blame… Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-14097445/julie-bindel-police-yobs-crowbar-doorstep-tweet-state-harassment.html

Bindel, Julie (November 14, 2024). Gender: A Luxury Belief. The decadence of transgerism [sic]. Julie Bindel’s writing and podcasts https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/gender-a-luxury-belief

Bindel, Julie (October 24, 2024). How intersectionality killed feminism. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2024/10/how-intersectionality-killed-feminism/

Bindel, Julie (September 16, 2024). Journeys in Genderland. The Critic https://thecritic.co.uk/journeys-in-genderland/

Bindel, Julie (June 8, 2024). Why Scotland’s ‘witches’ fought back. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2024/06/why-scotlands-witches-fought-back/

Bindel, Julie (April 11, 2024). The Cass Report’s cowardly converts. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2024/04/the-cass-reports-cowardly-converts/

Bindel, Julie (April 1, 2024). Twenty years a Terf. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2024/04/twenty-years-a-terf/

Bindel, Julie (February 8, 2024). Twenty years a target of the trans cabal. Julie Bindel’s writing and podcasts https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/twenty-years-a-target-of-the-trans

Bindel, Julie (December 9, 2023). Nicola Sturgeon’s latest humiliation. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/12/nicola-sturgeons-latest-humiliation/

Bindel, Julie (October 12, 2023). Trans activists fail to shut down another feminist event. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/why-did-trans-activists-try-to-shut-down-my-feminist-event/

Bindel, Julie (September 4, 2023). The desperate plight of trans widows. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/09/the-fate-of-indias-trans-widows/

Bindel, Julie (June 24, 2023). Trans-corporate. The Critic https://thecritic.co.uk/trans-corporate/

Bindel, Julie (June 6, 2023). ‘I was hounded out of Oxfam over JK Rowling’ UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/06/i-quit-oxfam-over-jk-rowling/

Bindel, Julie (May 30, 2023). ‘I will never call my rapist father a woman.’ UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/05/i-will-never-call-my-rapist-father-a-woman/

Bindel, Julie (May 17, 2023). Why is Canada betraying women? UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/05/why-is-canada-betraying-women/

Bindel, Julie (April 26, 2023). Buck Angel: ‘We never denied our biology.’ UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/04/buck-angel-we-never-denied-our-biology/

Bindel, Julie (April 20, 2023 Did City Uni censor my gender research? UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/04/did-city-uni-censor-my-gender-research/

Bindel, Julie (March 10, 2023). The Lesbian Project has begun. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/03/the-lesbian-project-has-begun/

Bindel, Julie (December 12, 2022). JK Rowling works her magic again. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/12/jk-rowling-works-her-magic-again/

Bindel, Julie (November 30, 2022). Why do women’s spaces still need defending? UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/11/why-do-womens-spaces-still-need-defending/

Bindel, Julie (October 14, 2022). Even Eddie Izzard’s fans aren’t convinced. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/even-eddie-izzards-fans-arent-convinced/

Bindel, Julie (October 10, 2022). The toppling of the trans extremists. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/10/the-toppling-of-the-trans-extremists/

Bindel, Julie (October 5, 2022). Mermaids is endangering children. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/10/mermaids-is-endangering-children/

Bindel, Julie (September 27, 2022). Sorry Sussex Police, but sex is relevant to sex crimes. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/sorry-sussex-police-but-sex-is-relevant-to-sex-crimes/

Bindel, Julie (September 21, 2022). Mermaids is a threat to gay rights. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/09/mermaids-is-a-threat-to-gay-rights/

Bindel, Julie (September 15, 2022). Scotland’s Tavistock must fall. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/09/scotlands-tavistock-must-fall/

Bindel, Julie (September 7, 2022). ‘Woman’ erased from Minister for Equalities job title. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/woman-erased-from-minister-for-equalities-job-title/

Bindel, Julie (August 11, 2022). Who will put an end to gender ID witch-hunts? UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/who-will-put-an-end-to-gender-id-witch-hunts/

Bindel, Julie (July 28, 2022). Good riddance to the Tavistock Clinic. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/good-riddance-to-the-tavistock-clinic/

Bindel, Julie (July 28, 2022). How Allison Bailey crushed Stonewall. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/07/how-allison-bailey-crushed-stonewall/

Bindel, Julie (July 25, 2022). Stonewall thinks two-year-olds can be trans. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/stonewall-thinks-two-year-olds-can-be-trans/

Bindel, Julie (June 26, 2022). Nottingham City Council listens to activists, not women. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/nottingham-city-council-listens-to-activists-not-women/

Bindel, Julie (June 23, 2022). It’s time to say goodbye to the LGBTQ+ flag. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/its-time-to-say-goodbye-to-the-lgbtq-flag/

Bindel, Julie (June 21, 2022). BBC admits error on trans guest Fallon Fox. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/bbc-admits-error-on-trans-guest-fallon-fox/

Bindel, Julie (June 7, 2022). I was hounded out of school for ‘transphobia.’ UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/06/i-was-hounded-out-of-school-for-transphobia/

Bindel, Julie (May 27, 2022). New York is betraying rape victims. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/05/new-york-is-betraying-rape-victims/

Bindel, Julie (May 25, 2022). QC compares lesbians refusing sex with transwomen to apartheid. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/qc-compares-lesbians-refusing-sex-with-transwomen-to-apartheid/

Bindel, Julie (April 22, 2022). JULIE BINDEL: What the new book fantasising about the death of JK Rowling tells us about the sickening hypocrisy of publishers today. Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-10745141/JULIE-BINDEL-book-fantasising-Rowlings-death-tells-publishers.html

Bindel, Julie (April 21, 2022). Trans activists come for the LGB Alliance. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/trans-activists-come-for-the-lgb-alliance/

Bindel, Julie (April 14, 2022). JK Rowling and the lunch of secrets. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/04/jk-rowling-and-the-lunch-of-secrets/

Bindel, Julie (April 13, 2022). Beware of trans affirmation therapy. The Critic https://thecritic.co.uk/beware-of-trans-affirmation-therapy/

Bindel, Julie (April 11, 2022). The corruption of the feminist library. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/04/the-corruption-of-the-feminist-library/

Bindel, Julie (March 21, 2022). How gender self-ID is being abused. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/03/how-gender-self-id-is-being-abused/

Bindel, Julie (March 17, 2022). Why York University de-platformed me. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/why-york-university-de-platformed-me/

Bindel, Julie (March 16, 2022). Why is prostitution being pushed on young trans people? The Critic https://thecritic.co.uk/why-is-prostitution-being-pushed-on-young-trans-people/

Bindel, Julie (February 10, 2022). Ceramicist de-platformed for being a ‘SWERF.’ UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/ceramicist-de-platformed-for-being-a-swerf/

Bindel, Julie (January 13, 2022). Sexists in gay armour. The Critic https://thecritic.co.uk/sexists-in-gay-armour/

Bindel, Julie (December 19, 2021). The Scout Association apologises to Maya Forstater over ‘misgendering.’ UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/scout-association-apologises-to-maya-forstater/

Bindel, Julie (November 27, 2021). Women are being sold down the river – by charities terrified of the trans mob, writes JULIE BINDEL, co-founder of Justice for Women. Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-10249631/Women-sold-river-charities-terrified-trans-mob-writes-JULIE-BINDEL.html

Bindel, Julie (November 26, 2021). Janice Raymond: the original Terf. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2021/11/meet-the-original-terf/

Bindel, Julie (November 23, 2021). The sinister stunt against JK Rowling. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-sinister-stunt-against-jk-rowling/

Bindel, Julie (November 20, 2021). Why I sued PinkNews. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2021/11/why-i-sued-pinknews/

Bindel, Julie (November 10, 2021). Protect the female estate. The Critic https://thecritic.co.uk/protect-the-female-estate/

Bindel, Julie (November 10, 2021). The BBC finally dumps Stonewall. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-bbc-finally-dumps-stonewall/

Bindel, Julie (November 4, 2021). Kathleen Stock: I won’t be silenced. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2021/11/kathleen-stock-i-wont-be-silenced/

Bindel, Julie (October 28, 2021). The return of lesbian pride. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2021/10/the-return-of-lesbian-pride/

Bindel, Julie (October 16, 2021). The misogyny of trans activists. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-misogyny-of-trans-activists/

Bindel, Julie (October 15, 2021). Trans activism’s war on solidarity. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2021/10/trans-activisms-war-on-solidarity/

Bindel, Julie (September 8, 2021). No Judith Butler, gender-critical feminists aren’t ‘fascists.’ UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/no-judith-butler-gender-critical-feminists-arent-fascists/

Bindel, Julie (August 11, 2021). The University of Essex abandons its faculty to ideologues. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-university-of-essex-abandons-its-faculty-to-ideologues/

Bindel, Julie (August 3, 2021). ‘Preferred pronouns’ are a form of sexist bullying. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/preferred-pronouns-are-a-form-of-sexist-bullying/

Bindel, Julie (July 23, 2021). You can’t silence a feminist. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2021/07/you-cant-silence-a-feminist/

Bindel, Julie (June 17, 2021). The Fawcett Society has let women down. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-fawcett-society-has-let-women-down/

Bindel, Julie (June 4, 2021). Universities have destroyed feminism. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2021/06/universities-have-destroyed-feminism/

Bindel, Julie (March 9, 2021). The Miller case exposes the tyranny of trans activism. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-miller-case-exposes-the-tyranny-of-trans-activism/

Bindel, Julie (February 9, 2021). Why is gender studies promoting anti-women literature? UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/why-is-gender-studies-promoting-anti-women-literature/

Bindel, Julie (October 21, 2020). Why won’t the BBC stand up for feminism? UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/why-wont-the-bbc-stand-up-for-feminism/

Bindel, Julie (October 12, 2020). Feminism’s dangerous new allies. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2020/10/feminisms-dangerous-new-allies/

Bindel, Julie (October 2, 2020). End the silence on gender identity services. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/end-the-silence-on-gender-identify-services/

Bindel, Julie (September 23, 2020). Why women suffer most from cancel culture. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/why-women-suffer-most-from-cancel-culture/

Bindel, Julie (August 26, 2020). Stop searching for the ‘gay gene.’ UnHerd https://unherd.com/2020/08/stop-searching-for-the-gay-gene/

Bindel, Julie (August 25, 2020). Yet another feminist burned at the stake. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/yet-another-feminist-burned-at-the-stake/

Bindel, Julie (August 11, 2020). Emma Watson, accidental Thatcherite. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/emma-watsons-neoliberal-nonsense/

Bindel, Julie (May 11, 2020). Why are we placing high-risk trans sex offenders in women’s prisons? UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/why-are-we-placing-trans-sex-offenders-in-womens-prisons/

Bindel, Julie (April 21, 2020). Don’t let the word ‘lesbian’ go out of fashion. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/lets-not-let-the-word-lesbian-go-out-of-fashion/

Bindel, Julie (April 3, 2020). The Orban decree is scary — but it’s about more than trans rights. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-orban-decree-is-scary-but-its-about-more-than-trans-rights/

Bindel, Julie (March 19, 2020). The appalling treatment of Suzanne Moore. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-appalling-treatment-of-suzanne-moore/

Bindel, Julie (February 28, 2020). Feminism’s job is far from finished. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2020/02/feminisms-job-is-far-from-finished/

Bindel, Julie (December 20, 2019). What if you regret transitioning? UnHerd https://unherd.com/2019/12/the-nhs-is-failing-trans-kids/

Bindel, Julie (October 18, 2019). Don’t you dare ask my pronouns. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2019/10/dont-you-dare-ask-my-pronouns/

Bindel, Julie (April 16, 2019). The birth of the transsexual empire. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2019/04/the-transsexual-empire/

Bindel, Julie (March 20, 2019). How transgender turf wars put lives in danger. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2019/03/how-transgender-turf-wars-put-lives-in-danger/

Bindel, Julie (December 21, 2018). What does gender have to do with genitals? UnHerd https://unherd.com/2018/12/what-does-gender-have-to-do-with-genitals/

Bindel, Julie (October 24, 2018). Why woke keyboard warriors should respect their elders. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2018/10/woke-keyboard-warriors-respect-elders/

Bindel, Julie (October 10, 2018). Why the transbullies are a threat to us all. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2018/10/why-the-transbullies-are-a-threat-to-us-all/

Bindel, Julie (September 10, 2018). The Left has forgotten what feminism looks like. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2018/09/left-forgotten-feminism-looks-like/

Bindel, Julie (August 2, 2018). What’s wrong with these closed-minded snowflakes? UnHerd https://unherd.com/2018/08/whats-wrong-closed-minded-snowflakes/

Bindel, Julie (June 27, 2018). Who let the thought police invade our universities? UnHerd https://unherd.com/2018/06/let-thought-police-invade-universities/

Bindel, Julie (March 19, 2018). Why you can’t rely on the news media to understand
 trans issues. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2018/03/cant-rely-news-media-understand-trans-issues/

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

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

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

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

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

Media

Julie Bindel with Ray Blanchard (October 9, 2025). The man that coined the term ‘autogynephilia.’ https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/the-man-that-coined-the-term-autogynephilia-efa

Julie Bindel with Linda Riley (May 20, 2025). Does Linda Riley, former owner of Diva Magazine, REALLY believe in gender ideology? https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/does-linda-riley-former-owner-of

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New Statesman (newstatesman.com)

Andrew Sullivan is a conservative gay cultural critic and anti-transgender extremist. The Advocate noted that Sullivan “represents everything wrong with the gay rights movement.”

Sullivan is an LGB separatist who subscribes to the “gay erasure” conspiracy theory that healthcare for trans and gender diverse youth is a plan to eliminate gay, lesbian, and bisexual people.

Sullivan says Catholic upbringing and values inform this conservatism. Sullivan’s gender critical views include:

  • Criticizing legal protections based on gender identity
  • Criticizing affirmative care for gender diverse youth
  • Promoting the ex-transgender movement
  • Stating that trans youth should wait until 16 for health services
  • Citing anti-trans research like Lisa Littman’s “rapid onset gender dysphoria“

Sullivan believes that “Stonewall was the downfall of the gay movement” and that “the gay movement was hijacked in the seventies” by activists.

Sullivan is a board member of anti-trans group Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism.

Background

In 1986, Sullivan took a role at The New Republic, rising to editor in 1991 before being fired in 1996. Sullivan’s 1989 article “Here Comes the Groom” is frequently cited as an important moment in shifting conservative opinion on marriage equality.

Sullivan wrote for The New York Times Magazine from 1998 until getting fired in 2002. During that time Sullivan started a blog called The Dish that ran until 2015. From 2016 to 2020 Sullivan wrote for New York magazine, then moved to Substack.

Anti-trans activism

Sullivan frequently appears in the media to attack trans people, especially gender diverse children.

Sullivan has collaborated with anti-trans activists, including Katie Herzog, Megyn Kelly, Bill Maher, Konstantin Kisin, and Francis Foster.

Podcast

In October 2020, Sullivan began the Dishcast, which has hosted many anti-trans activists, including David Frum, Michelle Goldberg, Rod Dreher, Eric Kaufmann, Lionel Shriver, Nellie Bowles, Bill Maher, Richard Dawkins, Abigail Shrier, Carole Hooven, Pamela Paul, Leor Sapir, Vivek Ramaswamy, Hannah Barnes, Nicholas Wade, Ben Appel, Matt Taibbi, Glen Loury, Louise Perry, David French, Douglas Murray, Bari Weiss, Jonathan Haidt, Kathleen Stock, Christopher Rufo, Michael Shellenberger, Ann Coulter, Steven Pinker, Ross Douthat, Wesley Yang, Katie Herzog, Charles Murray, Niall Ferguson, Julie Bindel, Emily Yoffe, Sally Satel, Glenn Greenwald, Kmele Foster, Caitlin Flanagan, Meghan Daum, Matt Yglesias, and Coleman Hughes.

Sullivan has also hosted conservative trans activist Buck Angel, ex-trans activist Helena Kerschner, and centrist trans activists Mara Keisling and Dana Beyer.

References

Reis, Elizabeth (July 16, 2025). Our Bodies, Our Decisions: A Response to Andrew Sullivan’s NYT Essay. Nursing Clio https://nursingclio.org/2025/07/16/our-bodies-our-decisions-a-response-to-andrew-sullivans-nyt-essay/

Lieberman, Tucker (Jul 6, 2025). 15 Ways Andrew Sullivan’s NYT Essay Undermines Trans Adults. Medium https://tuckerlieberman.medium.com/15-ways-andrew-sullivan-nyt-trans-adults-ed903b683611

Bianco, Marcie (July 2, 2025). Andrew Sullivan represents everything wrong with the gay rights movement. The Advocate https://www.advocate.com/voices/andrew-sullivan-everything-wrong

Urquhart, Evan (June 26, 2025). NYT Publishes Andrew Sullivan’s Incoherent Mishmash of Anti-Trans Politics. Assigned Media https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/new-york-times-andrew-sullivan-incoherant-anti-trans-politics

Brantley, Will [editor] (2024). Conversations with Sarah Schulman. University Press of Mississippi, ISBN 978-1-4968-4836-9 https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.10782311.10

Finke, Leigh (April 28, 2021). From Andrew Sullivan to Terry Schilling: Framing Transition as Evil. The Advocate https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/4/28/andrew-sullivan-terry-schilling-framing-transition-evil

Marr, Rhuaridh (December 30, 2020). Gay conservative Andrew Sullivan complains about lesbians ‘becoming men’ in anti-trans column. Sullivan’s complaints about lesbian women not tending to him while sick led to confusion on Twitter. Metro Weekly https://www.metroweekly.com/2020/12/gay-conservative-andrew-sullivan-complains-about-lesbians-becoming-men-in-anti-trans-column/

Schindler, Paul (February 1, 2018). The Trouble With Andrew Sullivan. Gay City News https://gaycitynews.com/the-trouble-with-andrew-sullivan/

Belonsky, Andrew (October 12, 2007). Andrew Sullivan Supports Barney Frank. Queerty http://www.queerty.com/andrew-sullivan-supports-barney-frank-20071012/

Anti-trans coverage

Coyne, Jerry (June 26, 2025). An important article by Andrew Sullivan. Why Evolution Is True https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2025/06/26/an-important-article-by-andrew-sullivan/

Hays, Gabriel (June 26, 2025). Gay journalist says LGBTQ movement has gone from civil rights success to ‘madness.’ Fox News https://nypost.com/2025/06/26/us-news/gay-journalist-says-lgbtq-movement-has-gone-from-civil-rights-success-to-madness/

Selected writing by Sullivan

Sullivan, Andrew (June 26, 2025). How the Gay Rights Movement Radicalized, and Lost Its Way. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/opinion/gay-lesbian-trans-rights.html alt headline: Gay People Won. So Why Does It Feel As if We’re Losing?

Sullivan, Andrew (October 18, 2024). Rachel Levine Must Resign. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/rachel-levine-must-resign

Sullivan, Andrew (April 12, 2024). Will Big Trans Be Held To Account? The Cass Report has definitively destroyed their case for child sex-changes. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/will-big-trans-be-held-to-account-3ad

Sullivan, Andrew (March 15, 2024). The Transqueers Take The Mask Off: Judith Butler and Andrea Long Chu explain their gender revolution. It’s wild! Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-transqueers-take-the-mask-off-f7c

Sullivan, Andrew (February 2, 2024). The Meaningless Incoherence Of “LGBTQ+.” Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-meaningless-incoherence-of-lgbtq-d47

Sullivan, Andrew (June 23, 2023). Gay Rights And The Limits Of Liberalism. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/gay-rights-and-the-limits-of-liberalism-be4

Sullivan, Andrew (May 19, 2023). The Queers Versus The Homosexuals. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-queers-versus-the-homosexuals-cfd

Sullivan, Andrew (March 24, 2023). Culture War Politics And The English Language. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/culture-war-politics-and-the-english-706

Sullivan, Andrew (April 8, 2022). Who Is Looking Out For Gay Kids? Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/who-is-looking-out-for-gay-kids-a19

Sullivan, Andrew (February 18, 2022). The Backlash Against Trans Extremism. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-backlash-against-trans-extremism

Sullivan, Andrew (February 18, 2022). The Trans Movement Is Not About Rights Anymore. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-trans-movement-is-not-about-rights-67e

Sullivan, Andrew (October 8, 2021). Dave Chappelle Is Right, Isn’t He? The comedian defends reality. Which is currently under siege. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/dave-chappelle-is-right-isnt-he-b23

Sullivan, Andrew (April 9, 2021). A Truce Proposal in the Trans Wars. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/a-truce-proposal-in-the-trans-wars-c49

Ring, Trudy (July 15, 2020). Right-Leaning Out Journalists Bari Weiss, Andrew Sullivan Leave Posts. The Advocate https://www.advocate.com/media/2020/7/15/right-leaning-out-journalists-bari-weiss-andrew-sullivan-leave-posts

Sullivan, Andrew (November 1, 2019). The Hard Questions About Young People and Gender Transitions. Intelligencer http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/11/andrew-sullivan-hard-questions-gender-transitions-for-young.html

Sullivan, Andrew (September 20, 2019). When the Ideologues Come for the Kids. Intelligencer https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/09/andrew-sullivan-when-the-ideologues-come-for-the-kids.html

Sullivan, Andrew (February 1, 2019). The Nature of Sex. Intelligencer https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/andrew-sullivan-the-nature-of-sex.html

Ennis, Dawn (January 28, 2015). Andrew Sullivan Says Goodbye to the Blogosphere. The Advocate https://www.advocate.com/politics/media/2015/01/28/andrew-sullivan-says-goodbye-blogosphere

Sullivan, Andrew (June 2, 2014). Engaging The T. The Dish https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/threads/engaging-the-t/

Kornbluth, Jesse (April 11, 2011). Profile of Andrew Sullivan, blogger supreme. Harvard Magazine https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2011/04/worlds-best-blogger

Sullivan, Andrew (August 28, 1989). Here Comes The Groom: A (conservative) case for gay marriage. The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/79054/here-comes-the-groom

Media

The Dishcast with Andrew Sullivan and Brianna Wu (December 27, 2024). Brianna Wu On Trans Life. https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/brianna-wu-on-trans-life

Club Random with Bill Maher and Andrew Sullivan (March 2, 2023). Why Being Gay is now considered Bigoted w/ Andrew Sullivan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-Gf3RRGDM0

Megyn Kelly and Andrew Sullivan (October 10, 2022). The Lies of “Gender Affirming Care” Grow More Extreme, with Andrew Sullivan. The Megyn Kelly Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c87CuvD5j24

TRIGGERnometry with Konstantin Kisin, Francis Foster, and Andrew Sullivan (June 29, 2022) Andrew Sullivan: “Leave Kids the F*ck Alone!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8f_f-lhuUw

Real Time with Bill Maher, Katie Herzog, Andrew Sullivan, and Christine Emba (June 24, 2022). Overtime: Andrew Sullivan, Katie Herzog, Christine Emba | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7QITC__mV4

Andrew Sullivan with Mara Keisling (February 26, 2021). Mara Keisling On The Trans Debate. https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/mara-keisling-on-the-trans-debate

Andrew Sullivan with Dana Beyer (November 27, 2020). Dana Beyer On Her Trans Victories, The Science Of Sex, And The Tensions Within “LGBTQ.” Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/dana-beyer-on-her-trans-victories

Resources

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Slate (slate.com)

Big Think (bigthink.com)

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C-SPAN (c-span.org)

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Foundation Against Intoleranve & Racism (fairforall.org)

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DarkHorse Podcast is hosted by biologists Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying. It features many anti-trans guests associated with the intellectual dark web.

Background

Weinstein and Heying became conservative celebrities after resigning from Evergreen State College in 2017. After making numerous podcast appearances, they started their own.

During the 2020 COVID pandemic, they became key figures in vaccine skepticism and promotion of alternatives like ivermectin.

Episodes

Many episodes discuss current topics about trans issues, with several devoted primarily to sex and gender.

Guests

DarkHorse Podcast guests include many key figures in the modern anti-transgender movement, including:

The New Yorker is an American media organization. Its coverage of trans topics has been generally nuanced and balanced.

Background

The New Yorker was founded in 1925. It primarily covers culture and profiles figures in the news.

Trans and gender diverse coverage

Trans and gender diverse people they have covered or who have bylines include:

  • Jane Schoenbrun
  • Lucy Sante
  • Paul B. Preciado
  • Masha Gessen
  • MĂłnica Taboada-Tapia
  • Greek Lankton
  • Elliot Page
  • Imogen Binnie
  • Lia Thomas
  • Maia Kobabe
  • Caitlyn Jenner
  • Candy Darling
  • Judith Butler
  • Torrey Peters
  • Joey Soloway
  • Christine Hallquist
  • Peppermint
  • T Cooper
  • Janet Mock
  • Michelle Ainsworth and Jennifer Lee
  • Gavin Grimm
  • Jordy Rosenberg

The magazine has also profiled people who work closely with trans and gender diverse people, including photographers Ethan James Green and Melody Melamed, and plastic surgeon Jordan Deschamps-Braly.

What Is a Woman? (2014)

In 2014, The New Yorker tackled the conflict between “radical feminism vs. transgenderism” on their podcast, discussing a piece by Michelle Goldberg that sympathetically profiled gender critical activists. The full title of Goldberg’s piece is “What is a Woman? The dispute between radical feminism and transgenderism.”

Goldberg outlines the 1973 controversy around attacks on trans singer Beth Elliott at the West Coast Lesbian Conference, as well as the attacks on artist Sandy Stone in the late 1970s.

Goldberg interviews Lierre Keith at a Radfems Respond event in Portland, Oregon, and name-drops several others:

Goldberg also interviewed biologist Julia Serano for the piece. Serano wrote several critical responses, sharing all email correspondence with Goldberg. Serano was concerned about how Sheila Jeffreys misused passages from Serano’s autobiography to claim Serano was “autogynephilic.” Although Goldberg removed some of the passages in the draft after Serano objected, Serano wrote that Goldberg “casually mentions that Jeffreys (who is depicted as a sympathetic, if eccentric, character in the article) considers me to be an ‘autogynephile’ without mentioning any of my arguments against the theory and Jeffreys’s hypocritical appropriation of it.”

In Columbia Journalism Review, Jos Truitt sharply criticized Goldberg’s framing:

To any observer aware of the conflict, the article reads like a push piece for Jeffreys’ book: It accepts her framing on a number of issues, and the only trans woman voices, included at the end of the article, are women trans-exclusionary radical feminists have attempted to discredit, quoted using trans-exclusionary feminists’ framing. Goldberg establishes that trans identities should be up for debate by first quoting a trans-exclusionary radical feminist using male pronouns to refer to trans women, and then using male pronouns herself.

A Club for the Cancelled (2023)

Emma Green’s profile of the “Gathering of Thought Criminals” gives a glimpse into one reactionary network that was part of the burgeoning anti-trans movement. People mentioned include:

Is It Possible to Be Both Moderate and Anti-Woke? (2023)

Emma Green’s profile of “anti-woke nonprofits” chronicles how Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism was founded and mismanaged. People mentioned include many leading lights in anti-transgender activism:

Christopher Rufo profile (2023)

Emma Green’s brief profile of anti-trans extremist Christopher Rufo’s 2023 book tour for America’s Cultural Revolution mentions Manhattan Institute president Reihan Salam and Rufo’s chief of staff Armen Tooloee:

As the waitstaff packed up the booze, Rufo reminisced with Armen Tooloee, his chief of staff. “We got surrounded by a mob of angry non-binaries in Florida,” Rufo said. Tooloee “walks in with the biggest smile on his face, like yea-a-ah. There’s cops everywhere. And Armen is in a state of bliss. He’s like a Buddha!” Tooloee, who has a groomed beard, said that he’d had a lot of practice dealing with progressive protesters as an undergraduate, when he ran a College Republicans’ “affirmative-action bake sale.” (Black students got cheaper cookies than white students, for example.)

Selected articles

Thomas, Louisa (January 19, 2025). What’s Really Behind the House Bill to Ban Transgender Athletes from School Sports? The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/whats-really-behind-the-house-bill-to-ban-transgender-athletes-from-school-sports

Seidlitz, Holden (June 10, 2024). Jane Schoenbrun Finds Horror Close to Home. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/jane-schoenbrun-finds-horror-close-to-home

Brody, Richard (May 3, 2024). “I Saw the TV Glow” Is a Profound Vision of the Trans Experience. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/i-saw-the-tv-glow-is-a-profound-vision-of-the-trans-experience

Witt, Emily (March 21, 2024). How Lucy Sante Became the Person She Feared. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/how-lucy-sante-became-the-person-she-feared

Brody, Richard (November 10, 2023). A Philosopher-Filmmaker’s Polyphonic Perspective on Trans Experience. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/a-philosopher-filmmakers-polyphonic-perspective-on-trans-experience

Green, Emma (August 14, 2023). Conservative Pirates Take Park Avenue. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/21/conservative-pirates-take-the-mondrian-hotel [later retitled Counterprogramming]

Green, Emma (June 5, 2023). Is It Possible to Be Both Moderate and Anti-Woke? The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-activism/is-it-possible-to-be-both-moderate-and-anti-woke

Remmick, David (March 11, 2023). What We Talk About When We Talk About Trans Rights. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-trans-rights

Mackey, Danielle (December 21, 2022). Isolation and Belonging in “Two-Spirit.” The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/isolation-and-belonging-in-two-spirit

Fateman, Johanna (November 28, 2022). Greer Lankton’s Lonely Dolls. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/greer-lanktons-lonely-dolls

Long, Crispin (July 12, 2022). Elliot Page Brings His Misfit Characters to Life. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/elliot-page-brings-his-misfit-characters-to-life

Burt, Stephanie (June 20, 2022). The Invention of the Trans Novel. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/06/27/the-invention-of-the-trans-novel-imogen-binnie-nevada

Gessen, Masha (June 14, 2022). How Kyiv’s L.G.B.T.Q. Community Found Shelter from the Russian Invasion. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/how-kyivs-lgbtq-community-found-shelter-from-the-russian-invasion

Thomas, Louisa (March 17, 2022). How One Swimmer Became the Focus of a Debate About Trans Athletes. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/how-one-swimmer-became-the-focus-of-a-debate-about-trans-athletes

Long, Crispin (January 31, 2021). The Insider Insights of “Detransition, Baby.” The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-insider-insights-of-detransition-baby

Kobabe, Maia (December 18, 2020). The Best Gifts I Received Before Top Surgery. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/best-gifts-i-received-before-top-surgery

Editors (June 9, 2019). Sunday Reading: Pride & the Fiftieth Anniversary of Stonewall. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/sunday-reading-pride-and-the-fiftieth-anniversary-of-stonewall

Als, Hilton (March 24, 2019). “To Live in the World, and Not to Hide”: An Interview with Janet Mock. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/to-live-in-the-world-and-not-to-hide-an-interview-with-janet-mock

Schulman, Michael (March 12, 2019). A Counterculture Portraitist’s Chronicle of New York’s Youth. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-counterculture-portraitists-chronicle-of-new-yorks-youth

Lipstein, Ray (November 26, 2018). “Man Made,” a Film About Transgender Bodybuilders, Upends the Traditional Documentary Gaze. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/man-made-a-film-about-transgender-bodybuilders-upends-the-traditional-documentary-gaze

Solowat, [Joey] (October 7, 2018), [Joey] Soloway Tells the Personal Story Behind “Transparent.” The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/are-you-sitting-down

Gessen, Masha (August 16, 2018). Christine Hallquist’s Vermont Win and the Emergence of Transgender Politicians. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/christine-hallquists-vermont-win-and-the-emergence-of-transgender-politicians

Schulman, Michael (July 27, 2018). “Head Over Heels,” Reviewed: A Trans-Positive Spin on a Sixteenth-Century Romance, with Help from the Go-Go’s. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/head-over-heels-reviewed-a-trans-positive-spin-on-a-sixteenth-century-romance-with-help-from-the-go-gos

Waldman, Katy (June 27, 2018). “Confessions of the Fox” Is a Cunning Metafiction of Vulpine Versatility. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/confessions-of-the-fox-is-a-cunning-metafiction-of-vulpine-versatility

Mead, Rebecca (March 12, 2018). The Story of a Trans Woman’s Face. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/19/the-story-of-a-trans-womans-face

Goetsch, Diana (March 6, 2018). Teaching William Zinsser to Write Poetry. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/teaching-william-zinsser-to-write-poetry

Hart, Michelle (July 16, 2017). Portrait of a Couple in Love and in Transition. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-portrait-of-a-middle-aged-couple-in-transition

Bridy, Richard (April 7, 2017). A Film Series Explores the Crossing of Gender Lines. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/17/a-film-series-explores-the-crossing-of-gender-lines

Gersen, Jeannie Suk (December 6, 2016). Gavin Grimm’s Transgender-Rights Case and the Problem with Informal Executive Action. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/gavin-grimms-transgender-rights-case-and-the-problem-with-informal-executive-action

Seliger, Mark (July 25, 2016). The Trans Community of Christopher Street. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/08/01/the-trans-community-of-christopher-street

Alford, Henry (June 13, 2016). North Carolina Police Blotter. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/north-carolina-police-blotter-by-henry-alford

Socarides, Richard (March 28, 2016). North Carolina and the Gay-Rights Backlash. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/north-carolina-and-the-gay-rights-backlash

Dunham, Cyrus Grace (February 8, 2016). The Forgotten Ones: Queer and Trans Lives in the Prison System. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-forgotten-ones-queer-and-trans-lives-in-the-prison-system

Gersen, Jeannie Suk (January 25, 2016). Who’s Afraid of Gender-Neutral Bathrooms? The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/whos-afraid-of-same-sex-bathrooms

Dunham, Cyrus Grace (November 19, 2015). Stuck in Stonewall. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/stuck-in-stonewall

Weinstein, Michael M. (November 17, 2015). Transgender Portraits and the Things a Body Won’t Tell. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/transgender-portraits-and-the-things-a-body-wont-tell

Burt, Stephanie (July 27, 2015). Kim, Caitlyn, and the People We Want to See. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/kim-caitlyn-and-the-people-we-want-to-see

Mead, Rebecca (June 2, 2015). Caitlyn Jenner’s Big DĂ©but. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/caitlyn-jenners-big-debut

Scott, Andrea K. (May 8, 2015). Zanele Muholi. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/18/out-look

La Force, Thessaly (April 26, 2015). Bruce Jenner and the Modern American Family. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/bruce-jenner-and-the-modern-american-family

Goldberg, Michelle (July 28, 2014). What Is a Woman? The dispute between radical feminism and transgenderism. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/04/woman-2

Editors (July 28, 2014). Out Loud: Radical Feminism Vs. Transgenderism. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/loud-radical-feminism-vs-transgenderism

Als, Hilton (April 18, 2011). Self-Made Woman. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/04/25/self-made-woman

Levy, Ariel (November 19, 2009). Either/Or. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/11/30/caster-semenya-profile-either-or

Als, Hilton (July 13, 2009). Diva Deconstructed. The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/07/20/diva-deconstructed

Media

(May 31, 2024). The Trans Athletes Who Changed the Olympics—in 1936 https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/the-trans-athletes-who-changed-the-olympics-in-1936

(March 15, 2024). Judith Butler Can’t “Take Credit or Blame” for Gender Furor. https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/judith-butler-cant-take-credit-or-blame-for-gender-furor

(June 9, 2023). At an Embattled Moment, the New York Times’ Publisher Makes a Stand https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/at-an-embattled-moment-the-new-york-timess-publisher-makes-a-stand

(March 13, 2023). Masha Gessen on the War Against Trans Rights https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/masha-gessen-on-the-war-against-trans-rights

(November 4, 2022). Confronting Harassment in “Night Ride” https://www.newyorker.com/culture/screening-room/confronting-harassment-in-night-ride

(June 1, 2022). Rethinking Identity and Testosterone in “Imagine a Body” https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/rethinking-identity-and-testosterone-in-imagine-a-body

(May 20, 2022). The Attack on Gender-Affirming Medical Care https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/the-attack-on-gender-affirming-medical-care

(October 27, 2021). A Texan Housepainter’s Journey to Gender Confidence https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/a-texan-housepainters-journey-to-gender-confidence

Long, Crispin (June 24, 2020). “Raising Baby Grey” Explores the World of Gender-Neutral Parenting https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/raising-baby-grey-explores-the-world-of-gender-neutral-parenting

Als, Hilton (January 7, 2019). Janet Mock Finds Her Voice. https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/janet-mock-finds-her-voice

Sasha Weiss, Margaret Talbot, and Michelle Goldberg (July 28, 2014). Out Loud: Radical Feminism Vs. Transgenderism. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/loud-radical-feminism-vs-transgenderism

Resources

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Glenn Loury is an American economist and key figure in the intellectual dark web, a gateway to the far right.

Loury is connected to a number of anti-trans figures.

Podcast

Guests include:

References

Loury, Glenn (April 25, 2023). Does “T” Belong with “LGB”?-https://glennloury.substack.com/p/does-t-belong-with-lgb