Matt Osborne is a writer associated with SPLC-designated anti-trans hate group Genspect. Osborne is also involved with LGB separatist organization LGB United.
Background
Matthew Blake “Matt” Osborne was born on February 28, 1972. Osborne studied at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in 1995. Osborne earned a University of North Alabama in 2001. Osborne was a 98G Cryptologic Linguist in the United States Army from 1993 to 1996. Twenty years later, Osborne attended Austin Peay State University, earning a master’s degree in 2024.
Since 2009, Osborn has freelanced through Osborne Ink. From 2010 to 2012, Osborne contributed transportation policy coverage for Progressive Congress. Osborne contributed to the 2011 book FIX America! published by Progressive Leadership Action Network. From 2014 to 2016 Osborne was an editor at the blog Breitbart Unmasked. In 2022 Osborne was an Assistant Editor at Theta Delta Journal.
Anti-trans activism
The Distance Mag maintains a YouTube channel that has featured interviews with a number of other prominent anti-trans activists:
- Kara Dansky [anti-trans lawyer] May 28, 2025
- Jamie Q. Roberts [anti-trans historian] May 14, 2025
- Linda Blade [sports sex segregationist] Apr 30, 2025
- Ben Appel [LBG separatist] Apr 15, 2025
- Annika Bigeleisen, Maia the Peace Poet, Elle Palmer, Abel Garcia, Laura Becker, and Exulansic [“ex-trans activists] Apr 1, 2025
- Almut Gadow Mar 18, 2025
- William Ferguson, musician for Osborne and Jenny Poyer Ackerman Mar 11, 2025
- Dennis Noel Kavanagh Mar 4, 2025
- “Exulansic” [“ex-trans” activist] Feb 11, 2025
- Benjamin Morse Feb 6, 2025
- Jimmy Hinton [former nonprofit business partner of Jon Uhler] Jan 21, 2025
- Nicole Uhler [child of Jon Uhler] Jan 14, 2025
- Nicole Uhler [child of Jon Uhler] Jan 7, 2025
- John Michael Bailey Dec 24, 2024
- “Shannon Thrace” [“trans widow”] Dec 17, 2024
- Ashly Wallace [unaccepting parent / “ROGD mom”] Dec 10, 2024
- Glenna Goldis Dec 3, 2024
- Bill Corbit Dec 3, 2024
- Laura Becker [“ex-trans” activist] Nov 26, 2024
- Ute Heggen [“trans widow”] Nov 19, 2024
- “Maia Poet” [“ex-trans” activist] Nov 12, 2024
- Gareth Roberts Nov 5, 2024
- Brett Bowlby [unaccepting parent] Oct 29, 2024
References
Collin, Liz (November 30, 2024). Former Dem operative who left the party: ‘The jig is up for gender identity.’ Alpha News https://alphanews.org/former-dem-operative-jig-is-up-for-gender-identity/
Media
The Distance Mag with Matt Osborne and Glenna Goldis (December 3, 2024). Chase Strangio, ACLU Implicated In Judge Shopping Scandal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcRP-8PVkyo
Alpha News with Liz Collin (November 30, 2024). Former Dem operative who left the party: ‘The jig is up for gender identity.’ Liz Collin Reports https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHzQX9Ngpzo
Stephanie Winn (Some Kind of Therapist). (March 18, 2024). 101. Making Meaning, Finding Wisdom: Kim O, Matt Osborne, & Benjamin the Dream Wizard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C54WdbBlk-Q
News2Share (August 11, 2023). TERF group leads “Women Protest the ACLU” rally over transgender policy in front of U.S. Capitol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f2YAF2RFn8
Graham Linehan (May 27, 2022). A chat with Matt Osborne. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMxNDQRlYzk
Resources
Substack (substack.com)
- mattosborne
- Inspecting Gender (genspect.substack.com)
- The Distance (thedistancemag.com)
- Polemology Positions (polemology.net)
- Osborne Ink (osborneink.com)
X/Twitter (x.com)
LinkedIn (linkedin.com)
YouTube (youtube.com)
Daily Kos (dailykos.com)
- Matt Osborne
- dailykos.com/users/matt%20osborne
Breitbart Unmasked (breitbartunmasked.com)
Congressional Progressive Caucus Center (progressivecaucuscenter.org)
- original url progressivecongress.org [archive]
Progressive Leadership Action Network (planamerica.org) [archive]