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Compact vs. transgender people

Compact is an anti-transgender group blog.

Background

Compact was co-founded in March 2022 by Edwin Aponte, Matthew Schmitz, and Sohrab Ahmari. Aponte left later that year.

A review in anti-trans publication Reason said: “Compact has built an intellectual meeting place not just for post-liberal conservatives but for anti-liberals of every stripe.”

Contributors

References

Slade, Stephanie (March 23, 2022). In a New Magazine, the Illiberal Right and the Illiberal Left Converge. Reason.com https://reason.com/2022/03/23/in-a-new-magazine-the-illiberal-right-and-the-illiberal-left-converge/

Selected anti-trans articles

Brown, Patrick [undated]. Red States Show the Way for Pro-Family Populism. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/red-states-show-the-way-for-pro-family-populism/

Judis, John B. (March 20, 2025). The Emerging Democratic Minority. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-emerging-democratic-minority/

Paul, Darel E. (March 07, 2025). How the War on Woke Was Won—for Now. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/how-the-war-on-woke-was-won-for-now/

Rossman, Gabriel (February 14, 2025). The Uses and Abuses of ‘Social Construction.’ Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-uses-and-abuses-of-social-construction/

Biagetti, Samuel (December 27, 2024). The Return of the Eunuch. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-return-of-the-eunuch/

Ahmari, Sohrab (November 15, 2024). How Trump Won the War Over ‘Normal.’ Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/how-trump-won-the-war-over-normal/

Frascolla, Bruna (October 30, 2024). Brazil’s New Anti-Woke Center. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/brazils-new-anti-woke-center/

al-Gharbi, Musa (September 24, 2024). Behind Kamala’s Policy Evasions. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/behind-kamalas-policy-evasions/

Paul, Darel E. (April 30, 2024) Biden’s Transgender Extremism. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/bidens-transgender-extremism/

Power, Nina (April 16, 2024) The Trans Reckoning Is Here. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-trans-reckoning-is-here/

Frawley, Ashley (March 22, 2024) The Gender Industry’s Big Myth. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-gender-industrys-big-myth/

Shullenberger, Geoff (July 18, 2023). Are Chemicals Causing Gender Chaos? Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/are-chemicals-causing-gender-chaos/

Shrier, Abigail (June 21, 2023). Gender Cultists Make a Move for California’s Children. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/gender-cultists-make-a-move-for-california-s-children/

Abu-Odeh, Lama (June 8, 2023). How Queer Theory Swallowed Gay Rights. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/how-queer-theory-swallowed-gay-rights/

Bindel, Julie (June 2, 2023). Andrea Dworkin Against Gender Ideology. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/andrea-dworkin-against-gender-ideology/

Moulton, David (May 10, 2023). How Leftists Became Big Pharma’s Shock Troops. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/how-leftists-became-big-pharma-s-shock-troops/

Fox, Claire (May 1, 2023). A ‘Trans’ Pedophile Stole My Name. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/a-trans-pedophile-stole-my-name/

Harrington, Mary (April 14, 2023). I Was Canceled for Saying Sex Is Real. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/i-was-canceled-for-saying-sex-is-real/

Power, Nina (March 22, 2023). Welcome to TERF Island. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/welcome-to-terf-island/

Ungar-Sargon, Batya (February 27, 2023). The Gray Lady Finds Her Backbone. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-gray-lady-finds-her-backbone/

Žižek, Slavoj (February 22, 2023). Wokeness Is Here To Stay. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/wokeness-is-here-to-stay/

Power, Nina (February 16, 2023). Nicola Sturgeon’s Trans Folly. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/nicola-sturgeon-s-trans-folly/

Power, Nina (January 24, 2023). The Trans War on Tomboys. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-trans-war-on-tomboys/

Shullenberger, Geoff (Jul 12, 2022). Body Horror Has Become Our Reality. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/body-horror-has-become-our-reality/

Kyeyune, Malcom (June 24, 2022). The Rise of Gender Lysenkoism. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-rise-of-gender-lysenkoism/

Power, Nina (June 14, 2022). Trans Barbarism. Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/trans-barbarism/

Power, Nina (June 10, 2022). Can Freud Save Us From Gender Madness? Compact https://www.compactmag.com/article/can-freud-save-us-from-gender-madness/

Resources

Compact Magazine (compactmag.com)

Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)