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Jesse Singal: selected transgender publications

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Jesse Singal launders anti-transgender extremism into mainstream media. Below are selected publications by Singal on transgender topics.

Outlets that have published Singal’s anti-trans writing include:

Self-published sources include:

Note: some Substack posts have unlocked duplicates, which are also included below. This list includes writing about sex and gender as well as selected posts on Singal’s views on journalism, social media, “identitarianism,” and “cancel culture.”

2026

Singal, Jesse (April 9, 2026). Trans Issues Are No Conspiracy: The public pays attention to trans issues because trans activists wanted them to. The Dispatch https://thedispatch.com/article/trans-issues-activists-gay-marriage/

Singal, Jesse (February 24, 2026). Opinion | Medical Associations Trusted Belief Over Science on Youth Gender Care. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/opinion/medical-associations-youth-gender-care.html

Singal, Jesse (February 20, 2026). What a Trans Shooter Doesn’t Mean. The Dispatch https://thedispatch.com/article/trans-shooters-violence-causation-mental-health/

Singal, Jesse (February 7, 2026). How Can Doctors Like This Provide Competent Care To Their Patients? Some beef with Dr. Jonathan Howard. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/how-can-doctors-like-this-provide

Singal, Jesse (January 4, 2026). Here’s The Recording Of My Youth Gender Medicine Book Check-In And Q&A. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/heres-the-recording-of-my-youth-gender

2025

Singal, Jesse (December 16, 2025). Good News: Progressive Advocacy Groups Have Been Found Not Guilty By A Progressive Advocacy Group. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/good-news-progressive-advocacy-groups

Singal, Jesse (October 29, 2025). You Can’t Understand ‘Feminization’ Discourse Without Understanding The Stunted And Censorious Nature Of Sex-Differences Research. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/you-cant-understand-feminization

Singal, Jesse (October 6, 2025). Congratulations On Getting Bari Weiss To Leave The New York Times. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/congratulations-on-getting-bari-weiss

Singal, Jesse (September 23, 2025). Childhood Gender Research Is Increasingly Meaningless Because No One Knows What ‘Gender’ Means Anymore. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/childhood-gender-research-is-increasingly

[Singal, Jesse] (September 18, 2025). How stable are the gender identities of younger children? A study finds that one in five who switch gender change their mind. The Economist https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/09/18/how-stable-are-the-gender-identities-of-younger-children

Singal, Jesse (August 27, 2025). The Disaster At McMaster Part 2: My Interview With Gordon Guyatt. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/the-disaster-at-mcmaster-part-2-my

Singal, Jesse (August 27, 2025). The Disaster At McMaster, Part 1. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/the-disaster-at-mcmaster-part-1

Singal, Jesse (July 31, 2025). Expert Critics Of The HHS Report On Youth Gender Medicine Are Projecting—And Helping To Implode Their Own Credibility (Part 2 of 2). Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/expert-critics-of-the-hhs-report-231

Singal, Jesse (July 2, 2025). Here’s My Exchange With Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern About ‘United States v. Skrmetti.’ Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/heres-my-exchange-with-slates-mark

Singal, Jesse (June 13, 2025). A Critique Of “Mental and Emotional Health of Youth after 24 months of Gender-Affirming Medical Care Initiated with Pubertal Suppression.” Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/a-critique-of-mental-and-emotional

Singal, Jesse (June 8, 2025). Contra Evan Urquhart On The Right To Journalistic Exclusion. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/contra-evan-urquhart-on-the-right

Singal, Jesse (June 4, 2025). Expert Critics Of The HHS Report On Youth Gender Medicine Are Projecting—And Helping Implode Their Own Credibility (Part 1 of 2). Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/expert-critics-of-the-hhs-report

Singal, Jesse (May 7, 2025). What If Vulnerable People Actually Just Disagree With Your Leftist Beliefs? Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/what-if-vulnerable-people-actually

Singal, Jesse (May 2, 2025). “People Don’t Believe In This Lefty Slogan Because They Have Been Manipulated By Elites” Is A Dumb Conspiracy Theory, Part 1. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/people-dont-believe-in-this-lefty

Singal, Jesse (May 1, 2025). Logic Trips Up the Trans Movement. The Dispatch https://thedispatch.com/article/transgender-court-skrmetti-argument/

Singal, Jesse (May 1, 2025). HHS Releases Landmark Review on Youth Gender Medicine. The Dispatch https://thedispatch.com/article/transgender-youth-hhs-report/

Singal, Jesse (March 27, 2025). Trump’s Attack on Trans Youth Research Is a Tragic Error. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/opinion/trump-transgender-youth-research.html

Singal, Jesse (March 19, 2025). Two Unsurprising Updates On The Ongoing Self-Immolation Of Expert Authority. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/two-unsurprising-updates-on-the-ongoing

Singal, Jesse (March 11, 2025). If The New England Journal Of Medicine Doesn’t Correct This Error, You Cannot Trust Anything It Publishes. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/if-the-new-england-journal-of-medicine

Singal, Jesse (February 10, 2025). Trump Or No, Science Badly Needs To Look Inward And Heal Itself: On “Doctored” By Charles Piller. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/trump-or-no-science-badly-needs-to

[Singal, Jesse] (January 27, 2025). The White House has been fluid on gender for a decade. The Economist https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/01/27/the-white-house-has-been-fluid-on-gender-for-a-decade

Singal, Jesse (January 27, 2025). You Can’t Pseudoscience (Or Even Science) Your Way Out Of A Genuine Trans Rights Debate. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/you-cant-pseudoscience-or-even-science

Singal, Jesse (January 11, 2025). You Can’t Write Vague And Censorship-Friendly Editorial Guidelines And Then Pretend They Won’t Apply In The Real World: A conference dispatch. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/you-cant-write-vague-and-censorship

2024

Singal, Jesse (December 31, 2024). Yale’s “Integrity Project” Is Spreading Misinformation About The Cass Review And Youth Gender Medicine: Part 3. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/yales-integrity-project-is-spreading-dbb

Singal, Jesse (December 28, 2024). What The Detransitioner Clementine Breen’s Gender “Therapy” Looked Like. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/what-the-detransitioner-clementine

Singal, Jesse (December 12, 2024). Did I Publish The Private Medical Records Of Transgender Children? Responding to a(nother) viral rumor. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/did-i-publish-the-private-medical

[Singal, Jesse] (December 6, 2024). America’s best-known practitioner of youth gender medicine is being sued. The Economist https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/12/06/americas-best-known-practitioner-of-youth-gender-medicine-is-being-sued

Singal, Jesse (December 6, 2024). Read My Story About A Major Detransition Lawsuit In The Economist. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/read-my-story-about-a-major-detransition

Singal, Jesse (November 18, 2024). How Scientific American‘s Departing Editor Helped Degrade Science. Reason https://reason.com/2024/11/18/how-scientific-americans-departing-editor-helped-degrade-science/

Singal, Jesse (November 6, 2024). We Are Losers: And we need to examine why and attempt to change it. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/we-are-losers

Singal, Jesse (October 28, 2024). Dogmatism Is A Bigger Problem Than Religion, I Think, Maybe, Possibly: Scenes from my chat with Richard Dawkins last month. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/dogmatism-is-a-bigger-problem-than

Singal, Jesse (October 17, 2024). We All Deserve Better Data — And Data Analysis — On Trans And Gender-Questioning Youth: Better than what the CDC is providing, at least. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/we-all-deserve-better-data-and-data

Singal, Jesse (September1, 2024). Yale’s “Integrity Project” Is Spreading Misinformation About The Cass Review And Youth Gender Medicine: Part 2 (Corrected). Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/yales-integrity-project-is-spreading-ba7

Singal, Jesse (August 22, 2024). I’m Sure Throwing J.K. Rowling In Jail Over Her Tweets Will Calm Everything Down. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/im-sure-throwing-jk-rowling-in-jail

Singal, Jesse (August 19, 2024). Yale’s “Integrity Project” Is Spreading Misinformation About The Cass Review And Youth Gender Medicine. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/yales-integrity-project-is-spreading

Singal, Jesse (August 6, 2024). If Your Brain Doesn’t Hurt Sometimes, You’re Doing It Wrong: A point about Olympics Boxing Discourse. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/if-your-brain-doesnt-hurt-sometimes

[Singal, Jesse] (June 27, 2024). Research into trans medicine has been manipulated: Court documents offer a window into how this happens. The Economist https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/06/27/research-into-trans-medicine-has-been-manipulated

Singal, Jesse (June 24, 2024). Unsealed Court Documents Show That Admiral Rachel Levine Pressured WPATH To Remove Age Guidelines From The Latest Standards Of Care. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/unsealed-court-documents-show-that

Singal, Jesse (June 4, 2024). Experts Have Many Reasons To Stop Publicly Discrediting Themselves. Right reasons and wrong reasons alike! That’s what makes this so weird. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/experts-have-many-reasons-to-stop

Singal, Jesse (April 25, 2024). Michael Hobbes Is Spectacularly Wrong About Youth Gender Medicine. That’s because he doesn’t care what the truth is. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/michael-hobbes-is-spectacularly-wrong

Singal, Jesse (April 22, 2024). The Cass Review Won’t Fade Away. The Dispatch https://thedispatch.com/article/the-cass-review-wont-go-away/

Singal, Jesse (March 22, 2024). Why Is The Same Misleading Language About Youth Gender Medicine Copied And Pasted Into Dozens Of CNN.com Articles? Journalism at its not-best. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/why-is-the-same-misleading-language

Singal, Jesse (March 18, 2024). Andrea Long Chu’s ‘New York’ Cover Story About Trans Kids Is, Above All Else, Lazy. This comes across more as a trolling attempt than anything. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/andrea-long-chus-new-york-cover-story

Singal, Jesse (January 25, 2024). I’m Writing Another Book: And I might want to interview you for it. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/im-writing-another-book

Singal, Jesse (January 12, 2024). There Are Major Factual Issues With Jonathan M. Katz’s ‘Atlantic’ Article, “Substack Has A Nazi Problem.” Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/there-are-major-factual-issues-with

Singal, Jesse (Janury 9, 2024). Platformer’s Reporting On Substack’s Supposed “Nazi Problem” Is Shoddy And Misleading. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/platformers-reporting-on-substacks

[Singal, Jesse] (January 10, 2024). Simine Vazire hopes to fix psychology’s credibility crisis. Her new job editing the field’s most prestigious journal should help. The Economist https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/01/10/simine-vazire-hopes-to-fix-psychologys-credibility-crisis

2023

Singal, Jesse (December 22, 2023). It’s Almost 2024 And Doctors Are Still Misleading The Public About Youth Gender Medicine. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/its-almost-2024-and-doctors-are-still

Singal, Jesse (November 21, 2023). The rage behind Transgender Map: An activist media ecosystem enabled Andrea James. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/11/the-rage-behind-transgender-map/

Singal, Jesse (November 20, 2023). Win A Copy Of “Trouble With Gender: Sex Facts, Gender Fictions” By Alex Byrne Plus, a sorta-review. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/win-a-copy-of-trouble-with-gender

Singal, Jesse (October 24, 2023). I Still Don’t Understand The Point Of These Arguments About Biological Sex: I could be missing something, but no one will tell me what it is! Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/i-still-dont-understand-the-point

Singal, Jesse (October 2, 2023). Win A Copy Of “The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time” By Yascha Mounk. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/win-a-copy-of-the-identity-trap-a

Singal, Jesse (August 31, 2023). On—Deep Breath—Donald Trump And “Gender Queer” And Parker Molloy And Chris Geidner And Matt Yglesias. And against counterproductive and unfair smear campaigns. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ondeep-breathdonald-trump-and-gender

Singal, Jesse (August 21, 2023). Denying Sex Differences Doesn’t Actually Help People, Part One Million. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/denying-sex-differences-doesnt-actually

Singal, Jesse (August 17, 2023). Why Did “On The Media” Stoke The Moral Panic Against Innocent New York Times Journalists Rather Than Investigate It? Journalism and media criticism both require skepticism. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/why-did-on-the-media-stoke-the-moral

Singal, Jesse (August 10, 2023). I Have To Admit I Still Don’t Fully Understand Why You Can’t Change Your Race. “Race is a social construct with no basis in reality, but it’s also EXTREMELY important no one try to change theirs.” Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/i-have-to-admit-i-still-dont-fully

Singal, Jesse (August 7, 2023). Of Course The Sea Lion Is Right. Even all these years later, his honor is still worth defending. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/of-course-the-sea-lion-is-right

Singal, Jesse (July 25, 2023). Why So Many People Told Me To Kill Myself This Weekend. I’m fine, but it was very unpleasant! Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/why-so-many-people-told-me-to-kill

Singal, Jesse (July 17, 2023). The “Traditional” Liberal Concept Of Gender Seems Worth Saving. Identities are generally negotiated and/or foisted upon us — not declared unilaterally. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/the-traditional-liberal-concept-of

Singal, Jesse (June 15, 2023). Do You Want Alex Joneses? Because That’s How You Get Alex Joneses. On the American Medical Association and Endocrine Society’s painfully inaccurate new statement on youth gender medicine. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/do-you-want-alex-joneses-because

Singal, Jesse (May 7, 2023). A Critique Of Scientific American’s Recent Article, “What Are Puberty Blockers, and How Do They Work?” The stakes are too high for this. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/a-critique-of-scientific-americans

Singal, Jesse (April 25, 2023). On Alejandra Caraballo vs. Benjamin Ryan vs. Steven Thrasher …and the collapse of (some) science journalism. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/on-alejandra-caraballo-vs-benjamin

Singal, Jesse (April 18, 2023). The media is spreading bad trans science. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/04/the-media-is-spreading-bad-trans-science/

Singal, Jesse (April 14, 2023). Here’s More Evidence That Youth Gender Medicine Researchers Might Be Hiding Unfavorable Data From The Public. Thanks, Illinois Freedom of Information Act. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/heres-more-evidence-that-youth-gender

Singal, Jesse (March 27, 2023). Your Questions, Answered: Therapy, Whether Jon Stewart Ruined Political Discourse, And, As Always, Youth Gender Medicine Stuff. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/your-questions-answered-therapy-whether

Singal, Jesse (March 15, 2023). They Will Never, Ever Stop Lying About Everything, But Don’t Give Them The Attention They Want. I am writing this from prison. Internet Prison, which is the worst kind. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/they-will-never-ever-stop-lying-about

Singal, Jesse (March 13, 2023). “Why Do You Write About This Rather Than That?” Is Almost Always A Lazy And Unserious Derailing Tactic. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/why-do-you-write-about-this-rather

Singal, Jesse (March 10, 2023). Gender-Clinic Whistleblower Jamie Reed Has Provided A Detailed Account Of Her Most Controversial Claim, Including The Names Of Those Involved. But it’ll still take some time for anyone to be able to verify it independently. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/gender-clinic-whistleblower-jamie

Singal, Jesse (March 7, 2023). Journalists Are Exhibiting Far Too Much Credulousness Toward Jamie Reed’s Critics. In the eyes of some, two stories “debunked” the whistleblower’s claims last week — but the journalism in question is deeply flawed. Singal-Mindedhttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/journalists-are-exhibiting-far-too

Singal, Jesse (March 3, 2023). On Scott Adams, Free Speech, And The Ongoing Obsession With The Harper’s Letter. This is not the gotcha some of you think it is. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/on-scott-adams-free-speech-and-the

Singal, Jesse (February 23, 2023). You Should Think Through The Positions You Hold. The latest volley in ‘The Times’ Wars demonstrates a certain thoughtless strain in progressive discourse. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/you-should-think-through-the-positions

Singal, Jesse (February 14, 2023). I’d Like Gretchen Felker-Martin To Stop Tweeting Violent And Sexual Things About Me (Updated). Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/id-like-gretchen-felker-martin-to

Singal, Jesse (February 7, 2023). The New, Highly Touted Study On Hormones For Transgender Teens Doesn’t Really Tell Us Much Of Anything. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/the-new-highly-touted-study-on-hormones

Singal, Jesse (January 31, 2023). On Scientific Transparency, Researcher Degrees Of Freedom, And That NEJM Study On Youth Gender Medicine (Updated). Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/on-scientific-transparency-researcher

Singal, Jesse (January 23, 2023). On Teachers Letting Kids Transition Gender While Keeping It A Secret From Their Parents. Also, please stop comparing sexual orientation to gender identity. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/on-teachers-letting-kids-transition

Singal, Jesse (January 10, 2023). It’s Best To Build Dams During The Dry Season: On mental health and learning from your regrets. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/its-best-to-build-dams-during-the

2022

Singal, Jesse (December 29, 2022). In 2023, Let’s Rediscover Wrongness: Not every difference of opinion is an urgent threat. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/in-2023-lets-rediscover-wrongness

Singal, Jesse (December 27, 2022). How To Be A “Heterodox” (Or Whatever) Progressive Without Going Crazy: These are important conversations but they can take you to some dark places. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/how-to-be-a-heterodox-or-whatever

Singal, Jesse (December 23, 2022). If You’re Losing Badly, You Don’t Get To Make Radical Demands About The Terms Of The Debate: I mean, you can, but where will it get you? Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/if-youre-losing-badly-you-dont-get

Singal, Jesse (December 19, 2022). Twitter Brain Syndrome Robs You Of Your Ability To Understand That Other People Actually Believe Things. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/twitter-brain-syndrome-robs-you-of

Singal, Jesse (December 12, 2022). We’ve Barely Begun To Grapple With How Unscientific Social Science Can Be. A new study shows we are light years from truly solving this problem. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/weve-barely-begun-to-grapple-with

Singal, Jesse (November 30, 2022). The Decline Of “On The Media” Is Very Sad And Very Illustrative. It’s remarkable to see the differences between how the show covered the Pulse and Club Q shootings. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/the-decline-of-on-the-media-is-very

Singal, Jesse (November 14, 2022). Answers To Your November Questions: Heterodox brainworms, the future of journalism, autogynephilia, and more. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/answers-to-your-november-questions

Singal, Jesse (November 5, 2022). A Swedish Investigative Journalist Talks About The Youth Gender Medicine Scandal She Helped Uncover At One Of The World’s Top Hospitals. “It’s so important for the healthcare workers in this field to not become activists.” Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/a-swedish-investigative-journalist-dd6

Singal, Jesse (October 28, 2022). They Hate Us Because They Ain’t Us, Except They Could Be Us. How are the Substackers you despise able to beat you to every story? Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/they-hate-us-because-they-aint-us

Singal, Jesse (October 24, 2022). “If You Disagree With Me, You Want People To Die” Is Not Going To Work On Normal Folks. But maybe that’s the point. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/if-you-disagree-with-me-you-want

Singal, Jesse (October 19, 2022). On Jon Stewart’s Hiring Process And The Severe Limitations Of Left-Wing Identitarianism. Read on to discover how many truck drivers and social workers work for his new show. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/on-jon-stewarts-hiring-process-and

Singal, Jesse (October 10, 2022). I Wish The People Trying To Build A Better World Would Stop Endlessly Obsessing Over Linguistic Minutiae. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/i-wish-the-people-trying-to-build

Singal, Jesse (October 7, 2022). Maybe It’s A Bad Idea To Give A Bunch Of Kids Double Mastectomies Without Checking Whether It Helps Them. Just sorta spitballin’ here. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/maybe-its-a-bad-idea-to-give-a-bunch

Singal, Jesse (September 30, 2022). It Isn’t Journalism’s Job To Hand-Hold People To The Correct Moral Conclusions. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/it-isnt-journalisms-job-to-hand-hold

Singal, Jesse (September 21, 2022). The University of Washington Is Putting Trans Kids At Risk By Distorting Suicide Research: This has been a shameful episode. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/the-university-of-washington-is-putting

Singal, Jesse (September 17, 2022). How Journalists Botched Their Coverage Of #DropKiwiFarms. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/how-journalists-botched-their-coverage

Singal, Jesse (September 6, 2022). How A Small, Conservative Campus Paper Did A Better Job Covering The BYU Volleyball Incident Than “The New York Times.” Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/how-a-small-conservative-campus-paper

Singal, Jesse (August 29, 2022). It Is Bad To Alter Or Retract Published Research That Has No Factual Errors, Even If You Are Doing It “For Social Justice.” Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/it-is-bad-to-alter-or-retract-published

Singal, Jesse (August 29, 2022). The trouble with Tavistock. The Spectator https://spectator.com/article/the-trouble-with-tavistock/

Singal, Jesse (August 22, 2022). We, Or At Least I, So Badly Need To Rediscover The Lost Art Of Ignoring Stuff. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/we-or-at-least-i-so-badly-need-to

Singal, Jesse (August 5, 2022). The New Study On Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria Published In “Pediatrics” Is Genuinely Worthless: There’s a growing credibility crisis in youth gender research. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/the-new-study-on-rapid-onset-gender

Singal, Jesse (July 18, 2022). An Attempt To Accurately Explain The Viral Controversy Over The Leon County, Florida School System’s Policy On Trans Kids. Progressives have a problem with online outrage and panic, and it makes already-complex policy discussions even more fraught. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/an-attempt-to-accurately-explain

Singal, Jesse (July 13, 2022). On Rashida Tlaib And Chase Strangio’s Ridiculous, Bad-Faith Attack On The New York Times (Updated). “Bad people could use your words to do bad things” is, in most cases, a nonsensical argument. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/on-rashida-tlaib-and-chase-strangios

Singal, Jesse (June 24, 2022). The Heritage Foundation’s Paper On Puberty Blockers And Hormones Is Quite Bad. So naturally it went viral in conservative circles. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/the-heritage-foundations-paper-on

Singal, Jesse (June 21, 2022). I Would Like To Thank Not Only David Roberts, But All The David Robertses Out There. It takes a lot of courage to find the right answer before you’ve even asked any questions. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/i-would-like-to-thank-not-only-david

Singal, Jesse (June 10, 2022). “Science Vs” Cited Seven Studies To Argue There’s No Controversy About Giving Puberty Blockers And Hormones To Trans Youth. Let’s Read Them. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/science-vs-cited-seven-studies-to

Singal, Jesse (May 5, 2022). The Phrase “Pregnant Women” Doesn’t Exclude Anyone. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/the-phrase-pregnant-women-doesnt-f22

Singal, Jesse (April 25, 2022). Good News: Everyone Who Disagrees With You Is Even Dumber Than You Thought. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/good-news-everyone-who-disagrees

Singal, Jesse (April 14, 2022). A Critique Of Yesterday’s New York Times Article About Substack (Updated). Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/a-critique-of-yesterdays-new-york

Singal, Jesse (April 6, 2022). Researchers Found Puberty Blockers And Hormones Didn’t Improve Trans Kids’ Mental Health At Their Clinic. Then They Published A Study Claiming The Opposite. (Updated). A critique of Tordoff et al. (2022). Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/researchers-found-puberty-blockers

Singal, Jesse (February 23, 2022). The Downsides Of Calling Everyone You Disagree With A Fascist. Is it fun? Of course! But it’s also addictive and counterproductive. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/the-downsides-of-calling-everyone

Singal, Jesse (February 7, 2022). It Turns Out There’s Always Some Emergency Requiring Deplatforming Or Censorship. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/it-turns-out-theres-always-some-emergency

Singal, Jesse (January 26, 2022). A Swedish Investigative Journalist Talks About The Youth Gender Medicine Scandal She Helped Uncover At One Of The World’s Top Hospitals. “It’s so important for the healthcare workers in this field to not become activists.” Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/a-swedish-investigative-journalist

Singal, Jesse (January 21, 2022). It’s Hard To Overstate How Bad And Angry And Manipulative The Internet Is Right Now. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/its-hard-to-overstate-how-bad-and

Singal, Jesse (January 10, 2022). Disclosures: If I enter into any arrangements that could cause perceived conflicts of interest of any sort, I’ll put them here. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/disclosures

2021

Singal, Jesse (December 10, 2021). We Should All Stop Pretending We Pick Our Experts For The Right Reasons. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/we-should-all-stop-pretending-we

Singal, Jesse (November 22, 2021). I Don’t Like Watching The Institutions I Respect Melt Down Into A Single Congealed Unprincipled Gloop. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/i-dont-like-watching-the-institutions

Singal, Jesse (November 18, 2021). Netflix’s Chappelle of hate: Netflix received only a thousand or so complaints about a special watched by millions Netflix. The Spectator https://spectator.com/article/netflixs-chappelle-of-hate/

Singal, Jesse (October 31, 2021). How About This November We All Try To Chill Out A Bit. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/how-about-this-november-we-all-try

Singal, Jesse (October 21, 2021). So What’s The Strategy Here, Exactly? On the Netflix walkout and leftist protesters’ tendency to give their opponents exactly what they want. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/so-whats-the-strategy-here-exactly

Singal, Jesse (September 30, 2021). What It’s Like To Be A Pedophile’s Psychologist. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/what-its-like-to-be-a-pedophiles

Singal, Jesse (September 25, 2021). An Emeritus Editor At Science-Based Medicine Just Sent This Letter To Steven Novella Criticizing The Site’s Recent Turn Away From Rigorous Science. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/an-emeritus-editor-at-science-based

Singal, Jesse (September 23, 2021). The Phrase “Pregnant Women” Doesn’t Exclude Anyone. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/the-phrase-pregnant-women-doesnt

Singal, Jesse (September 14, 2021). The Spat Between Graham Linehan And Laurie Penny Shows Why U.K. Defamation Law Is Very Silly And Counterproductive. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/the-spat-between-graham-linehan-and

Singal, Jesse (September 8, 2021). Did The Guardian Censor Judith Butler’s Vital Gender Insights In A Misguided Attempt To Appease Incorrigible Bigots? Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/did-the-guardian-censor-judith-butlers

Singal, Jesse (September 7, 2021). Trans Rights and Gender Identity. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/books/review/trans-helen-joyce.html

Singal, Jesse (September 3, 2021). Some Mainstream Outlets Can’t Even Perform Basic Newsgathering Functions Anymore: How Andy Ngo’s coverage of the Wi Spa controversy humiliated Slate, The Guardian, and other outlets. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/some-mainstream-outlets-cant-even

Singal, Jesse (August 31, 2021). Knowledge Will Out, But In The Meantime Politically Motivated Attempts To Suppress It Can Cause A Lot Of Harm. On testosterone, genes, intelligence, blank-slatism, and controversy. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/knowledge-will-out-but-in-the-meantime

Singal, Jesse (July 30, 2021). Catching Up On Reader Feedback: Let’s Talk A Bit More About Asexuality And Self-ID In Locker Rooms And Other Fun Subjects. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/catching-up-on-reader-feedback-lets

Singal, Jesse (July 27, 2021). Win A Copy Of “T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us.” Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/win-a-copy-of-t-the-story-of-testosterone

Singal, Jesse (July 26, 2021). On Wi Spa And Our Stunted National Conversation About Self-ID. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/on-wi-spa-and-our-stunted-national

Singal, Jesse (July 20, 2021). Great Job Deplatforming Andy Ngo And Abigail Shrier, You Guys. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/great-job-deplatforming-andy-ngo

Singal, Jesse (July 19, 2021). Science-Based Medicine’s Coverage Of “Irreversible Damage” Included About 19 Errors, False Claims About Three Sex Researchers, Made-Up Quotes, And Endless Misinformation. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/science-based-medicines-coverage

Singal, Jesse (July 10, 2021). How Science-Based Medicine Botched Its Coverage Of The Youth Gender Medicine Debate. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/how-science-based-medicine-botched

Singal, Jesse (July 10, 2021). Great Job Deplatforming Andy Ngo And Abigail Shrier, You Guys (Unlocked). Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/great-job-deplatforming-andy-ngo-297

Singal, Jesse (July 6, 2021). Your Personality Is Not A Sexual Orientation (Spoken like a true allosexual). Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/your-personality-is-not-a-sexual

Singal, Jesse (June 19, 2021). What the media gets wrong on gender reassignment: The media is guilty of gross negligence on gender reassignment reporting. The Spectator https://spectator.com/article/what-the-media-gets-wrong-on-gender-reassignment/

Singal, Jesse (June 8, 2021). Free-Speech Skeptics Don’t Really Have Much Of A Theory Of Anything. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/free-speech-skeptics-dont-really

Singal, Jesse (May 26, 2021). What GLAAD and the ACLU Did This Week Is Disturbing, But Unsurprising (Update). The response to 60 Minutes’ segment on detransitioners is as predictable as it is depressing. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/what-glaad-and-the-aclu-did-this

Singal, Jesse (May 6, 2021). ACLU Lawyer: Teehee, My Organization Isn’t *Technically* Defaming Anyone! Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/aclu-lawyer-teehee-my-organization

Singal, Jesse (May 4, 2021). What The Guardian’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Attempting To Publish An Accurate Article About Substack Can Tell Us About How Twitter-Truth Is Colonizing Reality. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/what-the-guardians-terrible-horrible

Singal, Jesse (April 28, 2021). What Is The Goal Of Our Great Big Gender Conversation?, Part 2: Is there a useful analogy to be drawn between gender beliefs and religious beliefs? Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/what-is-the-goal-of-our-great-big-c17

Singal, Jesse (April 16, 2021). What Is The Goal Of Our Great Big Gender Conversation? (Unlocked). Or: Why an LGBT outlet enthusiastically supported grossly homophobic, patriarchal cultures (for social justice). Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/what-is-the-goal-of-our-great-big-e2a

Singal, Jesse (April 16, 2021). What Is The Goal Of Our Great Big Gender Conversation? Or: Why an LGBT outlet enthusiastically supported grossly homophobic, patriarchal cultures (for social justice). Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/what-is-the-goal-of-our-great-big

Singal, Jesse (April 4, 2021). A (Sorta) Quick Response To The Errors In Emily Gorcenski’s Article, “Jesse Singal Got More Wrong Than He Thinks” (Updated). Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/a-sorta-quick-response-to-the-errors

Singal, Jesse (Mar 22, 2021). GLAAD Took False, Previously Disproven Internet Scuttlebutt And Used It To Justify Putting Me On A List Of Supposed Anti-LGBT Bigots (Updated). This is infuriating. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/glaad-took-false-previously-disproven

Singal, Jesse (March 14, 2021). Check Out How Much Effort It Takes To Respond To A Single Lie-Stuffed Tweetstorm Distorting My Work On Youth Gender Dysphoria: A response to Dianna E. Anderson. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/check-out-how-much-effort-it-takes

Singal, Jesse (March 14, 2021). Check Out How Much Effort It Takes To Respond To A Single Lie-Stuffed Tweetstorm Distorting My Work On Youth Gender Dysphoria. A response to Dianna E. Anderson. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/check-out-how-much-effort-it-takes

Singal, Jesse (March 12, 2021). “You Shouldn’t Spread Misinformation” Is Now A Controversial Belief Among Many Journalists. I did not think things would get this bad, but here we are. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/you-shouldnt-spread-misinformation

Singal, Jesse (February 28, 2021). I’m Worried About The Further Siloization Of Mainstream Writing. There are benefits to the Substack economy if you’re one of the lucky ones, but the incentive structure makes me nervous. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/im-worried-about-the-further-siloization

Singal, Jesse (February 26, 2021). The Reply All Implosion Shows What A Toxic, Circular-Firing-Squad Mess Media Is Right Now. It’s disturbing to see journalists treat ambiguous allegations as the gospel truth. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/the-reply-all-implosion-shows-what

Singal, Jesse (February 26, 2021). The Reply All Implosion Shows What A Toxic, Circular-Firing-Squad Mess Media Is Right Now (Unlocked). Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/the-reply-all-implosion-shows-what-242

Singal, Jesse (January 31, 2021). It’s The Worst Part Of The Worst Winter, So Let’s Argue With Judith Butler. Marking a shift from a form of Althusserian theory that takes structural totalities as theoretical. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/its-the-worst-part-of-the-worst-winter

Singal, Jesse (January 4, 2021). When Your Epistemic Bubble Pops: The perils of relying on in-group evidentiary standards. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/when-your-epistemic-bubble-pops

Singal, Jesse (January 4, 2021). When Your Epistemic Bubble Pops (Unlocked). The perils of relying on in-group evidentiary standards. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/when-your-epistemic-bubble-pops-unlocked

2020

Singal, Jesse (December 28, 2020). Why I’m Keeping This Newsletter Separate From The Podcast I Co-Host. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/why-im-keeping-this-newsletter-separate

Singal, Jesse (December 17, 2020). A Response To Foreign Policy’s Deeply Misleading Article, “A High Court Decision in Britain Puts Trans People Everywhere at Risk” (Updated) Not great! Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/a-response-to-foreign-policys-deeply

Singal, Jesse (December 10, 2020). Many If Not Most Young Reporters Are Anti-Free-Speech. What Will This Mean For Journalism In The Long Run? (Updated). Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/many-if-not-most-young-reporters

Singal, Jesse (November 30, 2020). Progressive Feminist Orthodoxy On Sex And Gender Has Been Supplanted With Almost No Discussion Or Debate. On the misguided fuzzing-up of some important concepts. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/progressive-feminist-orthodoxy-on

Singal, Jesse (November 23, 2020). Identitarianism Isn’t Just Immoral — It Also Stultifies Its Adherents. Here’s a case study. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/identitarianism-isnt-just-immoral

Singal, Jesse (November 17, 2020). Substack Exists To Make Money, Not To Save Journalism. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/substack-exists-to-make-money-not

Singal, Jesse (November 10, 2020). Sympathy For The Forecaster, And For Other Complexity-Mongers. If you offer hedged, careful, decidedly unsexy analysis, you’re doing it right. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/sympathy-for-the-forecaster-and-for

Singal, Jesse (October 19, 2020). We Can’t Make Decisions About Language Based Solely On What The Worst And Most Ignorant People Might Do. On an annoying contemporary strain of neurotic language-policing. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/we-cant-make-decisions-about-language

Singal, Jesse (September 30, 2020). Internecine Progressive Conflict Over ‘Platforming’ Is So Silly And Self-Defeating. Let’s just fight each other forever and never accomplish anything. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/internecine-progressive-conflict

Singal, Jesse (September 4, 2020). Lobbying For Millionaires, For Social Justice. You couldn’t ask for a better demonstration of the dead-end nature of identitarianism. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/lobbying-for-millionaires-for-social

Singal, Jesse (August 31, 2020). Win A Copy Of A Book About Moral Grandstanding, Unless You’re The Sort Of Evil Person Uninterested In This Vital Subject. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/win-a-copy-of-a-book-about-moral

Singal, Jesse (August 3, 2020). Win A Copy Of A Fascinating And Important Book About Education That Is Going To Annoy Many People. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/win-a-copy-of-a-fascinating-and-important

Singal, Jesse (July 30, 2020). I Think Twitter Could Be Causing And Seriously Exacerbating Mental-Health Problems. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/i-think-twitter-could-be-causing

Singal, Jesse (July 27, 2020). Win A Copy Of “Dare To Speak,” On The Off Chance Free Speech Seems Like An Important Issue To You At The Moment. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/win-a-copy-of-dare-to-speak-on-the

Singal, Jesse (July 22, 2020). Everyone Loses When Journalists Play Rhetorical Calvinball. Standards are slippin’. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/everyone-loses-when-journalists-play

Singal, Jesse (July 18, 2020). There’s An Actual Ideological And Epistemic Crackup Happening On The Left And It Can’t Be Bad-Faithed Away. It’s easier to caricature all this, but it won’t get us anywhere. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/theres-an-actual-ideological-and-fa0

Singal, Jesse (July 15, 2020). On Bari Weiss And The Growing, Embarrassing Problem Of Epistemic Closure In Progressive Media. You can pretend none of this is happening, but it is. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/on-bari-weiss-and-the-growing-embarrassing

Singal, Jesse (July 10, 2020). What Good-Faith Defense Of Free Speech In The Workplace Looks Like. (Hint: It’s not this letter). Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/what-good-faith-defense-of-free-speech

Singal, Jesse (July 8, 2020). The Reaction to the Harper’s Letter on Cancel Culture Proves Why It Was Necessary. Reason https://reason.com/2020/07/08/the-reaction-to-the-harpers-letter-on-cancel-culture-proves-why-it-was-necessary/

Singal, Jesse (July 8, 2020). There’s An Actual Ideological And Epistemic Crackup Happening On The Left And It Can’t Be Bad-Faithed Away. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/theres-an-actual-ideological-and

Singal, Jesse (July 6, 2020). Don’t Publish Personal Attacks Based on Misinformation: A response to Noah Berlatsky, and a brief argument about what Arc Digital should — and shouldn’t — be. Medium https://medium.com/arc-digital/dont-publish-personal-attacks-based-on-misinformation-54cd66f7278c

Singal, Jesse (June 30, 2020). Win A Copy Of A Brilliant New Satire Of Woke Wellness Culture. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/win-a-copy-of-a-brilliant-new-satire

Singal, Jesse (June 10, 2020). When Journalists Pretend To Explain. Allow me to drag you into the hell that is this New York Times controversy. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/when-journalists-pretend-to-explain

Singal, Jesse (June 3, 2020). Can science ever debate trans issues? UnHerd https://unherd.com/2020/06/eneuro/

Singal, Jesse (May 6, 2020). What Should Twitter Do About People Like Candace Owens? Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/what-should-twitter-do-about-people

Singal, Jesse (May 4, 2020). Why The Hard Age Caps On Youth Gender Transition Being Proposed By Conservatives Are A Very Bad Idea. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/why-the-hard-age-caps-on-youth-gender

Singal, Jesse (May 4, 2020). Why The Hard Age Caps On Youth Gender Transition Being Proposed By Conservatives Are A Very Bad Idea. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/why-the-hard-age-caps-on-youth-gender

Singal, Jesse (May 1, 2020). Why I’ve Changed My Mind About The Importance Of Ideological Diversity In Academia. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/why-ive-changed-my-mind-about-the

Singal, Jesse (April 9, 2020). What Should We Do About The Fact That Louis C.K. Is Still Very Good At What He Does? Singal-Minded

Singal, Jesse (April 7, 2020). Win A Copy Of A New Book About Weird People. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/win-a-copy-of-a-new-book-about-weird

Singal, Jesse (March 24, 2020). Introducing Blocked And Reported, A New Podcast About Internet Craziness. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/introducing-blocked-and-reported

Singal, Jesse (March 23, 2020). Win A Copy Of A Book About Storytelling At A Time When We Could All Use A Good Story. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/win-a-copy-of-a-book-about-storytelling

Singal, Jesse (February 12, 2020). Here Are My Gripes With The Latest New York Times Column On Youth Gender Dysphoria. Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/here-are-my-gripes-with-the-latest

Singal, Jesse (January 31, 2020). Come With Me To The Dark Miserable Catacombs Of The Kotaku Comments Section, Where A White Lady Awaits To Yell At Us. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/come-with-me-to-the-dark-miserable

Singal, Jesse (January 17, 2020). The Deeply Depressing Unpublishing Of “I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter” (Unlocked). Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/the-deeply-depressing-unpublishing

Singal, Jesse (January 17, 2020). The Deeply Depressing Unpublishing Of I “Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter” Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/the-deepy-depressing-unpublishing

Singal, Jesse (January 13, 2020). Win A Copy Of A Fascinating Book About Human Rationality, Artificial Intelligence, And A Lot Of Other Stuff. I highly, highly recommend “The AI Does Not Hate You.” Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/win-a-copy-of-a-fascinating-book

Singal, Jesse (January 8, 2020). It’s Important To Remember That They Will Never, Ever, Ever, Ever, Ever Stop Lying. Never ever ever ever ever ever ever, ever. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/its-important-to-remember-that-they

Singal, Jesse (January 3, 2020). A Reader Asked For My Help Escaping Toxic Wokeness And Finding Something More Meaningful. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/a-reader-asked-for-my-help-escaping

2019

Singal, Jesse (December 24, 2019). Happy Holidays: Here’s Some #Content. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/happy-holidays-heres-some-content

Singal, Jesse (December 24, 2019). Can You Now Be Fired For Openly Discussing Biology In Britain? (No, BUT…) Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/can-you-now-be-fired-for-openly-discussing

Singal, Jesse (December 24, 2019). Here’s A British Employment-Law Expert’s Take On The Maya Forstater Controversy. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/heres-a-british-employment-law-experts

Singal, Jesse (December 20, 2019). On Sex Differences And Neglected Tradeoffs. Is it the case that men are from angryville, while women are from feelingston? Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/on-sex-differences-and-neglected

Singal, Jesse (December 6, 2019). On Billy Dee Williams And Gender Identity: The gender revolution confuses me. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/on-billy-dee-williams-and-gender

Singal, Jesse (November 14, 2019). Three More Gender-Dysphoria Stories, Three More Sources Of Misinformation. My last gripe about this stuff this year, I promise! Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/three-more-gender-dysphoria-stories-8a1

Singal, Jesse (November 14, 2019). Three More Gender-Dysphoria Stories, Three More Sources Of Misinformation. My last gripe about this stuff this year, I promise! Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/three-more-gender-dysphoria-stories

Singal, Jesse (November 6, 2019). Some Lingering Thoughts On Cancellation, Whatever That Is. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/some-lingering-thoughts-on-cancellation

Singal, Jesse (November 1, 2019). I Am Becoming Addicted To Getting Angry At Terrible Anti-Free-Speech Arguments. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/i-am-becoming-addicted-to-getting

Singal, Jesse (October 23, 2019). Belief, Identity, Bias, And The Osmium Parable (Free Version). Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/belief-identity-bias-and-the-osmium-264

Singal, Jesse (October 23, 2019). Belief, Identity, Bias, And The Osmium Parable. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/belief-identity-bias-and-the-osmium

Singal, Jesse (October 11, 2019). Is Hate Speech Like A Greenhouse Gas? Let’s work through a New York Times analogy. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/is-hate-speech-like-a-greenhouse

Singal, Jesse (October 9, 2019). LGBT People Deserve Accurate Information From LGBT Organizations. But they aren’t getting it. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/lgbt-people-deserve-accurate-information

Singal, Jesse (October 2, 2019). A Followup Point About Narcissism In Journalism. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/a-followup-point-about-narcissism

Singal, Jesse (October 9, 2019). Anti-Free-Speechers Still Aren’t Taking Their Own Arguments Seriously. New York https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/anti-free-speechers-arent-taking-own-arguments-seriously.html

Singal, Jesse (September 26, 2019). On “Cancel Culture,” The New Republic, And Slalom Punditry. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/on-cancel-culture-the-new-republic

Singal, Jesse (September 25, 2019). It’s Immoral To Tell American Trans Women They Face A Murder Epidemic. Why organizations like the Human Rights Campaign should be more careful and measured. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/its-immoral-to-tell-american-trans

Singal, Jesse (September 13, 2019). Readers Respond To My Article About Dave Chappelle And Elite Wokery. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/readers-respond-to-my-article-about

Singal, Jesse (September 9, 2019). When We Argue About Dave Chappelle, We Should Recognize That Super-Wokeness Is Mostly An Elite Phenomenon. Despite loud claims to the contrary, the cancellation culture wars aren’t about liberal versus conservative, or white versus nonwhite. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/when-we-argue-about-dave-chappelle

Singal, Jesse (September 6, 2019). ContraPoints and the Scandal That Shouldn’t Be. Why a segment of left-wing Twitter is at its own throat. Medium / Arc Digital https://medium.com/arc-digital/contrapoints-and-the-scandal-that-shouldnt-be-15ac97f330d4

Singal, Jesse (September 4, 2019). On The Sadsack Internet Trolls Who Just Want To Watch The World Burn. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/on-the-sadsack-internet-trolls-who

Singal, Jesse (August 28, 2019). On Genes And Intelligence And Luck And Human Decency. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/on-genes-and-intelligence-and-luck

Singal, Jesse (August 23, 2019). Please Stop Sharing This Viral But Misguided Free-Speech Comic. xkcd is great but it really whiffs on this one. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/please-stop-sharing-this-viral-but

Singal, Jesse (August 23, 2019). Please Stop Sharing This Viral But Misguided Free-Speech Comic (Unlocked). xkcd is great but it really whiffs on this one. https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/please-stop-sharing-this-viral-but-754

Singal, Jesse (July 19, 2019). On Jeffrey Epstein And Pedophilia And Journalism And Online Outrage. Disgust is perfectly understandable in certain situations, but it shouldn’t guide our understanding of complicated subjects. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/on-jeffrey-epstein-and-pedophilia

Singal, Jesse (July 3, 2019). What Should Psychologists Be Forced To Disclose? Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/what-should-psychologists-be-forced

Singal, Jesse (July 1, 2019). It’s Insane We’re Having A ‘Debate’ Over Whether It’s Acceptable To Assault A Journalist. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/its-insane-were-having-a-debate-over

Singal, Jesse (Jun 24, 2019). Progressive Journalism Needs Noodges. On an increasingly despised subspecies. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/progressive-journalism-needs-noodges

Singal, Jesse (June 17, 2019). Could The Coward’s Like Save Twitter? * An elegant cyber-solution in an increasingly troubled e-age. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/could-the-cowards-like-save-twitter

Singal, Jesse (June 4, 2019). Is The Process Of Science Reporting Inherently Transphobic? Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/is-the-process-of-science-reporting

Singal, Jesse (June 12, 2019). Hot Take: Someone Who Sends You A Death Threat On Twitter Almost Definitely Isn’t Going To Try To Kill You. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/hot-take-someone-who-sends-you-a

Singal, Jesse (June 10, 2019). Why We Should Be Hopeful About Human Nature (Nicholas Christakis). Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/why-we-should-be-hopeful-about-human

Singal, Jesse (June 10, 2019). What Does It Mean To Act With Compassion Toward Someone Seeking Out Medical Treatment? Once more unto the breach with this whole gender dysphoria thing. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/what-does-it-mean-to-act-with-compassion

Singal, Jesse (June 4, 2019). Is The Process Of Science Reporting Inherently Transphobic? We must fight back against all this ‘nuance’ and ‘reporting’ and “protecting vulnerable populations from quackery,” lest the bigots win. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/is-the-process-of-science-reporting

Singal, Jesse (May 23, 2019). Those Who Speak Out Against Cancel Culture Must Be Cancelled Immediately (Robyn Kanner). Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/those-who-speak-out-against-cancel

Singal, Jesse (May 20, 2019). Why Some Americans Changed Their Minds On Gay Marriage. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/why-some-americans-changed-their

Singal, Jesse (May 15, 2019). I May Have Gotten Slightly Burned This Week: A cautionary tale. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/i-may-have-gotten-slightly-burned

Singal, Jesse (May 8, 2019). Conservatives are lying about what my Atlantic article on Gender Dysphoria Says. I guess it was their turn. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/conservatives-are-lying-about-what

Singal, Jesse (April 19, 2019). Singal-Minded, The Interview: Katie Herzog. This is the first time I have ever recorded an audio interview and uploaded it to the internet! Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/singal-minded-the-interview-katie

Singal, Jesse (April 15, 2019). Three Arguments I, An Unapologetic Free-Speech Bro, Am Not Making About Free Speech. Let’s dissect these mantras so as to elicit some deserved eye-rolling. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/three-arguments-i-an-unapologetic

Singal, Jesse (April 3, 2019). Why So Many Progressives Are Arguing That Biological Sex Doesn’t Exist. The right doesn’t have a monopoly on science denialism. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/why-so-many-progressives-are-arguing

Singal, Jesse (April 1, 2019). Slate, Pete Buttigieg, And The Limited Market For Left-Wing Identitarianism. Most of America, Democrats included, probably isn’t interested in what Slate’s selling. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/slate-pete-buttigieg-and-the-limited

Singal, Jesse (March 29, 2019). How ‘Science Vs’ Accidentally Invented A Gender Dysphoria Desistance Statistic. It is not easy to report on this subject. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/how-science-vs-accidentally-invented

Singal, Jesse (March 28, 2019). How ‘Science Vs’ Made Two Gender-Dysphoria Errors. A cautionary tale in how to cover a really complicated subject. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/how-science-vs-made-two-gender-dysphoria

Singal, Jesse (March 20, 2019). Rightside Norms, Accuracy Norms, And Internet Garbage-Fights. It’s easy to be an ardent rightsider, but it’s also bad. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/rightside-norms-accuracy-norms-and

Singal, Jesse (March 13, 2019). A Book Giveaway, A Pre-Announcement Announcement, And A Tweet That Haunts And Concerns Me. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/a-book-giveaway-a-pre-announcement

Singal, Jesse (March 5, 2019). Opinion | The Democrats Have a Culture Problem New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/opinion/democrats-liberals-socialists-cultural-left.html

Singal, Jesse (March 1, 2019). Catching Up: Gender Dysphoria, GMOs, And More Young-Adult-Fiction Twitter Immolation. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/catching-up-gender-dysphoria-gmos

Singal, Jesse (February 23, 2019). A (Hopefully) Final Update On This Katelyn Burns Thing (Updated). Medium https://medium.com/@jesse.singal/a-hopefully-final-update-on-this-katelyn-burns-thing-da17730e13aa

Singal, Jesse (February 12, 2019). Singal-Minded: Violent Words Edition. An all-out rhetorical assault. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/singal-minded-violent-words-edition

Singal, Jesse (February 5, 2019). It Would Be So Easy For Liberal Outlets To Do A Better Job Covering Gender Dysphoria. Singal-Minded

Singal, Jesse (January 31, 2019). Toward A Grand Unified Theory Of Social-Media Sociopathy. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/toward-a-grand-unified-theory-of

Singal, Jesse (January 30, 2019). No-Platforming Didn’t Wreck Milo — *Milo* Wrecked Milo. Revisionist accounts of the Yiannopocalypse help no one. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/no-platforming-didnt-wreck-milo-milo

Singal, Jesse (January 29, 2019). There Was Some Feel-Bad Liberalism At The Victoria Women’s March. Also, I’m being recruited into the “Intellectual Lite Web,” which strikes me as being a whole thing. https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/there-was-some-feel-bad-liberalism

Singal, Jesse (January 28, 2019). Welcome To Singal-Minded: Insufferable-Navel-Gazing Edition. How bad should I feel that some conservatives like my work? Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/welcome-to-singal-minded-insufferable

Singal, Jesse (January 19, 2019). Welcome To My Newsletter: Let’s Figure Out What It Should Be (I only sort of know what I’m doing). Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/welcome-to-my-newsletter-lets-figure

Singal, Jesse (January 18, 2019). A Response to Grace Lavery, Part I: On “Gender Affirmative” Care And “Watchful Waiting” And Where They Really Differ. Medium https://medium.com/@jesse.singal/a-response-to-grace-lavery-part-i-on-gender-affirmative-care-and-watchful-waiting-and-where-a17a1c0dd53c

Singal, Jesse (January 14, 2019). Coming soon: Watch this space for a new newsletter about science, social-justice activism, why they fight sometimes, and how to help them get along better. Singal-Minded https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/coming-soon

2018

Singal, Jesse (December 18, 2018). A Response To Zack Ford’s Dishonest ThinkProgress Article, “Atlantic cover story is a loud dog whistle for anti-transgender parents.” Medium https://medium.com/@jesse.singal/a-response-to-zack-fords-dishonest-thinkprogress-article-atlantic-cover-story-is-a-loud-dog-1bb36b4f6aad

Singal, Jesse (November 26, 2018). Letter: Medical Care for Transgender Adults. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/opinion/letters/transgender-medical-care.html

Singal, Jesse (November 21, 2018). Gender Dysphoria, Trauma, and Online Misinformation. Medium https://medium.com/@jesse.singal/gender-dysphoria-trauma-and-online-misinformation-59a0ed43d275

Singal, Jesse (July 2018). When a Child Says She’s Trans. The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/when-a-child-says-shes-trans/561749/

  • print cover title: Your Child Says She’s Trans. She Wants Hormones and Surgery. She’s 13.
  • stealth edited online title: When Children Say They’re Transgender.
  • stealth edited online title: When Children Say They’re Trans.

Singal, Jesse (July 11, 2018). Business Insider Retracted a Bad Piece — and Set a Terrible Precedent. New York https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/07/bi-retracted-a-bad-piece-and-set-a-terrible-precedent.html

Singal, Jesse (March 28, 2018). Katelyn Burns Fabricated Several Exchanges With Me That Never Occurred. Medium https://medium.com/@jesse.singal/so-about-that-katelyn-burns-thread-58c736647bc9

Singal, Jesse (March 27, 2018). A Lot of People, Myself Included, Have Been Misreading the Single Biggest Published Study on Childhood Gender Dysphoria Desistance and Persistence — It Offers Stronger Evidence for Desistance Than We Thought. Medium https://medium.com/@jesse.singal/everyone-myself-included-has-been-misreading-the-single-biggest-study-on-childhood-gender-8b6b3d82dcf3

Singal, Jesse (January 11, 2018). Opinion | Social Media Is Making Us Dumber. Here’s Exhibit A. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/opinion/social-media-dumber-steven-pinker.html

2017

Singal, Jesse (December 1, 2017). Why I Left Twitter No Wait Don’t Go This Is Gonna Be Like Four Sentences. Medium https://medium.com/@jesse.singal/why-i-left-twitter-no-wait-dont-go-this-is-gonna-be-like-four-sentences-c201ab2daf6

Singal, Jesse (November 7, 2017). My Full Interview With ContraPoints. Medium https://medium.com/@jesse.singal/my-full-interview-with-contrapoints-23a3c3a9c542

Singal, Jesse (October 30, 2017). This YouTuber Is Figuring Out How to Counter the Alt-Right’s Dominance of the Site. New York https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/10/contrapoints-profile.html

Singal, Jesse (September 19, 2017). Opinion | Undercover With the Alt-Right. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/19/opinion/alt-right-white-supremacy-undercover.html

Singal, Jesse (May 2, 2017). This Is What a Modern-Day Witch Hunt Looks Like. New York https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/05/transracialism-article-controversy.html

Singal, Jesse (April 20, 2017). Parents Should Let Children Be Their Gender Nonconforming Selves. New York https://www.thecut.com/2017/04/parents-should-let-kids-be-their-gender-nonconforming-selves.html

Singal, Jesse (January 23, 2017). Can Looking at Photos of Trans People Reduce Prejudice? New York https://www.thecut.com/2017/01/can-looking-at-photos-of-trans-people-help-reduce-prejudice.html

Singal, Jesse (January 13, 2017). You Should Watch the BBC’s Controversial Documentary on the Gender-Dysphoria Researcher Kenneth Zucker (Updated). New York https://www.thecut.com/2017/01/you-should-watch-the-bbcs-kenneth-zucker-documentary.html

Singal, Jesse (January 5, 2017). Virginia Is Debating an Extremely Dangerous Anti-Trans Bill. New York https://www.thecut.com/2017/01/virginia-is-debating-an-extremely-dangerous-bathroom-bill.html

2016

Singal, Jesse (December 12, 2016). Here’s a Huge New Survey of Transgender Americans. New York https://www.thecut.com/2016/12/heres-a-huge-new-survey-of-transgender-americans.html

Singal, Jesse (November 18, 2016). Laura Jane Grace on Her Memoir Tranny, the Caitlyn Jenner Effect, and Unexpected Celebrity Supporters. New York https://www.vulture.com/2016/11/laura-jane-grace-on-tranny-caitlyn-jenner.html

Singal, Jesse (September 26, 2016). A Bunch of Female Lions Have Turned Into Male Lions, Sort Of. New York https://www.thecut.com/2016/09/a-bunch-of-female-lions-have-turned-into-male-lions.html

Singal, Jesse (September 20, 2016). This BBC Interview With a Gender-Nonbinary Kid and His Mom Is Fascinating and Problematic. New York https://www.thecut.com/2016/09/this-interview-with-a-gender-nonbinary-kid-is-fascinating.html

Singal, Jesse (September 13, 2016). If You’re a Guy, Having Older Brothers Makes You More Likely to Be Gay. New York https://www.thecut.com/2016/09/having-older-brothers-makes-you-more-likely-to-be-gay.html

Singal, Jesse (September 12, 2016). People Are Misunderstanding a Recent Study About Trans Youth Pregnancy. New York https://www.thecut.com/2016/09/a-study-about-youth-trans-pregnancy-is-being-misunderstood.html

Singal, Jesse (September 7, 2016). The Personality Characteristic That Predicts Transphobia. New York https://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/09/personality-characteristic-predicts-opposition-trans-rights.html

Singal, Jesse (August 1, 2016). Soon, the World Health Organisation will say being trans isn’t a mental disorder. New York https://www.thecut.com/2016/07/soon-the-world-health-organization-will-say-being-trans-isnt-a-mental-disorder.html

Singal, Jesse (July 25, 2016). What’s Missing From the Conversation About Transgender Kids. New York https://www.thecut.com/2016/07/whats-missing-from-the-conversation-about-transgender-kids.html

Singal, Jesse (May 26, 2016). How Gender Dysphoria Affected Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! As a Performer. New York https://www.thecut.com/2016/05/how-gender-dysphoria-affected-laura-jane-grace-of-against-me-as-a-performer.html

Singal, Jesse (March 30, 2016). A Vital Study of Transgender Teens Is Launching Soon. New York https://www.thecut.com/2016/03/a-vitally-important-study-of-transgender-teens-is-launching-soon.html

Singal, Jesse (February 7, 2016). How the Fight Over Transgender Kids Got a Leading Sex Researcher Fired. New York https://www.thecut.com/2016/02/fight-over-trans-kids-got-a-researcher-fired.html

Singal, Jesse (February 1, 2016). CAMH to Staffers: It Wasn’t Our Job to Fact-check That Report, and Zucker’s Firing Was Just a Coincidence Anyway. New York https://www.thecut.com/2016/02/how-camh-explained-zuckers-firing-to-its-staff.html

Singal, Jesse (January 27, 2016). A False Accusation Helped Bring Down Kenneth Zucker, a Controversial Sex Researcher. New York https://www.thecut.com/2016/01/false-charge-helped-bring-down-kenneth-zucker.html

2015

Singal, Jesse (December 30, 2015). Why Some of the Worst Attacks on Social Science Have Come From Liberals. New York https://www.thecut.com/2015/12/when-liberals-attack-social-science.html