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‘The American Conservative’ vs. transgender people

The American Conservative is an American publication that frequently features anti-transgender content.

It is published by the American Ideas Institute.

Background

The American Conservative was founded by Pat Buchanan, Scott McConnell and Taki Theodoracopulos  in October 2002.

In February 2003, Ross Douthat co-founded the standalone group blog The American Scene with Reihan Salam and Steven Menashi. It was associated with The American Conservative and had a less formal style. After Douthat and Salam left, the blog was rebranded in 2007 and was slowly absorbed back into The American Conservative.

Key people

References

Kirchick, James (December 2025). Neither American nor Conservative. Commentary https://www.commentary.org/articles/james-kirchick/american-conservative-trump-middle-east/

Ecarma, Caleb (May 9, 2023). Donor Infighting and Dwindling Subscribers: The American Conservative May Be on Its Last Legs. Vanity Fair https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/05/the-american-conservative-may-be-on-its-last-legs?srsltid=AfmBOoroXT8TIYhEH9ou5X2iCGThbM8VR4-oj3gRkEm7J7JpG3Fn5VVX

Resources

The American Conservative (theamericanconservative.com)

The American Scene (theamericanscene.com) [archive]

Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

Grokiepedia (grokipedia.com/page)

Media Bias / Fact Check (mediabiasfactcheck.com)

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