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The Free Press vs. transgender people

The Free Press is an American group blog that publishes consistently anti-transgender content.

Background

In January 2021, Bari Weiss launched the Substack Common Sense (renamed The Free Press in 2022). Due to its right-wing slant, by September 2024, the blog had a valuation of $100 million.

Columnists

Staff writers and editors

  • Frannie Block
  • Josh Code
  • Sean Fischer
  • Isaac Grafstein
  • Gabe Kaminsky
  • Madeleine Kearns
  • Jana Kozlowski
  • Joe Nocera
  • River Page
  • Olivia Reingold
  • Madeleine Rowley
  • Freya Sanders
  • Peter Savodnik
  • Rupa Subramanya
  • Maya Sulkin
  • Oliver Wiseman
  • Emily Yoffe

Contributors

note: this list focuses on anti-trans contributors and is not exhaustive.

Notable anti-trans moments

Selected anti-trans writing

Page, River (June 29, 2025). The Revisionist History of Pride Month: We have gay rights because thousands of ordinary people were brave enough to live openly, not because a trans woman of color threw a brick at a bar. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/the-revisionist-history-of-pride

Polumbo, Brad (June 25, 2025). Press 3 for Moral Panic. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/press-3-for-moral-panic

Yoffe, Emily (June 18, 2025). The End of Youth Gender Transition? The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/the-end-of-youth-gender-transition

Frericks, Anson (February 7, 2025), The Sad Saga of Bud Light. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/the-sad-saga-of-bud-light

Kearns, Madeleine (May 2, 2025). Evidence for Pediatric Gender Transitions ‘Very Low,’ Says U.S. Government Report. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/evidence-for-pediatric-gender-transitions

Yoffe, Emily (January 25, 2025). Eithan Haim: ‘We Took On the Federal Leviathan and We Won.’ The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/eithan-haim-we-took-on-the-federal

Yoffe, Emily (January 19, 2025). EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s Day One Executive Order on ‘Male and Female.’ The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/trumps-day-one-executive-order-male-female-gender-ideology-pronouns

Kearns, Madeleine (January 13, 2025). Biden’s Transgender Prison Policy Goes to Trial. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/biden-transgender-federal-prison-policy-rhonda-fleming

Kawaller, Ben (December 30, 2024). Should Fifth Graders Learn What It Means to Be Transgender? The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/should-fifth-graders-learn-about-transgender-ideology original title: Should Fifth Graders Learn About Transgender Ideology?

Page, River (December 18, 2024). The Price of Pursuing the Truth About Transgender Medicine. Plus. . . The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/the-price-of-telling-the-truth-about

Singal, Jesse (December 17, 2024). Jesse Singal: Bluesky Has a Death Threat Problem. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/jesse-singal-bluesky-has-a-death-threat-problem

Editors (December 17, 2024). Abigail Shrier Was Vilified. Now She’s Been Vindicated. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/abigail-shrier-was-vilified-youth-gender-care

Reed, Jamie (December 3, 2024). Why I Hope the Supreme Court Upholds the Ban on Child Transition. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/supreme-court-gender-transiton-skrmetti-whistleblower-jamie-reed

Weiss, Bari (October 18, 2024). Brianna Wu Says She Didn’t Change. The Progressive Movement Did. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/brianna-wu-bari-weiss-gamergate-progressive-antisemitism-honestly

Page, River (August 24, 2024). How ‘Tranny’ Became a Slur. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/how-tranny-became-a-slur

Block, Frannie (August 1, 2024). Hospital Reviews Gender Care After Therapist Blows the Whistle. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/hospital-reviews-gender-care-after

Shrier, Abigail (July 18, 2024). Abigail Shrier: California’s New Law Lets Schools Keep Secrets from Parents. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/abigail-shrier-california-gender-law-newsom

Yoffe, Emily (June 18, 2024). Whistleblower Surgeon Could Face a Decade in Prison. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/whistleblower-surgeon-eithan-haim-prison

Yoffe, Emily (June 18, 2024). A Doctor Told the Truth. The Feds Showed Up at His Door. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/eithan-haim-gender-distressed-children-indicted

Shrier, Abigail (June 10, 2024). Abigail Shrier: How the Gender Fever Finally Broke. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/abigail-shrier-how-the-gender-fever-broke-trump-executive-order

Reed, Roxxanne (September 29, 2024). I Spent 13 Years Living as a Man. But After My Spouse’s ExposĂ©, I’m Detransitioning. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/tiger-jamie-reed-detransition-wash-u-transgender-affirming-care

Davis, Lisa Selin (June 26, 2024). Biden Official Lobbied to Remove Age Restrictions on Gender Care. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/biden-official-lobbied-wpath-age-restrictions

Davis, Lisa Selin (May 17, 2023). How Therapists Became Social Justice Warriors. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/how-therapists-became-social-justice-warriors

Block, Frannie (May 14, 2024). EXCLUSIVE: Female Athletes Sue NCAA Over Transgender Competitors in Sports. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/exclusive-female-athletes-sue-ncaa-transwomen

Davis, Lisa Selin (April 10, 2024). The UK Mistreated Kids with Gender Dysphoria for Years. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/uk-gender-dysphoria-cass-review

Pietzke, Tamara (February 15, 2024). â€˜I Was Fired After Blowing the Whistle’ The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/i-was-fired-after-blowing-the-whistle

Pietzke, Tamara (February 5, 2024). I Was Told to Approve All Teen Gender Transitions. I Refused. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/i-refused-to-approve-all-teen-gender-transitions

Reed, Jamie (December 31, 2023). Jamie Reed: The Courage to Admit You’re Wrong. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/whistleblower-jamie-reed-courage-admit-wrong

Kaltiala, Riittakerttu (October 30, 2023). â€˜Gender-Affirming Care Is Dangerous. I Know Because I Helped Pioneer It.’ The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/gender-affirming-care-dangerous-finland-doctor

Yoffe, Emily (April 3, 2023). ‘I Felt Bullied’: Mother of Child Treated at Transgender Center Speaks Out. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/i-felt-bullied-mother-of-child-treated

Reed, Jamie (February 9, 2023). I Thought I Was Saving Trans Kids. Now I’m Blowing the Whistle. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/i-thought-i-was-saving-trans-kids

Sibarium, Aaron (December 7, 2022). The Hijacking of Pediatric Medicine. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/the-hijacking-of-pediatric-medicine

Davis, Lisa Selin (September 28, 2022). How Young Is Too Young for Sterilization? The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/how-young-is-too-young-for-sterilization

Evans, Sue (August 4, 2022). How Tavistock Came Tumbling Down. Common Sense https://www.commonsense.news/p/how-tavistock-came-tumbling-down

Davis, Lisa Selin (July 30, 2022). The Beginning of the End of ‘Gender-Affirming Care’? The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-gender

Bailey, J. Michael (July 10, 2023). My Research on Gender Dysphoria Was Censored. But I Won’t Be. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/trans-activists-killed-my-scientific-paper

Woodhouse, Leighton (June 23, 2022). They Questioned Gender-Affirming Care. Then Their Kids Were Kicked Out of School. Common Sense https://www.commonsense.news/p/they-questioned-gender-affirming

Weiss, Suzy (April 19, 2022). The Testosterone Hangover. Common Sense https://www.commonsense.news/p/the-testosterone-hangover

Weiss, Suzy (February 21, 2022). Watching Lia Thomas Win. Common Sense https://www.commonsense.news/p/watching-lia-thomas-win

Shrier, Abigail (October 4, 2021). Top Trans Doctors Blow the Whistle on ‘Sloppy’ Care. Common Sense https://www.commonsense.news/p/top-trans-doctors-blow-the-whistle

Herzog, Katie (July 27, 2021). Med Schools Are Now Denying Biological Sex. Common Sense https://www.commonsense.news/p/med-schools-are-now-denying-biological

Shrier, Abigail (June 21, 2021). The Books Are Already Burning. Common Sense https://www.commonsense.news/p/the-books-are-already-burning

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