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Scott Newgent and transgender people

Scott Newgent is a conservative American transgender activist critical of healthcare protocols for trans and gender diverse youth. Newgent also has regret about personal surgical outcomes and complications. Newgent is best known for appearing in the anti-trans Matt Walsh propaganda piece What Is a Woman? and has been affiliated with extremist group Gays Against Groomers.

Newgent has written for a number of anti-trans publications, including The Catholic Weekly, Daily Caller, Epoch Times, Newsweek, and Quillette.

Background

According to self-reports, Thomas Scott Newgent was born in Tucson on November 6, 1972 to Scott and Cindy King (other sources give November 10). In several interviews, Newgent referred to previously living under the name Kellie Ellen King. Newgent attended Missouri State University before earning a bachelor’s degree from Middle Tennessee State University in 1994. Newgent worked in sales. Newgent is reportedly a parent to three, including giving birth to a set of twins; their names are Joshua, Julia, and Justice. Newgent has listed over 30 different places in eight states as residences:

  • Indiana: Kendallville, South Bend, Fort Wayne
  • Texas: Rockwall, Ben Wheeler, Fort Worth, Dallas, Denton
  • Kansas: Olathe, Overland Park
  • Washington: Spokane, Port Angeles
  • Idaho: Post Falls
  • Oregon: Deadwood
  • Tennessee: Murfreesboro, Antioch
  • California: San Diego, Jamul, El Cajon

As is common with people who move this frequently, Newgent has a criminal history that includes serving a sentence relating to a court order in 2019.

Gender transition

Newgent reportedly began transition in 2016 but applied for a legal name and gender change in Texas in 2015. This took longer than usual because the court needed Newgent’s certification of criminal history record information, which Newgent’s lawyer supplied on November 2, 2015.

Newgent is dissatisfied with the reported seven surgeries, claiming that medical complications include:

  • a massive pulmonary embolism
  • a helicopter life-flight ride
  • an emergency ambulance ride
  • a stress-induced heart attack
  • sepsis
  • a 17-month recurring infection due to “using the wrong skin during a (failed) phalloplasty”
  • 16 rounds of antibiotics
  • three weeks of daily IV antibiotics
  • the loss of all my hair
  • (only partially successful) arm reconstructive surgery
  • permanent lung and heart damage
  • a cut bladder
  • insomnia-induced hallucinations
  • frequent loss of consciousness “due to pain from the hair on the inside of my urethra” (“six inches” of it)
  • a form of PTSD “that made me a prisoner in my apartment for a year”

Newgent would transition again, but differently. Newgent says transition came with many costs, including “home, car, savings, career, wife, medical insurance, and most importantly his faith within himself and God.”

TReVoices

During the COVID pandemic in 2020, Newgent founded Indiana for-profit company Trans Rational Educational Voices (TReVoices), a group that opposes “radical gender activism.” Newgent claims the medical and pharmaceutical industries are pushing children to transition medically.

Newgent has appeared with or has been featured by many anti-trans media figures, including Benjamin Boyce, Dan Crenshaw, Andrew Doyle, Miriam Grossman, Madeleine Kearns, Michael Knowles, Stella O’Malley, Candace Owens, Jordan B. Peterson, Ben Shapiro, Debra Soh, Sara Stockton, Matt Walsh, and Sasha White. Others include Nana Akua, Robert Scott Bell, Michael Brown, Amber Crawford, Sandra Currie, Adam Derges, Laban Ditchburn , Bryce Eddy, Jay Fantom, Tammi Faraday, Justin Folk, Jen Hardy, Quisha King, Chrissie Mayr, Rose Medina, Becky Quinn, Sunny Sandhu, Paula Scanlan, Selina Soule, Preston Sprinkle, Reed Uberman, Tamara Ugolini, and Jodi Widhaim.

Newgent has also appeared on shows with other conservative trans people, including Buck Angel, Mars Fernandez, Aaron Kimberly, Kellie-Lynn Pirie, and Aaron Terrell.

In 2023, Newgent briefly claimed to be done with anti-transgender activism and deleted some online presence. In 2024, Newgent self-published an autobiography titled THE LESBIAN DEVIL TO THE STRAIGHT MAN SAINT: – A trip through trans HELL & back!

Trans Regretters

In 2024 Newgent redirected the site TReVoices to a new site called Trans Regretters. The site listed several people with regret about aspects of their medical transitions:

Mayday Canada

In 2024, Canadian anti-trans activist Jeff Evely launched the website Mayday Canada. In 2026, the organization announced a May 5 event to be held in Ottawa. Announced speakers:

References

Myers, Ashlyn (March 21, 2023). Emotions stir the House before committee’s approval of bill banning gender-affirming care. TheStatehouseFile.com https://www.thestatehousefile.com/politics/emotions-stir-the-house-before-committee-s-approval-of-bill-banning-gender-affirming-care/article_067d462c-c820-11ed-b589-0beadfab96ae.html

Anti-trans coverage

Observatoire de la petite sirène (May 2024). Scott Newgent. https://www.observatoirepetitesirene.org/en/scott

Markowicz, Karol (June 12, 2022). ‘What is a woman?’ exposes the lunacy of pro-trans extremism. New York Post https://nypost.com/2022/06/12/what-is-a-woman-exposes-the-lunacy-of-pro-trans-extremism/

[uncredited] (December 18, 2021). Meet Scott Newgent. Gender Dysphoria Alliance https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com/post/meet-scott-newgent

Kearns, Madeleine (January 28, 2021). A Trans Person Speaks Out against Biden’s Transgender Activism. National Review https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/01/a-trans-person-speaks-out-against-bidens-transgender-activism/ [alt title: A Trans Campaigner Speaks Out against Biden’s Transgender Activism]

Kearns, Madeleine (February 13, 2020). The Cowardly Republicans of South Dakota. National Review https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/02/transgender-politics-south-dakota-senate-republicans-cowardly/

Selected publications by Newgent

Newgent, Scott (December 16, 2023). Opinion: I’m working to save children from my deepest regret: gender-affirming medical transition. Dallas Morning News https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2023/12/16/transgender-regretter-scott-newgent/

Newgent, Scott (December 2, 2023). SCOTT NEWGENT: Waking Up From Gender Surgery Finally Woke Me Up To The Truth. Daily Caller https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/02/opinion-waking-up-from-gender-surgery-finally-woke-me-up-to-the-truth-scott-newgent/

Newgent, Scott (May 12, 2023). Scott Newgent, TReVoices [2023 Maine LD1735 (Summary) An Act to Safeguard Gender-affirming Health Care.] https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getTestimonyDoc.asp?id=10023409

Newgent, Scott (November 14, 2022). Activism to Save Children From Medical Transition Is Not About Right and Left. It’s About Right and Wrong. Epoch Times https://www.theepochtimes.com/activism-to-save-children-from-medical-transition-is-not-about-right-and-left-its-about-right-and-wrong_4847577.html

Newgent Scott (August 12, 2022). I Was In ‘What Is A Woman’: It Was The Hardest Thing I Ever Did, But I’d Do It Again. Daily Wire https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-was-in-what-is-a-woman-it-was-the-hardest-thing-i-ever-did-but-id-do-it-again

Newgent, Scott (April 19, 2021). Bill C-6 needs more nuance: Conversion therapy is wrong, but pushing kids to transition medically is
worse. [Testimony to Canada Senate] https://sencanada.ca/content/sen/committee/432/LCJC/Briefs/2021-04-19_LCJC_C-6_ScottNewgent_e.pdf

Newgent, Scott (February 9, 2021). Opinion: We Need Balance When It Comes To Gender Dysphoric Kids. I Would Know. Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/we-need-balance-when-it-comes-gender-dysphoric-kids-i-would-know-opinion-1567277

Newgent, Scott (October 20, 2020). Opinon | Trans activist: Serious concern over child re-assignment surgery. The Catholic Weekly https://catholicweekly.com.au/trans-activist-serious-concern-over-child-re-assignment-surgery/

Newgent, Scott (October 7, 2020). Scott Newgent: Let’s Focus On Stopping the Transition of Children. Uncommon Ground Media https://uncommongroundmedia.com/scott-newgent-lets-focus-on-stopping-the-transition-of-children/

Newgent, Scott (October 6, 2020). Forget What Gender Activists Tell You. Here’s What Medical Transition Looks Like. Quillette https://quillette.com/2020/10/06/forget-what-gender-activists-tell-you-heres-what-medical-transition-looks-like/

Book

Newgent, Scott (2024), THE LESBIAN DEVIL TO THE STRAIGHT MAN SAINT: – A trip through trans HELL & back! ‎#SCREAMLouder Publishing, ISBN ‎979-8895463376

Media

The Army of Great Men with Adam Derges and Scott Newgent (February 12, 2026). Is Affirmation Replacing Mental Health? With Scott Newgent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx0zQNK_zhY

One on One with Chrissie Mayr and Scott Newgent (July 31, 2024). Chrissie Mayr with Scott Newgent! Trans Medical Industry Exposed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Kl0nvA8XE

Buck Angel with Scott Newgent (March 12, 2024). Trans Can Be A Death Sentence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKX8VE80-ts

Brave Journeys with Tammi Faraday and Scott Newgent (December 11, 2023). Scott Newgent – The Truth About Transitioning Children from a Transman (S06E03). https://podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/scott-newgent-the-truth-about-transitioning-children/id1536041978?i=1000638104941

Rebel News with Tamara Ugolini and Scott Newgent (October 23, 2023). Transman Scott Newgent fights to save children from the harms of medical transition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tKn6Ap0mH4

Become your own Superhero with Laban Ditchburn and Scott Newgent (October 16, 2023). Transition Tensions: Scott Newgent’s Stand on Childhood Choices.

Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey and Scptt Newgent (October 4, 2023). Ep 884 | Sex Change Regret: Why the Surgeries Never Work | Guest: Scott Newgent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vY5_LI8Gbc

The Robert Scott Bell Podcast Network with Robert Scott Bell and Scott Newgent (August 3, 2023). The RSB Show 7-17-23 – RSB Family-Union Recap, Scott Newgent, Transgender agenda, Celia Farber, The Truth Barrier, Exposing truth. https://rumble.com/v30k5q6-the-rsb-show-7-17-23.html

Just Jen Reacts with “Jen” and Scott Newgent (July 6, 2023). Scott Newgent joins Me for a live discussion on THE TRUTH!!!!!. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep_KzqHxVqk

Daily Wire / The Matt Walsh Show with Matt Walsh and Scott Newgent (June 10, 2023). What is a Woman? Reunion. https://www.dailywire.com/clips/what-is-a-woman-reunion

GBNews / Free Speech Nation with Andrew Doyle and Scott Newgent (April 30, 2023). Trans man who says he REGRETS his transition says medically transitioning is just cosmetic surgery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_o2Q2EgeLY

The Story Box with Jay Fantom and Scott Newgent (April 24, 2023). Scott Newgent Unboxing | Becoming Trans Ruined My Life. https://shows.acast.com/thestorybox/episodes/scott-newgent-unboxing-becoming-trans-ruined-my-life

GBNews with Nana Akua and Scott Newgent (April 1, 2023). Transgender man says he REGRETS his transition | ‘It’s cosmetic surgery, it doesn’t fix anything.’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZtwom8_J6o

Jodi Grace with Jodi Widhaim, Becky Quinn, Amber Crawford, and Scott Newgent (March 8, 2023). Scott Newgent Interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMjWgA0kXm4

Daily Wire / The Ben Shapiro Show with Ben Shapiro and Scott Newgent (December 10, 2022). Transgender Male Exposes the Horrors of Gender Reassignment Surgery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auzWtjHirh0

Godspeak Calvary Chapel with Bryce Eddy and Scott Newgent (October 13, 2022). Scott Newgent | Stop Mutilating Children | Liberty Station Ep 141. https://rumble.com/v1nq8yc-scott-newgent-stop-mutilating-children-liberty-station-ep-141.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp

Taboo with Candace Owens Podcast with Candace Owens and Scott Newgent (September 24, 2022). Perez Hilton and Candace Owens Discuss Parenting and Gender Dysphoria in Children. [Scott Newgent guest]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Kkw3zMRMo

Fabulous Over 50 / Hardy Mom with Jen Hardy and Scott Newgent (July 6, 2022). Scott Newgent’s advice for medically transitioning kids and their parents. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKT11ZDKFp0

The Open Forum Podcast with Sunny Sandhu and Scott Newgent (July 2, 2022). 012 | What they don’t tell you about transitioning – from a transgender man | Scott Newgent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWUi9inEVKs

The Quisha King Show with Quisha King and Scott Newgent (June 30, 2022). Transman EXPOSES Trans Agenda! Scott Newgent From the What Is A Woman Documentary. Episode 26. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMc4eWzJorg

An American Conversation Podcast with Sandra Currie, Rose Medina, and Scott Newgent (June 29, 2022) Scott Newgent Founder of TRevoices. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQMQ4VDiRZg

What Is a Woman? with Matt Walsh and Scott Newgent (June 3, 2022). [clip] “This Is Wrong On So Many Levels” | How The Trans Lobby Uses Children to Make Money. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB4XyJLyY7s

The Line of Fire with Michael Brown and Scott Newgent (March 22, 2022). A Female-to-Male Transgender Shouts a Warning About Transitioning Children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsNmvH9Alh4

Transparency with Aaron Kimberly, Aaron Terrell, and Scott Newgent (August 26, 2021). Measuring Medical Transition Outcomes with Kenneth Pirie and Scott Newgent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14TIEgAVmow

Transparency with Aaron Kimberly, Aaron Terrell, Kenneth Pirie, and Scott Newgent (August 26, 2021). Autogynephilia with Kenneth Pirie and Scott Newgent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4qBxYbvhl8

Genspect with Stella O’Malley and Scott Newgent (July 13, 2021). Scott Newgent of TReVoices in conversation with Stella O’Malley. https://genspect.org/scott-newgent-of-trevoices-in-conversation-with-stella-omalley/

Indie Thinker with Reed Uberman and Scott Newgent (August 16, 2021). Ep. 31- The Truth About Medically Transitioning Kids | Guest Scott Newgent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f2aucvGX-E

The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network / Venus Rising with Jennifer Lahl and Scott Newgent (August 8, 2021). Scott Newgent on his permanent ban from Twitter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziBc6HYHVUM

Theology in the Raw with Preston Sprinkle and Scott Newgent (July 1, 2021). #880 – A Transman’s Unexpected Thoughts on Trans* Related Issues: Scott Newgent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zazsZ_HO3LM

Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw, with Dan Crenshaw with Scott Newgent (March 5, 2021). Let’s Talk About Transgenderism, with Scott Newgent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDXAKXPlsdg

Plebity with Sasha White and Scott Newgent (February 26, 2021). “Medical transitioning is no place for a child” -Scott Newgent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_yrAAhwNME

Mars Fernandez with Scott Newgent (September 8, 2020). BROmance with Buck Angel & Scott. UpperhandMARS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntSfUas924U [deleted]

Mars Fernandez with Scott Newgent (August 30, 2019). Phalloplasty gone wrong with Scott Newgent. UpperhandMARS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y72zb-cJi8k [deleted]

Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and Scott Newgent (July 27, 2020). 257 | Children’s Rights, Trans Realities with Scott Newgent. Calmversations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lly1prUzksI

The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network / Venus Rising with Jennifer Lahl and Scott Newgent (March 31, 2020). Podcast #015: Scott Newgent. Venus Rising https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/venusrising/episodes/2020-03-31T16_07_52-07_00

Resources

Trans Regretters (transregretters.com) [archive]

Trans Rational Educational Voices: TReVoices (trevoices.org) [archive]

  • trevoices.org/drcurtiscranecranets (deleted) [archive]

Transsexual Global Alliance (transsexualglobalalliance.org) [archive]

Scott Newgent (scottnewgent.org)

Mayday Canada (maydaycanada.com)

Muck Rack (muckrack.com)

X.Twitter (x.com)

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  • NotScottNewgent [deleted]
  • NewgentTGA [deleted]
  • May_Day_Canada

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Quillette (quillette.com)