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Kalvin Garrah and transgender people

Kalvin Garrah is an American transgender media figure. Garrah became known for creating videos promoting conservative views about transgender people, especially transmedicalism. Garrah collaborated with a number of conservative and anti-transgender creators, including Blaire White, Benjamin Boyce, “GAMI,” “TafTaj,” and others.

Background

Kalvin Garrah was born in July of 2000. Garrah earned an associate’s degree from Howard Community College in 2021, then attended University of Baltimore, earning a bachelor’s degree in 2024 and expecting a master’s degree in 2026.

In 2024 Garrah interned at St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center before being named a graduate fellow at the Schaefer Center for Public Policy.

Controversy

Garrah began a YouTube cahnnel as an adolescent, eventually growing into a major figure on the platform. Garrah had hundreds of thousands of subscribers before stepping back following backlash. In a summary of Garrah’s controversies, YouTuber CopsHateMoe chronicles several specific moments:

  • mocking marginalized trans individuals and misgendering them in aggressive contexts
  • a 22ā€‘minute video targeting an autistic trans personā€”that werenā€™t just moments of critique but caused real trauma.
  • Brennen Beckwith released a ā€œBreaking My Silenceā€ series detailing emotional harm from Kalvinā€™s mocking tone and comments.
  • Petitions circulated, calling for YouTube to take action.
  • Moe reads from a GoFundMe excerpt from “Lars,” describing serious psychological consequences: hospitalizations, suicidal ideation, and lasting paranoia that “Lars” blames on Garrah’s videos.

Garrah eventually put out an apology video.

Selected writing by Garrah

Garrah K, Breeden M, Farley SD (2024). The heartfelt gesture positively affects perceptions of personality. Curr Psychol 43, 34904ā€“34913 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-06932-3

Garrah, Kalvin (April 30th, 2021). Using The Biopsychosocial Model To Understand The Roots Of Violent Criminal Behavior. https://www.academia.edu/51068617/Using_The_Biopsychosocial_Model_To_Understand_The_Roots_Of_Violent_Criminal_Behavior

Media

CopsHateMoe (January 14, 2021). Kalvin Garrah is far WORSE than you thought. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-iaoIkD7rs

CopsHateMoe (June 5, 2021). The Aftermath of Kalvin Garrah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqW2LvxF1r8

Blaire White (June 22, 2019). The Truth About Transitioning w/ Kalvin Garrah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G3MvRcrSY8

Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and Kalvin Garrah (March 26, 2019). Biological Vs. Ideological Transgenderism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5VCS0SOuMg

Resources

Kalvin Garrah (kalvingarrah.com) [archive]

Podchaser (podchaser.com)

YouTube (youtube.com)

Instagram (instagram.com)

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)