Protecting Women’s Volleyball—Then and Now When I played pro volleyball twenty years ago, I never heard anyone seriously argue that biological differences between men and women aren’t important. Such a claim would have been laughable. Megan Willis 4 Feb 2025 · 7 min read
I Thought Being a Gay Man Would Save Me From Womanhood (It Didn’t) Queer theory transformed me from a depressed, weird, intellectually curious child into a brainwashed teen who disfigured her body. Laura Becker 18 Nov 2024 · 11 min read
I Blew Up My Lucrative Public-Service Career (And So Can You) A veteran of British Columbia’s public-sector workforce explains how DEI enforcers forced him to choose between keeping his job and honouring his values. Nick Osmond-Jones 16 Sep 2024 · 23 min read
Podcast #247: Should Imane Khelif Be Allowed to Box Against Women? Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with biologist Emma Hilton about the controversy surrounding a champion women’s boxer whom critics accuse of being biologically male. Quillette 16 Aug 2024 · 16 min read
For Competitive US Runners, a ‘Non-Binary’ Identity Has Become a Lucrative Asset The New York Road Runners club now allows mid-grade men to earn prize money by opting into race categories reserved for athletes claiming to be neither male nor female. George M. Perry 14 Aug 2024 · 15 min read
XY Athletes in Women’s Olympic Boxing: The Paris 2024 Controversy Explained The historical, political, and medical context of the Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting cases. Doriane Lambelet Coleman 3 Aug 2024 · 13 min read
The Campaign to Erase Biological Sex In a new book, excerpted below, Duke Law School professor Doriane Lambelet Coleman argues that we can support trans people without denying the facts of human biology. Doriane Lambelet Coleman 5 Jun 2024 · 13 min read
The Cass Effect A landmark report properly emphasises the application of science, not slogans, in establishing treatment protocols for trans-identified children. The Quillette Editorial Board 29 Apr 2024 · 14 min read
From Banana Slugs to Human Beings, There Are Just Two Sexes An examination of 18 supposedly ‘trans animals’ disproves activist claims that we all live on a non-binary gender ‘spectrum.’ Emma Hilton / Jonathan Kay 17 Apr 2024 · 11 min read
Why Do Men Dominate Chess? FIDE’s new policy governing who can compete in women’s categories highlights the persistent sex imbalance at the game’s elite levels. Carole Hooven 22 Mar 2024 · 27 min read
Trans Typologies: A Brief History In a new book, MIT philosopher Alex Byrne tracks our evolving understanding of gender dysphoria. Alex Byrne 15 Dec 2023 · 11 min read
Podcast #229: How ‘Intersectional Feminism’ Got Hijacked by Men Veteran activist, author, and pundit Julie Bindel talks to Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay about the need to protect hard-won women’s rights from gender ideologues. Quillette / Julie Bindel 4 Dec 2023 · 1 min read
Diversity, Inclusion, and Academic Freedom: The Case of Gender Biology But it is sad to see established facts now suppressed along with undesirable beliefs and opinions. And to see our institutions of higher learning being led to this kind of neo-obscurantism in the name of enlightened social attitudes. Constantin Polychronakos 5 Apr 2021 · 9 min read
A Plea To Trans Activists: We Can Protect Trans Rights Without Denying Biology Critical thinking is not hate; it builds understanding and establishes foundations that are robust and can protect trans people without compromising the rights of women. Debbie Hayton 30 Mar 2018 · 8 min read
