When Sons Become Daughters, Part III: Parents of Transitioning Boys Speak Out on Their Own Suffering Gay men and women fought long and hard to be accepted for who they are, often battling reactionary bigotry in the process. Angus Fox 12 Apr 2021 · 17 min read
When Sons Become Daughters, Part II: Parents of Transitioning Boys Speak Out on Their Own Suffering This isn’t to say that all causes of transgenderism are exogenous: the presence of neuro-atypical cognition comes up over and over, as does the sons’ process of discovering (or rejecting) their sexuality. Angus Fox 6 Apr 2021 · 32 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 · 10 min read
Facts Don’t Care About Your Diversity Training Certificate—A Critique of Credentialism The basic fact that famous experts are often wrong is not itself in dispute—but is worth reviewing. Wilfred Reilly 4 Apr 2021 · 10 min read
When Sons Become Daughters: Parents of Transitioning Boys Speak Out on Their Own Suffering Many of the young men in question have, in moments of candour, hinted that their motivations for transition are unrelated to actual gender dysphoria. Angus Fox 2 Apr 2021 · 11 min read
The Campaign of Lies Against Journalist Jesse Singal—And Why It Matters One of the odd-seeming aspects of progressive cancel culture is that many of the figures targeted by mobs aren’t especially conservative in their views. Jonathan Kay 18 Mar 2021 · 13 min read
Accommodating Trans Athletes Without Rejecting the Reality of Human Biology As recent studies have shown, these advantages generally don’t go away simply because an athlete has changed their pronouns and hormone chemistry. At the highest levels, the difference between male and female world records typically hovers around 10 percent. Quillette 17 Feb 2021 · 11 min read
Scottish Nationalists in Turmoil The trans argument shows how easily it may be rocked back on its heels. Neither of the two women at loggerheads are transphobic on any but an extreme definition; they merely differ about how easy it should be to register a sex change. John Lloyd 4 Feb 2021 · 10 min read
First, Do No Harm: A New Model for Treating Trans-Identified Children Individuals with a fragile ego structure also tend to be prone toward black-and-white thinking, which leads them to concrete rather than symbolic solutions. Susan Evans and Marcus Evans 4 Feb 2021 · 15 min read
In Defense of Shame In reducing sex to a basic mechanical function in the service of health, we have covered the uniquely human parts of ourselves that should be engaged during sex and lost precisely what makes sex sexy—what transforms its mechanics into mystery. Marilyn Simon 31 Jan 2021 · 9 min read
On Sex and Gender, The New England Journal of Medicine Has Abandoned Its Scientific Mission The very idea of “a dichotomous sex-classification system” is dubious, the authors believe. Colin Wright 23 Dec 2020 · 13 min read
Like It Or Not, Keira Bell Has Opened Up a Real Conversation About Gender Dysphoria “I look back with a lot of sadness,” says Keira Bell. “There was nothing wrong with my body. I was just lost and without proper support. Transition gave me the facility to hide from myself even more than before. It was a temporary fix.” In the debate about transitioning children Quillette 18 Dec 2020 · 8 min read
OnlyFans and the Changing Face of Pornography OnlyFans is successful, not because it’s extreme, but because it’s innovative. Traditionally, pornography has only really allowed consumers to be passive voyeurs and therefore to see performers as not much more than sexual objects. Ariel Anderssen 19 Nov 2020 · 8 min read
Gender Activists Are Trying to Cancel My Book. Why is Silicon Valley Helping Them? This is what censorship looks like in 21st-century America. Abigail Shrier 7 Nov 2020 · 9 min read
Sex Differences in Occupational Attainment are Here to Stay The sex difference here is found in hunter-gatherer, pastoral, and agricultural societies, as well as in early empires, developing nations, and the modern world. David C. Geary 2 Nov 2020 · 16 min read