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An Auckland Mob Shut Down a Women’s Rights Activist—And Proved Her Point

The violent treatment of Kellie-Jay Keen betrays the fanaticism and misogyny that has infected progressive gender politics.

The Quillette Editorial Board

28 Mar 2023 · 8 min read

The Ethos of Female Prisons

A philosopher breaks down the debate over how to treat male criminals who self-identity as women.

Holly Lawford-Smith

16 Feb 2023 · 12 min read

Podcast #207: The Fight to Provide Gender Dysphoric Children with Holistic Therapy Instead of Instant ‘Affirmation’

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with James Esses, an aspiring British therapist who was expelled from his training institute for voicing concerns about ideologically programmed restrictions on the care of trans-identified youth.

Quillette

9 Feb 2023 · 1 min read

Scotland’s Gender Meltdown

Nicola Sturgeon championed a policy of letting biological men into protected female spaces. Now she’s paying the price for her dangerous folly.

Joan Smith

6 Feb 2023 · 12 min read

Gender, Sex, and Powerlifting

With a biologically male athlete poised to break a Canadian women’s record, it’s time for the sport’s leaders to acknowledge the reality of sexual dimorphism.

Jonathan Kay

2 Feb 2023 · 10 min read

Every Gender Identity Is ‘Authentic’—Until It Isn’t

Faddish forms of self-identification often reflect subjective feelings that shift over time. Let’s stop treating them as sacred truths.

David A. Nelson / Edwin E. Gantt

31 Jan 2023 · 12 min read

A Mob Stormed a Feminist Event at McGill Law School—in Defence of Gender Justice, of Course

Intended as an expression of trans rights, the fracas instead illustrated why many LGB feminists want to escape their ‘forced teaming’ with trans activists.

Jonathan Kay

12 Jan 2023 · 8 min read

Ignoring Biological Reality Puts Female Hockey Players at Risk

A frightening injury at an NHL-sponsored transgender tournament in Wisconsin reminds us why women’s leagues should remain sex-protected spaces.

Jonathan Kay

9 Dec 2022 · 12 min read

At Last, Mainstream Journalists Are Starting to Report the Truth About Youth Gender Clinics

The New York Times and Guardian are the latest progressive institutions to scrutinize the safety of so-called ‘gender-affirming’ medical interventions.

Bernard Lane

6 Dec 2022 · 9 min read

Once a Man, Never a Woman

In an extraordinary new book, Shannon Thrace describes her disintegrating marriage to a man consumed by narcissism and gender dysphoria.

Jonathan Kay

16 Oct 2022 · 10 min read

Disc Golf’s Lia Thomas Moment

As a biologically male player continues a meteoric rise on the female circuit, women are starting to speak out.

Jonathan Kay

28 Sep 2022 · 18 min read

Spinning the Tavistock Story

Activists are twisting the closure of Tavistock as a win for gender ideology.

Bernard Lane

23 Sep 2022 · 12 min read

Podcast # 195: Meet the 80-Year-Old Feminist Who Got Banned From the YMCA for Protesting Male Bodies in the Women’s Locker Room

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks to Port Townsend, WA-area swimmer Julie Jaman, the octogenarian whose efforts to keep biological men out of a changing area reserved for girls and women led to accusations of transphobia, a visit with the police, multiple town-council debates, and an ongoing Twitter campaign called

Quillette

12 Aug 2022 · 1 min read

How Automatic Gender ‘Affirmation’ Hurts Girls and Women

We’ve lost sight of a basic feminist insight: To be gender ‘non-conforming‘ isn’t unusual. It’s perfectly normal.

Holly Lawford-Smith

13 Jul 2022 · 11 min read

Male Bodies Don’t Belong in Female Football

‘This nagging feeling that she had an unfair advantage arose every time we hit each other in practice. For me, it was like hitting a brick wall.’

Kate Miechkowski

4 Jul 2022 · 10 min read