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In British Columbia, Censorship Wears a Pronoun Pin

Even by Canadian standards, the province has become a hostile environment for women seeking to advocate for their sex-based rights.

Meghan Murphy

2 Oct 2024 · 10 min read

Podcast #246: How Gender Activists Took Over a Scottish Rape-Crisis Centre

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to writer Joan Smith about the scandals that unfolded at the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre under the leadership of its male trans-identified CEO, Mridul Wadhwa.

Jonathan Kay

9 Aug 2024 · 22 min read

Image of Mridul Wadhwa in a checked sari, sitting in a chair.

Gaslighting Scottish Rape Victims in the Name of ‘Trans Inclusion’

For three years, Edinburgh’s rape-crisis centre was run by a male CEO who lectured sex-assault victims and staff about their ‘prejudice’ against the male body. How was this allowed to happen?

Joan Smith

4 Aug 2024 · 17 min read

Black and white photograph of John Money, seated at his desk, in shirt and tie.

In Defence of John Money

How did this famed sexologist become reviled at both ends of the culture-war horseshoe?

Alex Byrne

16 Jun 2024 · 12 min read

A hand holding a giant eraser rubs out a blue male and a pink female symbol.

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

Eager to ‘Affirm,’ Yet Unwilling to Debate

A prominent South Carolina doctor and transgender rights activist has made a great show of calling England’s Cass Review “a sham at best”—but now refuses to say why.

Colin Wright

31 May 2024 · 7 min read

Photo of Debbie Hayton, in front of trees.

What an Honest Conversation About Gender Sounds Like

Self-styled trans apostate Debbie Hayton isn’t craving anyone’s ‘affirmation’—because she knows she’s not really a woman.

Jonathan Kay

20 May 2024 · 8 min read

Podcast #235: Coming to Terms with Autogynephilia

‘How I see things now is that I’m a self-attracted male person who prefers to be perceived by the rest of the world as a woman. That’s who I am.’

Quillette / Debbie Hayton

7 May 2024 · 24 min read

Artwork showing black figures in silhouette walking on a frozen lake.

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

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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

Lazuli Clark competing on KIPP Academy Lynn’s girls’ high-school volleyball team.

The Damage Caused by Trans ‘Inclusion’ In Female Athletics: a Massachusetts Case Study

A single biologically male high-school student has invaded female categories in at least four different sports—negatively affecting hundreds of girls and women in the process.

Jonathan Kay

2 Apr 2024 · 18 min read

Stephanie Hayton and her spouse, now named Debbie, photographed in 1995 during a visit to a relative’s home in York.

Transition and Apostasy: A Wife’s Perspective

The wife of a biologically male transsexual explains how she helped her gender dysphoric spouse look beyond the simplistic slogans offered by online activists.