No, There’s No ‘Epidemic’ of Anti-Transgender Violence Human Rights Campaign’s own data suggest trans Americans suffer a homicide risk that’s actually less than the U.S. average. Brad Polumbo 29 Jan 2024 · 8 min read
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s New Enemy: Americans Who Accept Biology A new SPLC propaganda document claims to ‘expose’ a vast ‘Anti-LGBTQ+ Pseudoscience Network’ that’s supposedly targeting trans people. The Quillette Editorial Board 27 Dec 2023 · 12 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
When Kids Say They’re Trans A new book explains how parents can help gender-distressed children who’ve come to believe they were ‘born in the wrong body.’ Sasha Ayad / Stella O’Malley 12 Dec 2023 · 15 min read
Feminism v. Gender Ideology: An Interview with Julie Bindel During a visit to the county she calls ‘Tranada,’ the veteran activist and author tells Quillette that ‘intersectional’ feminism often resembles a rainbow-branded offshoot of the men’s-rights movement. Julie Bindel / Jonathan Kay 7 Dec 2023 · 29 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
A Gender-Ideology True Believer, Mugged by Reality When my first son claimed he was trans, I eagerly ‘affirmed’ him. When his three-year-old brother decided he wanted to be trans, too, I realized I’d made a terrible mistake. Anonymous 16 Oct 2023 · 8 min read
How Australia’s Press Council Has Been Used to Stifle the Gender Debate In their reporting on the medicalisation of dysphoric children, Australian journalists are now expected to comply with media guidelines drafted at the behest of trans activists. Bernard Lane 29 Sep 2023 · 17 min read
Male or Female: There's Nothing In Between Since the dawn of our species, the evolution of two distinct sexes has been fundamental to human reproduction. There is no such thing as a ‘sex spectrum.’ Zachary A. Elliott 25 Sep 2023 · 17 min read
Canadian Parents (Finally) Push Back Against Gender Cultism Many of us are simply tired of living in a society that gaslights citizens with officially sanctioned lies like ‘trans women are women‘ Jonathan Kay 23 Sep 2023 · 7 min read
Podcast #222: Journalist John Colapinto on the Tragic Tale of David Reimer, The Boy Who Was Raised a Girl David Reimer's story is a cautionary tale of what can happen when you mess with a child's gender identity. Quillette 12 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
When Trans Activism Becomes Government Policy Even as other nations finally move to protect dysphoric youth from disfiguring treatments, Canadian politicians and educators continue to promote state-funded ‘gender journeys.’ Margaret Wente / Jonathan Kay 21 Aug 2023 · 23 min read
Four Corners' Failure In its treatment of gender clinics, the flagship investigative program of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation failed to present crucial evidence. Bernard Lane 21 Jul 2023 · 11 min read
Gender’s Truth-Distortion Field Across the English-speaking world, the discussion of trans rights is governed by taboos, sacred myths, and, in some cases, outright lies. Sean Masters / Raimund Hume 10 Jun 2023 · 10 min read
Campus Speech and Compromised Safety As universities try desperately to serve two masters (knowledge production; diversity and inclusion), they will increasingly end up sanctioning speech that should be protected. Holly Lawford-Smith 31 May 2023 · 9 min read