The Auckland Mobbing of Kellie-Jay Keen Was Fuelled by Media-Peddled Misinformation Why are journalists at Stuff, The Spinoff, and other New Zealand outlets promoting propaganda on behalf of trans-rights activists? Laura López 4 May 2023 · 12 min read
What Is a Woman? Many Philosophers Know, But Aren’t Allowed to Say An April 17 Quillette article about sex and gender by MIT scholar Alex Byrne prompted yet another round of debate and denunciation among his contemporaries. Thomas Palmer 2 May 2023 · 18 min read
The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling Continue Dissecting a lengthy YouTube attack on gender-critical feminists Holly Lawford-Smith 26 Apr 2023 · 15 min read
A Public Servant Stood Up for Sex-Based Rights at a Gender Workshop—And Paid the Price In a recorded DEI session on ‘Trans Inclusion,’ activist Adrienne Smith told the dissenting staff member, ‘I’m past the point of seeking a respectful debate.’ Jonathan Kay 13 Apr 2023 · 13 min read
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 · 13 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 · 11 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 · 13 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 · 11 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 · 19 min read
