Transgender - Quillette (Page 3)

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

I Got Thrown Off Etsy and PayPal for Expressing My Belief in Biological Reality

Apparently, selling mugs and shirts that glorify violence against ‘TERFs’ is just fine. But ‘I 💜 J.K. Rowling‘? That‘s hate speech.

Colin Wright

23 Jun 2022 · 8 min read

Ricky Gervais Knows No Fear

The comedian's new Netflix special has its weak spots. But when it comes to goring gender ideology's sacred cows, no one does it better

Allan Stratton

16 Jun 2022 · 9 min read

The White House’s Specious Gender Manifesto

The White House is claiming that the debate about childhood gender medicine is settled—even as numerous international experts are coming forward to say it‘s not.

Bernard Lane

13 May 2022 · 17 min read

If You Care About Trans Rights, Don’t Let Predators Pick Their Pronouns

Some men are re-identifying as men immediately upon release from women’s prisons.

Allan Stratton

29 Apr 2022 · 13 min read

How Florida’s Newly Enacted ‘Parental Rights in Education’ Law Actually Protects Gay Students

The White House has denounced [https://abc7ny.com/dont-say-gay-bill-florida-desantis-biden-administration/11549206/] a new Florida law as “cruel” and “harmful.” In an interview with CNN, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, the first openly gay cabinet member in American history, agreed [https://www.metroweekly.com/2022/02/pete-buttigieg-slams-floridas-harmful-dont-say-gay-bill/] that the law is “dangerous.

Leor Sapir

1 Apr 2022 · 7 min read