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Christian Nationalists Claim Ownership of Easter’s Month of Sundays
Wall-to-wall coverage of the convergence of Trans Day of Visibility sends an authoritarian message that dissenters to Christian nationalist totalitarianism will not be tolerated.
Jonathan Haidt Promoted a Fringe Theory on Trans Youth
The author of “The Anxiety Generation” told PBS that young people are becoming trans due to peer contagion. There is no evidence that this is so.
TWIBS: Yet Another Sport Claimed by Trans Women
Two Dutch darts players have resigned from the Netherlands’ national darts team over the mere existence of a trans competitor! We have taken your darts… pray we do not take your frisbees.
Nex Benedict’s Full Autopsy Results Confirm it Points to Suicide
According to reporting by the Advocate, the levels of diphenhydramine found were compatible with suicide.
Roller Derby Fights Transphobia
Nassau County’s Bruce Blakeman is trying to force women sports leagues not to include transgender women. Roller Derby, an athletic home for queer women of all shapes and sizes, isn’t having it.
TDOV Coincides With Easter Sunday, Conservatives Dismayed
Ian Miles Cheong and the Washington Examiner are trying to make a scandal out of the coincidence of dates.
Reading Between the Lines of a USA Today Anti-Trans Column
How does it harm a cis woman to tie for fifth place with a trans woman? Opinion columns opposing trans women’s equal participation in sports won’t tell you.
Rethinking Mastectomies
Viewing mastectomy as a loss or diminishment of health makes little sense when you consider the lifetime risk of breast cancer is a whopping 1 in 8.
TWIBS: WPATH defeated… or is it?!
Publisher of the absolute nothingburger “WPATH files,” Michael Shellenberger, was briefly duped into thinking the trans healthcare organization had deposed its leader and undone its most recent guidelines… and Jesse Singal was somehow the voice of reason?!
England Removes Access to Puberty Blockers for Trans Youth
Cisgender children will still be able to receive the drugs, which have been portrayed as too risky for trans youth.
The Real Scandal in British Trans Care: 10-year Waiting Lists
A BBC Newsnight investigation is shedding light on the hopelessness of waiting years for a first appointment at a UK gender clinic.
Helen Lewis’ Bait and Switch
Research shows that puberty blockers and testosterone therapy do not seem to impact fertility, bone density, or sexual function for trans boys. The Atlantic’s moral panic depends on you not knowing that.
Behind the Curl
Surf corporation Rip Curl made a documentary ad featuring the only known trans woman in pro-surfing. Then they took it down.
TWIBS: Wacky Wizarding World Woman Denies Holocaust
Once beloved fiction author JK Rowling tries her hand at Holocaust denial by pretending the Nazis never targeted transgender people. Unfortunately for her, history disagrees!
Glowing Review of Matt Walsh Doc Honored by Oldest Press Club in US
The five-star review repeated multiple false and misleading claims, echoing the What is a Woman? documentary by Walsh. It is to be honored with a 2023 Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism award.
Transgender Space Camp Employee Accused of Being Transgender
Conservatives are trying to get a transfemme fired for being transgender. The case highlights the increasing danger of the moral panic that insinuates trans people are inherently dangerous to children.
I’m a Trans Substitute Teacher in Florida. It’s Worse than You Think.
A substitute teacher in Florida writes about the ways anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and the moral panic over trans youth is negatively impacting teachers and students alike.
Trans Youth and Families Deserve Better Than The Affirming Care “Debate”
In the Washington Post, Megan McArdle pushes vague fearmongering about transgender youth in an example of the poisoned debate that asks endless leading questions when we already know the answers.
TWIBS: Missouri Rep Proposes Criminalizing Teachers Using a Trans Kid’s Pronouns
State Rep. Jamie Ray Gragg introduced this absolutely bizarre bill that would jail teachers and have them register as sex offenders if they contribute to the social transition of a student.
Texas Democrat Who Turned on Trans Community Is Finding Out
Representative Shawn Thierry voted to ban gender-affirming care for youth. Now she’s heading for a runoff, unless her opponent, Lauren Ashley Simmons, won outright.