Trans Typologies: A Brief History
In a new book, MIT philosopher Alex Byrne tracks our evolving understanding of gender dysphoria.
Alex Byrne
· 11 min read
Transgenderism
A collection of 24 posts
Trans Identity and the Right to Exist
This is substance metaphysics for the twenty-first century.
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 10 min read
What Even Is ‘Trans’?
A new book on gender leaves no space for gender non-conformity that is not defined as 'trans'
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 7 min read
Sexual and Gender Identity: Four Competing Paradigms
If we are going to expend so much effort on the topic of gender and sexual identity, we should be clear and rigorous in how we think about it.
William Vex
· 15 min read
Understanding the Rise of Transgender Identities
The social dynamics of girls’ and women’s friendship groups, including a desire to fit in and avoid conflict, may make them more susceptible to social contagion.
David C. Geary
· 13 min read
Affirming Your Inner Fursona
For some, gender transition is just a way station en route to more exotic (and furrier) trans-species identities.
Steven Tucker
· 11 min read
Shuttering the Tavistock
The closure of Britain’s scandal-plagued youth gender clinic could help protect distressed children from unnecessary medicalisation.
Bernard Lane
· 10 min read
Dave Chappelle vs. the New Puritans
As the legendary comedian chalks up prestigious awards and plays to packed houses, his progressive critics look increasingly ridiculous.
Allan Stratton
· 9 min read
Gender Ideology Comes to Germany
In June, my co-authors and I published an article describing the reality of biological sex. The resulting controversy persists to this day.
Uwe Steinhoff
· 7 min read
Gender Ideologues Have Co-opted the Campaign Against Conversion Therapy
I spent years campaigning for a law that would protect gay youth from the ‘corrective’ abuse that I’d once endured. Then the trans-rights lobby got involved.
Peter Gajdics
· 11 min read
Gender Ideology’s True Believers
I spent 25 years in a cultish political sect. Trans activists are giving me déjà vu.
Kathleen Hayes
· 12 min read
Gender-Transition Decisions Should Be Made by Families, Not the State
This month, the New York Times ran a two-part podcast series titled When Texas Went After Transgender Care, detailing that state’s effort to ban “elective procedures for gender transitioning, including reassignment surgeries that can cause sterilization, mastectomies, removals of otherwise healthy body parts, and administration of puberty-blocking drugs or
Lisa Selin Davis
· 9 min read
I’m Being Investigated by the British Columbia College of Nurses Because I Believe Biological Sex Is Real
In November 2020, the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) informed me that I was under investigation for my “off-duty conduct.” My disciplinary hearing is scheduled to take place from May 30th through June 3rd, and my career as a nurse hangs in the balance. I have been
Amy Eileen Hamm
· 8 min read
Gender Ideologues’ Alarming Campaign to Get Kids While They’re Young
In the debate about the wisdom of medicalised gender change for the young, there is a common refrain meant to expose the moral panic and ignorance of sceptics. No young person, we are told, gets any medical intervention before puberty. This may be true, but it obscures the more telling
Bernard Lane
· 10 min read
Male and Female Athletic Performance: Worlds Apart
The different physical attributes of males and females have functional consequences for sports-relevant outputs.
Jon Pike, Emma Hilton, and Leslie A. Howe
· 8 min read