Wednesday, June 29, 2022
This day in Herstory: Magdalena Johanna Maria "Marleen" Veldhuis, born June 29, 1979, is a retired swimmer from the Netherlands. She was world record holder in four events (one individual event and three relay events). Veldhuis won eight world championships gold medals and 20 European championships gold medals. In the Olympics, she won a bronze medal in London 2012 in the 50 m freestyle, as well as three relay medals: bronze in Athens 2004, gold in Beijing 2008, and silver in London 2012. (more)
US - The dark side of gender transition is only beginning to reveal itself, and it’s tragic
From Washington Examiner (USA)
By Elizabeth Stauffer
June 29, 2022
The Left has celebrated the transgender movement in the United States unabashedly, praising gender-confused individuals for their courage and passing policies to cement “gender identity” into our legal code, as well as our national discourse.
Gender ideology, the idea that gender is a fluid construct rather than an undeniable biological fact, has made its way into just about every part of our culture, from Hollywood films to public school curricula. And it is now making its way into our medical system, with potentially grievous consequences for young children and adults.
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation defines “transitioning” as “the process a person undertakes to bring their gender expression and/or their body into alignment with their gender identity.” ... read full article
US - Fox in the henhouse: Biden’s new Title IX rule puts women in danger
From Washington Times (USA)
By Sarah Parshall Perry
June 29, 2022
On its 50th anniversary, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 — the pinnacle achievement of sex equality in education — took a massive hit. Even as the Supreme Court delivered landmark opinion upon landmark opinion, the U.S. Department of Education issued a new rule on Title IX redefining “women” and proposing to undo many of the law’s successes.
Once considered a feminist triumph, Title IX was enacted to prevent sex-based discrimination at any educational institution receiving federal funding. For hundreds of thousands of women, it has opened the door to graduate schools, scholastic sports, study programs and, ultimately, professional achievement. … read full article
US - Suit hits Loudoun schools’ ‘mafia tactics’ against students and parents
From Washington Examiner (USA)
By Paul Bedard
June 29, 2022
A conservative legal group representing several Loudoun County parents has filed suit against the school system, alleging the “egregious moral corruption” of students and “violations of parental rights.”
The suit charges that the school system has adopted woke, left-wing policies that have put children in danger and sidelined parents in violation of the state constitution.
“The extreme social gender experiments being forced onto small children are nothing short of government-directed child abuse and child sexual exploitation,” said Stephen Miller, co-founder of America First Legal. ... read full article
US - 60% of Americans say people can’t switch genders, up from years past: poll
From New York Post (USA)
By Post Staff Report
June 29, 2022
A majority of Americans believe a person’s gender cannot be changed, according to a new poll, which underscores the public’s complicated view of transgender issues.
A new survey released by the Pew Research Center on Tuesday states that 60% of adults say “a person’s gender is determined by their sex assigned at birth.”
This is a four-point increase from the previous year — 56% in 2021 — and a six-point increase from 54% in 2017. ... read full article
US - Democrats unveiling ‘Transgender Bill of Rights’
From The Hill (USA)
By Zach Schonfeld
June 28, 2022
A group of House Democrats on Tuesday announced they would move to codify federal protections for transgender people.
The proposal, dubbed the “Transgender Bill of Rights,” would codify the Supreme Court’s 2020 Bostock v. Clayton County decision that protects employees against discrimination for being gay or transgender. ... read full article
US - Joe Biden: the world’s most dangerous trans activist
The US president is using the full force of the state to promote this divisive and damaging ideology.
From Spiked (USA)
By Sean Collins
June 29, 2022
Joe Biden seems to have no idea how to respond to America’s big challenges. Facing inflation, a border crisis and rising crime levels, he’s frozen like a deer caught in headlights. Not even approval ratings below those of his predecessor, Donald Trump, seem to rouse him.
But there is an exception, a cause that can turn this far-from-spry 79-year-old into a whirlwind of activity: transgenderism. …
Last week, Biden even used the 50th anniversary of Title IX – the law that prohibits sex discrimination in schools and universities that receive federal funding – to promote his trans agenda. …
In practice, the proposed new Title IX regulations mean that gender identity will replace sex. This will, at the very least, spell the end of women-only athletics.
US - Gender Spectrum Infiltrates America's schools to Influence Impressionable Children
From Townhall (USA)
By Casey Ryan
June 29, 2022
Organizations that prioritize extreme gender ideology over a proper education in America's schools have gained tremendous ground in the past decade. Through consultation services and training programs, these organizations have captivated administrators and teachers in our education system in an effort to influence the next generation of Americans.
Many of these organizations, such as the Human Rights Campaign and GLSEN, already have a high profile among the media and Americans who support parental rights. However, one equally dangerous organization that has seemingly avoided scrutiny is Gender Spectrum. It needs to be better known. ... read full article
US - USA Swimming official who resigned over Lia Thomas applauds FINA rule on trans swimmers
From Washington Examiner (USA)
By Christopher Tremoglie
June 29, 2022
EXCLUSIVE — Cynthia Millen took a stand last December against the gender ideology mob when nobody else had the courage to do so. She was a lone voice defending women and women's sports. Now, she has company, and she’s glad the right decision was finally made.
Millen decided it was essential to defend women's athletics and the right to fair competition. She resigned from her position of 30 years as a USA Swimming official in protest over Lia Thomas, a man, competing in women's swimming. But recently, FINA, the international swimming federation that administers competition in water sports, ruled that males cannot compete in the women's division unless they transitioned prior to age 12. ... read full article
US - Porn maker exposed as organizer of Portland Antifa children's photoshoot
A planned Portland photoshoot for children complete with makeup and wardrobe changing is being run by an Antifa pornographer who makes and sells sexually explicit content.
From The Post Millennial (USA)
By Andy Ngo
June 28, 2022
On May 30, a flyer posted on an anonymous account on Twitter for an event at Colonel Summers Park in southeast Portland advertised a "photoshoot day in the park for trans youth." The flyer reads, "kids will be partnered with a trans or queer photographer for a 30 to 45 minute photoshoot in the park" and that hair, makeup, nails and clothing changes will be available. …
The flyer was posted by the event organizer's anonymous Twitter account, "@screamingtater." The account's bio states their pronouns as "they/them" and that they're an "antifascist anarchist sex worker." Along with the flyer for the children's photoshoot, the account's Twitter wall is filled with sexually explicit content and posts expressing far-left violent extremist views. By June 26, the account stated that "seven kids signed up," with the youngest being eight years old. ... read full article
US - Twitter Suspends Jordan Peterson After He Tweets ‘Ellen Page Just Had Her Breasts Removed’
From The Daily Wire (USA)
By Hank Berrien
June 29, 2022
Twitter suspended famed psychologist Jordan Peterson’s account after he tweeted about a transgender surgery performed on Elliot Page, nee Ellen Page, former Oscar-nominated actress.
Peterson’s daughter Mikhaila tweeted at Elon Musk, “Wow. @jordanbpeterson got a twitter strike. No more twitter until he deletes the tweet. Definitely not a free speech platform at the moment. @elonmusk.” ... read full article
US - Drag queen SPEAKS OUT against children at drag shows
'This is a parent problem,' says drag queen Kitty Demure, who has raised the alarm for years about the inappropriate trend towards having children at drag shows.
From Rebel News (Canada)
By Alexandra Lavoie
June 29, 2022
During Pride Month, several questionable events have occurred that involve children. Videos have gone viral on social media showing children in drag bars and involved in drag queens' performances. Young children have even been shown giving tips in exchange for the performances of these drag queens. This has caused a great deal of controversy and has further polarization. …
California-based drag queen Kitty Demure, whose real name is William Browning, produced a video two years ago to alert people to the phenomenon of children in drag bars. The substances and activities surrounding these shows seem highly inappropriate, according to Kitty Demure. Here's the full interview from a drag queen's perspective. ... read full article
US - 'I'm not going to go easy on them just because they're kids': Trans skateboarder, 29, defends competing against young girls and insists she doesn't have a physical advantage
Ricci Tres, 29, spoke to DailyMail.com exclusively about her victory over a 13-year-old girl at the weekend
She said she doesn't think she has an advantage despite being biologically male because she's 'not buff'
Tres, formerly Richard Batres, has been on hormones for two years but has not had reassignment surgery
She says skateboarding is more rooted in 'skill and determination' than 'physicality'
She plans to continue competing in open contests to raise her ranking and one day get a spot on Team USA
Tres revealed to DailyMail.com she now lives on the opposite side of the country from her three young kids
From Daily Mail (UK)
By JENNIFER SMITH
June 29, 2022
The transgender skateboarder who sparked fury by beating a 13-year-old girl to claim first prize in a recent contest has defended competing against children, telling DailyMail.com exclusively: 'I wasn't going to go easy on them just because they're kids.' ... read full article
US - It's a Terrifying Time to Have a Gender-Questioning Kid
Democrats and Republicans are both scary
From BROADVIEW with Lisa Selin Davis (USA)
By Lisa Selin Davis
June 29, 2022
Caitlin Ryan began her pioneering work on families with LGBT children twenty years ago. It was her research that found what’s oft-repeated in the left and mainstream media today: Familial support is integral to the mental health of such children. Other work confirms this hypothesis. … However your kid identifies, whatever they’re going through, they need you. And you need them.
Which is why the increasingly punitive legislative measures from both the right and left, to wrest decision-making from parents and put it in the hands of the State, are so terrifying. ... read full article
US - The Complicated Science and Ethics Behind Treatment of Transgender Youth
From Reality’s Last Stand (USA)
By Audra Facinelli
June 29, 2022
The issue surrounding transgender youth, and whether they should receive medical care to transition has led to nationwide controversy.
On one side of the argument, there is the belief that children know as early as three years old whether they are transgender, and this remains unchanged well into adulthood. The opposite argument is the belief that so much as allowing a child to change their clothes, their name, and their pronouns is child abuse, and that parents should be investigated. ... read full article
US - Detransitioner Perspective: Building Strong Foundations
From Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans (PITT) (USA)
June 29, 2022
I struggle with advice for parents. I’m not a parent myself, I wasn’t a minor when I started transitioning and, in general, I have difficulty maintaining healthy, emotionally mature relationships. That last fact might be a little bit attributable to being autistic, a little bit attributable to having experienced childhood trauma, and a little bit attributable to family. My parents struggled with expressing emotions just as their parents did and their grandparents did. They weren’t bad people; they were just people with so much going on that they only knew what their own families taught them. ... read full article
Canada - Woman Evicted From Domestic Violence Shelter After Expressing Concerns About Gender Self-ID
Jane* says she was removed from a domestic violence shelter after becoming increasingly concerned about gender ideology's impact on the residence.
From REDUXX (USA)
By Anna Slatz
June 28, 2022
A Canadian woman has come forward to reveal that she was removed from a transitional shelter after expressing concerns to management about gender ideology following two disturbing incidents within the residence. …
“Before I arrived, I had never thought or cared much about gender identity,” she says, reflecting on the lead-up to her placement at the shelter. …
“I had assumed there would be a really small chance of one of them being in the house, but I figured there would be some sort of screening process in place and there wouldn’t be any violations of our boundaries.”
But shortly after Jane moved in, she found that a trans-identified male had been living in the residence, and her assumptions were rapidly proven incorrect. ... read full article
Canada - In defense of secular standards
Believe in gender identity and you will make it add up.
From Writing behavior by Eliza Mondegreen (Canada)
By Eliza Mondegreen
June 29, 2022
So many questions and concerns gender-critical feminists raise with trans activists fail to get any kind of answer, whether it's "What's transphobic about safeguarding?" or "How does trying to understand what's going on in a kid's life before taking irreversible actions amount to conversion therapy?" Or even "What kind of future do you have in mind? One where every kid uncomfortable with sexist gender roles transitions and becomes a lifelong medical patient? Is the answer to the problem of gender really 'more gender'?" … read full article
UK - Warner Bros leaps to JK Rowling’s defence saying studio is PROUD of working with 'one of the world's best storytellers' and PR was ‘wholly wrong’ to say author was ‘not relevant’ to interview about Harry Potter book
Warner defended Rowling after a question about her was blocked at its event
Tom Felton was asked about her during interview on Harry Potter anniversary
A PR team said 'Rowling not connected to Warner or Felton' and 'not relevant'
But Warner Bros now says this was 'wholly wrong' and is 'proud' to work with her
From Daily Mail (UK)
By CHARLOTTE MCLAUGHLIN and CLAUDIA AORAHA
June 29, 2022
Warner Bros has defended JK Rowling who has come under increased scrutiny over her position on women's rights and gender.
It leapt to the author's side after a Sky News reporter was blocked from asking Tom Felton about Rowling on the 25th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. ... read full article
UK - You’re welcome to close your accounts if you don’t like pronoun badges, Halifax tells customers
The bank was ridiculed on social media after tweeting a badge reading ‘Pronouns matter’ in an effort to prevent ‘accidental misgendering’
From The Telegraph (UK)
By Gurpreet Narwan
June 29, 2022
Halifax has told customers they are welcome to close their accounts if they disagree with its stance on pronoun badges for employees, following a raft of online complaints.
The bank was ridiculed on social media after it tweeted an image of one of the badges in a post which read: "Pronouns matter. #It’sapeoplething." The photograph shows a badge with the name ‘Gemma’ with pronouns ‘she/her/hers’ written beneath.
Some Twitter users took issue with the policy but the bank was quick to shut them down, urging them to withdraw their custom if they felt upset. ... read full article
UK - Why TERFs need to leave the left
Too many feminists are standing by a left that hates them.
From Spiked (UK)
By JULIE BURCHILL
June 29, 2022
When I was at school, there were a couple of girls’ names that had to come with a further description because said names were so popular. I remember Susans J and K, Karens T and G – and various Julies, including me, Julie B. But there was another Julie B – my friend, the beautiful, kind and smart Julie Bamford, who would be killed in a car crash while still young, when I’d turned my back on my brethren to run away to London – for fame, fortune and feminism. ... read full article
UK - Now NHS midwives are told that sex is 'ASSIGNED' at birth: Royal college's 'inclusivity' memo sparks fury among medics
Two colleges specialising in women's health issued a statement on 'inclusivity'
This document said sex was 'assigned' at birth causing outrage from midwives
Some said they were 'offended' and 'ashamed' at the 'nonsense' statement
From Daily Mail (UK)
By JOHN ELY
June 29, 2022
Midwives have today denounced claims they 'assign' the sex of children at birth in the latest row on woke language in the NHS.
The wording came from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) in an 'inclusivity' statement.
Their document said: 'We recognise maternity and gynaecological services will be accessed by women, gender diverse individuals and people whose gender identity does not align with the sex they were assigned at birth.' ... read full article
Scotland - Scots who change gender under new trans laws risk having status ignored in England
UK ministers are reportedly considering refusing to recognise gender recognition certificates which would be issued under the new SNP system
From The Telegraph (UK)
By Daniel Sanderson
June 29, 2022
People who change their legal sex in Scotland under Nicola Sturgeon’s controversial overhaul of transgender laws may see their new status ignored when they cross the border, it has emerged.
The Telegraph understands that UK ministers are considering refusing to recognise gender recognition certificates (GRCs) which would be issued under the new SNP system, which will operate under a "self-identification" model and remove any medical checks. ... read full article