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Researcher Ousted for ‘Dangerous’ Study Into Censorship of Feminists in Academia Who Don’t Buy Into Transgenderism
George Orwell said, “The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.” Never has this seemed more true than when observing the way a university treated a female researcher who discovered that other female academics were censored, smeared, and silenced when they questioned “gender identity theory” and…Nicole Russell -
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EXCLUSIVE: Medical Group Backs State AG’s Emergency Order on Transgender Interventions Amid Legal Threat
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued an emergency regulation Thursday restricting the use of experimental transgender interventions on minors. An organization of doctors, nurses, and health care professionals supported Bailey's order, despite pro-transgender activist groups condemning it as based on "debunked claims" that ignore "medical evidence" and threatening a lawsuit to…Tyler O’Neil -
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I Fell for Deception of Transgenderism
As I spoke in the rotunda of the Kentucky State Capitol late last month to a crowd of Kentucky lawmakers and supporters of pro-family policy, a large group of transgender activists quietly observed from the second- and third-floor mezzanines, holding various signs and flags. I called on Kentucky legislators to override the governor’s veto of…Walt Heyer -
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‘Transsurrection’? Pro-Transgender Protesters Occupy 4 State Capitols
Last week, hundreds or thousands of left-wing protesters entered Capitol buildings in four separate states, disrupting legislative chambers holding session in at least two of them. In three out of four incidents, the protesters explicitly opposed legislation to defend children, families, and women from the harmful effects of transgender ideology; in the other incident, a…Joshua Arnold -
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State Department Fund Offers $1.5 Million Grants to Promote ‘LGBT Inclusion’ Around Globe
A State Department initiative offers $5 million in taxpayer funds to be divided among qualifying LGBT organizations across the world. The State Department’s $25 million Global Equality Fund invited projects led or supported by LGBT organizations and communities to apply by March 1 to win awards between $750,000 and $1.5 million. The agency will allocate a total of…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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‘Why Do Democrats Despise Women?’ Transgender Faux Females Get Preferential Treatment
As March and Women’s History Month draw to a close, it’s worth taking a moment to ponder a rhetorical question posed earlier this month by the website SelfRelianceCentral.com: “Why Do Democrats Despise Women?” That’s not political hyperbole. It’s a serious—and legitimate—question. How else can one explain why elected Democrats nearly unanimously oppose efforts at…Peter Parisi -
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Transgender Shooter Reveals Perverse World of Leftist Ideology
The legacy media have a preset narrative machine when it comes to mass shootings. That narrative machine takes into account the identities of the shooter and the victims, and then churns out an explanation for the shooting. White shooter, black victims: systemic racism. Black shooter, white victims: alienation caused by systemic racism. Muslim shooter, gay…Ben Shapiro -
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40 State Legislatures Have Passed or Introduced Legislation to Restrict Transgender Child Abuse
We undoubtedly are in the middle of one of the largest legislative pushes against child abuse in our nation’s history. This child abuse, masquerading as “gender-affirming care,” has been taken up as a banner of humanity by progressives over the past five years—and they encourage children to mutilate their own bodies if the kids feel…Tony Kinnett -
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Surfer Bethany Hamilton Vows She Won’t Compete Against Biological Men, Setting Example for Pro Athletes to Defend Women’s Sports
Few female athletes have the ear of America, much less the world, in the way Bethany Hamilton does. With more than 1 million followers on Twitter, 2 million on Instagram, and two movies telling her story, when Hamilton speaks, people listen, which is something Hamilton appears to have been counting on when sharing a recent…Virginia Allen -
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An Example of How Transgender Rights Affect Women’s Safety
In June, Instagram user “CubanaAngel” posted a video featuring a woman demanding of an employee at Wi Spa in Los Angeles why a man was being allowed in the women’s area. “It’s OK for a man to go into the women’s section, show his penis around the other women, young little girls underage, your spa,…Katrina Trinko -
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Michigan May Add ‘Nonbinary’ Driver’s License Option
Michigan is considering adding an option on driver’s licenses for people who identify as nonbinary. The move would allow Michigan residents who do not identify as either male or female to be represented as “nonbinary” on their licenses, according to ABC News. Michigan would become the 14th state along with Washington, D.C., to add the option. New York City…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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I Was America’s First ‘Nonbinary’ Person. It Was All a Sham.
Four years ago, I wrote about my decision to live as a woman in The New York Times, writing that I had wanted to live “authentically as the woman that I have always been,” and had “effectively traded my white male privilege to become one of America’s most hated minorities.” Three years ago, I decided…James Shupe