SocietyCommentary
The Left Is Shunning Liberals With Concerns About Transgender Agenda
Recently, I heard from a woman who has a teenage daughter four years into the process of transitioning. Throughout that time, this mom has been… Read More
SocietyCommentary
DC Restaurant Fined for Asking Man in Women’s Restroom to Show ID
What’s the point of a women’s restroom if you don’t care who uses it? That’s a question on the minds of a lot of D.C…. Read More
SocietyNews
California State Senate Committee Bans Saying ‘He’ and ‘She’
Spiked Online editor Brendan O’Neill reacted to a California state Senate committee banning the words “he” and “she” during hearings and said it’s an example… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Why Ginsburg Fought Discrimination ‘On the Basis of Sex,’ Not Gender Identity
Growing up with only sisters as siblings, we were raised to aspire to all that we were capable of—no “ifs,” “ands,” or “buts.” So, while… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Memo to Therapists: We Need More Masculinity, Not Less
The American Psychological Association has, in its words, issued “its first-ever guidelines for practice with men and boys.” These guidelines “draw on more than 40… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Pelosi’s Equality Act Could Lead to More Parents Losing Custody of Kids Who Want ‘Gender Transition’
Americans have long understood that children are best cared for by their parents. The state should only intervene in the family when there is demonstrable… Read More
SocietyCommentary
A Christian Baker’s New Legal Fight With Colorado Is a Matter of Fairness
Most of us understand the importance of fairness early in life. Whether it’s an umpire’s call in Little League or a teacher’s grading in elementary… Read More
SocietyCommentary
We Hear You: Transgender Pronouns, School Discipline, the Russia Probe, and Climate Change
Editor’s note: Many readers admired the high school students who stood up for a teacher who was fired for declining to use male pronouns to… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Scientists Making War on ‘Traditional Masculinity’ Are Political Hacks
This week, the American Psychological Association proved once again that it is a political body rather than a scientific one. This isn’t the first time… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Woke Moral Panic of Today
2018 was a chaotic year. It was a chaotic year for the markets, for domestic and international politics, and for social mores. 2019 promises more… Read More
SocietyNews
New York Rings in New Year by Offering Gender-Neutral Birth Certificates
New York City residents may now change their birth certificates to reflect a neutral gender identity after an October bill took effect after the new… Read More
SocietyNews
2 Students Explain Why They Defended Teacher Fired Over Transgender Pronouns
Two high school students say they organized a walkout in support of a teacher fired for not using pronouns preferred by a transgender student because… Read More
SocietyNews
San Francisco Creates First Transgender District
San Francisco created a special cultural district for transgender persons, marking the first legal transgender district created anywhere in the world. San Francisco’s Tenderloin district… Read More
SocietyCommentary
This Teacher Was Fired for ‘Misgendering’ a Student. Who Could Be Next?
Last week, a Virginia school board voted unanimously to fire a teacher after he refused to comply with administrators’ orders to use a female student’s… Read More
SocietyCommentary
On Gender, the Science Is Deafening
Reading the headlines this week is like taking a trip to an alternate universe. Ten years ago, if you’d have said that in 2018 teachers… Read More
SocietyNews
Here’s Why Identity Politics Threaten America
Is there an answer to the problem of identity politics in America? For some, the “solution” is direct. “We need to take on the oppression… Read More
SocietyNews
Twitter Bans Misgendering Individuals as ‘Hateful,’ but Porn Accounts Tweet Freely
Twitter banned the use of biological pronouns to refer to transgender persons, adding a clause prohibiting the practice to its policy regarding hateful conduct. The… Read More
SocietyCommentary
New York Times Reveals Painful Truths About ‘Sex Change’ Surgery
In Sunday’s New York Times, Andrea Long Chu writes a heartfelt and heartbreaking op-ed on life with gender dysphoria. Titled “My New Vagina Won’t Make Me… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Podcast: UPenn Law Professor Says Radical Feminism Has Made Women ‘Dumber’
Has “radical feminism” been bad for women? University of Pennsylvania Law School professor Amy Wax argues a resounding yes. “Radical feminism has had a baleful… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Our Identity Crisis
According to a recent report in The New York Times, Health and Human Services Department officials have been circulating a proposal to define sex. Their… Read More
SocietyNews
Why This California College Student Is Choosing to Stand Up for Her Beliefs on Gender
A 20-year-old student senator at the University of California Berkeley says she didn’t expect the intense opposition she received for voicing her Christian beliefs on… Read More
SocietyCommentary
If Gender Is Subjective, Makes Sense Age Should Be, Too
Emile Ratelband, a 69-year-old motivational speaker in the Netherlands, has petitioned a Dutch court for permission to change his legal age by altering his birth… Read More
SocietyNews
69-Year-Old Man Identifies as 49, Asks Court to Change His Age
A Dutch self-help guru is breaking new ground by claiming age is just as fluid as gender—and he isn’t worried about offending the transgender community…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
Massachusetts Can Protect Women and Kids
This election cycle, there’s a question on the Massachusetts ballot on whether to keep in place a state law that poses a serious threat to… Read More
SocietyNews
Christian Baker Jack Phillips Asks Court to Halt New Civil Rights Prosecution
Jack Phillips, the Christian “cake artist” of Masterpiece Cakeshop fame, asked a federal court Tuesday to temporarily stop a new civil rights prosecution brought against… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Trump’s Proposed Rollback of Transgender Policy Is Good News for Many Who Are Suffering
Thank you, Mr. President, for moving to make male and female great again. In the last few years, biological girls have seen their rights violated… Read More
SocietyNews
4 Things to Know About Trump’s Possible Reversal of Obama’s Transgender Policy
The Department of Health and Human Services is reportedly considering scrapping Obama-era executive actions tying federal school funding to recognizing gender as a choice. The… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
We Hear You: The President, the Electoral College, Transgender Suicide, and Podcast Feedback
Editor’s note: So how did President Trump do in the big “60 Minutes” interview? You told us, plus a thing or two about our podcasts… Read More
SocietyNews
Biological Male Wins World Championship Event in Women’s Cycling
A biological male who identifies as a transgender woman won a women’s world championship cycling event Sunday in California. Rachel McKinnon, an assistant professor of… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Taylor Swift Finally Went Political. Here’s Where She Went Wrong.
Taylor Swift made waves this week when she made the first political statement of her career. The country-turned-pop star has famously kept silent on politics… Read More
