Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
The American Academy of Pediatricians’ official policy relies on faith, not science, to prescribe hormones and surgery for so-called transgender children. [UPDATED 2023.06.21: The AAP Policy Statement that is at the heart of this post is still current, and the list of published articles (at the bottom of the post,
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Obama planted a poison pill when he put transgender folks in the military. Republicans should discharge them, instead of quibbling about surgery. Two interesting headlines about transgender people in the military. The first comes from Gateway Pundit: The second is at Truth Revolt: Here’s the short story: Republicans tried to stop
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Progressives pretend that their transgender politics are based on science but they’re not; it’s fantasy all the way, which is a disservice to children. The other day, NPR had a fascinating article. Because it is fascinating, allow me to quote some of the more interesting points: Why Caitlyn Jenner can never be
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Mack Beggs, the transgender wrestler, should not wrestle as either a boy or a girl. She made a choice, so she, not society, should accept the consequences. Mack Beggs is a 17-year-old genetic female with a serious body dysmorphia problem that has never been addressed: She believes that she was
Continue readingI watched HBO’s documentary about Robert Mapplethorpe, and it brought back a long-forgotten memory. In 1989, my then-boyfriend and I went to an art gallery affiliated with UC Berkeley to see the controversial Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition that had so aroused Jesse Helm’s wrath. My memory is that the gallery was
Continue readingOnce upon a time, even Hollywood recognized that, just because you called yourself something, it didn’t mean you were that thing. Indeed, Hollywood could even joke about it. In the 1950s, sex had nothing to do with the joke about meaningless labels. Early in Singin’ in the Rain, top silent star
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