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The Table: Historical Patterns of Exclusionary Rhetoric
What This Section Addresses: A common response to evidence-based critiques of trans exclusion is to dismiss them as “false equivalence” or historically inaccurate comparisons. Critics argue that anti-trans arguments are fundamentally different from historical discrimination because the categories involved are different. This section examines whether the mechanism of exclusion follows
The Mirage of Protection
How Gatekeeping Becomes the Wound We Inflict on Ourselves
Part 6: The "Good Trans Person" Con
When Acceptance Means Submission
Part 5: The Capital 'T' Truth About Lowercase Bigotry
Debunking Sasha Ayad's Denial-Based Identity
When "No" Is a Complete Sentence: Why We Need to Stop Platforming Bigotry
A somewhat raw and unpolished update to you all
Part 4: Incomplete Is Their Middle Name
How Ayad Misrepresents Affirming Care
Part 3: Seven Principles of Psychological Warfare
Decoding Ayad's Conversion Manifesto
Part 2: Are You Smart Enough to Be Manipulated?
Ayad's Audience Grooming Tactics
List of Bad Arguments by Transmisic Activists
1. Claim: "There is no objective evidence that proves the condition of 'being transgender' is anything but a belief" * Logical fallacy: Appeal to ignorance (claiming something is true because it hasn't been proven false) * Why it's incorrect: This dismisses substantial scientific evidence
Part 1: The Metaphor That Murders Truth
Manufacturing Confusion from Complexity
Local Parents Hold Press Conference to Announce They Are Actually the Oppressed Ones
They Demand Flag and Persecution Recognition
Inconvenient Truth
When Manufactured Evidence Meets Institutional Ambition
An Inconvenient Truth about Stella O'Malley's Genspect Victory Lap
Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth Series about "The Metaphor of Gender"
How Sasha Ayad Sells Sophisticated Conversion Therapy to Scared Parents
Inconvenient Truth
When "Fatal Flaws" Become "Cautious Interpretation"
A Response to Sammy Stagg's Methodological Retreat
Inconvenient Truth
The Anatomy of Scientific Misdirection
A Response to City Journal's "Transgender Brain Studies are Fatally Flawed"
Inconvenient Truth
The Respectability Politics of Trans Exclusion
An Inconvenient Truth About Rockwell's "Brain Scans CAN Tell Us Important Things About Trans People"
Inconvenient Truth
My Response to Teed Rockwell's “A Moderate Gender Manifesto”
A 3/5ths Compromise for the 21st Century
Inconvenient Truth
The Convenient Fiction of the "Good Gay"
A Response to Carolina Courier's Nostalgic Revisionism
Essays
When We Police Ourselves
The Cruelest Cut: How We Become Enforcers of Our Own Oppression
Satire
Confessions of a Daughter Whose Mom Thinks I'm Her Son
A Satirical response
Inconvenient Truth
Parent Discovers One Weird Trick to Protect Trans Kids
Supporting Politicians Who Want Them Dead
Essays
The Fragility of the Offended Offenders
In my previous essay,"The Mirror of Offense," I explored how accusations of fragility reveal more about the accuser than the accused, how the mirror of offense reflects back the brittleness of those who cannot bear to share a world where their comfort isn't centered. That
Inconvenient Truth
When "Learning" Means Forgetting Everything We Know About Healthcare
Well, folks, I've just finished reading what might be the most spectacular example of someone learning all the wrong lessons from their clinical experience. Dr. Dwight Panozzo, a PhD and LCSW who should definitely know better, has written "From Respect to Understanding," where they want us