Eight essays documenting how gender ideology captured American schools, medicine, and law — and the industry built on it.
We often talk about the dangers of the transgender medical industry, but these realities can only be truly understood by looking closely at the individuals pushed down this path, the mental and physical distress of the young men and women who attempt these transitions, and the grieving family members who are left behind. Legacy media … Read more
In every debate over transgender identity, there is always discussion of “evidence,” and it tends to revolve around complex statistics, randomized controlled trials, or medical consensus. Before considering any of this, however, we should ask ourselves: Does any of this make sense? On the most basic level, does the medical intervention proposed make sense for … Read more
The first malpractice verdict against a provider of ‘gender-affirming care’ for a minor arrived in 2026. Fox Varian, a brave young woman who underwent a double mastectomy at sixteen, sued the psychologist and plastic surgeon responsible. A jury awarded her $2 million—the first verdict of its kind. The verdict was a watershed moment. For years, … Read more
Throughout the 20th century, transgender theories, identities, and interventions were marginal, limited to niche medical and activist circles. In 2010, public familiarity with the term “transgender” was minimal; polling data and analyses from those years suggest that fewer than 20-30% of Americans even knew what the word meant. Then, from 2014 through 2016, transgender concepts … Read more
Until recent years, no one had reason to realize the innumerable instances in everyday life in which we rely on the law to distinguish between the sexes. We rely on that understanding of our anti-discrimination laws in order to keep boys’ and girls’ bathrooms separate in public elementary schools, women’s and men’s swim teams separate … Read more
Harley-Davidson was founded in 1903, sixteen years before Berlin’s Institute for Sexual Science opened its doors. The former generated hundreds of patents, tens of thousands of motorcycles, and one of the most recognizable brands in American history. The latter existed for thirteen years before the Nazis burned it down, though not before helping to spawn … Read more
When a mother sends her daughter off for the first time on the little yellow school bus, she entrusts the care and direction of her small child to adults she does not know—trusting that, in addition to the elementary instruction in reading and math, the adult will help her daughter navigate the complexities of socializing … Read more
In January 1992, the heiress who had paid for the invention of transgender medicine in America died in Mazatlán, Mexico, a fugitive from federal drug indictments. Reed Erickson was seventy-four, addicted, and broke. The foundation she had run was long shuttered. The Hopkins clinic she had funded was closed. The professional society she had bankrolled … Read more