7/7 to 7/13: the battle over sports categories continues, Zuck(erberg) sucks

And many, many, many commentaries to fill your weekend.

Jul 14, 2023

Call to Action

Stop CA SB 729 (California, USA): Voice your objection to the surrogacy industry in California.

Report images of child abuse (UK, international): If you are unlucky to run into images of child sexual exploitation on the internet (an event that isn’t rare enough, unfortunately), report it.

Petition for single-sex spaces (UK): Started by a 13 year old student, this petition asks that all schools and public buildings have single-sex spaces (i.e. bathrooms, changing rooms, etc).

Support a worker (Scotland): Kenneth McBride claims he was fired from his job with the Scottish government as a result of his gender critical beliefs. Always remember to do your own research before donating to a cause.

Erasing Women, LGB, and Their Spaces

7/9/23 - Miss Netherlands crowns trans woman Rikkie Valerie Kollé

If Rikkie really wants to be treated like a woman, then he surely must feel “affirmed” by all the negative comments on his appearance that he has invited by competing in the pageant. Color us shocked to learn that Miss Universe is owned by a trans-identified male billionaire who fiercely defends this result.

7/9/23 - "August" wants to be a gender-inclusive brand, calls customers 'menstruators'

Will these companies never learn? Or do they want the backlash just for publicity?

Silencing Girls, Women, and Their Supporters

7/11/23 - 16-year-old says she was kicked off swim team for protesting biological males in YMCA girls' locker room

While Gen Z (those born between ~1997 and 2012) are the most likely to fall into gender ideology, we must point out that that generation also includes many who courageously push back against the craziness.

Males in Female Sports

7/12/23 - West Virginia argues transgender athlete is harming girls with track-and-field success

Professional sport governing bodies are paving the way to schools to take a stronger stance on this issue.

7/11/23 - Caster Semenya: Double Olympic champion wins appeal at European Court of Human Rights over testosterone rules

Caster Semenya is male, despite being raised female and promoted as female by trainers desperate to create a world champion. We know he is male because the DSD that affects him is one that only affects males.

7/11/23 - Megan Rapinoe, 38, would WELCOME a trans player on the US women's team and says she 'always felt Trump loved me' as she aims for her third World Cup victory in New Zealand

It must be noted that Megan is retiring from playing soccer after the World Cup. How brave of you, Megan, to advocate for men invading women’s sports when you won’t be the one playing against them. Former tennis champ Martina Navratilova is having none of it.

7/10/23 - Cycling Race Defines Women Athletes After Transgender Cyclist Wins

Following the win of a man racing against women in cycling — a man who, unsurprisingly, beat the female runner-up by a whole four minutes — Monuments of Cycling has announced that male and female categories are to be based on natal sex, and that racers can be tested for their eligibility to compete in one category or the other. There will also be an open category for trans-identified people and their diehard allies.

7/8/23 - Transgender Athlete Says He Intentionally Won Female Competition To ‘Stir Controversy’ About Fairness In Sports

This is kinda a whacky one: a trans-identified man says he entered a female cycling competition for the sole purpose of proving that he should not be able to compete against women. Na Hwa-rin believes sports should add a third category to accommodate trans-identifying athletes like himself. Our hero (*sarcasm*) has offered the women he beat some energy drinks to make up for stealing their award.

Reproductive Rights

7/13/23 - F.D.A. Approves First U.S. Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill

For women who want a contraceptive pill but have limited access to needed health services, this sounds like good news. It’s the personal opinion of this writer we should be cautiously optimistic due concern in the health field that the FDA pushes drugs to market before they are truly known to cause minimal harm.

7/12/23 - Iowa Republicans pass a new 6-week abortion ban

Republicans reminding us why it’s hard to want to ally with them on anything, even what few issues we may agree on.

7/11/23 - Teen and mom plead guilty to abortion charges based on Facebook data

This headline could just as easily go into the “News & Society” section of our newsletter, as it highlights the reach of Big Tech. Here is another source reporting the story.

Sexual Exploitation

7/12/23 - Women are refusing to shave their bikini areas in latest summer trend

Here is an article about a trend against the objectification of women. The normalization of women being hairless everywhere except their heads has always been gross and stupid. Not to mention the costs associated with maintaining this aesthetic and the health consequences like chronic ingrown hairs. It’s a beautiful thing to see more women embracing their bodies in their natural state.

Sex Discrimination

7/10/23 - Pokémon Go developer Niantic created a ‘sexist boys club’ environment, new lawsuit says

The world of gaming is notorious for sexism, so it’s no surprise that a company has come under fire for unfair treatment of its women workers. This particular lawsuit was sparked by one worker who noticed that a new male employee with less experience than her was hired for $20k higher than her own salary.

News Impacting Society and Children

7/12/23 - Medical insurer drops cover for private doctors who initiate hormone treatments in adolescents with gender dysphoria

This is probably the most pleasantly surprising headline we’ve seen in awhile. A major medical insurer no longer financially protects private doctors facing lawsuits that arise from assessing a child to need “gender-affirming care.” The insurer, MDA National, cites lack of evidence to support that “treatment” path. You know sh*t is getting real when the people holding the purse strings start slowly backing away from gender ideologues.

7/12/23 - Parents, staff demand TDSB drop drag queen storytime opt-out. The board is standing firm

This is wild, y’all. Now the TQ+ crowd isn’t just demanding that Drag Queen Story Hours be allowed, but also that people not be allowed to keep their own children from participating in it! Thankfully, the school board has not cowered in the face of this outrageous demand.

7/12/23 - Seattle public schools will offer 'gender affirming care' to students as young as 11 years old at no cost - as critics say it's a 'whole new level of awful for schools to be involved'

More ludicrousness as Trans Radical Activists continue to aggressively target children. Here is another disturbing article from Washington state schools.

7/11/23 - Queens transgender ‘socialist’ looks to unseat Albany Democrat Juan Ardila, accused of sex abuse

Alternative title: Sexual degenerate looks to unseat sex pest in New York legislature. Below is the brave and stunning budding politician.

Émilia Decaudin, who is a member of New York's Democratic Committee, said Tuesday she would run against Assembly member Juan Ardila.

7/11/23 - Michigan Salon Owner Refuses to Serve LGBTQ+ Community Because of ‘Pedophiles’

Let’s be clear: salon owner Christine Greiger, emboldened by the recent US Supreme Court ruling, has explicitly said that she does not welcome the TQ+ in her salon. Despite the author of this article acting like the Greiger is homophobic and parnoid about pedophiles, Greiger takes no issue with LGB and we all know she’s not crazy to be concerned about sex-obsessed “activists” who want more children in their ranks.

7/11/23 - Gender Dysphoria Poised to Be New Disability Rights Battleground

These sneaky mofos. They argue up and down that transness is NOT a mental illness, but they want full disability accommodations and special privileges because gender dysphoria is an illness. They say, of course, that this isn’t discordant because the illness part is society’s fault for being transphobic.

7/10/23 - Court reinstates Tennessee ban on care for transgender youth

This is great and all, but Republicans can prove that they’re in this cause as more than just a culture war by expanding access to quality, evidence-based mental health care.

7/9/23 - Mark Zuckerberg's Threads app is ALREADY being accused of censoring people who question gender ideology - and claims its 'false information' warning about Donald Trump Jr. was an error

Meta again. Big Tech has never pretended to be neutral in the culture wars or on the issue of censorship, so this article should come as no surprise.

7/9/23 - Trans self-ID blocked in Germany over fears criminals could escape prosecution

Another western European country appears to be re-thinking its commitment to Trans Radical Activists.

7/9/23 - The American Academy of Pediatrics sidelines formal proposal to revise Pediatric Medical Transition policy for the 4th consecutive year

Despite mounting evidence that “gender-affirming care” is not the cure-all that its proponents say it is, the American Academy of Pediatrics refuses to walk back their support of the approach to treating kids who claim to be transgender.

7/8/23 - Transgender men should register for military draft 'if they want to be treated like men,' says GOP rep

I mean, if we go by the logic used by Trans Radical Activists (“transwomen are women; transmen are men”), then the argument is sound.

7/7/23 - California school district suspends kids for 5 days for misgendering trans student: 'Restorative justice'

Back in my day, suspensions were reserved for kids who did things like beat up other kids. But now that we live in era where words are “literal violence,” I suppose the punishment fits the offence.

7/7/23 - Texas school district bans transgender bathroom and pronoun policies to ‘protect kids and educators’

I can see this getting sued up to the high courts. It will come down to Trans Radical Activists either proving this is discriminatory or the school district successfully arguing that pronoun policing violates our First Amendment right to free speech.