Weekly News Roundup 1/20 to 1/26
More celebrities using surrogates for babies and men LARPing as women in the justice system.
Call to Action
Support Meena - Afghan Feminist Refugee: Meena is a refugee in the US who narrowly escaped the Taliban as they began targeting educated, woman-forward advocates like herself.
Good News for Women
Women of New South Wales will soon have access to information about the criminal backgrounds of suitors. Inspired by the murder of Dannielle Finlay-Jones at the hands of a man who she had met through the dating app Bumble. Premier Dominic Perrottet is launching the Right to Ask initiative. The initiative will run for a year.
Erasing Women and Women’s Spaces
TRIGGER WARNING: there’s a very conspicuously outlined penis in the picture below.
Here’s yet another case of a violent sexual predator deciding that he’s a woman. It may very well be the case that he’s an autogynephiliac who has deluded himself into believing he can be a she. Or it could also be the case that he knows damn well what he is and is attempting to game the system. Either way, no one should be respecting his purported “gender identity”, and the courts should absolutely convict and sentence this man as the dangerous, pervy MAN that he is. More here, here, here, here, and the finale here.
Silencing Women
1/24/23 - Vimeo scrubs 'Dead Name' documentary profiling families upended by transgender ideology
Dead Name was available on Vimeo for over a month before the video platform suddenly wiped the documentary, claiming it went against community standards. Filmmaker Taylor Reece laments the censorship in this article. You can watch her 50-minute film here.
1/21/23 - SNP politicians blasted after standing with group holding 'decapitate TERFS' sign at trans protest
Headline is self-explanatory. Can you imagine the outrage if a politician was photographed standing in front of a group holding up signs saying “kill transwomen“? Here is another article covering the story, and here’s one more featuring our queen JKR.
1/20/23 - Gay Brisbane MP Asks Australian government to cancel British anti-trans activist’s visa
MP Stephen Bates says that members of the LGB/TQ community have implored him to help prevent Kellie Jay Keen from holding her tour in Australia. At the time of the article’s writing, a petition to stop KJK from talking sense in the country had about 1,500 signatures.
Males in Female Sports
1/25/23 - Transgender women banned from female contact rugby in Scotland
Small win in Scotland: The Scottish Rugby Union has decided that only natal women can participate in the women’s category of the sport. The sporting governing body leaves open the possibility of changing its stance by saying that decisions can change year-to-year based on new scientific evidence.
1/25/23 - Trans-gender footballers expected to compete in Women’s World Cup: FIFA
Meanwhile, FIFA is expected to set acceptable testosterone levels at man-levels, allowing trans-identified men to elbow their way into the biggest, most popular and esteemed women’s sport in the world.
1/22/23 - British shot put champion criticises plans to allow trans women to compete in female category
Add Amelia Strickler (pictured below) to our list of (s)heroes. Strickler has found the courage to express her objection to World Athletics changing their rules to make it easier for trans-identified men to infiltrate women’s sports categories in track and field. Read about more courageous women speaking out here.
Reproductive Rights
1/23/23 - Republican US Senate candidate backs abortion travel ban for Hoosier women
It’s not enough to make it so that a woman has to drive hours to cross state lines to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. Now ultraconservative Republicans want to make it so that even travelling for this purpose is banned. I thought Republicans were the party against government overreach?
1/19/23 - States with laws hostile to women's rights after Roe overturned see no barrier to get sports events
Despite making statements last year that they care about the rights of their female athletes, sports organizations like USA Gymnastics and the NCAA will go forward with sporting events set to be held in states that restrict women’s reproductive rights. In the US, private corporations have been able to put pressure on states with unpopular political campaigns by threatening to pull lucrative events from cities. It seems that Roe isn’t as important of an issue as TQ rights, which companies have fiercely defended in the past.
Sex Discrimination
1/24/23 - UK menopause law change rejected as it ‘could discriminate against men’
The UK is failing to meet the healthcare needs of women. When given an opportunity to boost recognition of the distinct needs of women around menopuase by making the condition a protected characteristic, the government refused. Why? It might hurt men. How? Your guess is as good as ours.
Beyond the West
1/25/23 - In China, Young Women Become Accidental Symbols of Defiance
A long-ish piece exploring a rising movement of young, educated women standing up against injustice.
News Impacting Society and Children
1/26/23 - Colorado baker loses appeal over transgender birthday cake
Remember the guy who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding several years ago? He was successful arguing that case in front of the US Supreme Court. It looks like he may eventually be heading back to the highest court of the land now that the Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled that he has no grounds to refuse to bake a cake for a trans-identified man.
1/25/23 - Bill proposes sealing name changes from the public for transgender people or abuse victims
Here is yet another example of the trans lobby shoehorning their interests into legit causes. In this case, it’s a bill in Washington state in the US that aims to seal records of people who changed their names, making it harder to trace people who have been victims of abuse. Trans Rights Activists want it to protect all trans-identified people to support their neverending quest to gaslight all of humanity into believing their “transformation.”
1/23/23 - Sexism in France is ‘alarming’ and getting worse, says report
To the surprise of nobody among our readership, sexism continues to be a problem in the West. The Guardian covers a report that notes conservative ideas around gender roles as well as harrassment and abuse faced by women in France online.
1/23/23 - Bathroom Bans for Transgender Youths Are Poised for Supreme Court Review
We wrote last month about the likelihood of the US Supreme Court ruling on a case revolving around gender ideology after the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Judicial Disctrict ruled against trans-dentified people having a right to use opposite-sex bathrooms. Here The New York Times goes into greater detail about the USSC potentially hearing this particular case.
1/22/23 - When Students Change Gender Identity, and Parents Don’t Know
The New York Times investigates the complicated dynamic between parents, their children, and schools when responding to the children wanting to trans. For a newspaper that spent several years vilifying anyone who showed any skepticism about gender ideology, the article makes a decent attempt considering the parents’ feelings.
Research supports what should have been obvious: leuprolide, the drug used to block puberty in children who are transed, has negative side effects. A placebo-controlled study showed that mice given leuprolide creates alarming effects like depression and stress dysregulation.
1/21/23 - Why teenage girls are on the front line of the trans war
Yahoo! News republishes a piece from The Telegraph sharing accounts of parents watching their children get sucked into gender ideology.
Entertainment
1/24/23 - All Hogwarts Legacy discussion banned on one of the world's largest gaming forums
The biggest threat to gender ideology is allowing people to think and speak freely about it. So it’s no wonder than gender ideologue’s and their sheepish supporters will go to any length to quash discussion before it even starts. Read about a video game employee facing backlash for wrongthink here.
The main story is ick, of course. But also icky is how the article outlines every intimate relationship Paris Hilton has had. More on celebrity surrogacies here.
Comedian Dave Chappelle talks about the extreme reaction he’s gotten from Trans Rights Actvists because he dares to question and poke fun at their ideology.
One of the problems with so much of the propaganda put out by gender ideologues, especially on social media, is that it’s hard to tell who is serious and who is trolling. Read about the absurd takes of this Norway-based Trans Rights Activist organization, and make your best guess.
1/22/23 - Sam Smith responds to male-dominated Brits Best Artist category after fan backlash
“Non-binary” singer Sam Smith, who pushed for award shows to get rid of single-sex categories, is “frustrated” that no women were nominated in the newly genderless “Best Artist” category at the Brits.
1/21/23 - ‘I hope this triggers outrage’: surprise Brett Kavanaugh documentary premieres at Sundance
The film Justice gives platform to the victims of US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and takes a critical look at the FBI investigation of the Justice.
Op-Eds and Longform Articles of Interest
Gender reform bill has betrayed lesbians — and will send them back into the closet
Virginia Teen Sex-Trafficked Twice After School Hides Gender Identity From Her Parents
Britain is becoming sick over the trans debate. Only facts can cure it