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Calgary Physician Calls Transgender People “Demented, Distorted”

A Calgary pediatric surgeon employed by Alberta Health Services calls trans people and their supporters “soft headed” and “dangerous.”

Feb 1, 2019

Feb 1, 2019

Siobhan O'leary
in
The Establishment

Whisper Networks Are Flawed — But Not Because Of How They Affect The Accused

No, whisper networks are not a ‘witch hunt.’ But they’re also not above reproach.

Jan 19, 2018

Whisper Networks Are Flawed — But Not Because Of How They Affect The Accused

Jan 19, 2018

Siobhan O'leary

A misogynist by any other name would smell just as putrid

On August 10 earlier this year, I concluded that the weakly supported theory of autogynephilia (AGP) remains popular among a certain subset…

Nov 15, 2017

Nov 15, 2017

Siobhan O'leary

Spelling it out for Jesse Singal

On October 9, 2017, the CEO of a UK charity called Mermaids released a statement regarding her support of gender variant youth, reproduced…

Nov 1, 2017

Spelling it out for Jesse Singal

Nov 1, 2017

Siobhan O'leary
in
The Establishment

How The Media’s Bullshit ‘Both Sides’ Punditry Harms Trans People

Trusted media outlets can print contrafactual nonsense with little penalty. And trans issues are particularly vulnerable to this practice.

Oct 5, 2017

How The Media’s Bullshit ‘Both Sides’ Punditry Harms Trans People

Oct 5, 2017

Siobhan O'leary

Oh, how I have not self-flagellated sufficiently for The Cis, what monster am I?

Back in the good old days of 2011 when Nazis were indisputably punchable and the President of the United States did not issue orders via…

Sep 27, 2017

Sep 27, 2017

Siobhan O'leary

The greatest tragedy in Sarah Ditum’s mind is treating white women like adults

Let’s get one thing perfectly clear: Sarah Ditum is constitutionally incapable of directly stating what she means. She has been trained in…

Sep 1, 2017

The greatest tragedy in Sarah Ditum’s mind is treating white women like adults

Sep 1, 2017

Siobhan O'leary

Social constructionism in sex

My inestimable colleague Crip Dyke reminded me that I’ve never justified the vocabulary I use in my writings on trans issues. In her post…

Aug 16, 2017

Social constructionism in sex

Aug 16, 2017

Siobhan O'leary

Autogynephilia: A method of character assassination, not a scientific theory

Miranda Yardley has, much to my despair, started clogging the “transgender” tag on Medium, which is one of many ways I try to track what is…

Aug 10, 2017

Autogynephilia: A method of character assassination, not a scientific theory

Aug 10, 2017

Siobhan O'leary

Trans activists insist trans people are human. BUT HAVE TRANS ACTIVISTS GONE TOO FAR?

Cross-posted from FreethoughtBlogs.

Aug 2, 2017

Trans activists insist trans people are human. BUT HAVE TRANS ACTIVISTS GONE TOO FAR?

Aug 2, 2017

Siobhan O'leary

Siobhan O'leary

Member of the sparsely populated reality-based community. Siobhan also blogs at http://freethoughtblogs.com/atg/

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