Tag: transgender

Clock Running Out as Father Fears Medical Castration of 10-Year-Old Son in California

Time is running out for a Dallas father who asked the Texas Supreme Court to order his ex-wife to return his 10-year-old son to Texas from California, where he fears she will medically transition his son to a girl. Jeff Younger told The Epoch Times on Tuesday that he filed an emergency stay with the…


The Redefinition of ‘Woman’ Is Beyond Even Orwell’s Imagination

Commentary George Orwell could not make this up. In his book “1984,” he famously coined the term “doublethink,” whereby political leaders change the meaning of language to achieve political objectives. In his work of fiction, this included “War is Peace,” “Freedom is Slavery,” and “Ignorance is Strength.” Today, in real life, we have doublethink at a…


Notes From the Digital Gulag

Commentary As the author of “Google Archipelago: The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom,” I guess I should not be surprised to find myself squarely in the digital gulag—banished, perhaps permanently, from Twitter and Facebook. Twitter permanently suspended my account several weeks ago, mere days before Elon Musk took over the helm. Although I cannot…


Ontario Student Suspended Amid Protest of Transgender Students in Girls’ Washroom

A student at St. Joseph’s High School in Renfrew, Ontario, has been suspended for a month for his interactions with transgender students at his school. Jason Alexander, 16, organized a protest in November against the use of female washrooms by transgender students. Before that, he had engaged in a heated classroom conversation in which he…


Ontario Student Suspended Amid Protest Against Transgender Students in Girls’ Washroom

A student at St. Joseph’s High School in Renfrew, Ontario, has been suspended for a month for his interactions with transgender students at his school. Jason Alexander, 16, organized a protest in November against the use of female washrooms by transgender students. Before that, he had engaged in a heated classroom conversation in which he…


Researcher Cites ‘Perfect Storm’ for Placebo Effect In Transgender Youth Treatments

“A perfect storm” of factors may have distorted research that is popularizing “gender-affirming” treatments, an Australian researcher says. In a new scholarly article that cites more than 100 references, Dr. Alison Clayton asserts that expectations of positive results could have influenced studies about hormones and surgeries for gender-questioning youths. This placebo effect—rather than the treatments…


Appeals Court Dismisses Connecticut Transgender Athlete Case

A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed a case challenging a Connecticut policy that allows transgender students born male to compete against girls in high school athletic competitions. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in New York upheld a lower court’s decision to reject a lawsuit filed on…


Why the Redefinition of the Word ‘Woman’ Matters

Commentary Samuel Johnson’s “Dictionary of the English Language,” first published in 1755, defines the word “woman” as “the female of the human race.” And until October 2022, the word “woman” was still defined as “an adult female human being” in the Cambridge Dictionary. What transpired on the topic during the intervening 267 years? Not much….


Texas Wins Legal Victory Against Biden Administration’s Push to Legalize Gender Transitioning for Kids

Texas will not have to legalize sex-change procedures for children to receive federal funds nor adopt gender identity policies for the workplace. In a statement released Tuesday, Attorney General Ken Paxton declared victory in a lawsuit to stop “woke” federal agency mandates concerning sexual orientation and gender after the Biden administration declined to appeal a…


‘Transition or Die’ is Flawed Premise Pushing Transgender Hormones, Surgeries for Youths, New Guide Says

Some parents have been told that if they fail to support a gender-questioning child’s desire to “transition” to the opposite gender, their child may commit suicide. But this “transition-or-die” scenario, often used to justify transgender medical treatments for minors, is factually inaccurate and “ethically questionable,” according to a new treatment guide released by the Gender…