De Blasio: Medicare for All Should Cover Gender Reassignment Surgery

'We have to respect everyone's medical needs,' de Blasio said at New York City's pride parade

Jeffrey Cimmino
July 1, 2019 10:55 AM

De Blasio has struggled to gain traction in the Democratic primary with polls showing him averaging less than 1 percent support. MSNBC pundits blasted his debate performance last week, saying he came off as an "obnoxious guy" talking loudly at a bar.

Dem Offices Remove POW Flags, Replace With Transgender Pride Flags

Change made after urging from transgender activists

Jeffrey Cimmino
March 28, 2019 11:55 AM

Multiple Democratic offices on Capitol Hill have replaced their flags memorializing prisoners of war with transgender pride flags, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.

Feds Spend $453,592 Giving Financial Support to Transgender Women

Study providing economic services, 'gender transition supports'

Elizabeth Harrington
January 24, 2019 5:00 AM

The National Institutes of Health is spending over $450,000 to provide transgender women of color financial tips and "gender transition supports."

Brown University Censors Gender Dysmorphia Study

Ivy League claims 'commitment to academic freedom' despite censorship

Elizabeth Harrington
August 29, 2018 10:00 AM

Brown University is censoring findings from its own study on transgender youth, which found evidence that teens can be influenced by social media and their friend circles to want to change their gender identity.

Feds Spend $402,236 Comparing ‘Gender Variant’ Youth With ‘Cisgender Youth’

'Gender variant individuals … are experiencing an unprecedented moment in the spotlight of American culture'

Elizabeth Harrington
July 31, 2018 5:00 AM

The National Institutes of Health is spending over $400,000 for a study that compares "gender variant" kids with "straight cisgender" kids and cisgender lesbian, gay, and bisexual kids.

Scarlett Johansson Drops Out of Transgender Film Role, Calls Her Initial Response to Critics ‘Insensitive’

David Rutz
July 13, 2018 4:51 PM

Scarlett Johansson announced Friday that she is dropping out of a movie in which she is cast as a transgender man, calling her initial response to criticism about getting the part "insensitive."

Business Insider Pulls Conservative Column Defending Scarlett Johansson for Playing Trans Man in Upcoming Movie

Critics targeted the fact that the actress is not transgender

Cameron Cawthorne
July 11, 2018 7:38 AM

Business Insider pulled a conservative columnist's article after staff complained internally about the piece defending actress Scarlett Johansson from what she thought was unfair criticism for being cast as a transgender man in an upcoming movie.

Leaked Chats: BBC Women Staffers Clash Over Transgender Issue

Alex Griswold
May 1, 2018 2:24 PM

Leaked chat messages show a bitter behind-the-scenes fight among female BBC staffers over the issue of transgenderism.

Feds Give $1 Million to Study 3-Year-Old ‘Non-Binary Children’

'Tomboys, princess boys, pink boys, non-binary children, gender creative kids—you name it!'

Elizabeth Harrington
April 17, 2018 4:59 AM

The National Science Foundation is expanding a study of transgender children as young as three years old, giving the project's researcher an additional $1 million.

The New Instrument of Gnosticism

Review: 'When Harry Became Sally' by Ryan T. Anderson

Micah Meadowcroft
April 1, 2018 5:00 AM

Directly after a rainbow flag flew in victory above the ramparts of American marriage law, it was borne into battle again. Transgenderism—till then the auxiliary partner in LGBT activism—took up the hexacolor to reenter the legal fray in its own cause.