Category: Michael Knowles

  • Michael Knowles: Gender Villain

    Michael Knowles: Gender Villain

    Right-wing news commentator who starred in a bisexual role when a movie actor in college.

  • 18 Republican AGs Sign Letter Citing Anti-Abortion Ruling To Target Trans Adult Care

    18 Republican AGs Sign Letter Citing Anti-Abortion Ruling To Target Trans Adult Care

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, October 16, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary 18 Republican AGs Sign Letter Citing Anti-Abortion Ruling To Target Trans Adult Care Republican attorneys general and legal representatives from 18 states have submitted an amicus brief in a Florida case, Dekker v. Weida, which currently…

  • “Biological Clothing”

    “Biological Clothing”

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, September 21, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary “Biological Clothing” “Sex based uniforms are also lawful,” a slide proclaimed at a Sex Matters event in Manchester, England. “Children’s actual sex must be known by everyone in the school environment.” Meanwhile, in the United States,…

  • This Is What Transgender Eradication Looks Like

    This Is What Transgender Eradication Looks Like

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, August 23, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary This Is What Transgender Eradication Looks Like   On Monday morning, we learned of a tragic incident: a woman was fatally attacked outside her store by an individual who had torn down the pride flag displayed…

  • He’s The Trans Son Of An Anti-Trans Influencer. It’s His Turn To Speak.

    He’s The Trans Son Of An Anti-Trans Influencer. It’s His Turn To Speak.

    Renton Sinclair’s mother is a former Miss Illinois who wants to force trans people out of public life. That’s exactly what makes her a rising star in MAGA World. Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, June 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)

  • Target’s Capitulation To The Anti-Trans Mob and The Pitfalls of Corporate Pride

    Target’s Capitulation To The Anti-Trans Mob and The Pitfalls of Corporate Pride

    As soon as Pride month rolls around, we are greeted with a huge number of corporations paying lip service to Pride, usually by changing their social media profile pictures so that their logo is shown with the rainbow colors as a supposed expression of support. Correspondingly, we are also given a number of very surface-level…

  • Conservatives admit that Bud Light & Target boycotts are about making Pride “toxic” to corporations

    Conservatives admit that Bud Light & Target boycotts are about making Pride “toxic” to corporations

    Amid recent, highly publicized conservative backlash to several corporations partnering with LGBTQ+ artists and activists, two far-right commentators are saying the quiet part loud: Their goal is to make support for the LGBTQ+ community “toxic” to brands. LGBTQ Nation, May 25, 2023 (PDF archive)

  • A close read of Michael Knowles’s queer role in ‘House of Shades’

    A close read of Michael Knowles’s queer role in ‘House of Shades’

    Long before he became a far-right crank perhaps most famous for calling for the eradication of “transgenderism,” Daily Wire host and demon expert Michael Knowles was that most beleaguered of all creatures: a wannabe actor. In the mid-2010s, he appeared in various web series and short films—including an uncredited role on the Steven Soderbergh’s The Knick. Before that, however, he was a…