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Hilary Cass: Gender Villain
Leader of the group that wrote the Cass Review, an evaluation of evidence on puberty blockers commissioned by the United Kingdom government that was used to justify the United Kingdom’s ban on puberty blockers, even though Dr. Cass has no professional experience working with transgender individuals and consulted with Ron DeSantis-backed healthcare providers in Florida…
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Opinion: Washington Post Editorial Board Misleadingly Attacks Care Of Trans Youth
Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, December 16, 2024 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Opinion: Washington Post Editorial Board Misleadingly Attacks Care Of Trans Youth Yesterday, the Washington Post Editorial Board yesterday published a piece attacking gender-affirming care for minors, presenting itself as a balanced examination of the science in…
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Aaron Baer: Gender Villain
President of the Center for Christian Virtue who promotes transphobic legislation in the state of Ohio.
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Donald Trump: Gender Villain
Virulently transphobic former U.S. President and current Republican candidate for U.S. President.
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Jonathan Skrmetti: Gender Villain
Attorney General of U.S. state of Tennessee who required Vanderbilt University to provide names and details of treatment for transgender patients in June 2023.
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Nancy Mace: Gender Villain
U.S. Representative from state of South Carolina who proposed a bathroom ban for transgender people working at or visiting the U.S. Capitol building which was adopted by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.
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Melissa Moschella: Gender Villain
A professor of the practice in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame’s McGrath Institute for Church Life who spoke at a Federalist Society event opposing gender-affirming care for transgender youth, calling such treatment the result of a “corrupt” medical establishment.
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Federalist Society: Gender Villain
Conservative organization that holds anti-transgender conferences.
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Barbara Comstock: Gender Hero
Former U.S. state of Virginia Representative who is an anti-Trump Republican that opposes Tennessee’s law banning puberty blockers for transgender youth.
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Brandy Livingston: Gender Hero
Transgender woman who filed discrimination lawsuit against Hooters in upstate New York, USA.
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Mike Lee: Gender Villain
Republican Senator from U.S. state of Utah who co-introduced transphobic legislation with Ted Cruz to make schools allowing transgender women and girls to compete on female sports teams a violation of Title IX — the federal civil rights law preventing sex discrimination in schools and education programs that receive government funding.
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CeCé Telfer: Gender Hero
Jamaican-born sprinter who was the first out transgender woman to win an NCAA title.
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Riley Gaines: Gender Villain
Swimmer from U.S. state of Kentucky who fights to prevent transgender people from competing in sports based on their gender identities.
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Kamala Harris: Gender Hero
Transsupportive Vice President of the United States and current candidate for U.S. President.
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Tim Sheehy: Gender Villain
Transphobic Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in the state of Montana.
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Bernie Moreno: Gender Villain
Transphobic Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in the state of Ohio.
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Chris LaCivita: Gender Villain
Transphobic campaign manager of U.S. Republican Presidential candidate and former U.S. president Donald Trump.
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Sherrod Brown: Gender Waffler
Democratic U.S. Senator in Ohio who in 2023 criticized laws that prevented transgender youth from playing in sports as spreading “hate” has said, in response to election ads alleging he supports transgender women on women’s sports teams, that he agrees with Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine that decisions about sports should be made at the…
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Ted Cruz: Gender Villain
Republican Senator from U.S. state of Texas who co-introduced transphobic legislation with Mike Lee to make schools allowing transgender women and girls to compete on female sports teams a violation of Title IX — the federal civil rights law preventing sex discrimination in schools and education programs that receive government funding.
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Colin Allred: Gender Waffler
Democratic party candidate for U.S. Senate from Texas who is running against U.S Republican Senator Ted Cruz and, bowing to pressure from transphobic television ads, stated that he “does not support boys in girls’ sports”.
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Tim Walz: Gender Hero
U.S. Democratic Party candidate for Vice President in 2024 election.
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Rachel Levine: Gender Hero
Doctor and Admiral who serves as Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the highest-ranking transgender official in the Biden administration.
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Chelsea Manning: Gender Hero
Military whistleblower who transitioned during legal proceedings and sought gender-affirming care in prison.
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Chase Strangio: Gender Hero
First openly transgender lawyer scheduled to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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May Lau: Gender Hero
Texas physician who “allegedly” provided gender-affirming care to youth in defiance of a Texas law prohibiting such care.
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Kay Yang: Gender Waffler
A former transgender activist.
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Texas doctor accused of illegally providing transgender hormone treatments to minors
Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, October 18, 2024 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Texas doctor accused of illegally providing transgender hormone treatments to minors Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing a Dallas doctor for violating a ban on transgender medical procedures for minors Published October 18, 2024 10:05am EDT…
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Bethany Mandel: Gender Villain
Transphobic columnist and author.
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Sage Steele: Gender Villain
Transphobic former ESPN Sports anchor.
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Macy Petty: Gender Villain
Transphobic volleyball player who has called for presidential candidates to ban transgender women from women’s sports teams.
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Brooke Slusser: Gender Villain
San Jose State student on volleyball team who joined a transphobic lawsuit, with gender villain and transphobic swimmer Riley Gaines, against the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) because one of her teammates is a transgender woman.
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San Jose State volleyball team with transgender player says no more future matches have been forfeited
Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, October 11, 2024 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Video archive 2) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary San Jose State volleyball team with transgender player says no more future matches have been forfeited 4 opponents forfeited amidst a national controversy over a transgender player By Jackson Thompson Fox News Published October 11,…
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Terry Schilling: Gender Villain
President of American Principles Project, a transphobic conservative advocacy group.
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Leigh Finke: Gender Hero
The first transgender member of the Minnesota House of Representatives in the U.S. and the executive director of the Queer Equity Institute.
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Brad Todd: Gender Villain
A U.S. Republican who creates transphobic election ads.
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Trump and Republicans Bet Big on Anti-Trans Ads Across the Country
Rating: Transneutral, The New York Times, October 8, 2024 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Trump and Republicans Bet Big on Anti-Trans Ads Across the Country Republicans have spent tens of millions of dollars on the ads, part of an attempt to help them win over suburban female voters. By Shane Goldmacher…
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Death in the Family
Due to a death in the family of one of the organizers of GenderMenace.net, we have fallen behind on posting to the site, as well as on our new Action Portal. Our heartfelt apologies for the delays… we hope to be back on schedule again soon.
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Gender Awards for November 2023
Thanks to all of you who voted in the GenderMenace.net Gender Awards poll for November 2023. We have tallied your votes and would like to announce the winners! Gender Hero Winner Annette Bening and Danica Roem Gender Villain Loser Ron DeSantis Gender Waffler Loser no nominations this month This Month’s Poll To see the GenderMenace.net Gender Award…
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Ron DeSantis: Gender Villain
Governor of Florida and Republican candidate for U.S. President in the 2024 election who has promoted many transphobic and racist laws. LOSER: GenderMenace.net Gender Villain Award for November 2023, GenderMenace.net Gender Villain Award for June 2023
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Nikki Haley: Gender Villain
2024 Republican U.S. Presidential candidate, a former governor of South Carolina, and U.S. ambassador to the U.N., who vigorously opposes transgender women participating in women’s sports.
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Chris Christie: Gender Hero
Former U.S. state of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican Presidential candidate in the 2024 U.S. election, who argued against transgender care bans by saying that parents should make the decisions about their children instead of the government.
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Megyn Kelly: Gender Villain
Transphobic moderator of the fourth and final GOP primary debate of election 2024 in the United States.
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Vivek Ramaswamy: Gender Villain
Entrepreneur and Republican candidate for U.S. President in the 2024 primary election who stated in September 2023 that “transgenderism” is a “mental health disorder”.
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Moms for Liberty: Gender Villain
An organization founded in January 2021 with ties to high-ranking elected officials and national anti-LGBTQ groups including the Heritage Foundation, has members who refer to transgender people as predators and groomers among other transphobic activities.
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GenderMenace.net Media Rankings for November 2023
Here at GenderMenace.net, we review a lot of media stories that address gender issues each month. For each story, we provide a rating of “Transsupportive”, “Transneutral”, or “Transphobic”. These labels make it possible to perform an article count for each media source that gives a sense of how to rank them from most transsupportive to…
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Christian Ziegler: Gender Villain
Chairperson of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Florida who is married to Bridget Ziegler, a co-founder of Moms for Liberty, and who allegedly raped a women with whom he and his wife were having sexual relations.
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Bridget Ziegler: Gender Villain
Co-founder of anti-LGBTQ organization Moms for Liberty who is married to the chairperson of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Florida and who gave testimony about sexual relations between herself and another woman.
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Ray Blanchard: Gender Villain
Sex researcher who proposed the transphobic fringe theory of autogynephilia.
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Andrea James: Gender Hero
Publisher of Transgender Map website, a wonderful resource for transgender people and allies.
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Jesse Singal: Gender Villain
Published an article about the transphobic fringe theory of autogynephilia in British right-leaning publication UnHerd in November 2023.
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New Poll: 76% Say Trans Care For Trans Youth Should Be Decided By Parents Or Doctors
Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, November 17, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary New Poll: 76% Say Trans Care For Trans Youth Should Be Decided By Parents Or Doctors Over the past three years, 21 states have implemented bans or severe limitations on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. These…
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Glenn Youngkin: Gender Villain
Governor of U.S. state of Virginia who implemented transphobic school guidelines.
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After Election Loss, Central Bucks School Board Passes Trans Sports Ban, Gives Superintendent $700K
Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, November 16, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary After Election Loss, Central Bucks School Board Passes Trans Sports Ban, Gives Superintendent $700K Parents were outraged as the final school board meeting of the outgoing school board was called to order in Central…
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Proud Boys: Gender Villain
Right-wing extremist organization that pushes anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric at school board and city council meetings in the United States.
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Brayland Brown: Gender Hero
Transgender activist, co-founder of The Smile Group, and Board member of Transinclusive Group.
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Enrique Tarrio: Gender Villain
Founder of Proud Boys who was was convicted of seditious conspiracy for the January 6 United States Capitol attack, among other charges, in May 2023.
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Bryce Henson: Gender Villain
A Navy Chief Special Warfare Operator and active-duty SEAL based in San Diego and former member of SEAL Team 6 who is under investigation for allegedly participating with or supporting extremist causes, including spouting anti-transgender rhetoric with Proud Boys at school board and city council meetings under the pseudonym “Ben Richards” with an organization called…
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Gender Justice: Gender Hero
Organization that seeks to “harness strategic impact litigation, legislative advocacy, and education to push the law forward when it comes to gender equality”.
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Brittany Stewart: Gender Hero
Senior staff attorney at Gender Justice who went on record opposing transgender health care ban in North Dakota in 2023 and who, in 2010, was the first out transgender Oklahoman to run for political office.
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Marlon Wayans: Gender Hero
Comedian, actor, and screenwriter in the United States who has publicly supported his transgender child.
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Catholic Medical Association: Gender Villain
Religious organization that opposes gender-affirming care for transgender people that has released a position paper claiming that “The Ideology of Gender Harms Children”.
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Stephanie Borowicz: Gender Villain
Legislator in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania who authored a “Don’t Say Gay” bill that would extend educational gag orders targeting LGBTQ+ topics until students reach grade 6, who said, “it really needs to be protected all the way up to 12th grade”.
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Kim Reynolds: Gender Villain
Republican Governor of U.S. state of Iowa who, on March 3, 2022, signed into law House File 2416, which prohibits transgender girls and women from participating in girls’ sports, starting in kindergarten, and women’s college athletics.
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Chris Rufo: Gender Villain
Right-wing conservative activist in the U.S. who in 2021 started writing that LGBTQ+ people and others are “grooming” children.
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Danica Roem: Gender Hero
WINNER: GenderMenace.net Gender Hero Award for November 2023 U.S. state of Virginia state Senator who was the first transgender person elected (and later re-elected) to a state Senate.
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James Martin: Gender Hero
Jesuit priest who has advocated for years for greater LGBTQ inclusion in the Catholic church.
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New Ways Ministry: Gender Hero
Organization that advocates for greater LGBTQ acceptance in the Catholic church, in the U.S. state of Maryland.
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Francis DeBernardo: Gender Hero
Executive director of New Ways Ministry, which advocates for greater LGBTQ acceptance in the Catholic church, in the U.S. state of Maryland.
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Max Hightower: Gender Hero
A member of Bearcat Theater at Sherman High School in the U.S. state of Texas whose school principal took away his role as a male character because of his transgender male gender identity.
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Ty Bodden: Gender Villain
Republican Representative in the legislature of the U.S. state of Wisconsin who in 2023 proposed legislation requiring that transgender people be housed with inmates of the gender they were assigned at birth rather than their current gender identity.
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Anti-trans prison housing bill raises alarms
Rating: Transsupportive, The Capital Times, November 7, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Anti-trans prison housing bill raises alarms Rylee Jenich spent 10 years incarcerated in various Wisconsin men’s prisons. For the last six of those years, Jenich — a trans-feminine person who uses they/them pronouns — publicly identified as…
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GenderMenace.net Media Rankings for October 2023
Here at GenderMenace.net, we review a lot of media stories that address gender issues each month. For each story, we provide a rating of “Transsupportive”, “Transneutral”, or “Transphobic”. These labels make it possible to perform an article count for each media source that gives a sense of how to rank them from most transsupportive to…
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Gender Awards for October 2023
Thanks to all of you who voted in the GenderMenace.net Gender Awards poll for October 2023. We have tallied your votes and would like to announce the winners! Gender Hero Winner Ryan Clancy Gender Villain Loser Mike Johnson and Kelly Johnson Gender Waffler Loser Tricia Cotham This Month’s Poll To see the GenderMenace.net Gender Award…
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Annette Bening: Gender Hero
WINNER: GenderMenace.net Gender Hero Award for November 2023 Actor in the United States who has spoken openly in support of transgender people, against anti-transgender laws, and whose son, writer Stephen Ira, is a transgender person.
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Sean Hannity: Gender Villain
Fox News commentator who downplayed U.S. House of Representative Speaker Mike Johnson’s history of extreme anti-LGBTQ activism and defended Johnson’s efforts to ban classroom discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Freedom Guard: Gender Villain
Organization founded by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson, who served as president and chief counsel in 2015, that provided transphobic and homophobic “model bylaws for churches”.
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Onward Christian Counseling Services: Gender Villain
Organization whose owner and CEO is Kelly Johnson, wife of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson, and whose website posted documents there comparing homosexuality to bestiality and incest until Ms. Johnson removed them.
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Kelly Johnson: Gender Villain
Wife of newly elected U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson, a relatively unknown congressmember from Louisiana, and owner and CEO of Onward Christian Counseling Services, a Christian counseling services website she took offline because it included documents comparing homosexuality to bestiality and incest.
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Tricia Cotham: Gender Waffler
Democrat representative in state legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina who defected to Republican party, permitting two-thirds super-majority of Republicans for anti-LGBTQ legislation in that state.
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Patrick Hunter: Gender Villain
Catholic Medical Association staff member and a Governor Ron Desantis-handpicked Board of Medicine member in the U.S. state of Florida who was integral to trangender care bans in the state.
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Riitakerttu Kaltiala: Gender Villain
Chief psychiatrist in the department of adolescent psychiatry at Finland’s Tampere University Hospital who claims to reveal the “truth” about gender-affirming care, contending that this truth is being “silenced” by esteemed organizations like the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychology while battling allegations of misconduct within her own…
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Leor Sapir: Gender Villain
Transphobic fellow at the Manhattan Institute.
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Seth Dillon: Gender Villain
CEO of The Babylon Bee, a conservative Christian news satire website that publishes satirical articles on topics including religion, politics, current events, and public figures.
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Brian Babin: Gender Villain
U.S. state of Texas Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives who ranted in a letter in October 2023 to the Merchant Marine Academy about its policy for those “transitioning while enrolled at the academy so as to remove barriers for those with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria or who identify as transgender”.
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Informed Parents of Silicon Valley: Gender Villain
Conservative parents group that distributed brochures in San Jose school districts in the U.S. state of Califonia urging parents to opt their children out of sex education classes including LGBTQ+ supportive curriculum and ban LGBTQ+ themed books in school libraries.
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Mary Miller: Gender Villain
U.S. state of Illinois Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives who ranted in a letter in October 2023 to the Merchant Marine Academy about its policy for those “transitioning while enrolled at the academy so as to remove barriers for those with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria or who identify as transgender”.
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Jim Banks: Gender Villain
U.S. state of Indiana Republican Chairperson of the Anti-Woke Caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives who ranted in a letter in October 2023 to the Merchant Marine Academy about its policy for those “transitioning while enrolled at the academy so as to remove barriers for those with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria or who identify…
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Matt Rosendale: Gender Villain
U.S. state of Montana Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives who ranted in a letter in October 2023 to the Merchant Marine Academy about its policy for those “transitioning while enrolled at the academy so as to remove barriers for those with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria or who identify as transgender”.
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Glenn Grothman: Gender Villain
U.S. state of Wisconsin Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives who ranted in a letter in October 2023 to the Merchant Marine Academy about its policy for those “transitioning while enrolled at the academy so as to remove barriers for those with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria or who identify as transgender”.
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Doug LaMalfa: Gender Villain
U.S. state of California Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives who ranted in a letter in October 2023 to the Merchant Marine Academy about its policy for those “transitioning while enrolled at the academy so as to remove barriers for those with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria or who identify as transgender”.
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Scott DesJarlais: Gender Villain
U.S. state of Tennessee Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives who ranted in a letter in October 2023 to the Merchant Marine Academy about its policy for those “transitioning while enrolled at the academy so as to remove barriers for those with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria or who identify as transgender”.
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Harriet Hageman: Gender Villain
U.S. state of Wyoming Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives who ranted in a letter in October 2023 to the Merchant Marine Academy about its policy for those “transitioning while enrolled at the academy so as to remove barriers for those with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria or who identify as transgender”.
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Jeff Duncan: Gender Villain
U.S. state of South Carolina Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives who ranted in a letter in October 2023 to the Merchant Marine Academy about its policy for those “transitioning while enrolled at the academy so as to remove barriers for those with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria or who identify as transgender”.
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Cathy Larkman: Gender Villain
Welsh co-ordinator of the Women’s Rights Network who said including transgender women in the Welsh Gender Quotas Bill would “embed a toxic and misogynist ideology”.
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David TC Davies: Gender Villain
Welsh Secretary who opined that including transgender women as part of the Welsh Gender Quotas Bill would “have a detrimental impact on women’s rights”.
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