I'm in my 40s and only recently began recovering from serious childhood trauma, and for the first time in my life I feel truly alive. I was a gender non-conforming child, who lived in an abusive home and school was my only safe space, but sadly it wouldn't be these days.
Although gender ideology would have provided me with all the avoidance I craved- it would have warped my sexuality, misrepresented my behaviours, scarred my body, ruined my relationships and ignored my trauma. I definitely wouldn't be where i am now! The sooner trauma is identified the sooner it stops traumatising. Seems TQ+ really doesn't care about children. Great piece, thank you, Bev
Thanks for your piece Bev. Wish there was a way to get it to Chris Hayes. Signed on with Bluesky, looking for interesting writers and it seems currently impossible to say anything there against medical ‘transition’ of children (people are getting banned). Of course the topic du jour is bathroom use at the US Capitol, so relevant (NOT) to the issue of mutilating children.
I can’t believe I used to watch his show (and a lot of other MSNBC programming) religiously. Hayes is firmly part of that odious group of leftist commentators who are absolutely certain they understand the issue better than we bigots do. See also: Sam Seder (ugh), Jon Stewart, John Oliver, Michael Hobbes, et al. They’ll never, ever admit they were wrong.
Because I want to remain aware of what the roughly 800,000 people who watch MSNBC are being told. If you aren’t aware of the extent of the emotional manipulation, in’s impossible to grasp the strength of the adherence to the cult beliefs. And I am monitoring it for any tiny chinks appearing in the armor.
Another dismal aspect is that these same viewers are migrating over to Bluesky, where they will be hermetically sealed from any sex-realist information. Many have been reporting on x on getting shut down on Bluesky within hours, including Jamie Reed and Corinna Cohn. Fortunately, at least for now, Substack appears not to have fallen into that trap, but I wonder how long it will last—so it’s more important than ever to support sex realist content here. In that regard, I highly recommend Glenna Goldis’s Substack Bad Facts, and her interview with Genspect is outstanding. https://www.widerlenspod.com/p/episode-196
I'm in my 40s and only recently began recovering from serious childhood trauma, and for the first time in my life I feel truly alive. I was a gender non-conforming child, who lived in an abusive home and school was my only safe space, but sadly it wouldn't be these days.
Although gender ideology would have provided me with all the avoidance I craved- it would have warped my sexuality, misrepresented my behaviours, scarred my body, ruined my relationships and ignored my trauma. I definitely wouldn't be where i am now! The sooner trauma is identified the sooner it stops traumatising. Seems TQ+ really doesn't care about children. Great piece, thank you, Bev
Thanks for your piece Bev. Wish there was a way to get it to Chris Hayes. Signed on with Bluesky, looking for interesting writers and it seems currently impossible to say anything there against medical ‘transition’ of children (people are getting banned). Of course the topic du jour is bathroom use at the US Capitol, so relevant (NOT) to the issue of mutilating children.
I can’t believe I used to watch his show (and a lot of other MSNBC programming) religiously. Hayes is firmly part of that odious group of leftist commentators who are absolutely certain they understand the issue better than we bigots do. See also: Sam Seder (ugh), Jon Stewart, John Oliver, Michael Hobbes, et al. They’ll never, ever admit they were wrong.
Gaggghh. Why do you still watch him. Are you atoning for some horrible political sin.
Because I want to remain aware of what the roughly 800,000 people who watch MSNBC are being told. If you aren’t aware of the extent of the emotional manipulation, in’s impossible to grasp the strength of the adherence to the cult beliefs. And I am monitoring it for any tiny chinks appearing in the armor.
Another dismal aspect is that these same viewers are migrating over to Bluesky, where they will be hermetically sealed from any sex-realist information. Many have been reporting on x on getting shut down on Bluesky within hours, including Jamie Reed and Corinna Cohn. Fortunately, at least for now, Substack appears not to have fallen into that trap, but I wonder how long it will last—so it’s more important than ever to support sex realist content here. In that regard, I highly recommend Glenna Goldis’s Substack Bad Facts, and her interview with Genspect is outstanding. https://www.widerlenspod.com/p/episode-196
Here also is the bonus content, I think just up today: https://www.widerlenspod.com/p/premium-why-are-therapists-transing A current project of hers is to build a national network of liberal-leaning sex-realist attorneys. Well worthwhile to push out the sign-up form for that, too. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8Z0ZmL4JEmObumuUQzM-AzhbQ2UP_FNZijYVQEjSxGU0WlA/viewform