By Blake Neff Calling a person “she” instead of “ze” could be grounds for a $250,000 fine in New York City under new civil rights guidelines published just before Christmas which ban the “misgendering” of individuals. Discrimination based on gender identity has been illegal in New York since 2002, but last week the New York…
Josh Fatzick A suicidal transgender woman with a gun holed herself up in a downtown Washington office building for nearly twelve hours Monday, snarling traffic and generally causing chaos in the busy business district. Already on heightened alert after the terrorist attacks in Paris, Police shut down ten square blocks near the White House until…
Blake Neff The New York Times featured the divisive issue of transgender bathroom policy in a “debate” section, but included only two similar perspectives, suggesting the Times doesn’t actually see the issue as up for debate. The ‘Room for Debate’ feature is intended for “knowledgeable outside contributors to discuss news events and other timely issues.” The Times chose the…
By R. Brownell Last week I discussed the problem of parents enabling their kid’s identity crisis, in regards to “gender confusion.” From there, TLR contributor Micah J. Fleck threw his counterpoint two-cents worth, and then shots were fired from Canada by Casey Bennett. Bottom line, it’s been a rough month… The Trans agenda in America is getting ridiculous. Pseudo…
by Micah J. Fleck [dropcap size=small]W[/dropcap]hen my fellow writer at The Libertarian Republic, R. Brownell, typed up his recent article scathing the parent of a transgender teen, the response from our readers was much more heterogeneous than I anticipated. In the past, our most vocal audience has primarily been comprised of right-of-center readers complaining about an…
By Lauren Southern Bloggers Brianna Wu and Ellen McGrody from the website The Mary Sue announced that Samus Aran is a transgender woman. They proclaimed this using “proof” from a statement made by Metroid background designer Hirofumi Matsuoka. When asked for secrets about the Super Metroid game in a 1994 interview, Matsuoka said – possibly in jest…
By: Laura Meyers Critics are scrutinizing mixed martial arts (MMA) competitor Fallon Fox, after the transgender fighter gave her opponent a concussion and broke her eye socket. Fox defeated her opponent, Tamikka Brents, by TKO at 2:17 of the first round of their match. Brent’s eye injury resulted in a damaged orbital bone that required seven staples. In…
Caitlyn Jenner will receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award, and she doesn’t deserve it. By: Ryan Carrillo Bruce Jenner came out yesterday with his new identity, Caitlyn Jenner. She was featured on the cover of Vanity Fair courtesy of world famous photographer Annie Leibovitz. And as fast as the news of her new identity came, so did being…
Gender Identity, Transgender and Bruce Jenner Explained by Avens O’Brien [dropcap size=small]I[/dropcap]f you’ve been paying any attention lately, you’d know that Bruce Jenner, former Olympic gold medalist, came out on ABC’s 20/20 as a transgender woman this week. We discovered that a lot of people didn’t exactly understand what that meant, so we figured we’d…