Ben Appel
@benappel
Writer in @wsj, @newsweek, @thefp, @queermajority, @dcexaminer, @quillette, @spikedonline, @unherd. Memoir CIS WHITE GAY: THE MAKING OF A GENDER HERETIC, Nov. 4
IT'S HAPPENING! My book is available for preorder! CIS WHITE GAY: THE MAKING OF A GENDER HERETIC publishes on November 4. Pass it on! amazon.com/Cis-White-Gay-…
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So Hulk Hogan died. As a former Gawker writer (as are all Gawker writers thanks to Hulk Hogan), I won't be the first or the last to say 'fuck that guy.' Dance on any grave you want to, but this one's mine.
When Gavin Newsom comes up on the Informed Dissent pod, I just can't hold back.
Why are the Democrats so desperate to keep losing?! This week PA Gov. Josh Shapiro wisely called out Mamdani's failure to address his supporters' "blatantly antisemitic" rhetoric, but then he goes on to label opponents of males in women's sports "extremists." Wake up, Dems!…
Here’s a link to my segment today on @FoxNews @FaulknerFocus. Thanks again, @HARRISFAULKNER! foxnews.com/video/63760736…
Thank you @HARRISFAULKNER for having me on @FaulknerFocus to discuss the NYC mayoral race. Happy to come back anytime!
OF COURSE trans activist Laverne Cox had a years-long relationship with “a blonde-haired, blue-eyed, MAGA Republican” New York City cop. them.us/story/laverne-…
U.S. gender clinicians are like “every major medical association agrees that uber femme gays must be castrated.”
I swear to god, if people don’t get it through their thick skulls that there are many reasons why people identify as trans and not just because they have some magical “gender identity” that doesn’t “align with their sex” I’m gonna run away and never come back.
People have asked where this quote came from. I first read it in Bob Ostertag’s “Sex Science Self: A Social History of Estrogen, Testosterone, and Identity” (a must-read). He cites a 2002 documentary. I found the clip: youtube.com/clip/UgkxU2iZR…
Disco icon Sylvester, on what gay liberation meant to him: “I could be the queen that I really was without having a sex change or being on hormones.”
Excellent essay. Well-written, powerful, and honest. We must amplify these voices.
Check out my latest essay about detransition, grief, and the long-term consequences of HRT. “Our bodies don’t get a do-over. We’re still down the rabbit hole, sorting through the broken potions and oversized cake, trying to piece ourselves back together.” 🔗 ⬇️
Oh for sure
I sort of suspect that a fair amount of what gets referred to as “woke” isn’t really ideological so much as the result of some deeply maladjusted people having been given disproportionate influence over the way everyone else is supposed to live
A man saying “your refusal to believe I’m a woman denies my humanity” is like a Christian saying “your refusal to believe in Jesus denies my humanity.” People are free to believe whatever they want. No one is free to make others believe it too.
MY. GOD.
First day home after phalloplasty. Catheter in your left hand, skin tube in the right here you are shuffling to avoid clots...
The federal gov. still funds the 988 Lifeline, which assists anyone—young or old—experiencing a crisis. However, it will no longer subsidize or reroute vulnerable youth in crisis to the Trevor Project, an organization that promotes harmful gender and sex pseudoscience to kids.
the skeleton of Marlene Dietrich just clawed its way out of the grave and is now roving the countryside in search of a pair of eyeballs to roll
Bella Ramsey makes history as the first openly non-binary person to recieve multiple Emmy nominations #NOH8
Brilliant discussion between @byrne_a, @benappel and @JamieWhistle on the Informed Dissent podcast 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/4TpjZr…