GAY TRUTH

Earlier this week, in their July/August issue, The Atlantic made what appears to be a very serious mistake: They published a long-form article by Jesse Singal titled “When Children Say They’re Trans.” The prestigious liberal publication—which dutifully fired columnist Kevin D. Williamson when the social media mobs came for him for off-hand comments on a podcast about abortion—is now on the receiving end of raw hatred and vitriol from trans activists that shows you everything you need to know about the tolerance of the transgender movement—and how they plan to respond to dissent in a society they seek to transform by the acceptance of their gender ideologies. Jesse Singal, it seems, committed a few unpardonable sins in the course of conducting interviews and writing his essay. First of all, he talked to a teenage girl who thought she was trans but later realized that she was not —and was relieved that her parents had delayed getting her the double-mastectomy and hormone treatments s

A recent article in a venerable American magazine expresses the belief that suffering can be relieved through sex reassignments, and yet it has inspired a volley of angry tweets and articles from trans activists. Why? Because of the author of the Atlantic piece , Jesse Singal, interviews women who have regretted their transgender treatments, parents who resisted pressure to allow their minor children hormone therapy, and sex-reassignment therapists who urge caution. Victor Manuel Markoff tweeted, “F(***) off with this transphobia. And on pride month too. This article and cover are an absolute disgrace. You should be ashamed of yourself.” Parker Malloy tweeted, “This guy’s one-man crusade against trans people has gone on for years. It really doesn’t make sense. Sad that the Atlantic gave him a cover story to spread his pseudoscience and bigotry.” Harron Walker of Jezebel magazine got in on the Singal-bashing action by writing “a lot of trans people, myself included, loathe his cove

Mark Regnerus , associate professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin , responds to the Atlantic Monthly 's cover story on how redefining marriage will change marriage, arguing in the  Public Discourse  that "the sexual permissiveness of men will emerge a winner in the contest of ideas as same-sex marital norms begin to shape the larger institution of marriage ": "...Stacey notes this gatekeeping function as well in her ethnography of gay relationships in Los Angeles , quoting early gay activist and journalist Randy Shilts ’s remark that among gay men there was “no moderating role like that a woman plays in the heterosexual milieu.” Furthermore, Shilts, author of  And the Band Played On , asserted that “so much of the gay community’s sexuality . . . seemed more defined by gender than sexual orientation.” The Add Health data concur, revealing that the subject of monogamy and its discontents is not limited to gay men. Shilts described how “some