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Category Archives: Trans
Rabbis Asking Tough Questions: Were Adam and Eve Black transgender refugees?
Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz writes: When God finally crafted the Human on the sixth day, the assumption for most students of the Bible is that Man was created first, and from him, Woman was created. This reading is widely accepted and … Continue reading
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Is Transgenderism an Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Steve Sailer writes: I have a vague hunch that the growth of the transgender movement is somehow related to the Nerd Liberation movement, which was the most unexpected successful identity movement of my lifetime. It’s not clear if autism, Asperger’s, … Continue reading
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Obama Admin: Marine Corps Must Pay for Marines to Have Themselves Castrated
Comments at Steve Sailer: * World War T accelerated from zero to full official acceptance in 3.6 years. * Stupefying. The acceleration is insane. Mixed sex military will become a cesspool of trading sex for power and power for sex. … Continue reading
After Gay Marriage and Now Transgender Marines, What’s Next?
Comments at Steve Sailer: * One of the two transgender Democrats named Misty to win primaries: “Plowright beat single dad and Iraq vet Donald Martinez for her shot at Lamborn. Plowright is an Army vet with a wife, Lisa, and … Continue reading
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Chaim Amalek: ‘ If this is the only way men can take back the world from crazy feminists, then so be it.’
Cuckservative: “This thing is on MSNBC right now. I am now formally pledging allegiance to the Islamic State.” Politico: Misty Snow and Misty Plowright are the first transgender women to win primaries
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LAT: A proud soldier as a man, and maybe once again as a woman
World War T rages on (in Steve Sailer’s phrasing). Los Angeles Times: “Ellie Lader, formerly Don, relieves wife Jacqueline’s sore back. Both are Marine Corps veterans and survivors of the mass shooting in Aurora, Colo.”
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Washington Post: ‘I’m a transgender Republican. My party has betrayed me.’
Jennifer Williams: “GOP politicians should focus on creating equality of opportunity, not locking the transgender community out of the American dream.”
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The North Carolina Legal Battle and the Its Larger Message for the Jewish People
Rabbi Avrohom Gordon writes: It’s described all over mainstream media as the North Carolina Anti-LGBT Law – intentionally creating a picture of old-time Southern bigotry, conjuring up images of signs in North Carolina establishments that bar people from entrance or … Continue reading
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America’s Bright Transgendered Future
Comment: …sort of mind boggling: A newly formed pro-transgender political action committee has sent out a questionnaire to each of the major 2016 presidential candidates — but only Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders has responded. The Trans United Fund, launched in … Continue reading
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Transgender Bathrooms Are a Human Rights Struggle – and a Jewish Imperative
Chaim Amalek writes: “To be fair, it is not as though non-orthodox rabbis are the only clerics in the West who have embraced this cause. There are plenty of Christian pastors who have as well, and the sympathy of the … Continue reading