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Ben Appel
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Ben Appel
@benappel
Author, CIS WHITE GAY: THE MAKING OF A GENDER HERETIC. Words in The Atlantic, WSJ, NY Post, Free Press, Newsweek, and elsewhere. Visit benappelwrites.com.
- I finally watched John Oliver's segment on trans athletes. All I can say is, if that episode had aired the week before the election, Trump might've won California and New York.
- I’ve been studying gender identity ideology for a few years now. Following the science, reading the studies, hearing the stories. I’m always questioning myself. But no matter which way I parse it, I always conclude that it’s a harmful and regressive pseudoscience.
- Praying for all of the Columbia students being misgendered by NYPD tonight.
- I’m a Democrat who didn’t cast his vote this year. Seeing Democrats and media pundits double down on their belief that males in women’s sports is no big deal makes me never, ever want to vote for that party again. Ever. Delusional people cannot and should not govern.
- I've already gotten so many emails from gay men and women, thanking me for writing this piece, which was just published by @dcexaminer. Apparently I'm not alone. washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/its-a-…
- A doctor wrote these two paragraphs. A DOCTOR. statnews.com/2025/06/25/sup…
- I am a gay man. I am not affiliated with any organization or political party. I am neither right-wing nor left-wing. The experimental medicalization of so-called trans kids and confused teenagers is a horror.
- This is truly remarkable. SNL airs a sketch about the 16th century practice of castrating young male singers to block their natural puberty and preserve their high voices. And yet this is precisely what “gender-affirming care” clinicians are doing to young boys today: chemically
00:00 - A 16-year-old is arrested for sexually assaulting his 9-year-old sister. Later, for assaulting his girlfriend, he goes to prison, where he assaults an officer. After he says, "I'm a woman," he gets moved to a women's prison, where he assaults his cellmate. @JoyceCarolOates
- As does decades of research and evidence. I’m sorry, but your brain has to be twisted into a pretzel to find this problematic.
- I was not all prepared for LGBT rights groups, activists, and so many others to start advocating for the transitioning of gays and lesbians and for the erasure of homosexuality.
- We live in an age when some of our most brilliant minds have to waste their time explaining to people things like “why males don’t belong in women’s prisons” and “why males don’t belong in women’s sports.” My patience for all of this is rapidly waning.
- Hey Dems, if a guy says he doesn’t want his daughter to have to compete against males in sports, it’s a really bad look when you respond, “But it’s just 1% of the population.” (It’s nuts that I even have to say this, but here we are.) We’re talking about women’s SAFETY.
