A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs.
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There are quite a few stories on the transgender front over the past few days. First of all, a so-called “family-friendly” drag show in Memphis was shut down over the weekend by organizers, with police showing up due to protestors. The event included an “inter-generational drag show” and was intended to top off a “Summer of Pride” events. If protests can shut these things down, we need more of them. People should make their voices heard.
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The most important story to emerge last week, hands down, was this one—Matt Walsh’s brutal expose of what Rod Dreher subsequently referred to as “atrocities at Vanderbilt,” a children’s hospital facilitating sex changes:
The response to Walsh’s reporting was immediate. Vanderbilt pulled down their entire “gender transition” website, and Tennessee Governor Bill Lee called for an investigation into the hospital. Republican lawmakers are now considering what sort of legislation could make “transitioning” kids illegal, which is a tremendous step considering that trans activists have managed to take control of nearly every elite institution. Walsh, like Christopher Rufo and a handful of others, has become one of the most important activists on this issue seeking to create real cultural change, as he explained in his follow-up to the Vanderbilt investigation:
We’ll keep you updated on the developments.
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One of the next things coming this way is people openly identifying as eunuchs. Here’s the transcript from a recent transgender conference where they discuss this “identity.” Everyone should understand here: This is not just about helping a handful of dysphoric people. We are seeing all physical and biological boundaries being torn down, with the technology available for people to transform themselves in gruesome ways so that their outsides match how they feel in the moment. (Here’s Andrew Sullivan’s take on that insanity).
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Trans activists are getting alarmed by these trends, and, as LifeSiteNews reported, one “transgender” freelance activists has openly called for violence against critics of gender ideology. This is the logical consequence of their claim that words constitute violence.
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Another reminder, by the way: This is what “transgender clinics” are doing to people:
