Thread by @unyieldingbicyc

This time last year I was open to arguments by "moderate" trans activists.

Then I started researching history.

Mythbusting 🧵

Moderate myth #1:
Trans social contagion is a new phenomenon that only girls are susceptible to.

Truth:
Social contagion has always been a major cause of trans identity, including among boys.
badfacts.substack.com/p/the-trans-te…

Moderate myth #2:
Child gender therapy used to be a legit practice. Ken Zucker helped kids desist.

Truth:
Gender identity disorder was just a label applied to GNC kids. Zucker transed gay teens and never had a scientific methodology.
badfacts.substack.com/p/right-before…

Moderate myth #3:
Today's gender doctors perverted the practice of gender med by denying the reality of sex.

Truth:
Gender doctors have always denied or obfuscated the reality of sex. Sex denialism is foundational to gender medicine.
badfacts.substack.com/p/how-endocrin…

Moderate myth #4:
Pediatric gender med deteriorated after gender doctors abandoned the "assessment" model promoted by Laura Edwards-Leeper.

Truth:
She has not shown that her model leads to better outcomes.
badfacts.substack.com/p/the-psycholo…

Moderate myth #5:
Trans activism went off the rails in the 2010s. Before that, the movement was peaceful and focused on blending in.

Truth:
Trans activists have been harassing lesbians since the 1970s. They ramped up in the 1990s.
badfacts.substack.com/p/how-transgen…

Moderate myth #6:
Trans people were persecuted under cross-dressing laws.

Truth:
Cross-dressing laws applied to everyone. Courts in the 1960s-70s granted exemptions to "transsexuals."
badfacts.substack.com/p/man-woman-va…

Moderate myth #7:
Gays won acceptance before trans people, then selfishly excluded them.

Truth:
Trans activism was somewhat successful from the 1970s onward, and antagonistic to gays. Once gays got momentum, trans activists demanded inclusion.
badfacts.substack.com/p/how-ftms-hij…

Moderate myth #8:
Scientists haven't pinpointed the biological basis of gender identity yet because it's a new field.

Truth:
Scientists have searched desperately for this bio basis since the 1960s.
badfacts.substack.com/p/the-aclus-bi…

Moderate myth #9:
Nonbinary may be a kooky, juvenile idea but it doesn't represent the trans movement.

Truth:
NB is the soul of trans activism. It's long been embraced by the gender vanguard, including doctors.
badfacts.substack.com/p/a-trump-crit…

Moderate myth #10:
Testosterone is natural.

Truth:
It's steroids.
badfacts.substack.com/p/girls-on-ste…

Moderate myth #11:
We need "gender identity" in the law to protect trans people from discrimination.

Truth:
"Sex" discrimination laws protect trans people (but not from misgendering). The logic has been there since 1989.
badfacts.substack.com/p/how-ftms-hij…

Moderate myth #12:
Doctors and therapists began transing kids because parents demanded it.

Truth:
Parents began transing their kids because doctors and therapists told them to.
badfacts.substack.com/p/the-trans-ch…

Moderate myth #13:
It's transphobic to say many trans people are motivated by a paraphilia.

Truth:
The archival evidence is staggering. Here's a woman who wanted the world to know about her fetish for pretending to be a gay man:
badfacts.substack.com/p/triumph-of-t…

Moderate myth #14:
Prison officials balance the safety needs of trans-ID men against those of women.

Truth:
US regulations address only the men's safety. Most of the men locked up with women have penises and testicles.
badfacts.substack.com/p/why-men-are-…