IGF CultureWatch

Best line from the review: “Either this is the story of Ellen, a young woman struggling to resist sex stereotypes and heteronormativity, or it’s the story of Elliot, a young man who embraced them.”

DEI—it’s to die for.

So true:

After the makers of Bud Light beer partnered with trans TikTok “influencer” Dylan Mulvaney to promote their product to a presumably young, hip market niche, the cultural right reacted. Boycotts rarely work long term, and Anheuser-Busch says it has used various “influencers” to market its beer. Nevertheless, the brouhaha brings to light what Mulvaney is apparently influencing through Tiktok, and it looks a lot like promoting the transing of gender nonconforming gay boys. Andrew Sullivan takes a look.

And for those interested in the “brouhaha”:

Added:

Two Views

More TQ+ Community members complaining about the misgendering and even saying it was logical for them to start turning violent…
They WANT violence. They’ve been doing it daily for some time & always blame the victims.

Just proving this is a total lack of mental healthcare. pic.twitter.com/OUN859FA4y

— Brian ???️‍? (@Psy_Brian) March 27, 2023

I refuse to blame an entire community or ideological movement for the heinous actions of an individual. It’s demagogic, divisive, and unfair. And it’s precisely what far too many on the Left do, instantly, whenever an atrocity occurs, irrespective of the facts. Toxic.

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) March 28, 2023

Added: I respect Guy Benson’s advice to be cautious about widespread blame, but I also don’t think we should ignore that the shooting happened amid calls by activists for action to stop “genocide” against trans people, including the recently enacted Tennessee law banning puberty blockers and transition surgery for minors.

More: Twitter is now blocking tweets showing trans activists’ calls for violence, including gun violence. While understandable, this move obscures how extreme some of these activists are.

We watched trans activists promise a “Day of Vengeance” to stop “violence” and “genocide” against the trans community.

This shooter targeted a church and Christian school on Trans Awareness Week, immediately after legislation passed that activists call ‘genocidal.’

— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) March 28, 2023

This kind of rhetoric is so common it’s not longer shocking (but should be):

If they would have succeeded in pulling @ThePosieParker to the ground do you really think they would have stopped? #LetWomenSpeakAuckland pic.twitter.com/c5YRuo6X0l

— Ani O’Brien (@aniobrien) March 26, 2023

I don’t like having to share posts like these but we can’t pretend that these messages aren’t being spread by extremists.

Added: Shaking my head over this captured tweet from Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ press secretary, posted just hours after the shooting (original removed by Twitter, understandably). Added: Press Secretary Josselyn Berry resigned on Wednesday, two days after the shooting. Why wasn’t she fired, or at least suspended, immediately after her vile post went up?

And via Log Cabin Republicans:

Still more.

Newspeak watch: "gender expansive youth". It means gay boys and girls being prepped for trans identity. https://t.co/4fycQOQNoq

— Andrew Sullivan (@sullydish) March 27, 2023

Organizations that were once at the forefront of the movement for gay and lesbian rights and social inclusion have morphed into something very different, following the achievement of legal equality for gays and lesbians, and for transgender people. In keeping with fashionable progressive-left trends, they’re now onboard with the war on the gender binary.

“Lifesaving gender affirmating care” https://t.co/5fChmgcm8H

— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) March 1, 2023

More on the response to the campaign against the New York Times by GLAAD, Human Rights Campaign, and others for (1) reporting on the medical transitioning of minors and including the critical views of doctors and detransitioners, and (2) running an op-ed defending J.K. Rowling for casting a critical eye on requiring that transmen, including men who simply present as women, be granted access to women-only spaces.