Monday, June 12, 2023
The new face of extremism unmasked: The UN and Republicans are watching 'Trantifa' - the hard-left transgender activists who flirt with violence to promote their radical agenda
It sounds like the violence-prone fringe of the Left are putting on dresses these days
Pull away the black mask, and political extremism has a new face: 'TRANTIFA'.
The portmanteau of 'trans' and 'ANTIFA' is exactly what you'd expect — far-left transgender activists willing to intimidate, harass and even use violence to advance their radical new ideas about gender.
Much like ANTIFA, they're not a formal group of card-carrying members, with the term 'Trantifa' coined on social media to highlight the strong transgender presence within the anarchist outfit.
So-called Trantifa members are a small group of trans activists on the edges of the movement who post angry rhetoric online and gather at rallies.
UN investigator Reem Alsalem told DailyMail.com 'screaming trans activists' were a worrying and 'increasing trend' that must be tackled.
Julio Rosas, an author who recently testified to House lawmakers about leftist extremism, cites a series of trans extremist incidents, including trans shooter Audrey Hale's bloody rampage in a Christian elementary school in Nashville.
'Trans activists gravitate towards these very far-left groups, because they share their anarcho-communist type ideology,' Rosas told DailyMail.com.
'They view the US as systemically racist, that it's subjugated queer people, and that states passing laws against child mutilations is part of a trans genocide. And they're fighting back.'
He described a radicalized group of trans activists concentrated on the East and West coasts who coordinate via messaging apps to stage rallies, confront rivals and push their ideas into the mainstream.
The FBI declined to comment on whether it was monitoring violent trans activism, but Rosas, Alsalem and some Republican politicians refer to ever-more incidents that make headlines.
In March, Hale shot and killed three children and three adults at Nashville's Covenant School. The 28-year-old had started using he/him pronouns and going by the name Aiden.
Police are still studying the 'manifesto' Hale left behind. A court will decide whether to make it public.
Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines was in April punched by a trans woman activist at San Francisco State University, after she made a speech against allowing female trans athletes to compete in women's sports.
In May, US cyclist Hannah Arensman revealed she'd quit the sport because she was harassed over her opposition to competing against biological males, including by members of the John Brown Gun Club, a pro-trans antifa group.
Meanwhile, trans women increasingly post online TRANTIFA videos about armed self-defense.
TikTok creator Tara Jay recently shared a menacing video clip with her 2,400 followers about using guns against anyone who dares to 'stop me from going into the women's bathroom.'
'It will be the last mistake you ever make,' she warned in the now-deleted post, in which she urged LGBTQ people to arm themselves.
Likewise, blogger Kayla Denker, a trans woman, posted footage of herself toting a military-style weapon, warning any 'transphobes' who 'come for me.'
She later said she advocates for non-violent self-defense.
TRANTIFA activists use the acronym 'TERF' to disparage their opponents as trans-exclusionary radical feminists. They frequently threaten 'TERFs' with violence on social media and wear 'punch a TERF' t-shirts.
Other shirts sold online say 'trans rights … or else' alongside images of guns.
Alsalem, a UN special rapporteur, is tasked with monitoring violence against women and girls globally. She said women who speak up for women-only sports contests, bathrooms, or prisons face harassment or worse.
She threw her weight behind Gaines, who she says was 'ambushed and hit' by 'screaming trans activists' in San Francisco after speaking out against biological males competing in female-only sports contests.
'There is an increasing trend that I have been observing,' Alsalem told DailyMail.com.
Officials in the US and other western countries affected by this problem must 'ensure that the freedom of speech and thought, including on the issues of sex, gender, and gender identity be protected and upheld,' Alsalem said.
The National Center for Transgender Equality and other trans campaign groups did not answer DailyMail.com's requests for comment.
They say trans people are more often victims of rape, beatings and other violence than they are perpetrators.
The Human Rights Campaign, America's biggest LGBTQ group, this week declared a 'state of emergency' for members of the community.
Kelley Robinson, the group's president, described a 'tidal wave of increased homophobia and transphobia' that was forcing 'families to uproot their lives and flee their homes in search of safer states.'
Erin Reed, a prominent trans campaigner, says trans people face a 'genocide', pointing to many bills Republicans are pushing through state legislatures this year, outlawing puberty blockers for trans kids and other measures.
The 'legislative assault … seeks to remove us from public life, remove all legal protections, remove our trans children from parents, remove their medically necessary care,' Reed tweeted. 'It will kill people.'
Reed, like most trans campaigners, powerfully argues the case for trans rights, but does not advocate violence. Rosas, the author of Fiery But Mostly Peaceful, said TRANTIFA operates on the fringes of the same movement.
Rosas says he encountered many trans activists among the antifa groups he monitored during the racial justice protests that erupted in the summer of 2020.
He relayed his experiences to members of the House Homeland Security Committee at a hearing on left-wing violence last month.
To put TRANTIFA in context, DailyMail.com spoke to the old-school feminists who have been ideologically opposed to trans activists for decades, and seen some evolve into a more hardline, even militant, group.
They describe what was once a small group of trans women becoming increasingly radicalized, better organized and more dangerous. Nowadays, members frequently don antifa-style combat gear and masks when they pile in on feminist rallies.
April Morrow, a disabled 58-year-old woman, is one of them. She says she was attacked by a 27-year-old trans woman activist at a feminist rally she arranged in Tacoma, Washington, in October.
There, trans activists 'encircled' the feminists, who were 'totally outnumbered,' said Morrow. Her attacker, a young trans woman, came 'out of nowhere and grabbed my hand' as she filmed the chaos on her cell phone.
The activist wrenched Morrow's wrist and pushed her to the ground. It hurt, and the injury has kept her out of work, she said. The incident was captured on video, police arrested the attacker, who may face assault charges.
Kara Dansky, a feminist author and president of Women's Declaration International in the US, was protesting in Oakland in December against California's prison system, which lets trans women convicts serve their sentences in women's prisons.
She and other feminists were attacked by a group of black-clad TRANTIFA activists. The women described being startled, shaken and slightly roughed up. Dansky describes the masked attackers as 'men' who could easily overpower them.
'It's inevitable that one or more women who stand up for women's sex-based rights is going to be killed,' said Dansky.
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Charges dropped against man arrested after trying to quote Bible to Pride rally attendees; official reportedly says legal action may come against police
Charges have been dropped against a Pennsylvania man who was arrested over the weekend after trying to quote the Bible to Pride rally attendees.
"After a review of the incident which took place on June 3, 2023, in the 800 block of Washington Street in the City of Reading, the District Attorney’s Office has withdrawn the charges of disorderly conduct filed against Damon Atkins," a Tuesday Facebook post from the Berks County District Attorney reads. "The charges were withdrawn after the District Attorney’s Office reviewed the videos of the incident along with applicable case law."
According to the Lancaster Patriot — which initially covered details of the arrest — an email from Berks County Commissioner Christian Leinbach said "from what I have seen thus far I believe this was an unlawful arrest and could open the City of Reading and their police department to legal action."
What's the background?
The incident took place Saturday outside City Hall at 815 Washington Street where the first annual Reading Pride March & Rally was underway. Reading is about 90 minutes northwest of Philadelphia.
The Patriot spoke to Atkins as well as the man who recorded video of his arrest, Matthew Wear.
Wear told the Patriot he'd been preaching to the Pride rally attendees prior to Atkins’ arrival, and the same officer who arrested Atkins also told Wear to knock it off. “A cop got in my face, laid hands on me, and threatened to arrest me if I didn’t stop," Wear says on video.
The outlet said Atkins was standing on the public sidewalk holding signs just after 10 a.m. when trouble began for him, too. Wear's video camera was on, and he captured the interaction between Atkins and the officer.
“This is public property," Atkins told the officer — identified by the Patriot as Sgt. Bradley McClure — who agreed it was public property but still insisted that Atkins "let them have their event” and “respect it."
Atkins replied, “You know who’s cheering for us? The people that are in hell.”
The Patriot said Atkins later explained he was referring to the parable of the rich man and Lazarus in the Gospel of Luke, in which a rich man begs Father Abraham to send someone to warn his brothers about the place of torment he's in.
As the officer turned and walked away, Atkins said, "So you do you, and I'm gonna do me."
With that, Atkins began speaking, hollering, "You!" across the street and then uttering the words, "God is not" before the officer interrupted with, "That's it! You're done!" and arrested Atkins. The Pride rally attendees applauded.
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Game-Changer: UK Stops Routine Prescribing of 'Gender Affirming' Drugs For Children
The United Kingdom’s shift away from prescribing puberty blockers to children marks a significant development in the ongoing global debate surrounding gender dysphoria treatment for minors.
While progress is being made across the pond, there remains much work to be done in the United States to ensure the well-being of vulnerable children.
The National Health Service (NHS) recently announced that it will only administer puberty suppressing hormones as part of clinical research, aligning with the recommendations of an independent review conducted by Dr. Hilary Cass.
The report highlighted the uncertainties surrounding the use of hormone treatments and proposed that puberty blockers should not be routinely prescribed to children and adolescents with gender incongruence or dysphoria, except within a research context.
Moreover, NHS England has taken an important step by establishing a national oversight board dedicated to researching the effects of puberty blockers.
This new board has approved a study on the impact of puberty suppressing hormones on gender dysphoria in children and young people with early-onset gender dysphoria.
The consultation report provides further information on the board’s objectives and the upcoming study.
The report also emphasizes the need for a holistic and multidisciplinary approach to assessing and addressing the individual needs of patients with gender dysphoria.
By involving the child or young person and their family, the integrated multidisciplinary team (MDT) will determine the most suitable clinical pathway in the best interest of the child.
This shift in the UK’s approach is a positive sign, demonstrating that European nations like the United Kingdom, Finland, and Sweden are recognizing the limitations of puberty blockers and other forms of “gender-affirming care.”
Research has indicated that these treatments can have irreversible consequences and potential long-term harm to children, which should be taken into account when considering their use.
Regrettably, the United States has not fully grasped the risks associated with “gender-affirming care” for American children.
Many medical professionals continue to prescribe these drugs without sufficient evidence supporting their mental health benefits.
However, an increasing number of detransitioners are speaking out against the hasty transition of transgender children, sharing their personal stories of the detrimental impact it has had on their lives.
Nonetheless, progress is underway. The majority of the American public opposes the administration of puberty blockers and surgical interventions for minors with gender dysphoria.
Media coverage has played a crucial role in shedding light on this issue, allowing for greater public awareness.
Several states have even passed legislation prohibiting “gender-affirming care” for minors, eliciting disapproval from progressive factions who seem eager to support widespread transgender interventions for children.
While there is still work to be done, it appears that the tide is turning in the right direction.
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Major Australian ndewspaper fires star columnist Julie Szego after ‘disparaging comments’ over trans article furore
The editor of The Age has sacked one of the masthead’s star columnists after she called out the publication over its refusal to run an article she wrote on youth gender transition.
According to The Australian, journalist Julie Szego posted on social media last week that while she had been commissioned to write a feature-length story about the contentious issue by The Age’s former editor Gay Alcorn, the newspaper’s current boss Patrick Elligett refused to run it.
Szego, a freelancer who has written for The Age on and off for more than two decades, then chose to self-publish the 5000-word piece on her own Substack page.
She told her social media followers her new blog will be a site where: “I’ll be writing about gender identity politics … without the copy being rendered unreadable by a committee of woke journalists redacting words they deem incendiary, such as ‘male’.”
Szego later told The Australian that the post about her colleagues at The Age was “a vague and cheeky comment that was not intended to put anyone down”, but it had been cited by Elligett as a reason to sack her as a columnist.
“I love my former comrades at The Age,” Szego said in the exclusive interview. “I have no bitterness whatsoever, but this issue of gender identity politics is causing tensions in newsrooms around the world and The Age is no different.”
Szego said she believed her story was “measured”, and that despite suggestions to the contrary she does not hold a firm view one way or another on paediatric transition.
Szego also said the fact that she attended the controversial Let Women Speak rally in Melbourne in March had been used as part of a whispering campaign against her.
“I attended the rally, I was conspicuous with notebook and pen,” she said, The Australian reports. “I attended as a journalist because I wanted to get some colour from the event as I’m hoping to write a book on the wider debate. “My attendance at the rally caused great suspicion in there (The Age’s newsroom).”
The Australian also spoke to editor Patrick Elligett, who said he explained to Szego why he would not publish the article, and said The Age “continues to cover the issue of gender policy with balance, nuance and accuracy. It is an issue many of our competitors will not touch.”
Szego’s interpretation of that conversation differs. “Patrick told me he could not publish my piece under my byline because it would damage the reputation of the masthead,” she told The Australian on Sunday. “I would suggest he’s damaged the masthead more by not publishing it.”
Szego said she received a text message from Elligett last week, informing her that she would no longer be writing for The Age because of her social media post about her “woke” colleagues.
“Obviously we can’t have our columnists publicly disparaging the publication like that so we won’t be commissioning further columns from you,” she claimed Elligett said.
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