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a brief eulogy for the "trans rights" movement

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Shon Faye
Sep 17, 2025
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The assassination of Charlie Kirk, a man who once implied that doctors should electroshock and lobotomise trans women as they did in the 1950s, and used what would be his final breath to fearmonger about “trans shooters” (and Black people) before being shot dead himself, feels like a turning point. Namely, the fallout from it has shown plainly that the …

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