Vile colleagues part 3: Dear Professor Byrne

It was alleged in May that you were among the anonymous authors of the HHS report on pediatric trans care. The report, among other things, issues the alarming recommendation that trans youth should not have access to gender-affirming care, despite the leading pediatric medical body in the country supporting the efficacy and life-saving potential of these treatments. [1]

In light of your recent confirmation [2] of these allegations, we as your colleagues at MIT, in philosophy, and in higher-education feel it necessary to speak out.

They’re not actually his colleagues. Most of them are grad students. Some are colleagues, but not most.

[S]ince 1966, the AAUP has also agreed on a Statement on

Vile colleagues part 2.

“We are happy to grant that your participation in the authoring of the report is an exercise of your academic freedom.”

Another good place to stop and switch to making an argument against Alex’s work.

But no, they prefer to condescendingly attack his credibility instead. pic.twitter.com/WNgo2i5t3W

— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) July 6, 2025

“While you claim to support the right of trans people to live freely, in practice your behavior does not support this right. Since 2020 you have published a number of academic articles, as well as one book, arguing against trans inclusivity.”

Excuse me excuse me – what does the second sentence have to do with the first? The right to live freely is … Read the rest

Yet another witch trial under way.

The authors of the open letter are unhappy that Alex worked on the HHS report. They accuse him of:

-perpetuating harm against trans people

-failing to meet his academic responsibilities, and

-collaborating with the Trump admin.

The letter does not engage with his arguments. pic.twitter.com/DwbHoBw4mo

— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) July 6, 2025

…feel it necessary to speak out.

While we are not here calling for official or unofficial sanctions, we the undersigned believe that your behavior (a) perpetuates harm toward the trans community; (b) constitutes a failure to uphold your responsibilities as an academic; (c) is the result of an extremely misguided decision to collaborate with the Trump administration.

Is it still 2015? … Read the rest

Stone the crows, Euan [aka Sophie Molly] has written an article. It’s as bad as you’d expect.

Back in April 2025, the UK Supreme Court ruled that, for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010, the definition of ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ refers to biological sex. This legal clarification, though presented as a matter of statutory interpretation, has had far-reaching and deeply personal consequences for many trans individuals across the country. 

Back in April, he means, or in April this year. “Back in April 2025” is clumsy and ridiculous. He is not a clever man.

More substantively, notice his whine about personal consequences for “trans individuals” [what’s wrong with “people”? Doesn’t sound pompous enough?] while he ignores personal consequences for … Read the rest

Allison Bailey won her case.

A gender-critical lawyer was banned by her vet because of her belief that there are only two biological sexes, a judge has said.

Imagine a vet or dentist or doctor takes exception to you because of your “belief” that humans are not rabbits.

Allison Bailey, a retired criminal defence barrister and co-founder of the LGB Alliance, sued Palmerston Veterinary Group’s surgery in Walthamstow, north-east London, after she was “expelled” from the practice.

The practice claimed she was thrown out for being rude to staff, but the judge rejected the argument, saying she had faced “unlawful discrimination” because of her beliefs.

I hope that vet practice isn’t spaying male dogs and cats and … Read the rest

Aren’t we clever, we’ve resurrected measles.

Falling childhood vaccine coverage and a large, smoldering outbreak that was kindled in an undervaccinated pocket of West Texas have driven the United States to a troubling new milestone: There have been more measles cases in the US this year than any other since the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago.

Nice work, Bob. You’re a real piece of shit.

Experts say this year’s cases are likely to be severely undercounted because many are going unreported. Three people have died from measles this year – two children in Texas and one adult in New Mexico, all of whom were unvaccinated – matching the total number of US measles deaths from the previous

Another bold advertisement of how radically different and horrible the Trump regime is:

Trump says he wants to stage UFC fight on White House grounds

Next year it will be fight to the death gladiators.

US president Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s thinking of staging a UFC match on the White House grounds with upwards 20,000 spectators to celebrate 250 years of American independence.

“We have a lot of land there,” said Trump, a UFC enthusiast who has attended several of its mixed martial arts matches in recent months and is close friends with Dana White, the league’s president.

Oh good. That’s an excellent reason to celebrate independence with a display of violence.

Military displays serve the same purpose, … Read the rest

Hahahaha you don’t say.

Join us! No wait, don’t, we’re not doing it after all. Pretend we never said anything. Pretend you never heard of us.

The full announcement, which hilariously has not been quietly deleted.

This Pride Month we’re celebrating the diversity of sexual behaviour, biology and reproduction found in nature.

Speak with our scientists about all manner of subjects, from asexual reproduction in Komodo dragons to the marvellous mating methods of molluscs. Watch award-winning drag king Bi-Curious George perform and pick your favourite specimen to use as a muse in one of our art workshops.

Enjoy exploring our galleries away from the daytime crowds, including our new free Fixing Our Broken Planet Gallery. Plus, visit our new exhibition 

Thick as two short planks.

pic.twitter.com/4oKAb41am5

— Dr Helen Webberley (she/her) (@HelenWebberley) July 3, 2025

She probably didn’t write it herself but she did choose to share it despite the obvious stupidities.

Of course we allow “color critical views.” I dislike beige. I’m allowed to say that. Of course we allow “disability critical views.” Disabilities are bad and nobody wants them. I’m allowed to say that. As for “religion critical views” – ever heard of atheism? There are cultures that frown on it and even some that punish it, but the more prosperous and free cultures allow it. I can confirm: I co-wrote a book about God’s apparent hatred of women and I was never visited by the police for … Read the rest

He could ask Jared…

The Anti-Defamation League on Friday condemned President Donald Trump’s use of the term “Shylock” at a Thursday night rally, saying the president was invoking a “centuries-old antisemitic trope.”

During a campaign-style rally speech in Iowa on Thursday — in which the president basked in his megabill success — Trump touted what he and Republicans have promoted as benefits of the sweeping legislation.

“No death tax. No estate tax. No going to the banks and borrowing from, in some cases, a fine banker — and in some cases, shylocks and bad people,” Trump said.

You can see him flailing there even before you get to the “shylock.” He was going to paint banks in general as … Read the rest

Ffs how stupid do you have to be to set off fireworks IN LOS ANGELES?

A woman has been left in critical condition after suffering injuries in a residential fire involving active fireworks that more than 100 firefighters responded to, officials said.

The incident occurred just after 9 p.m. in the Pacoima neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, when authorities say that three one-story homes were showing fire when the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to “active fireworks inside a detached garage are exposing more homes and brush in the area,” according to information obtained from the LAFD by ABC News’ Los Angeles station KABC.

Bad writing, but we get the idea – some idiot set off fireworks inside … Read the rest

Erm…sir…

Tomorrow at Pride in London we’ll send a message to the world: in our city you are free to be whoever you want to be, and love whoever you want to love.

We must take a stand against those seeking to roll back hard-won rights. pic.twitter.com/zGPiOMQs3X

— Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan (@MayorofLondon) July 4, 2025

Leni Riefenstahl would be all over that. … Read the rest

When Pride becomes megalomania:

When Marion Harding contacted the chief executive of Surrey County Council in 2021 to raise safeguarding concerns about her local Pride organisation, she expected a speedy response.

After all, the council itself had given Pride in Surrey tens of thousands of pounds in funding, and her concerns were about the protection of potentially vulnerable young people who came into contact with the LGBTQ organisation, which was set up in 2018 by local activist, Stephen Ireland.

Harding, 62, and her wife, Cathy, 59, had volunteered for Pride in Surrey, but both had a number of worries about Ireland’s conduct, not least that he had appointed himself head of safeguarding – a role that, according to

Oh goody, an open letter.

Open Letter: “Biological Sex” and Its Variants are Transphobic Slurs

Says Trans Advocacy & Complaints Collective, which I suppose is a person and a phone.

To our Public bodies, MPs, and Media outlets,

When considering the language we use to address a group, particularly a minority group, the most precise and respectful term is the language they choose for themselves. This is a widely accepted principle of respect, yet in recent years, it has been inexplicably overlooked when it comes to addressing transgender people and the trans community as a whole.

Is it? Is it? Is it really?

I don’t think so. The words “a group” can mean almost anything. Say you have … Read the rest

The reporting on trans issues is such a hodgepodge of incoherent language and bizarre assumptions. Reuters for instance:

Transgender minors. Transgender soldiers. Transgender characters in books.

The U.S. Supreme Court‘s latest term was bursting with fodder for America’s culture wars, few more so than three cases touching on transgender rights. The court, powered by its 6-3 conservative majority, in each case ruled against transgender plaintiffs or their interests more broadly.

But what if the putative rights are not rights in the first place? It’s not just obvious that men have a right to force themselves on women in women’s spaces provided they claim to be trans women. I, for one, don’t think they do have such a right, … Read the rest

Bad deceptive anti-informative journalism yet again.

Trans athlete wins USA Cycling women’s event as female opponents protest and speak out

MALE athlete you dishonest panderers. The problem is that he’s male.

A trans-identifying athlete won a women’s cycling event that was officially sanctioned by USA Cycling on Tuesday, prompting female opponents to protest and speak out. 

A MALE trans-identifying athlete. Decent journalism does not hide the most important aspect of a story.

The trans athlete, Kate Phillips, won first place at the Lyons Masters National Championships in Wisconsin on Tuesday. Phillips beat out veteran women’s cyclist Julie Peterson for the gold, and Peterson then refused to take the podium at the medal ceremony in protest. 

Think he’s huge enough?

Fellow

Originally a comment by Dave Ricks on The rights of female athletes.

I looked up this source material:

PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Finds the University of Pennsylvania Has Violated Title IX

APRIL 28, 2025

PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Department of Education Announces the University of Pennsylvania Has Entered into a Resolution Agreement to Resolve its Title IX Violations

JULY 1, 2025

I see 3 things: (1) The words “male” and “female” appear extensively in both press releases, to explain the government case against UPenn in terms of sex discrimination; (2) The phrase “trans” does not appear in either press release; (3) The phrase “gender” appears only once, in the July 1 press release, to … Read the rest

Just one little thing here.

Penn to ban trans women from women’s sports

By Tuesday afternoon, the Penn website showed other athletes holding the school’s top times in Thomas’ events. The site was annotated with a note that read, “Competing under eligibility rules in effect at the time, Lia Thomas set program records in the 100, 200 and 500 freestyle during the 2021-22 season.”

“While Penn’s policies during the 2021-2022 swim season were in accordance with NCAA eligibility rules at the time, we acknowledge that some student-athletes were disadvantaged by these rules,” Penn President J. Larry Jameson said. “We recognize this and will apologize to those who experienced a competitive disadvantage or experienced anxiety because of the policies in effect

Alice Sullivan in The Times:

In the past decade, British academics have been attacked, vilified and ostracised simply for asserting that sex is real, binary and important. 

Very important indeed, I should think. Without it we wouldn’t exist!

In a climate where people are frightened to express their views or even to ask questions, universities have a responsibility to act as bastions of critical analysis, where reasoned debate and the pursuit of knowledge thrive. This is not only about protecting individuals but also the integrity of scientific research and scholarship.

Instead, universities have, perhaps unwittingly, institutionalised behaviours which undermine free speech and inquiry. Equality, diversity and inclusion policies and networks have been turned against groups they are supposed to protect,

There are many “Lemkin Institute” debunkers out there, fortunately, because there are also lots of credulous fools citing it as if it were a genuine human rights “institute” as opposed to one fanatic with no scruples.

Always remember the CEO of this organisation (run by a bunch of volunteers with no connection to Lemkin) transed her own daughter and believes that anyone who rejects trans ideology is genocidal, whilst the project ignores actual genocides.

They have zero credibility. https://t.co/JCw7UyvG0P pic.twitter.com/TBr8cUDLZH

— FeministRoar (@FeministRoar) July 2, 2025

https://twitter.com/yatakalam/status/1940358282696409310

Beware of people setting up bogus “institutes” that are really just a person and a laptop.

Remember the “Secular Policy Institute”? Yeah, like that.… Read the rest