My conversation with Brianna Wu, a survivor—of Gamergate, addiction, and youth gender dysphoria—who has charted a unique course down the center of the most combustible social issue of our time.
I must note, though, that Wu is considerably compromised on the topic of accountability. In 2021, Wu accused Jesse Singal of "wildly unethical behavior" and claimed to have "receipts" that proved this.
Three years later, she has never specified the nature of this behavior, nor has she produced any of these receipts that she claims prove it, despite an offer of thousands of dollars to a charity of her choice:
Whatever her problem with Singal, Wu is guilty of harassment similar to that whick she herself has received, which you'd think would make her more mindful and perhaps more responsible about making accusations. That doesn't make anything she has said here wrong, but it certainly puts a different light on her credibility.
It's good to see a trans person who's willing to talk to a journalist who isn't a trans activist. Sadly, Brianna doesn't realize that there is no difference between someone who transitioned 20yrs ago and someone who transitions now as far as the strength of their trans identity. This idea that Cloe was misdiagnosed and that detransitioners were never trans is something people like Brianna have to keep repeating so they don't face the fact that they made a mistake in their own lives. Denying your sexed body is a trauma response and living stealth errodes ones humanity in the long run. The "old school transexual" way of doing things was a failure of the psych world who should've found a better way to help patients with this condition.
i empathize with this person and others who ID as trans. I can see hes a 1000x better off than the agp people ive known for the past 20 or more years, many with severe psych issues and duped into a severe intervention with zero evidence of benefit. many commit suicide or detrans with regret, some never realizing it was giant corporations that tricked them into "trans" in the first place. even so, i understand hes had a tough life. i mean we all have to some extent. even a boring life can be a kind of torture. but so what?
The problem he has is hes so encapsulated by gender biz propaganda, his ideas dont touch reality. his main conclusion about transgenderism is based mainly on ideas in his head about this or that. it feels ackward to hear him lecture others about how they should feel about being robbed of their safety, robbed of their right to puberty, robbed of their right to evidenced based health care, robbed of their right to free speech. he sees others right to not be harmed as an inconvenience to be labeled a phobia. typical gaslighting. if he really wants to know what happened he should read spectator article "the document...tactics of trans lobbyists". the article explains that from the start its always been a big biz PR and lobby campaign to rob kids of their right to puberty. one of the main tacticts has been to hide gender policies from the public, they knew people dont support men in womens spaces or sterilizing kids. but the public was going to find out eventually. and we always knew it would end this way.
"The truth is, we are re-litigating things I thought were settled, like my ability to go use the bathroom."
this person will always have the right to use the restroom anytime and anywhere he wants. but hopefully people wake up the fact that allowing biological men into womens spaces robs women of their safety and provides zero benefit to "trans" people. 99% of assaults on women are via men. theres an epidemic of violence against women that been occuring since man lived in caves. meanwhile, men who ID as trans are one of the safest groups despite activist false claims to the contrary. no, it was never settled that biological men could use the womens room. gender activists and the pill biz have been gaslighting dysphoric people duping them into a harmful intervention based on the false offer they could use womens spaces. its unfortunate this fraudulent blank check was offered. but its not the only gender industry offence. every gender biz stat and claim is a lie. these lies harm women, kids, gays, ppl with psych issues and dysphoric ppl who claim to be "trans". there is zero evidence gender transition helps anyone. not even one person. and many people are being harmed by these bogus claims. no one cares if trans ID people use restrooms of bio gender. no one has any problem with trans ID people in general, to my knowledge. but it remains to be seen if the low info person will perceive trans ID people as partly responsible for the massive fraud perpetrated by gender industry, or just another one of its victims. but the general public has already decided they dont want men in womens spaces or kids sterilized. the subject of your article thinks its fine if men invade womens spaces. one problem with this is there are zero reasons why the public should let men into womens spaces. does gender affirmation help trans id ppl? no, it doesnt. is it safer in womens restrooms for men who ID as "trans"? no, its less safe for men and men who ID as trans to be in the womens room. are trans ID at risk in some other way? no. crime stats show trans ID people to be one of the safest groups, despite bogus activist claims to the contrary. I cant think of one reason why men who ID as trans should go into womens restrooms or cheat at womens sports. people who propose these ideas live in an ivory tower and have been duped by gender activists.
I'm not sure why this substack doesn't have more followers. Actually great reporting. Fair, science based, etc. Keep it up.
Thanks, Kevin. I didn’t start substacking routinely until about three months ago.
Got it, just a matter of time then!
Thanks for this.
I must note, though, that Wu is considerably compromised on the topic of accountability. In 2021, Wu accused Jesse Singal of "wildly unethical behavior" and claimed to have "receipts" that proved this.
https://x.com/BriannaWu/status/1371452139856392196
Three years later, she has never specified the nature of this behavior, nor has she produced any of these receipts that she claims prove it, despite an offer of thousands of dollars to a charity of her choice:
https://x.com/kittypurrzog/status/1371540333301932038
Whatever her problem with Singal, Wu is guilty of harassment similar to that whick she herself has received, which you'd think would make her more mindful and perhaps more responsible about making accusations. That doesn't make anything she has said here wrong, but it certainly puts a different light on her credibility.
It's good to see a trans person who's willing to talk to a journalist who isn't a trans activist. Sadly, Brianna doesn't realize that there is no difference between someone who transitioned 20yrs ago and someone who transitions now as far as the strength of their trans identity. This idea that Cloe was misdiagnosed and that detransitioners were never trans is something people like Brianna have to keep repeating so they don't face the fact that they made a mistake in their own lives. Denying your sexed body is a trauma response and living stealth errodes ones humanity in the long run. The "old school transexual" way of doing things was a failure of the psych world who should've found a better way to help patients with this condition.
i empathize with this person and others who ID as trans. I can see hes a 1000x better off than the agp people ive known for the past 20 or more years, many with severe psych issues and duped into a severe intervention with zero evidence of benefit. many commit suicide or detrans with regret, some never realizing it was giant corporations that tricked them into "trans" in the first place. even so, i understand hes had a tough life. i mean we all have to some extent. even a boring life can be a kind of torture. but so what?
The problem he has is hes so encapsulated by gender biz propaganda, his ideas dont touch reality. his main conclusion about transgenderism is based mainly on ideas in his head about this or that. it feels ackward to hear him lecture others about how they should feel about being robbed of their safety, robbed of their right to puberty, robbed of their right to evidenced based health care, robbed of their right to free speech. he sees others right to not be harmed as an inconvenience to be labeled a phobia. typical gaslighting. if he really wants to know what happened he should read spectator article "the document...tactics of trans lobbyists". the article explains that from the start its always been a big biz PR and lobby campaign to rob kids of their right to puberty. one of the main tacticts has been to hide gender policies from the public, they knew people dont support men in womens spaces or sterilizing kids. but the public was going to find out eventually. and we always knew it would end this way.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-document-that-reveals-the-remarkable-tactics-of-trans-lobbyists/
"The truth is, we are re-litigating things I thought were settled, like my ability to go use the bathroom."
this person will always have the right to use the restroom anytime and anywhere he wants. but hopefully people wake up the fact that allowing biological men into womens spaces robs women of their safety and provides zero benefit to "trans" people. 99% of assaults on women are via men. theres an epidemic of violence against women that been occuring since man lived in caves. meanwhile, men who ID as trans are one of the safest groups despite activist false claims to the contrary. no, it was never settled that biological men could use the womens room. gender activists and the pill biz have been gaslighting dysphoric people duping them into a harmful intervention based on the false offer they could use womens spaces. its unfortunate this fraudulent blank check was offered. but its not the only gender industry offence. every gender biz stat and claim is a lie. these lies harm women, kids, gays, ppl with psych issues and dysphoric ppl who claim to be "trans". there is zero evidence gender transition helps anyone. not even one person. and many people are being harmed by these bogus claims. no one cares if trans ID people use restrooms of bio gender. no one has any problem with trans ID people in general, to my knowledge. but it remains to be seen if the low info person will perceive trans ID people as partly responsible for the massive fraud perpetrated by gender industry, or just another one of its victims. but the general public has already decided they dont want men in womens spaces or kids sterilized. the subject of your article thinks its fine if men invade womens spaces. one problem with this is there are zero reasons why the public should let men into womens spaces. does gender affirmation help trans id ppl? no, it doesnt. is it safer in womens restrooms for men who ID as "trans"? no, its less safe for men and men who ID as trans to be in the womens room. are trans ID at risk in some other way? no. crime stats show trans ID people to be one of the safest groups, despite bogus activist claims to the contrary. I cant think of one reason why men who ID as trans should go into womens restrooms or cheat at womens sports. people who propose these ideas live in an ivory tower and have been duped by gender activists.
The trans activists ARE WPATH.