Paisley Currah
@paisleycurrah.com
My speciality: government decisions on sex classification. CUNY. Institute for Advanced Study, 2024-25. Wrote Sex is as Sex Does. Dad, dog companion, kayaker. n+1, Boston Review, Nature, New Yorker, New York Review, Yale Review.
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The Anti-Trans Playbook | Paisley Currah
The current crusade against trans people imperils not just their rights but the survival of the legal doctrine built to protect all women from discrimination.
www.nybooks.com
In this piece for the New York Review of Books, I explain how today’s anti-trans agenda doesn’t just target trans people—it quietly (mostly quietly) dismantles the legal foundations that protect cis women from discrimination. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Fox News posts more articles on trans people than any media outlet in the country. Even queer ones. - buff.ly/je5OXnH
February 10, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Fox News posts more articles on trans people than any media outlet in the country. Even queer ones. - buff.ly/je5OXnH
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Our collaboration with the @transjournalists.org has been using public records and FOIA to see how the current administration has impacted the trans community. www.muckrock.com/project/the-...
The impact of anti-trans federal action
The Trans Journalists Association and MuckRock have partnered to help journalists document and report on the Trump administration’s actions targeting trans communities. We’re going beyond the initial ...
www.muckrock.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Our collaboration with the @transjournalists.org has been using public records and FOIA to see how the current administration has impacted the trans community. www.muckrock.com/project/the-...
CFP for a special issue on the global politics of anti-trans moral panics from transfeminist perspectives. Timely and necessary. www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
February 11, 2026 at 2:54 PM
CFP for a special issue on the global politics of anti-trans moral panics from transfeminist perspectives. Timely and necessary. www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
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NEW: It’s difficult to account for the abuses trans immigrants face in ICE custody after Trump destroyed safeguards, oversight agencies, and data about detainees.
But 3 trans migrants told me what it’s really like: Medical neglect. Solitary confinement. Harassment. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
But 3 trans migrants told me what it’s really like: Medical neglect. Solitary confinement. Harassment. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
ICE Is Treating Trans Immigrants With A New Level Of Cruelty
A HuffPost investigation found how the Trump administration systematically destroyed safeguards for detainees, subjecting them to abuse and neglect.
www.huffpost.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:29 PM
NEW: It’s difficult to account for the abuses trans immigrants face in ICE custody after Trump destroyed safeguards, oversight agencies, and data about detainees.
But 3 trans migrants told me what it’s really like: Medical neglect. Solitary confinement. Harassment. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
But 3 trans migrants told me what it’s really like: Medical neglect. Solitary confinement. Harassment. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
In this piece for the New York Review of Books, I explain how today’s anti-trans agenda doesn’t just target trans people—it quietly (mostly quietly) dismantles the legal foundations that protect cis women from discrimination. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The Anti-Trans Playbook | Paisley Currah
The current crusade against trans people imperils not just their rights but the survival of the legal doctrine built to protect all women from discrimination.
www.nybooks.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:25 AM
In this piece for the New York Review of Books, I explain how today’s anti-trans agenda doesn’t just target trans people—it quietly (mostly quietly) dismantles the legal foundations that protect cis women from discrimination. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
@juliaserano.bsky.social provides an excellent rebuttal to the idea that Dems need to triangulate against trans people in order to win moderate votes. (Calling Pete Buttigieg and Gavin Newsom). Lots of receipts for her argument.
very excited to have my response included in the latest Boston Review forum against Democratic moderation! here it is, my best argument for why Dems shouldn't "moderate" on transgender rights & LGBTQ issues more generally (as they are inextricably linked): www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
Trans rights aren’t tanking the Democrats.
Julia Serano responds in a forum on “How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism.”
www.bostonreview.net
February 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
@juliaserano.bsky.social provides an excellent rebuttal to the idea that Dems need to triangulate against trans people in order to win moderate votes. (Calling Pete Buttigieg and Gavin Newsom). Lots of receipts for her argument.
In this piece forNew York Review of Books, I explain how today’s anti-trans agenda doesn’t just target trans people—it quietly (mostly quietly) dismantles the legal foundations that protect cis women from discrimination. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The Anti-Trans Playbook | Paisley Currah
The current crusade against trans people imperils not just their rights but the survival of the legal doctrine built to protect all women from discrimination.
www.nybooks.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM
In this piece forNew York Review of Books, I explain how today’s anti-trans agenda doesn’t just target trans people—it quietly (mostly quietly) dismantles the legal foundations that protect cis women from discrimination. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Mandating a binary, immutable definition of sex in research is epistemic vandalism. It doesn’t just erase trans people, it wreaks havoc on the tools of knowledge production, leading to less nuanced, less accurate, and less rigorous science.
📣 Today @felicitycallard.bsky.social and I have published the first peer-reviewed response to the 'Sullivan Review' of research and data on sex and gender.
doi.org/10.1111/tran...
The Review could threaten trans rights and inclusion, erode academic freedom, and undermine research quality.
doi.org/10.1111/tran...
The Review could threaten trans rights and inclusion, erode academic freedom, and undermine research quality.
February 3, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Mandating a binary, immutable definition of sex in research is epistemic vandalism. It doesn’t just erase trans people, it wreaks havoc on the tools of knowledge production, leading to less nuanced, less accurate, and less rigorous science.
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An extreme Kansas bill will invalidate the drivers license of every trans person in the state. It was passed alongside a particularly extreme bathroom bill, meaning that the implications of every trans Kansan losing legal ID overnight has largely been missed.
Kansas Bill Will Strip Driver’s Licenses from Every Trans Resident Who Changed Gender — Assigned
As Kansas passes a bathroom bill, another bill that will invalidate the driver’s license of every trans resident has been deemphasized in the coverage. Also, Trump’s Department of Education says San J...
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February 2, 2026 at 11:01 AM
An extreme Kansas bill will invalidate the drivers license of every trans person in the state. It was passed alongside a particularly extreme bathroom bill, meaning that the implications of every trans Kansan losing legal ID overnight has largely been missed.
According to the latest Epstein file dump, Rowling’s team personally invited Epstein to the Broadway opening of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child—including a private dinner between shows—AFTER Julie Brown’s exposé made his crimes public knowledge.
JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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February 2, 2026 at 3:08 PM
According to the latest Epstein file dump, Rowling’s team personally invited Epstein to the Broadway opening of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child—including a private dinner between shows—AFTER Julie Brown’s exposé made his crimes public knowledge.
Todays Fox news poll that says people trust Dems more than Republicans on transgender issues. I put together some thoughts on collision between affective polarization and actual policy. Just thinking aloud. paisleycurrah.substack.com/p/how-anti-t...
January 30, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Todays Fox news poll that says people trust Dems more than Republicans on transgender issues. I put together some thoughts on collision between affective polarization and actual policy. Just thinking aloud. paisleycurrah.substack.com/p/how-anti-t...
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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We didn't make everything about us. They did. Compare the Advocate, the oldest and largest LGBTQ newspaper in the US, to Fox and the NYT. Both have been publishing more about us than our own newspapers for 3+ years.
January 28, 2026 at 8:13 AM
We didn't make everything about us. They did. Compare the Advocate, the oldest and largest LGBTQ newspaper in the US, to Fox and the NYT. Both have been publishing more about us than our own newspapers for 3+ years.
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nice piece about the early #trans internet and community making back in the day.
i'll always be proud of the communities we created with the Betty Boards, providing space for trans people to talk about family and relationships.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
thanks @assignedmedia.org !
i'll always be proud of the communities we created with the Betty Boards, providing space for trans people to talk about family and relationships.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
thanks @assignedmedia.org !
For ‘Love and Knowledge’: On the Frontlines of Trans Cyberspace — Assigned
The moderators of trans forums, many of them volunteers, have demonstrated remarkable resilience and resourcefulness over four decades and multiple digital eras.
www.assignedmedia.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:42 PM
nice piece about the early #trans internet and community making back in the day.
i'll always be proud of the communities we created with the Betty Boards, providing space for trans people to talk about family and relationships.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
thanks @assignedmedia.org !
i'll always be proud of the communities we created with the Betty Boards, providing space for trans people to talk about family and relationships.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
thanks @assignedmedia.org !
We become the people capable of changing the world by acting as if we already are. Seems like Minnesotans are doing this. From an essay by Amia Srinivasan. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
January 19, 2026 at 2:08 PM
We become the people capable of changing the world by acting as if we already are. Seems like Minnesotans are doing this. From an essay by Amia Srinivasan. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Justice Coney Barrett begins to get that anti-trans policies will harm cis women. “Your whole position in this case depends on there being inherent differences. I’d be concerned about what the ramifications of that might be.” I wrote about exactly this in @nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The Anti-Trans Playbook | Paisley Currah
The current crusade against trans people imperils not just their rights but the survival of the legal doctrine built to protect all women from discrimination.
www.nybooks.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Justice Coney Barrett begins to get that anti-trans policies will harm cis women. “Your whole position in this case depends on there being inherent differences. I’d be concerned about what the ramifications of that might be.” I wrote about exactly this in @nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Just saw the exciting news that Robin Dembroff's eagerly anticipated book will be coming out in April. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
January 15, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Just saw the exciting news that Robin Dembroff's eagerly anticipated book will be coming out in April. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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It's officially publication day for our book, The Way Out. It's been a long road. Rebecca and I started working together in 2019, and it's fair to say that the context shifted under our feet as we wrote and thought. Get the text 30% off with code UCPSAVE30 at www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...
The Way Out by Rebecca Buxton, Samuel Ritholtz - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
January 13, 2026 at 8:33 PM
It's officially publication day for our book, The Way Out. It's been a long road. Rebecca and I started working together in 2019, and it's fair to say that the context shifted under our feet as we wrote and thought. Get the text 30% off with code UCPSAVE30 at www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...
One other thing about @nytimes.com…in addition to its often terrible journalism, the recipes in one of its profit centers, the cooking section, are often terrible.
January 7, 2026 at 10:23 PM
One other thing about @nytimes.com…in addition to its often terrible journalism, the recipes in one of its profit centers, the cooking section, are often terrible.
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We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
January 5, 2026 at 2:05 AM
We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Former NYT editor Sweeney on Sulzberger's anti-trans push: "he saw this as a political project, that he could take a stance that the hard right would like...Spreading anti-trans discrimination, spreading anti-trans disinformation — was something he could push." transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
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January 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Former NYT editor Sweeney on Sulzberger's anti-trans push: "he saw this as a political project, that he could take a stance that the hard right would like...Spreading anti-trans discrimination, spreading anti-trans disinformation — was something he could push." transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
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this is on @jamellebouie.net's reading list and it should be on yours too, because @paisleycurrah.com is just too good at what he does.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The Anti-Trans Playbook | Paisley Currah
The current crusade against trans people imperils not just their rights but the survival of the legal doctrine built to protect all women from discrimination.
www.nybooks.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
this is on @jamellebouie.net's reading list and it should be on yours too, because @paisleycurrah.com is just too good at what he does.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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“The number of anti-trans bills considered each year has grown from twenty-one in 2015 to over one thousand in 2025.” — @paisleycurrah.com
The Anti-Trans Playbook | Paisley Currah
The current crusade against trans people imperils not just their rights but the survival of the legal doctrine built to protect all women from discrimination.
www.nybooks.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“The number of anti-trans bills considered each year has grown from twenty-one in 2015 to over one thousand in 2025.” — @paisleycurrah.com
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Paisley Currah (@paisleycurrah.com) on how the conservative strategy to remove trans rights sets the stage for legally enforcing gender stereotypes
The Anti-Trans Playbook | Paisley Currah
The current crusade against trans people imperils not just their rights but the survival of the legal doctrine built to protect all women from discrimination.
www.nybooks.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Paisley Currah (@paisleycurrah.com) on how the conservative strategy to remove trans rights sets the stage for legally enforcing gender stereotypes