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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Can’t wait to read
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Can’t wait to read
And is a short piece condensing the argument: static1.squarespace.com/static/6160c...
November 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
And is a short piece condensing the argument: static1.squarespace.com/static/6160c...
Here's Gessen's column: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
Opinion | The Ruling About Passports Isn’t About ID. It’s About Social Control.
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Here's Gessen's column: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
Ye olde "foreign affairs": "And the District Court’s grant of class-wide relief enjoins enforcement of an Executive Branch policy with foreign affairs implications concerning a Government document."
November 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Ye olde "foreign affairs": "And the District Court’s grant of class-wide relief enjoins enforcement of an Executive Branch policy with foreign affairs implications concerning a Government document."
I wrote about the this a while back, DM if you need a non paywalled version, bsky.app/profile/pais...
My piece on the havoc wrought by Trump's "Defending Women" executive order--it goes far beyond harming trans people.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Donald Trump’s War on Gender Is Also a War on Government
By forcing rigid definitions of sex across all federal agencies, Republicans are undermining the administrative state’s capacity to protect public health and safety.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I wrote about the this a while back, DM if you need a non paywalled version, bsky.app/profile/pais...
In the olden days, even judges ruling against a transgender plaintiff would often use the correct pronoun.
September 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
In the olden days, even judges ruling against a transgender plaintiff would often use the correct pronoun.