Is “transactivism” like PayPal or something
Julie Bindel’s latest UnHerd article is a masterclass in manipulation, published just as Parliament scrutinises the Conversion Practices Bill.
She wants us to worry about psychologists being prevented from questioning trans people’s identities.
But she’s avoiding a far more important question. 🧵
She wants us to worry about psychologists being prevented from questioning trans people’s identities.
But she’s avoiding a far more important question. 🧵
October 30, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Is “transactivism” like PayPal or something
Julie Bindel’s latest UnHerd article is a masterclass in manipulation, published just as Parliament scrutinises the Conversion Practices Bill.
She wants us to worry about psychologists being prevented from questioning trans people’s identities.
But she’s avoiding a far more important question. 🧵
She wants us to worry about psychologists being prevented from questioning trans people’s identities.
But she’s avoiding a far more important question. 🧵
October 30, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Julie Bindel’s latest UnHerd article is a masterclass in manipulation, published just as Parliament scrutinises the Conversion Practices Bill.
She wants us to worry about psychologists being prevented from questioning trans people’s identities.
But she’s avoiding a far more important question. 🧵
She wants us to worry about psychologists being prevented from questioning trans people’s identities.
But she’s avoiding a far more important question. 🧵
“Transactivism” is three people handing out leaflets outside a bar and being ignored.
Which is presented as some all powerful force by media empires which are the playthings of the oligarch class.
Which is presented as some all powerful force by media empires which are the playthings of the oligarch class.
Julie Bindel’s latest UnHerd article is a masterclass in manipulation, published just as Parliament scrutinises the Conversion Practices Bill.
She wants us to worry about psychologists being prevented from questioning trans people’s identities.
But she’s avoiding a far more important question. 🧵
She wants us to worry about psychologists being prevented from questioning trans people’s identities.
But she’s avoiding a far more important question. 🧵
October 30, 2026 at 1:50 PM
“Transactivism” is three people handing out leaflets outside a bar and being ignored.
Which is presented as some all powerful force by media empires which are the playthings of the oligarch class.
Which is presented as some all powerful force by media empires which are the playthings of the oligarch class.
Their use of "transactivism" just shows how much of a dogwhistle "transwomen" is. NOBODY in their right mind would use "transactions instead of trans activism so why apply that to other words ffs?
Julie Bindel’s latest UnHerd article is a masterclass in manipulation, published just as Parliament scrutinises the Conversion Practices Bill.
She wants us to worry about psychologists being prevented from questioning trans people’s identities.
But she’s avoiding a far more important question. 🧵
She wants us to worry about psychologists being prevented from questioning trans people’s identities.
But she’s avoiding a far more important question. 🧵
October 30, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Their use of "transactivism" just shows how much of a dogwhistle "transwomen" is. NOBODY in their right mind would use "transactions instead of trans activism so why apply that to other words ffs?
You and read the archived gaslighting article by Julie Bindel here.
It’s a masterpiece of cherry-picked propaganda with the purpose of lobbying politicians and the public to reject a bill that would protect the trans people she obsessively attacks! 😖
👉🏻 archive.is/202610290011...
It’s a masterpiece of cherry-picked propaganda with the purpose of lobbying politicians and the public to reject a bill that would protect the trans people she obsessively attacks! 😖
👉🏻 archive.is/202610290011...
October 30, 2026 at 8:31 AM
You and read the archived gaslighting article by Julie Bindel here.
It’s a masterpiece of cherry-picked propaganda with the purpose of lobbying politicians and the public to reject a bill that would protect the trans people she obsessively attacks! 😖
👉🏻 archive.is/202610290011...
It’s a masterpiece of cherry-picked propaganda with the purpose of lobbying politicians and the public to reject a bill that would protect the trans people she obsessively attacks! 😖
👉🏻 archive.is/202610290011...
Terrific, in depth piece. We are still very far from a return to sanity on this subject. Institutions, sectors, professional bodies, remain in thrall to this totalitarian movement.
unherd.com/2026/10/how-...
unherd.com/2026/10/how-...
How transactivism captured therapy
unherd.com
October 29, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Terrific, in depth piece. We are still very far from a return to sanity on this subject. Institutions, sectors, professional bodies, remain in thrall to this totalitarian movement.
unherd.com/2026/10/how-...
unherd.com/2026/10/how-...
pretty sure transactivism was what that guy was doing in a bedroom in Sunderland in season four of Industry to hide the porn company payments that Tender didn’t want the regulators to see
October 30, 2026 at 3:58 PM
pretty sure transactivism was what that guy was doing in a bedroom in Sunderland in season four of Industry to hide the porn company payments that Tender didn’t want the regulators to see
Their use of "transactivism" just shows how much of a dogwhistle "transwomen" is. NOBODY in their right mind would use "transactions instead of trans activism so why apply that to other words ffs?
Julie Bindel’s latest UnHerd article is a masterclass in manipulation, published just as Parliament scrutinises the Conversion Practices Bill.
She wants us to worry about psychologists being prevented from questioning trans people’s identities.
But she’s avoiding a far more important question. 🧵
She wants us to worry about psychologists being prevented from questioning trans people’s identities.
But she’s avoiding a far more important question. 🧵
October 30, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Their use of "transactivism" just shows how much of a dogwhistle "transwomen" is. NOBODY in their right mind would use "transactions instead of trans activism so why apply that to other words ffs?
In this thorough and damning investigation, Julie Bindel uncovers the rot at the heart of British clinical psychology: an affirmation approach that amounts to, as one whistleblower put it, a “trans conveyer belt”.
unherd.com/2026/10/how-...
unherd.com/2026/10/how-...
How transactivism captured therapy
(Luis Soto/Getty)
unherd.com
October 29, 2026 at 10:45 AM
In this thorough and damning investigation, Julie Bindel uncovers the rot at the heart of British clinical psychology: an affirmation approach that amounts to, as one whistleblower put it, a “trans conveyer belt”.
unherd.com/2026/10/how-...
unherd.com/2026/10/how-...
📣 New Podcast! "“Changing Gender LIVE” with Susan Stryker" on @Spreaker #changinggender #gender #genderedlanguage #genderstudies #grammar #lgbtqia #lgbtqiahistory #lgbtqialiterature #livepodcast #pronouns #susanstryker #trans #transacademia #transactivism #transhistory #translanguage #withtet
“Changing Gender LIVE” with Susan Stryker
What is the future of gender? The iconic Susan Stryker joins us for a live recording to see where this question might lead us and speak about how she investigated it in her new book Changing Gender. Susan explains why gender is in fact a Humanities problem, not a science problem, and how thinking about animacy, grammar and psychedelics might get us closer to understanding the work that gender does as a concept.
If you’re into trans rights and a bit of a grammar nerd, this will be your dream episode.
References:
Susan Stryker’s Changing Gender: The History and Future of a Concept (Serpent’s Tail, 2026)
Susan Stryker’s “My Words to Victor Frankenstein above the Village of Chamounix”
Screaming Queens
Susan Stryker’s Transgender History
New House Art Space
Blossom LGBT
Katherine Hubbard
David Griffiths
Clare Butler
Papermoon Books
Whitechapel Gallery
Heather Love
Lena Mattheis’ Queer Forms and Pronouns (Oxford University Press, 2026)
Talia Mae Bettcher
Ursula K. (Kroeber) Le Guin
Alfred Kroeber
Franz Boas
Greville Corbett
Surrey Morphology Group
James Anderson’s “Grammatical Disquisitions” (1792)
David Ricardo
Justus Liebig
Karl Marx
Mel Y. Chen’s Animacies: Biopolitics, Racial Mattering, and Queer Affect
George Lakoff’s Metaphors We Live By
Ornette Coleman
Maria Lugones
Pod Save the UK
Compton’s Cafeteria Riot (1966)
Stonewall Riots (1969)
Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:
- What does Susan say about autobiographical writing in her work? Why is this important?
- Susan introduces Talia Bettcher’s WTF concept. What does this mean to you? Please also look up Bettcher’s definition and/or listen to our Queer Lit episode with Bettcher.
- What does grammar have to do with gender?
- How does animacy impact language and pronoun use?
- Susan uses the example of a river to explain how our cosmologies and worldviews shape the way we use words and perceive categories. Can you think of another example of this?
- What do you think about the future of gender as a concept?
www.spreaker.com
November 3, 2026 at 12:05 AM
📣 New Podcast! "“Changing Gender LIVE” with Susan Stryker" on @Spreaker #changinggender #gender #genderedlanguage #genderstudies #grammar #lgbtqia #lgbtqiahistory #lgbtqialiterature #livepodcast #pronouns #susanstryker #trans #transacademia #transactivism #transhistory #translanguage #withtet
i hope this reaches people who need to hear it right now
#transgender #queerrights #transactivism #transman #transneutral
#transgender #queerrights #transactivism #transman #transneutral
October 25, 2026 at 5:10 PM
i hope this reaches people who need to hear it right now
#transgender #queerrights #transactivism #transman #transneutral
#transgender #queerrights #transactivism #transman #transneutral
people who hang out with other racists and support noted racists tend to also be racists, yes
August 27, 2026 at 2:55 PM
people who hang out with other racists and support noted racists tend to also be racists, yes
Thank you for all the incredible work you've done for the 2SLGBTQ+ community. You will be missed.
Rest in peace, barbara findlay 💙
In 2020, barbara had a conversation with Evan Taylor as part of the Trans Activism Oral History Project: tiny.cc/zs89101
#uvic #trans #transactivism #2slgbtq
Rest in peace, barbara findlay 💙
In 2020, barbara had a conversation with Evan Taylor as part of the Trans Activism Oral History Project: tiny.cc/zs89101
#uvic #trans #transactivism #2slgbtq
August 24, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Thank you for all the incredible work you've done for the 2SLGBTQ+ community. You will be missed.
Rest in peace, barbara findlay 💙
In 2020, barbara had a conversation with Evan Taylor as part of the Trans Activism Oral History Project: tiny.cc/zs89101
#uvic #trans #transactivism #2slgbtq
Rest in peace, barbara findlay 💙
In 2020, barbara had a conversation with Evan Taylor as part of the Trans Activism Oral History Project: tiny.cc/zs89101
#uvic #trans #transactivism #2slgbtq
And sadly there's also evidence that LGB acceptance, which has been climbing steadily for decades, has been in decline since the recent sharp rise in transactivism.
August 22, 2026 at 7:55 PM
And sadly there's also evidence that LGB acceptance, which has been climbing steadily for decades, has been in decline since the recent sharp rise in transactivism.
well I for one am simply shocked
August 22, 2026 at 3:42 PM
well I for one am simply shocked
No. You're making claims which do not align with observable reality. Transactivism seeks to systematically erase the concept and language of sex from life, law and society. To be replaced with the concept of "gender" I have defined above. I don't care what *you* think it means.
August 12, 2026 at 8:53 PM
No. You're making claims which do not align with observable reality. Transactivism seeks to systematically erase the concept and language of sex from life, law and society. To be replaced with the concept of "gender" I have defined above. I don't care what *you* think it means.
You seem to be trying to apply standpoint epistemology. A manifestation of the genetic fallacy. Why would my marital or relationship status affect the legitimacy of the statement that transactivism redefines same-sex-attraction as "same-gender attraction"? A fundamentally homophobic position.
August 11, 2026 at 8:27 PM
You seem to be trying to apply standpoint epistemology. A manifestation of the genetic fallacy. Why would my marital or relationship status affect the legitimacy of the statement that transactivism redefines same-sex-attraction as "same-gender attraction"? A fundamentally homophobic position.
1. I posted a standup video making a legitimate point about the fundamental homophobia of transactivism.
2. You said it was bollocks.
3. I said that's not an insightful critique.
4. You replied "neither's yours".
Bro, I posted standup, not Bertrand Russell. 😆
2. You said it was bollocks.
3. I said that's not an insightful critique.
4. You replied "neither's yours".
Bro, I posted standup, not Bertrand Russell. 😆
August 11, 2026 at 10:05 AM
1. I posted a standup video making a legitimate point about the fundamental homophobia of transactivism.
2. You said it was bollocks.
3. I said that's not an insightful critique.
4. You replied "neither's yours".
Bro, I posted standup, not Bertrand Russell. 😆
2. You said it was bollocks.
3. I said that's not an insightful critique.
4. You replied "neither's yours".
Bro, I posted standup, not Bertrand Russell. 😆
Exactly. He himself said he wasn’t even there. I find the rewriting of history element of transactivism especially challenging to manage. What do you even do about or with people blatantly making stuff up?
June 1, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Exactly. He himself said he wasn’t even there. I find the rewriting of history element of transactivism especially challenging to manage. What do you even do about or with people blatantly making stuff up?
The big issue right now is transactivism & women's rights. We need to put a stop to this—& all minorities who disproportionately cost so much time & money. The UK is secular, all religions are minorities to be tolerated & contained for the greater good. Enough is enough
May 28, 2026 at 3:28 PM
The big issue right now is transactivism & women's rights. We need to put a stop to this—& all minorities who disproportionately cost so much time & money. The UK is secular, all religions are minorities to be tolerated & contained for the greater good. Enough is enough
Politicians need to address the massively expensive & time-consuming issue of transactivism as a form of terrorism against the rights & protections of women. As a matter of urgency, enforce the legally defined woman findings then reroute that money & attention to better things
May 28, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Politicians need to address the massively expensive & time-consuming issue of transactivism as a form of terrorism against the rights & protections of women. As a matter of urgency, enforce the legally defined woman findings then reroute that money & attention to better things
The amount of time, attention & money we're all wasting on dealing with transactivism, really should have been used to help everyone with far more pressing matters. Trans stuff is disproportionate, I can't believe the global impact/ effect of this nonsense
May 28, 2026 at 3:11 PM
The amount of time, attention & money we're all wasting on dealing with transactivism, really should have been used to help everyone with far more pressing matters. Trans stuff is disproportionate, I can't believe the global impact/ effect of this nonsense
Trans lobby
Transactivism
Trans Ideology
Sex deceptionists
Genitally-Obsessed Bigots literally will invent an entire language out of whole cloth to avoid calling us "people."
Transactivism
Trans Ideology
Sex deceptionists
Genitally-Obsessed Bigots literally will invent an entire language out of whole cloth to avoid calling us "people."
January 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Trans lobby
Transactivism
Trans Ideology
Sex deceptionists
Genitally-Obsessed Bigots literally will invent an entire language out of whole cloth to avoid calling us "people."
Transactivism
Trans Ideology
Sex deceptionists
Genitally-Obsessed Bigots literally will invent an entire language out of whole cloth to avoid calling us "people."
"transactivism, an ideology which prioritises identity claims over material reality and seeks to prevent the use of ordinary language to express ordinary facts" - Maya Forestater
Not that hard to use the ordinary words for ordinary facts: trans people exist and have basic human rights
Not that hard to use the ordinary words for ordinary facts: trans people exist and have basic human rights
January 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
"transactivism, an ideology which prioritises identity claims over material reality and seeks to prevent the use of ordinary language to express ordinary facts" - Maya Forestater
Not that hard to use the ordinary words for ordinary facts: trans people exist and have basic human rights
Not that hard to use the ordinary words for ordinary facts: trans people exist and have basic human rights