Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria: A Primer
Benjamin A. Boyce interviews Dr. Lisa Littman and Sasha Ayad to discuss the phenomenon known as rapid onset gender dysphoria (ROGD).
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Feminine Destruction – Michael Lamonte: My Detransition Story
Michael Lamonte found success and acceptance in the Ballroom scene under the persona of Feminine Destruction. Now he shares with us his detransition story.
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Elle Palmer: Why I Transitioned and Detransitioned
Elle Palmer explains her journey of transition and detransition. Uploaded as a YouTube video and transcribed here for Uncommon Ground by Donovan Cleckley.
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Emma Thomas’s Fight to End Sexual Assault in Muay Thai
After surviving an attempted rape by a Muay Thai trainer who worked in the gym where she trained, Emma Thomas fights to end sexual assault in the sport.
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Criminalising Vulnerable Women Groomed into Prostitution
This is the story of ‘Ann’ – a woman who grew up in the care system, groomed and exploited, still marked by permanent records for the sexual crime of prostitution. Ann* is now 43 and a project worker living in Middlesbrough and she knows she is lucky to be where she is now, compared to […]
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Angelos Sofocleous: Free Speech, Political Correctness, and Academia
Scott Jacobsen speaks to Conatus News editor Angelos Sofocleous about free speech and political correctness in academia and society. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Angelos, you got in trouble, recently. It was over a phrase tweeted from an article, an article included in the controversy as well. You, due to the created circumstances, resigned as the president-elect […]
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Of Superheroes and Humans: Kimberley Motley’s Fight for Human Rights in Afghanistan
Attorney Kimberley Motley shares her creative approaches to justice for women in Afghanistan and the psychological toll of her most harrowing cases.
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Liberal Islam and Migrant Integration with Seyran Ateş
Seyran Ateş, a lawyer and feminist activist, speaks with Conatus News about law, faith, feminism, and integrating migrants in Western societies. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: To begin, what was your background in faith and feminism? Insofar as I know, you are of Kurdish descent. Seyran Ateş: My mother is Turkish. My father is Kurdish. He died in 2014. […]
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