After discussing some recent developments in Kansas and Colorado (including a proposed law that would prohibit deadnaming dead people), we delve into last night’s event at Vermont’s Middlebury College. There, Manhattan Institute fellow Leor Sapir and the activist Brianna Wu debated the question, “What is the right public policy approach to transgender medicine?” The debate had everything—Leor’s smarts, Brianna’s obfuscations, some sort of wind instrument, and some very angry nonbinary people.
* The debate (https://vimeo.com/event/4933106)
* WaPo’s coverage (https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/18/kansas-transgender-care-veto-overturned/) of the Kansas ban on pediatric sex-trait modification
* Colorado detrans bill of rights (https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1254)
* Colorado proposed legislation (https://www.cpr.org/2025/02/18/deadnaming-transgender-harassment-bill/)
* Leor’s work for City Journal (https://manhattan.institute/person/leor-sapir?top=false&limit=10&&types%5B%5D=article&people%5B%5D=46760&dates=)
* Fleabag (https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.64b55200-c545-6a79-0c43-e6246e9a15fd?autoplay=0&ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb)
* We Were the Lucky Ones (https://www.hulu.com/series/a38ad6b4-57fb-44d3-89ea-4e74c36823fc)
* Paris When It Sizzles (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058453/)
* Butterfield 8 (https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.1946bf2f-03c0-4408-ac00-c0248164d5f8?autoplay=0&ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb)
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