Elliot Kaminetzky is an American psychologist and anti-transgender activist. Kaminetzky primarily opposes medical consensus on care for trans and gender diverse youth.
Do not go to Kaminetzky for any kind of therapy. If you are a trans or gender diverse minor forced to see Kaminetzky, do everything in your power to end the sessions and find supportive local resources.
Background
Elliot M. Kaminetzky was born in March of 1985. In 2014 Kaminetzky married pediatrician Rachel Sharret (born 1985). They have three children.
Kaminetzky earned a bachelor’s degree from Yeshiva University in 2009 and a doctorate from Hoffstra University in 2016.
Following an internship at the Veterans Administration in 2017 and a fellowship at Northwell Health, Kaminetzky founded My OCD Care in 2018. In 2023, Kaminetzky was a founder of The Center for Child Behavioral Health.
Kaminetzky also attended the 2023 Genspect Denver conference of anti-transgender extremists:
While some may see us as hateful, I have only seen kind-hearted and brilliant people of all walks of life discussing youth gender medicine; one of the biggest medical scandals of our time.
note: for the trans-supportive programmer, see Travis Brown.
Background
Travis David Brown is “a skeptic and free-thinker” who lives in Portland, Oregon and has been a videographer since 2009. Brown claims to explore themes of “dogma, faith and credulity.”
Brown was a camera operator and cinematographer on several small projects. Brown co-directed the 2018 film All Too Human with Mandy Stockholm.
Anti-transgender activism
Brown is closely associated with anti-trans extremists at Genspect. Brown raised $450 on a $29,500 goal to travel to Ireland to film a 2023 Genspect conference.
Hello. My name is Travis Brown, and I am a documentary filmmaker out of Oregon. For a few years now I’ve been covering topics around woke ideology and how to improve dialogue between people who have diametrically opposed views.
In my upcoming documentary, I’ll be tackling the very important and sensitive topic of gender ideology. There’s so much confusion and frustration when it comes to discussing trans issues, but I hope to help paint a clear picture of what is going on, why, and what can be done about it to protect young people, keep families intact, and keep women’s spaces from being overtaken by men.
If you’ve been following the trans debate, you’ll know why it’s crucial to have clear and concise explanations and advice on this topic without hyperbole. With the spread of gender ideology, we have so many young people, and even some adults who are fooled into thinking that the only solution to their distress is to take hormones or get life-altering surgeries. But this often just makes their problems much worse and can increase suicidal ideation. And that’s just the tip of this problematic iceberg.
In my docuseries called The Woke Reformation, I’ve covered topics of critical race theory, woke capitalism, the roots of this ideology, in neo-Marxism and postmodernism, and more. I’ve been lucky enough to work with Peter Boghossian, who has produced this series, and to have interviewed Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Douglas Murray, Vivek Ramaswamy, Niall Ferguson, [onscreen: Mark Pellegrino, Benjamin Boyce] and so many more incredible people.
For this documentary, I’ll have more amazing guests like Helen Joyce, the author of TRANS, and some pediatricians, counselors, detransitioners, and other important voices. In order to make this my best documentary so far, I need your help. I have a great opportunity to fly to the UK for some exciting interviews and to film an important conference put on by Genspect. Most of the costs are covered, but I’m still about $6,000 short.
I don’t do interviews over Zoom because I’m committed to creating very high-quality content, and filming in person is always much better than recording virtual interviews. I’m really concerned about what’s happening in our society, and I believe we have to be honest about biology, the differences between men and women, the importance of single-sex spaces, and the safety of our children.
So I could really use your help. If you can contribute any amount, it would be very grateful. Or if you can share this video and GiveSendGo link around, that would be awesome. Please help me bring some sanity to the discourse around gender ideology. Thanks for watching.
“Arty Morty” is the stage name of a Canadian anti-transgender extremist. “Arty Morty” is best known for being sidekick to anti-trans extremist Graham Linehan and for co-founding LGB Alliance Canada.
Background
“Arty Morty” is a pseudonym that refers to a Sherlock Holmes case.
Tucker Carlson is an American conservative media personality and anti-transgender activist.
Background
Tucker McNear Carlson was born May 16, 1969 in San Francisco to Lisa McNeal and Dick Carlson (born 1941), a broadcaster and lobbyist. Carlos has a younger sibling Buckley Swanson Peck Carlson. Carlson’s parents divorced in 1976, with Lisa moving to France. Dick Carlson then married Swanson Enterprises heir Patricia Caroline Swanson in 1979.
Carlson attended boarding school in Rhode Island and began dating future spouse Susan Andrews there. The yearbook says Carlson led the “Dan White Society.” White assassinated gay politican Harvey Milk.
Carlson worked for The Heritage Foundation at Policy Review, then wrote opinion pieces at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazett. Carlson joineed The Weekly Standard in 1995. A 1999 profile of George W. Bush for Talk magazine led to controversy as well as work at New York, Reader’s Digest, Esquire, Slate, The New Republic, The New York Times Magazine, The Daily Beast, and The Wall Street Journal.
In 2000 CNN hired Carlson to host The Spin Room and later Crossfire. In 2004, Jon Stewart harshly criticized Carlson and Paul Begala, which attributed to the show’s cancellation. Carlson adjusted to a different on-air tone after the incident.
In 2004, PBS aired Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered for about a year. In 2005 MSNBC aired Tucker until 2008.
From 2010 to 2020 Carlson was editor of The Daily Caller. In June 2020, Carlson sold his one-third stake in The Daily Caller following questions about the organization selling their mailing list the the Donald Trump campaign.
From 2009 to 2023 Carlson hosted an appeared on Fox News shows, including Red Eye, Hannity, Fox & Friends Weekend, and Tucker Carlson Tonight. In 2021 Fox entered into a multi-year contract to air and podcast and shows Tucker Carlson Originals and Tucker Carlson Today. Carlson was dismissed in 2023.
In 2023 Carlson relaunched on Twitter/X as host of Tucker on X.
Carlson has authored three books:
Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News (2003)
Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution (2018)
The Long Slide: Thirty Years in American Journalism (2021)
Anti-transgender activism
Carlson hosted the 2022 two-part special “Transgressive: The Cult of Confusion,” showcasing the ex-transgender movement.
Megyn Marie Kelly was born November 18, 1970 in Champaign, Illinois to Edward Francis Kelly (1940-1985) and Linda (DeMaio) Kelly. Edward Kelly died when Megyn was 15. Kelly was raised Catholic.
Kelly earned a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University in 1992 and a law degree from Albany Law School in 1995. Kelly worked as a lawyer for about 10 years.
Kelly married Daniel “Dan” Kendall in 2001 the divorced in 2006. Kelly married novelist Doug Brunt in 2008. They have three children: Thatcher, Yates, and Yardley.
Kelly hosted several shows at Fox News from 2004 to 2017, including America Live, America’s Newsroom, and The Kelly File. During that time, Kelly was known for political reporting, debate coverage, and debate moderation. Kelly was at NBC News from 2017 to 2018 before being terminated over comments about blackface.
Kelly authored the 2016 memoir Settle for More.
Kelly founded Devil May Care Media, which produces the podcast The Megyn Kelly Show.
Anti-transgender activism
Kelly frequently criticizes prominent trans and gender diverse figures, including Rachel Levine, Jonathan Van Ness and Dylan Mulvaney.
Bridget Anna Walsh was born November 16, 1978. Phetasy’s parents divorced in 1991. Phetasy reportedly struggled with cocaine, alcohol, ecstasy, and marijuana use until around age 35.
Greeting card company Phetasy LLC was created in Rhode Island in 2004 by Bridget A. Walsh. Phetasy was trademarked in 2005. Phetasy went bankrupt soon after, at age 27.
Phetasy hosts Dumpster Fire and the podcast Walks-Ins Welcome.
Tina Traster is an American writer and anti-transgender activist. Traster’s company Broken Hearted Films produced the 2022 anti-trans propaganda piece Dead Name, which was removed from Vimeo for hateful content.
Background
Tina A. Traster was born on May 10, 1962. Traster earned a bachelor’s degree from Boston University in 1983.
Traster has written for numerous publications, including The Bergen Record, Crains New York Business, The New York Post, The New York Times, Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, The Atlantic, The Journal News, Nyack News & Views, Redbook, Family Circle, Parade, Time Out New York, Audubon, and Ski Magazine.
Traster is editor and publisher of the Rockland County Business Journal.
Traster owned the Pot Luck Tea Company, a play on the name Tina Traster Polak.
Traster was married to a British diamond dealer for about ten years before divorcing. Traster then married lawyer Richard D. “Rick” Tannenbaum (born 1961). They have children.
Traster is the author of the 2014 book Rescuing Julia Twice: A Mother’s Tale of Russian Adoption and Overcoming Reactive Attachment Disorder. Reviewer Grace Newton condemned the book:
Traster writes as if she deserves a plaque for doing simply what she promised to do through adoption – parent. The sadness of this situation is firstly for Julia, whose privacy has been completely violated. And she will never get it back. A second sadness exists for the families who are currently dealing with RAD and desperately looking for help. Stumbling on Rescuing Julia Twice in the Psychology or Childcare sections of bookstores, these families may be tempted to use Traster’s book as a handbook for their own situations instead of seeking appropriate help.
Prior to Dead Name, Traster produced the documentaries Catnip Nation and This House Matters.
Anti-transgender activism
Traster subscribes to the disputed disease “rapid onset gender dysphoria,” a controversial diagnosis favored by unaccepting parents of trans and gender diverse adolescents. Traster wrote in a piece deleted by Psychology Today: “there may be some parents who themselves are being rejected because they have not quickly or strongly supported their tween or teen through appearance and name changes, hormone-treatment, and, in some cases, life-altering surgeries.”
Traster spoke with anti-trans extremist Graham Linehan about the deleted piece.
References
Traster, Tina (November 20, 2020). Trans Kids May Reject Family, Not the Other Way Around. Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/against-all-odds/202011/trans-kids-may-reject-family-not-the-other-way-around [archive]
Melissa Chiu Chen was born in Singapore on December 12, 1984 and grew up in a conservative family. Chen earned an undergraduate degree at Boston University and a doctorate at MIT. Chen worked at the Broad Institute as a genome researcher before becoming a writer.
In 2017 Chen co-founded Ideas Beyond Borders with Faisal Saeed Al Mutar. The organization translates controversial political works into Arabic.
In 2022, Chen co-chaired the finance committee for anti-trans activist Michael Shellenberger’s run for governor of California.
Anti-transgender activism
Via The New Yorker:
Chen and Boghossian had workshopped a pitch to the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, for a project to create “a modern-day Death Star” to wage “ideological warfare” on the “enemies of modernity”; their plan involved writing coördinated op-eds and promoting anti-woke content, but it was rejected. Weiss and her friends also sought advice from Niall Ferguson, a historian at the Hoover Institution, about the best way forward.
Alex Gutentag is an American writer and anti-transgender activist. Gutentag is associated with anti-trans activist Michael Shellenberger.
Background
Alexandra Kyra Ryan-Gutentag was born on September 6, 1990 to Eduardo Gutentag (born 1947) and Constance “Connie” Ryan (born 1950). Gutentag grew up in Oakland, California and earned a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University.
Gutentag worked in special education for eight years in New York City and was a Special Day Class teacher in Oakland Unified Schools before becoming a writer.
Gutentag has written for Tablet and Compact. Gutentag collaborated with Shellenberger at the organization Environmental Progress and on The Twitter Files reports into the platform’s COVID misinformation policies.
Anti-transgender activism
Gutentag has written anti-trans work for Public, a reflection of founder Michael Shellenberger’s immersion into anti-trans activism.
Leighton Woodhouse is an American writer, filmmaker, and anti-transgender activist. Woodhouse is closely associated with anti-trans extremists Michael Shellenberger and Bari Weiss. Woodhouse is a co-founder of anti-trans Substack Public.
Background
Leighton Akio Woodhouse was born on February 3, 1975 and grew up in Berkeley, California. After graduating from Berkeley High School in 1993, Woodhouse earned a bachelor’s degree from Colgate University in 1997. Woodhouse earned a master’s degree from UC Berkeley in 2006.
As an adult, Woodhouse replaced the middle name Akio with Akira.
Woodhouse was a union organizer for SEIU United Healthcare Workers West. Woodhouse then worked at Brave New Films before becoming communications director for the National Union of Healthcare Workers.
Woodhouse led the voter mobilization group Driving Votes. Woodhouse has written for The Huffington Post and Calitics.
Woodhouse and spouse Carolina De La Paz Aparicio (born 1986) have one child (born 2020).
References
Woodhouse, Leighton (December 9, 2021). When the Crime Wave Hits Your Family.The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/when-the-crime-wave-hits-your-family