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Taylor Fogarty vs. transgender people

Taylor Fogarty is an American anti-transgender extremist.

Fogarty was a scheduled participant in a 2017 panel that claimed transgender people are “a homophobic element introduced by the 1% to control homosexuality, reinstate male supremacy, and utilize gay children as fodder for scientific experimentation.”

Fogarty expressed anti-trans views in The Federalist, as well as on YouTube and Twitter (both of which have been deleted).

Background

Taylor Alanah Fogarty was born on October 14, 1993. Fogarty grew up in Richmond, Virginia and attended Virginia Commonwealth University and UnCollege.

Fogarty interned at Wonderland SF, Sarah Liller Design, TARA4BPD, and GoPop, and was an au pair for two months. Fogarty also worked at Zomato, Alice’s Arbor, and Randalls Barbecue.

Fogarty earned a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in 2023.

Sometime after deleting the virulently transphobic “loudlesbian” Twitter account, Fogarty reported being engaged to copywriter Tommy Preston. They had a child named Eloise Frances Preston in 2023.

Fogarty reports getting sober in 2019. Perhaps Fogarty will someday make amends for engaging in anti-trans extremism prior to sobriety.

Anti-trans activism

In 2017, left-wing conference Left Forum announced that Jane Wheeler (under the name Jane Chotard) would chair a June 4th panel titled “Misery for Profit: Who is Funding the Transgender Movement and the Impact on LGB.” The synopsis stated:

We will be showing that the immense funding funneled to the transgender movement is coming from giant pharmaceutical and biotechnology Industries and what their aim is. We will also be showing how the corporately controlled media is interfaced with these same Industries and are blocking any alternative to the pro-trans propaganda now being disseminated. We will be showing that the transgender movement is not in fact a civil rights issue, but a business arrangement and an advertising arm of these industries. We will cover the implications of this on the LGB community and show how transgender is a political coup, positioned as an ally alongside the LGB, but are actually a homophobic element introduced by the 1% to control homosexuality, reinstate male supremacy, and utilize gay children as fodder for scientific experimentation.

Left Forum, cited in Riedel (2017)

Participants and provided bios:

  • Jane Chotard: Chair and speaker
    • “Jane Chotard is an out lesbian for over 30 years, mother of two teenage boys, past healthcare attorney, currently works to provide better care services to patients and residents facing serious illnesses and end-of-life issues.”
  • Jennifer Bilek: Panel organizer and speaker
    • “Jennifer Bilek is a bisexual artist/activist/writer living in NYC for a lot longer than is probably healthy.”
  • Taylor Fogarty: Speaker
    • “Taylor Fogarty is a Brooklyn dwelling twenty-something year old who writes about feminism and politics.” Twitter: @theloudlesbian

The panel was canceled following protests. Fogarty complained about the cancellation in conservative publication The Federalist.

References

WRLN (August 3, 2017). Edition 16: The money behind the trans movement and impact on lesbians. Women’s Liberation Radio News https://womensliberationradionews.com/2017/08/03/edition-16-the-money-behind-the-trans-movement-and-impact-on-lesbians/

Fogarty, Taylor (October 11, 2017). What Two Former Trans Men Want You To Know About All The Lies. The Federalist https://thefederalist.com/2017/10/11/what-two-former-trans-men-want-you-to-know-about-all-the-lies/

Fogarty, Taylor (August 17, 2017). ‘Bad Feminist’ Author Tells Trans Advocate To ‘Slap’ Lesbian Woman. The Federalist https://thefederalist.com/2017/08/17/bad-feminist-author-tells-trans-advocate-slap-lesbian-woman/

Fogarty, Taylor (June 2, 2017). Left Forum Cancels Lesbian Panel Questioning Trans Advocacy Funding. The Federalist https://thefederalist.com/2017/06/02/left-forum-cancels-lesbian-panel-questioning-trans-advocacy-funding/

Fogarty, Taylor (May 2, 2017). Why Trans Activists Will Destroy Homosexual Rights. The Federalist https://thefederalist.com/2017/05/02/trans-activists-will-destroy-homosexual-rights/

Fogarty, Taylor (October 11, 2017). This Is The Journal Entry I Wrote When I Was Still In The Closet. Thought Catalog http://thoughtcatalog.com/taylor-fogarty/2015/08/this-is-the-journal-entry-i-wrote-when-i-was-still-in-the-closet/

Riedel, Sam (July 7, 2017). Why Trans Activists Can’t Trust The Left. The Establishment https://medium.com/the-establishment/why-trans-activists-cant-trust-the-left-3bfa22928ddd

Media

Magdalen Berns (Jun 27, 2017). A Chat About Dating ‘Preferences.’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aedPEImJysw

Resources

Taylor Fogarty (taylorfogarty.com) [archive]

Taylor Fogarty (tayloredblog.com) [archive]

Twitter (twitter.com)

  • loudlesbian (deleted)

Tom Preston (tommypreston.com)

The Federalist (thefederalist.com)

Thought Catalog (thoughtcatalog.com)

Facebook (facebook.com)

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

Instagram (instagram.com)

Depop (depop.com)

YouTube (youtube.com)

  • taylorfogarty (deleted)