Lou Perez vs. transgender people

Lou Perez is an American writer, podcaster, and anti-transgender activist.

Background

Luis Gregorio Amate Perez was born on February 26, 1974. Perez earned a bachelor’s degree from New York University and got into performing improv and sketch comedy while there. Perez earned a master’s degree from The City College of New York.

Perez went on to write for several television and web shows and founded We the Internet TV. Perez wrote for the 2015 series Unsafe Space, later a podcast. Perez wrote the 2022 book That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore.

Perez is married to educator Marcela Valentina (Grassia) Amate Perez (born 1975). Their child Valentina Amate Perez (born 1999) graduated from Yale in 2021 and joined PACT that year.

Podcast

From 2020 to 2023, Perez hosted a podcast that frequently featured anti-trans guests. Guests include:

Amy Alkon
Ben Appel
Malcolm Clark
Libby Emmons
Christopher J. Ferguson
Corinne Fisher
Katie Herzog
Sara Higdon
Phil Labonte
Greg Lukianoff
Michael Malice
Andy Ngo
Brendan O’Neill
Louise Perry
Nancy Rommelmann
Lionel Shriver
Debra Soh
Triggernometry (Konstantin Kisin and Francis Foster)
Sierra Weir / “Exulansic”

References

Perez, Lou (December 30, 2020). Opinion: How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.’ Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-i-became-a-far-right-radical-11609370135

Marcus, David (October 26, 2018). YouTube Bans ‘Dangerous’ Ad For Video Critiquing Transgenderism. The Federalist https://thefederalist.com/2018/10/26/youtube-bans-dangerous-ad-video-critiquing-transgenderism/

-https://unsafespace.com/ep0523/