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The American Spectator

The American Spectator is a conservative American media organization that publishes consistently anti-transgender articles.

For the British newsmagazine that publishes a US version, see The Spectator.

Background

The American Spectator was founded in 1967 by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr., who remains its editor-in-chief, with Wlady Pleszczynski its managing editor since 1980.

Contributors

The following authors have published anti-trans pieces.

  • Lou Aguilar 
  • Elyse Apel 
  • Bruce Bawer
  • Adam Carrington
  • Itxu Díaz 
  • Daniel J. Flynn
  • Ellie Gardey
  • David Keltz
  • Libby Krieger 
  • Melissa Mackenzie
  • Scott McKay 
  • Mary Frances Myler
  • Evan Poellinger 
  • Tom Raabe 
  • Debra J. Saunders
  • Irit Tratt
  • R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

References

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. (ed.), Orthodoxy: The American Spectator’s 20th Anniversary AnthologyHarper & Row, 1987. ISBN 0-06-015818-2

Resources

The American Spectator (spectator.org)