Paisley Currah
@paisleycurrah.com
My speciality: government decisions on sex classification. CUNY. Institute for Advanced Study, 2024-25. Wrote Sex is as Sex Does. Dad, dog companion, kayaker. n+1, Boston Review, Nature, New Yorker, New York Review, Yale Review.
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The Anti-Trans Playbook | Paisley Currah
The current crusade against trans people imperils not just their rights but the survival of the legal doctrine built to protect all women from discrimination.
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I have a piece in the current issue of the New York Review of Books on the anti-trans agenda and the dangers it poses for the rights of cis women. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Just saw the exciting news that Robin Dembroff's eagerly anticipated book will be coming out in April. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
January 15, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Just saw the exciting news that Robin Dembroff's eagerly anticipated book will be coming out in April. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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It's officially publication day for our book, The Way Out. It's been a long road. Rebecca and I started working together in 2019, and it's fair to say that the context shifted under our feet as we wrote and thought. Get the text 30% off with code UCPSAVE30 at www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...
The Way Out by Rebecca Buxton, Samuel Ritholtz - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:33 PM
It's officially publication day for our book, The Way Out. It's been a long road. Rebecca and I started working together in 2019, and it's fair to say that the context shifted under our feet as we wrote and thought. Get the text 30% off with code UCPSAVE30 at www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...
One other thing about @nytimes.com…in addition to its often terrible journalism, the recipes in one of its profit centers, the cooking section, are often terrible.
January 7, 2026 at 10:23 PM
One other thing about @nytimes.com…in addition to its often terrible journalism, the recipes in one of its profit centers, the cooking section, are often terrible.
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We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
January 5, 2026 at 2:05 AM
We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Former NYT editor Sweeney on Sulzberger's anti-trans push: "he saw this as a political project, that he could take a stance that the hard right would like...Spreading anti-trans discrimination, spreading anti-trans disinformation — was something he could push." transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
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January 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Former NYT editor Sweeney on Sulzberger's anti-trans push: "he saw this as a political project, that he could take a stance that the hard right would like...Spreading anti-trans discrimination, spreading anti-trans disinformation — was something he could push." transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
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this is on @jamellebouie.net's reading list and it should be on yours too, because @paisleycurrah.com is just too good at what he does.
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The Anti-Trans Playbook | Paisley Currah
The current crusade against trans people imperils not just their rights but the survival of the legal doctrine built to protect all women from discrimination.
www.nybooks.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
this is on @jamellebouie.net's reading list and it should be on yours too, because @paisleycurrah.com is just too good at what he does.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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“The number of anti-trans bills considered each year has grown from twenty-one in 2015 to over one thousand in 2025.” — @paisleycurrah.com
The Anti-Trans Playbook | Paisley Currah
The current crusade against trans people imperils not just their rights but the survival of the legal doctrine built to protect all women from discrimination.
www.nybooks.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“The number of anti-trans bills considered each year has grown from twenty-one in 2015 to over one thousand in 2025.” — @paisleycurrah.com
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Paisley Currah (@paisleycurrah.com) on how the conservative strategy to remove trans rights sets the stage for legally enforcing gender stereotypes
The Anti-Trans Playbook | Paisley Currah
The current crusade against trans people imperils not just their rights but the survival of the legal doctrine built to protect all women from discrimination.
www.nybooks.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Paisley Currah (@paisleycurrah.com) on how the conservative strategy to remove trans rights sets the stage for legally enforcing gender stereotypes
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From the latest New York Review of Books (a good subscription): www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The Anti-Trans Playbook | Paisley Currah
The current crusade against trans people imperils not just their rights but the survival of the legal doctrine built to protect all women from discrimination.
www.nybooks.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:41 AM
From the latest New York Review of Books (a good subscription): www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Congratulations to Laurie Bertram Roberts, co-founder and executive director of the Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund, and winner of the 2025 Ann Snitow Prize! To learn more about Laurie and to register for the ceremony on December 9 at 6 PM ET. annsnitowprize.com
Announcing the winner of the 2025 Ann Snitow Prize: Laurie Bertram Roberts - The Ann Snitow Prize
New York – November 27, 2025 The Organizing Committee of the Ann Snitow Prize is thrilled to name Laurie Bertram Roberts its sixth annual honoree. The $12,000 award recognizes a feminist of outstandin...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Congratulations to Laurie Bertram Roberts, co-founder and executive director of the Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund, and winner of the 2025 Ann Snitow Prize! To learn more about Laurie and to register for the ceremony on December 9 at 6 PM ET. annsnitowprize.com
I have a piece in the current issue of the New York Review of Books on the anti-trans agenda and the dangers it poses for the rights of cis women. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The Anti-Trans Playbook | Paisley Currah
The current crusade against trans people imperils not just their rights but the survival of the legal doctrine built to protect all women from discrimination.
www.nybooks.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I have a piece in the current issue of the New York Review of Books on the anti-trans agenda and the dangers it poses for the rights of cis women. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Our Holiday Issue is now online, with Frances Wilson on Patricia Lockwood, @luxante.bsky.social on Joe Brainard’s comics, Susan Tallman on plundering museums, @paisleycurrah.com on the attack on trans rights, @agordonreed.bsky.social on Thomas Jefferson and liberty, and much more.
December 18, 2025 Holiday Issue
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November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Our Holiday Issue is now online, with Frances Wilson on Patricia Lockwood, @luxante.bsky.social on Joe Brainard’s comics, Susan Tallman on plundering museums, @paisleycurrah.com on the attack on trans rights, @agordonreed.bsky.social on Thomas Jefferson and liberty, and much more.
Appreciate Muckrock and the Trans Journalists Association for the work they've done using FOIA to track anti-trans policies. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
TJA and MuckRock's collaboration hit 300 records requests. Here's what we got back.
Pronouns and nicknames in FDA emails, Medicare coverage changes and more.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Appreciate Muckrock and the Trans Journalists Association for the work they've done using FOIA to track anti-trans policies. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
Just when you think it can't get worse, it does....
1. The Trump administration has just quietly updated the State Department website to indicate that it may invalidate transgender people's passports.
This comes a week after a SCOTUS ruling blocking lower rulings allowing trans people to update them.
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This comes a week after a SCOTUS ruling blocking lower rulings allowing trans people to update them.
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Trump Admin Quietly Changes State Department Page To Indicate It May Invalidate Trans Passports
The change comes after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the administration and lifted a temporary injunction.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Just when you think it can't get worse, it does....
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MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
As I wrote in Sex Is as Sex Does, in the past, even "red" states let people change the sex marker on their ID--because it's in the state's interest to do so. @mashagessen.bsky.social's column today is on Trump's shift to using sex markers to enforce social hierarchies.
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Sex Is as Sex Does
Winner, Sexuality and Politics Book Award - American Political Science AssociationFinalist, PROSE Award - Government and PoliticsWhat the evolving fight for ...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
As I wrote in Sex Is as Sex Does, in the past, even "red" states let people change the sex marker on their ID--because it's in the state's interest to do so. @mashagessen.bsky.social's column today is on Trump's shift to using sex markers to enforce social hierarchies.
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Supreme Court lets Trump put birth sex on passports because, a majority of justices say, "the Government is likely to succeed on the merits" when they hear the case. Apparently, they think the United States (& not trans people?) will suffer "irreparable injury"
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November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Supreme Court lets Trump put birth sex on passports because, a majority of justices say, "the Government is likely to succeed on the merits" when they hear the case. Apparently, they think the United States (& not trans people?) will suffer "irreparable injury"
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Headline change from this morning, I see. Probably meant what they said the first time. Liberal feminism doesn't really work as a euphemism for women.
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Headline change from this morning, I see. Probably meant what they said the first time. Liberal feminism doesn't really work as a euphemism for women.
Dems following Carville’s advice I see: “It’s time for the Democrats to embark on the most daring political maneuver in the history of our party: roll over and play dead.” (February 2025)
1. A new guide has been released by some of the top names in Democratic politics encouraging Dems to act more like Republicans on "identity and cultural issues."
It becomes clear exactly what that means: queer and trans people.
I argue against it in my latest.
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It becomes clear exactly what that means: queer and trans people.
I argue against it in my latest.
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Top Democratic Officials Target Their Most Vulnerable Constituents In New Strategy Document
Top Democratic officials put out a new guide, entitled "Deciding to Win," that encourages Democrats to be a little more like Republicans on "identity and cultural issues."
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October 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Dems following Carville’s advice I see: “It’s time for the Democrats to embark on the most daring political maneuver in the history of our party: roll over and play dead.” (February 2025)
Turns out Trump's "Defending Women" executive order is not, in fact, about defending women's health. It has led to the removal of of a lot of crucial information about women's health. This just out in a peer reviewed article by Patricia Homan and Susan Short. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Rewriting women's health: a content analysis of the Trump administration's revisions to womenshealth.gov
In 2025, the Trump administration instituted rapid changes to the data and information available on US government websites. We conducted a content ana…
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October 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Turns out Trump's "Defending Women" executive order is not, in fact, about defending women's health. It has led to the removal of of a lot of crucial information about women's health. This just out in a peer reviewed article by Patricia Homan and Susan Short. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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W/ @genevievelakier.bsky.social, the @aaup.org today released a letter to the Offices of the General Counsel at US colleges & universities. We detail why the Compact violates the Constitution & urge that no one signs it.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
W/ @genevievelakier.bsky.social, the @aaup.org today released a letter to the Offices of the General Counsel at US colleges & universities. We detail why the Compact violates the Constitution & urge that no one signs it.
www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
Or, as @lornab.bsky.social put it, don't let UT Austin succeed in its bid to become the University of Austin
October 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Or, as @lornab.bsky.social put it, don't let UT Austin succeed in its bid to become the University of Austin