More Transphobic Nonsense: PITT Edition

Ephrom Josine
6 min readSep 28, 2021

On 9/24/2021, Graham Linehan reposted an article on his Substack titled “The Power Of The Story.” The article was first posted the previous day by a group calling itself Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans (PITT). According to the “about” page of their Substack:

PITT is a space for parents that have been impacted by gender ideology to share their uncensored stories, experiences, and thoughts, while remaining anonymous to protect themselves and their families. Our objective is to inform the public about the devastating impact of gender ideology on our families through our personal experiences. We believe that, when people understand the true picture, they will join us in ending the medicalization of identity for children, teens and young people.

First off, I should note that there seems to be nothing stopping someone from writing a completely fake story and publishing it with this group. While I will not go so far as to say someone has done that, it is very clear that none of the children being talked about in these articles were asked to comment on their parents writings. This is especially an issue because their children are the topics of many of the articles written. Any time the comments of their children are even mentioned, it’s always to dismiss them and argue that they’re actually the victim of some plot. (Anyone who is familiar with…

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Ephrom Josine

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