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The Best Defense of "Trans" You'll Ever Hear

These People Are Known for Being Articulate

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Kat Highsmith
Jun 11, 2026
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I started this Substack because I was dismayed by the lack of critical media commentary of the industrialized cult sometimes called “trans.” It’s been helpful because analyzing falsehoods and constructing arguments against them fully illuminates just how harmful this agenda is.

Sometimes, however, I hear such a well-fashioned and logical defense of “trans” it halts me in my tracks and makes me truly reconsider my contention that this is nothing but a fraud because the presentation of facts and logic is that persuasive.

This post is dedicated to the most convincing defenses for “trans” you’ll ever hear so that you, readers, comprehend why its defenders are known for their level-headedness, intelligence, and silver-tongued eloquence.

These examples from across the United States just might convince you, and if not, at least confound you.

Machaela Cavanaugh in Nebraska

First up is Machaela Cavanaugh, a Democrat in the state legislature of Nebraska.

In 2023, Republican Kathleen Kauth introduced a bill to prohibit anyone younger than 19 from obtaining puberty blockers and hormones for “gender dysphoria.”

In response, Cavanaugh claimed this was legislating “hate” and she would “burn the session to the ground” over the bill, so she launched a filibuster.

Here is an example of the kind of astoundingly cogent arguments for her position she produced during that time.

Stunning.

If someone were to ask her what exactly makes someone “trans,” what would she say? I’ve asked several people that question. Imagine the asinine things I’ve heard in response.

Her well-organized rhetoric failed, and Kauth’s bill took effect in Nebraska in October 2023.

If you thought Cavanaugh was effective, just wait until you hear what some other fearless advocates had to say in defense of mutilation of children and cross-dressing criminals.

Lia McGeever in California

Some of the most compellingly persuasive arguments in favor of men in dresses in women’s bathrooms just might be coming out of San Francisco Board of Supervisors meetings, largely because it is open to the public, so any “unhoused” person or well-informed activist can walk in and enlighten the public with some truth bombs over whatever is happening in the city.

In April 2023, a homeless woman who claimed to be a man by the name of “Banko Brown” was shot and killed by security guard Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony at a Walgreens after they had an altercation over Brown’s alleged shoplifting. It was reported that Brown spat at and threatened Anthony with a knife, though she was unarmed. Both Brown and Anthony were black.

District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and University of Chicago Law School, declined to press charges against Anthony because she deemed it justifiable self-defense. San Francisco Mayor London Breed said the shooting was a tragedy but supported Jenkins’ decision.

Brooke Jenkins (left) and London Breed (right)

Activist Lia McGeever, a true genius, showed up at a Board of Supervisors meeting to show off her oratory skills by railing against transphobia and racism in a way which wholly convinced everyone of the righteousness of her arguments.

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