Dear presidents of the Tri-societies: ASN, SSB and SSE, We, Tri-society members and/or biologists, are deeply disappointed by your recent letter "Letter to the US President and Congress on the Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender" issued last Wednesday, Feb 5, 2025, in response to Trump's executive order “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government”. While we agree that Trump’s executive orders are misleading, we disagree...| Google Docs
In November 2024, the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) published a silly article by one of their staffers, Kat Grant (“they, them”) called What is a Woman? The indefatigable Jerry Coyne took the trouble to write a reply, called Biology is not Bigotry, which the co-directors of FFRF reluctantly agreed to publish, albeit with a disclaimer, making clear that it did not represent their views. It also didn’t represent the views of some of their more emotional young employees, whose wa...| richarddawkins.substack.com