No one is born in the wrong body, but anyone who says anything about this is immediately dismissed as a transphobe
Former Dutch Minister Ronald Plasterk never promotes a book in his column, but he made an exception for Rebel Girls! Plasterk is a scientist, biologist, former social democratic politician, entrepreneur, and was a near-prime minister. He writes a weekly column in De Telegraaf. In the newspaper of 6 March 2025, he praises 'Gender Rebels' and accuses 'woke' thinkers of narrow-mindedness. Thank you, Mr. Plasterk!
'With this background, I have observed the trans issue with growing astonishment. As a geneticist, you know that (barring very rare chromosomal abnormalities) there are exactly two sexes: with two X chromosomes you are a woman, and with an X and a Y chromosome, a man. Most people are sexually attracted to the opposite sex, some to the same sex: lesbians and gays. There are also bisexual people. Hence the acronym LGB. But then what!'
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Bi Visibility Day: LGB International calls for greater visibility for bisexual people. Read the ten life stories in the free e-book BI.
(July 11, 2026). First WDI's Jo Brew interviews editor Sybilla Claus. Lorraine Nowlin from WDI USA and the Black Women's Caucus, discusses the adultification of black girls (at 0.48 minutes). Listen to Vivian Kuo on misogyny in Confucian-shaped societies (0.18). Marianne Driessen talks about her chapters on Jamie Reed, whistleblower from a gender clinic, and Riittakerttu Kaltiala, the Finnish psychiatrist known for her advocacy of careful, evidence-based care for gender dysphoria (at 0.35 minutes). Our photographer Iratxe Álvarez also shares her experiences working with girls and young women (at 1.00 hour).
Watch our Spinifex Press book launch with Bev Jackson, co-founder of LGB Alliance, and Australian anti-porn specialist Melinda Tankard Reist. They both wrote an excellent chapter in the book 'Rebel Girls'.
Join us for the official Spinifex book launch of Rebel Girls, with Bev Jackson and Melinda Tankard Reist.
A punchy short that runs through the Rebel Girls themes: 'nobody is born in the wrong body', fair sports for girls, lesbian pride, and the hijab, forced marriage and honour killings.
The book is dedicated to Ryan al Najjar (18), killed in a so-called 'honour killing' in The Netherlands.
An excerpt from Sarah Mittermaier's chapter on the factors that lead girls to detransition.
Sybilla Claus interviewed by Reformatorisch Dagblad about the Dutch ban on so-called conversion therapy.
Sybilla Claus on Wierd Duk's De Telegraaf podcast about the twin threats of woke activism and conservative Islam.
Marianne Driessen and Sybilla Claus as guests of Jelle van Baardewijk on De Nieuwe Wereld.
Published in Balans: Tar-Míriel explains the connection between autism and gender dysphoria.
Together with Lale Gül, Sybilla Claus appeared in De Telegraaf's VROUW magazine.
Shohreh Feshtali, who fled Iran in 1993, interviews Sybilla Claus on Café Weltschmerz.
Bert Brussen meets Sybilla Claus in his weekly news podcast about the silence on the left.