WorldNetDaily writer Bob Unruh is personally opposed to, and repulsed by, the mere existence of transgender people — so much so that he lets that hatred permeate his so-called reporting. For instance, here’s a Sept. 30 article he wrote:
The transgender radicalism in the state of Minnesota, run by Democrat Gov. Tim Walz, has landed the state in violation of federal law.
Officials there have been given 10 days by the Department of Education to comply with the federal Title IX statute or face a Department of Justice referral.
It’s because the state’s transgender agenda that infringes on the rights of girls has allowed a boy to be on a girls’ high school softball team.
Needless to say, Unruh did not explain why he deems being transgender to be “radicalism” or part of an “agenda.” He also refused to all anyone who wasn’t as viciously anti-trans as himself to respond.
Unruh complained in an Oct. 15 article:
A “manipulative” scheme by a man who says he’s a woman and won a favorable ruling against Idaho in the lower courts but suddenly wanted to drop the case before the Supreme Court could rule has been torpedoed by a judge.
It is District Judge David Nye who rejected a motion to dismiss the case that was filed by Lindsay Hecox.
Hecox is a man who went to court to be allowed to compete against women in Idaho events.
[…]The case stems from the filing by Hecox in 2020 when he demanded to join the women’s cross-country team at Boise State.
The state’s law prevented men from competing in women’s sports and he demanded the law be changed.
A judge at the entry level of the federal court system agreed, and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed.
Then the Supreme Court said it would review and Hecox suddenly wanted to flee the legal dispute.
He claimed, at the time, he decided to “permanently withdraw and refrain from playing any women’s sports at BSU or in Idaho.”
Unruh didn’t mention that Hecox is now 24 years old and, thus, likely ineligible to play college sports. He also failed to disclose the fact that Hecox also cited a variety of reasons that included her father’s death, her own illness, and unwanted public attention.
Unruh’s headline called the transgender person “manipulative” — a claim that is not followed up on in the rest of the article, meaning that he stuck it in to denigrate transgender people.
Unruh groused further in an Oct. 21 article:
Officials in the Loudoun County, Virginia, school district have had a long history of promoting the LGBT ideologies.
In fact, it has gone so far that students, unhappy with board members who decline to believe there’s a difference between boys and girls and refuse to protect vulnerable students in private areas like restrooms and showers, are resorting to democracy to try to change that.
They’re encouraging voters to choose candidates who, in fact, would not force girls to share their showers with boys, and vice versa.
Unruh refused to mention the fact that two boys from Loudoun County were suspended around the same time for sexually harassing a trans boy. Also, Unruh’s headline calls the the school board members who don’t hate transgender people as much as Unruh does “lunatics,” which tells us further about his anti-trans agenda.
Unruh gushed at a fit of transphobia in an Oct. 24 article:
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that a doctor accused of giving children dangerous chemicals as part of her “gender transition” treatments has surrendered her medical license.
That means May Lau, who was accused of giving children “harmful, irreversible” drugs, no longer can practice medicine in the state.
“Doctors who permanently hurt kids by giving them experimental drugs are nothing more than disturbed left-wing activists who have no business being in the medical field,” Paxton said. “May Lau has done untold damage to children, both physically and psychologically, and the surrendering of her Texas medical license is a major victory for our state.”
He added, “My case against her for breaking the law will continue, and we will not relent in holding anyone who tries to ‘transition’ kids accountable.”
A report at the Texas Tribune explained Paxton had sued Lau, who was acting as a “Dallas pediatrician.”
Unruh omitted the fact that Lau called out Paxton’s crusade as motivated by ideology and politics, adding that she is moving her practice to Oregon, which means she no longer needs the Texas license. Also, why the scare quotes around “Dallas pediatrician”? She wasn’t “acting” as a pediatrician — she actually is one, and politically motivated state actions against her do not change that.