An interesting point about that American Humanist Association disavowal of Richard Dawkins for his supposed transphobia: if Dawkins is no longer worthy of his Humanist of the Year Award, what about Alice Walker? She was their Humanist of the Year in 1997, one year after Dawkins. But her antisemitism is by now notorious. For one, she's an admirer of David Icke – and he ain't no humanist, for sure. More of a lizardist.
Blatant antisemitism gets a pass, but transphobia – even a hint of transphobia, questioning the dogma that people can change genders when they feel like it – is beyond redemption.
It's almost as though Jews don't count.
Update: a letter to the AHA from Steven Pinker and Rebecca Goldstein.
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