Karen is a beautiful girl's name. The name means pure or innocent.

“As a Canadian feminist, I've fought this battle for so long now that I am war-weary.”

“I watched with growing horror as I observed therapists in my local Facebook group trade templates for writing so-called ‘top surgery’ letters, which are for radical breast amputations performed on healthy young women”

“I was instructed, by a state-mandated medical textbook, that those with female anatomy should be referred to as ‘people with vaginas’ and in some circumstances, ‘birthing people.’”

“She said the sign could cause discomfort to participants with penises.

“It's scary for me to think of how much damage I would've done to my body had my parents not interjected.”

“Do they really believe they are showing off their skills and competing in a fair match?”

“I want you to know why I am a feminist; so I could endure the life I was given.”

“As soon as this individual finds out I'm a lesbian, they asked me in a breathy voice, ‘Tell me what intimacy between women is really like.’”

“It is my sincere hope women are allowed freedom of speech so that they may express their own personal views without having to live in fear of their safety and livelihoods.”

“I had years of other kids asking if I was a boy, it was scary more than hurtful as I didn't know myself! And then as I got into my mid to late teens I started liking girls, yes like that! Oh boy, even more confusion ensued, even more questions!”

In college, a stranger in a ski mask held a gun to my head, threatened to kill me, and sexually assaulted me. Police and university administrators accused me of lying.

“She said theirs was a safe space, welcoming to “our trans sisters.” I retorted that I was lesbian member of this community since the 1980s and was furious that she was excluding me.”

“Women are presently appallingly disregarded from both the left and the right.”

“I remember thinking that it’s sucked that I had to live that experience but, maybe for girls of the future, it wasn’t for nothing.“

Today I cried after listening to NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines break into tears recounting her experience being exposed against her will to a man in her changing room.

“It was revolting but is a glimpse of what women will face. We must stop the male takeover of our spaces.“

“Girls as young as 13 or 14 who had gotten top surgery (double mastectomy) would later experience regret and detransition.“

“I said that there were too many men in the club, and the whole meaning of “Women in STEM” had become meaningless.“

“My niece is one of many girls and young women who destroy their lives and mutilate their bodies under the cover and via the mythology of ‘Gender Affirmation.’“