We All Know About Zucker, But What About…

Dr. James Cantor who has heard about him? He also worked with Dr. Zucker and Ray Blanchard and was part of the school who believed in the quack "autogynephilic transsexuals" theory.

Top Canadian sex researcher quits scientific group after being blasted for views on transgender issues
Cantor says such attitudes are a form of 'emotional blackmail' that disqualify people whose views lie between the extremes of anti-trans hatred and militant trans activism
National Post
By Tom Blackwell
August 25, 2020


The prickly politics around transgender issues have boiled over again, prompting a leading Canadian sex researcher to quit an international research organization after being pilloried for his views on the topic.

James Cantor resigned his 27-year-long membership in the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality recently following a heated exchange on the group’s listserv over the nature of gender-identity problems. Administrators had temporarily banned him from the online forum after the email argument, citing a “pattern” of allegedly bullying behaviour.

The dispute began when Cantor posted an essay on the listserv complaining that “extremists” were unfairly castigating people who questioned some tenets of the transgender movement, such as that children who identify with another gender can begin transitioning before puberty.

The essay referenced Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, who herself drew the ire of many in the trans community when she wrote that sex is undeniably tied to biology.

Some of those who commented on Cantor’s essay accused him of encouraging hatred or even violence toward trans people.

If you have been in the trans community for a while you probably have heard of autogynephila and the major problem that I see with the research into it is that there was no control group and they never changed their view that trans women are women, they see us as “men-in-dresses,” in a research paper on the National Institute of Health (NIH) the researchers wrote…

For example, homosexual male-to-female transsexuals are sexually attracted to natal males, express greater interest in female-typical activities (even in childhood), and are naturally effeminate in mannerism. In contrast, heterosexual male-to-female transsexuals are indistinguishable from nontranssexual natal males on these variables.

They see us in our gender assigned at birth not as a woman or a man. You can see their bias if you change the sentences to… For example, women who are sexually attracted to natal males, express greater interest in female-typical activities (even in childhood), and are naturally effeminate in mannerism.

Their bias in seeing us as our birth gender has clouded all their work. But in their view they are the ones being persecuted.

“No compromise, no in-between is allowed,” he said in an interview. “They’re not even thought crimes. It’s ‘Oh, clearly you’re on the other team. If you don’t belong to my religion, your religion is not allowed to speak.’ ”

The former University of Toronto professor posted an open resignation letter earlier this month, accusing the society of choosing popular appeal over science in the “culture war” between the two.

Well when you say something is offensive to people and then when they react to the offense they say “No compromise, no in-between is allowed,” about us.

But the group’s president, Indiana University psychology professor Zoe Peterson, said the decision to eject Cantor from the forum was not based on his essay or views about transgender matters, but on what the directors considered a history of abusive comments.

“Many members of the board felt that Dr. Cantor had demonstrated a pattern of harassment against several other members— even after those other members had repeatedly asked him to stop,” she said in an email response to questions. “The board determined that Dr. Cantor’s unwillingness to be responsive to other members’ requests to cease his argumentative and harassing posts violated the guidelines of the listserv.”

I say good riddance, don’t let the door hit you on your way out.

I am reminded of the words of James Baldwin,

We can disagree and still love each other, unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.