For 8 years, ⁠Ray Alex Williams⁠ claimed to be a woman, zealously promoting transgender ideology, ingesting spirolactone and exogenous estrogen, doing “a lot of twitter activism,” and writing a book about ⁠trans philosophy⁠. In May 2023 he socially and medically detransitioned, issuing ⁠public apologies⁠ shortly thereafter. How did “Rachel Anne Williams” — who just a few years ago was so ⁠“unhinged” he made Grace Lavery “readable”⁠ in comparison — become the lucid, humble, reality-based man we hear in this interview? Listen up, because his story is jam-packed with insights. 

Links:

Ray Alex Williams on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/RayAlexWilliams/⁠

Ray Alex Williams on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@RayAlexWilliams⁠

Rachel Anne Williams takes on Kathleen Stock in 2019: ⁠https://www.peaktrans.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ThreadReader_0_transphilosophr_1132859653006680064-1.pdf⁠

Commentary on Rachel Anne Williams taking on Kathleen Stock in 2019: ⁠https://www.peaktrans.org/a-response-to-a-response-to-doing-better-in-arguments-about-sex-gender-and-trans-rights/#more-7728⁠

Ray Alex Williams apologizes in 2023: ⁠https://twitter.com/RayAlexWilliams/status/1735629670618399092⁠

Transgressive: A Trans Woman on Gender, Feminism, and Politics by Rachel Anne Williams (before detransitioning to Ray Alex Williams): ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Transgressive-Trans-Gender-Feminism-Politics/dp/1785926470⁠

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell ⁠https://www.harpercollins.com/products/cultish-amanda-montell⁠

Rob Henderson on Luxury Beliefs: ⁠https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/status-symbols-and-the-struggle-for