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Sunday, November 16, 2025

Some ultra-conservative Republicans have veered so far to the right that they are starting to eat their own. MAGA conspiracy theorists have frequently claimed that athletes and celebrities are secretly trans, but now they are transvestigating Charlie Kirk and his widow, Erika Kirk.

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... If you're not chronically online, you may be unaware that "transvestigation" is a transphobic conspiracy theory that has gained traction since it first popped up in 2017, where MAGA followers believe that celebrities, athletes, and politicians are secretly transgender. They spend time "investigating" their unfounded, nonsensical theories by examining body language, jawlines, collarbone shape, and using debunked pseudoscience like phrenology to analyze skull shape.

The harmful and absurd conspiracy has led to transvestigations of Olympic boxer Imane Khelif, John Krasinski, Miss Universe Victoria Kjaer Theilvig, French first lady Brigitte Macron, Dylan Mulvaney (who they claim was a trans man before becoming a trans woman), and even the Statue of Liberty " yes, that's a real thing that happened.

But now, instead of focusing on random celebrities or people they perceive to be liberal, the right is transvestigating late conservative political pundit Charlie Kirk and his widow, Erika. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-16 03:23 AM | Reply

Friggin' wow.

I can't make this stuff up, but apparently, the far-right can.


Reminds me of the pizza-gate absurdity, but this one seems worse to me.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-16 03:25 AM | Reply

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