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That is really interesting. I've been following Doyle for years, long before transition, I don't remember him being trans-excluding or transphobic. It's very possible I missed some dogwhistles! If he did in fact join the TERF party then yeah, some of his problem is face-leopards. But he mentions being friends with Serano and maybe he's just straight up lying about that, but I don't think she'd put up with a TERF. She might a bit, she's quite inclined to conciliation and big tent and that sort of thing, but I think of Doyle as being part of that broadly intersectional feminist circle of early 2000s bloggers.

Just to clarify, when you say 'the first Steve' you mean the one who claims that gender is a social construct used to oppress women? That's the one who wants to be the only Steve, not the one who talks about personal gender identity? I am inclined to believe the Steves can co-exist because I don't think "gender is a social construct" means "gender is fake". Gender is a tool of oppression and trans people are also real and correct about their own experience and identity.