"How “trans panic” took over the world" by Rowan Ellis.

In this video Rowan breaks down how moral panics are created, who benefits from them, and how we might be able to fight them! Including a breakdown of exactly how the trans moral panic of recent years began in the UK...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFbx3JYkhU4

#lgbtq #trans #TransPanic #MoralPanic #VideoEssay #transgender

Free Speech Experts: Jonathan Haidt’s Moral Panic Is As Old As Democracy Itself

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/31/free-speech-experts-jonathan-haidts-moral-panic-is-as-old-as-democracy-itself/

I had naively assumed when I wrote the first in this series that the YouTube videos in the Google News feed would be mostly from middle or centrist news outlets. That was wrong, so I wanted to see who was the most popular. I wish I hadn't. Then I read the comments section, and that went poorly, too.

https://jessk.org/blog/how-youtube-feeds-the-anti-trans-machine

#disinformation #misinformation #moralpanic #hate #antitrans

From an early 20th-century home medical guide which I discovered in a hotel library a few years ago — note the shifting attribution from masturbation to syphilitic causes

#HistoryOfMedicine #MedicalHistory #HistoryOfTheBody #Sexuality #MoralPanic #CulturalHistory

This is so goddamn stupid that it's hilarious.

Hey, boomers-at-heart in Boston police and city hall – the St. Patrick's parade has never been orderly and sober, *especially* back when you were young 35 years ago.

You're just looking for something to have a moral panic about. Go after drunk drivers, and help anybody who overindulged. Otherwise, chill out

#boston #massachusetts #stpatricksday #drinking #moralpanic #bostonweekend