Brandon Showalter
Brandon M. Showalter is a journalist and podcaster with The Christian Post who has reported extensively on topics of theological interest in the Church; bioethics issues such as euthanasia, assisted suicide, artificial reproductive technology, and surrogacy; and the developments of the "gender identity" movement and transgender ideology.
He was first inspired to pursue into a career in writing and journalism while mopping floors and scrubbing toilets as a church custodian in April 2015.
He earned a bachelor's degree in international studies and Spanish from Bridgewater College of Virginia in 2007, a Master of Arts in human rights from The Catholic University of America in 2022, and is a fellow of the John Jay Institute for Faith, Society, & Law. He is also a graduate (class of 2015) of a three-year, non-degree program at Bethel School of Ministry in Redding, California.
His favorite thing to do in life is to sing.
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'He had hookers': Joe Rogan confuses Jerry Falwell Sr. with Jimmy Swaggart
Joe Rogan, who has one of the most popular podcasts in the world, made a major blunder when he confused the late Jerry Falwell Sr. with televangelist Jimmy Swaggart by describing the former as having been caught with "hookers."
UK to shutter Tavistock gender clinic for children following formal review
The United Kingdom National Health Service is closing the gender identity clinic at the Tavistock and Portman Trust, the London-based facility whose practices have faced considerable scrutiny in recent years.
‘There’s a lot of money to be made’: Detransitioners blast doctors they blame for maimed bodies
A rising number of “detransitioners” are raising their voices in support of safeguarding measures to protect children from the harms of taking puberty-blocking drugs, opposite-sex hormones or undergoing cosmetic surgeries to remove their breast tissue or genitalia. Many detransitioners say these practices left them with disfigured bodies and health complications.
Anglican school chaplain fired for not caving to LGBT indoctrination warns of ‘soft totalitarianism’
An Anglican chaplain who was fired and reported to an anti-terrorism program for preaching Christian doctrine on sexual ethics during a chapel service is warning about the totalitarian ideologies actively at work in the West.
Man castrated in gender transition sues NHS clinic for maiming his body
A British man who claims he was pressured into having surgery to remove his genitals and has since suffered irreparable damage is suing the NHS clinic where he sought help for gender dysphoria.
Sports is exposing harms of gender ideology, women’s advocate says
As the Biden administration issued new Title IX guidelines Thursday allowing trans-identifying males to compete in women’s sports, a large cross-section of women rallied in opposition mere blocks away from the White House.
Christian Reformed Church solidifies opposition to homosexuality as ‘confessional' belief
The Christian Reformed Church Synod has declared that its historic stance on sexual ethics, particularly the practice of homosexuality, has “confessional status.”
Republican lawmakers introduce bill allowing adults to sue doctors who perform 'sex-change' surgeries
Two Republican congressmen have introduced legislation that would allow adults who underwent body mutilating gender-transition surgeries as minors to sue the doctors who operated on them. The bill also includes a 30-year statute of limitations.
44-year-old quadriplegic man becomes first to die by assisted suicide in Italy's history
Italy has formally approved and carried out its first-ever doctor-assisted suicide, which followed a lengthy legal fight so that a quadriplegic man could end his life.
World swimming body revises rules, bans some men from competing against women
World swimming’s governing body, FINA, has decided to prohibit some men who identify as female from participating in women’s competitions. However, some say the new policy is misguided and further legitimizes trans-ing children at an early age.