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Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to Wall Street Journal: Evidence Backs the Transgender Social-Contagion Hypothesis
October 31, 2025
NEW YORK, Oct. 31 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Oct. 29, 2025, to the Wall Street Journal:

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Evidence Backs the Transgender Social-Contagion Hypothesis

By Colin Wright

The share of young people claiming another 'gender identity' exploded. Now surveys show it is receding.

I was an academic scientist at Penn State in February 2020, when I became the target of an online mob f . . .

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