FFS Friday: Evie Ullman

From Democrats for an Informed Approach to Gender (DIAG)

November 7, 2025

FFS (Female Free Speech) Friday honors women and girls who are speaking out about the harms that “gender identity” poses to women and girls as a sex class.

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Today’s FFS Friday celebrates Evelyn (Evie) Ullman, a lesbian and a relentless force of nature fighting for the sex-based rights of women and children in New England.

This image was taken by Lisa Selin Davis. The sign says “I support your right to protest people eating dinner and having ideas.” This happened during a DIAG dinner in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after a few people held a panel discussing sex and gender. A bunch of gender zealots showed up to protest at the dinner.

As I explained yesterday, a group of people rallied outside a federal courthouse in Boston during oral arguments in the case of Fellers, et al. v. Kelley, et al. earlier this week. That case is about whether parents of female athletes have a 1st Amendment right to wear wristbands bearing “XX” on them at school athletic events (and whether it was constitutional for school officials to eject such parents from a game and ban them from school grounds).

One rally attendee was Evie Ullmann, the Massachusetts State Coordinator of Democrats for an Informed Approach to Gender (DIAG).

DIAG posted a video of an interview she did with someone named Steve. I can’t say with 100% certainty, but I strongly suspect the “Steve” in question was “Sidewalk Steve,” who (according to his X bio) is “on the streets & sidewalks of New Hampshire fighting the indoctrination & medicalization of gender confused kids.” I’ve met Steve. He’s a great guy, and I’m happy he’s with us in the fight.

This is how the interview went:

Steve: Evie, it’s great to see you.

Evie: Yes, you too, Steve.

Steve: So, where are we and what are we doing?

Evie: So today, we’re in Boston, outside the Moakley Courthouse. There is a hearing for Fellers, et al. v. Kelley, et al., which is a Supreme Court case where there were parents demonstrating at their kids’ soccer game because it was a girls’ team and there was a male soccer player on the other team, and they wore wristbands like this. [Shows XX wristband.] The school argued that this symbol, the XX female symbol, was a harassing and demeaning symbol.

Steve (sarcastically): Doesn’t that wristband discriminate against transgender girls?

Evie (deftly refusing to bother with the nonsensical language in the question): The wristband is an assertion of the fact that boys cannot be girls. Girls’ sports are for girls. And these parents had every right to demonstrate. It’s truth. We’re just standing up for girls to be able to have girls-only sports. Males in girls’ sports have an unfair advantage across the board. So either you support keeping girls’ sports for girls only, or everything is just co-ed sports and we destroy and have no more girls’ sports.

Steve: Are you also concerned about what’s happening to these boys who are being labeled “transgender?”

Evie: Sure, I’m very concerned because the “affirmation” is just leading them to believe that they can actually live in the world as girls and women, and that is a dream for them that’s just never gonna come true. So you’re affirming this delusion, and I just don’t see that as humane. I think it’s really bad in the long run.

Steve: Tell me a little bit about your sign.

[Camera pans out to show sign, which says: “XX. Not hate speech. Not a crime. Just biology. WoLF.]

Evie: This is a sign to support keeping female sports female, and that facts about women are not hate speech. It’s just truth about human beings in the world.

Steve: And what is WoLF?

Evie: WoLF is the Women’s Liberation Front. It’s a feminist organization that’s looking out for the sex-based rights of women and girls.

Steve: Well, it’s wonderful to see you, thank you.

Evie: Thanks, Steve.

Evie didn’t quite get that entirely right, in that the case is not yet before the Supreme Court. It’s before the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals. But, depending on what happens, it might very well make it to the Supreme Court. And Evie got the rest of it completely right.

This is Evie’s bio on the DIAG website:

Evelyn aka “Evie” Ullman is a Democrat and longtime Massachusetts resident. Having grown up in the 80s and 90s as a tomboy kid, she’s glad her generation never faced the horrors of “gender affirming care” during childhood. As a lesbian in a Blue State, she never thought she would have to fight a new battle for same-sex attracted people. She’s seen gender ideology completely gut the LGB community and the culture over the past 20 years. She’s a dedicated fighter in this battle to protect the interests of women and children against the onslaught of institutionalized boundary erasure injected into American society by proponents of “queer theory.” Her career experience includes healthcare and sales, and she has completed graduate level coursework in human biology, anatomy and physiology.

She once got a Letter to the Editor published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette titled “Perspectives on gender affirming care for children,” which read:

Thank you for publishing guest columnist Karen Bercovici’s piece, “We need to rethink ‘gender affirming care’ for our children,” [Nov. 14]. In a news media landscape where the prevailing narrative regarding the medicalization of gender-distressed minors leans heavily toward affirmation and drug and surgical interventions, it is crucial to provide alternative perspectives grounded in science, ethics, and concern for long-term well-being.

As Bercovici’s piece highlights, the “affirmation-only” approach is neither evidence-based nor without significant risks. There is mounting concern that such interventions on children may lead to irreversible consequences that are not fully understood. It is not “transphobic” or “anti-trans” to critically examine these issues; rather, it is a necessary part of ensuring responsible, compassionate, and informed care.

Children lack the intellectual capacity to provide informed consent for life-altering medical treatments. This places an even greater responsibility on parents and caregivers to make decisions in their best interest. Yet, when parents are not presented with the full range of evidence and risks, they are unable to make truly informed choices.

As a member of the LGBT community, I value dignity, equality, and rights for transgender individuals. However, I also believe it is vital to consider the possibility that gender nonconformity in children does not require medicalization. Encouraging exploration and acceptance without rushing to invasive treatments may ultimately serve the best interests of these kids.

I met Evie in person when I went to New Hampshire earlier this year to join DIAG and members of the LGB Courage Coalition to support Jonah Wheeler, the only New Hampshire Democrat who is standing up for women and girls as a sex class in the state legislature. We had a blast.

Evie, thank you for standing up for women and girls, and for children more generally. You’re a great example of what can happen when human beings refuse to capitulate to the cult of gender. Today’s FFS Friday is for you.