ʻO kekahi mau makahiki i hala iho nei, nā mea hoʻoponopono o nā nūpepa olakino kaulana ʻelua o ka honua. ʻikeʻia,ʻo ia "ʻO kahi mahele nui o ka palapala ʻepekema, hapa paha, he hapalua paha.".

ʻO kekahi hōʻoia hou o ka mokuahi o ka ʻepekema hou i hōʻike ʻia e ka ʻepekema ʻekolu ʻAmelika - ʻo James Lindsay, Helen Plakrose a me Peter Bogossian, ʻo ia no ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa ka manaʻo e kākau a me ka kumu ʻole o ka ʻepekema "kūwaho" i nā ʻano ʻepekema ʻepekema pono loa e hōʻoia: ideology ma kēia kahua ua lōʻihi ka lanakila ma luna o ka manaʻo maʻamau. 

Ma ka lā 19 o Pepeluali, ua hoʻonele ka ʻaha ma Ohio i nā kuleana makua no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou i ʻae i ka ʻike kāne o kā lākou kaikamahine 17 makahiki a ʻaʻole i ʻae iā ia e hoʻomaka i ka "therapy" hormonal e lilo i "kāne."

Ua papa ʻia kahi haumāna Universite o Pennsylvania mai ke hele ʻana i nā papa no ka mea ʻoi ʻole ʻo ia i ke kumu aʻo ʻelua wale aku nā kāne.

Ma lalo o ka huaʻōlelo ʻo "ka mālama i nā haumāna mai ka hana hoʻomāinoino a me ka hoʻowahāwahā ʻia," ua noi ka ʻāina ʻo Delaware i kahi ala e ʻae ai nā haumāna, e hoʻomaka ana i ka makahiki 5, e "koho i kā lākou ʻano wahine a me ko lākou lāhui" me ka ʻike ʻole a me ka ʻae ʻana o ko lākou mau mākua.