Jennifer Bilek — Transsexual Transgender Transhuman: Dispatches from The 11th Hour
Transsexual Transgender Transhuman: Dispatches from The 11th Hour is a book by American investigative journalist and artist Jennifer Bilek. It was published in July 2024 by the Australian feminist publisher Spinifex Press and runs to 224 pages. It is a collection of articles that previously appeared on her blog, The 11th Hour.
What it is about
Bilek draws a connection between transsexualism, transgenderism and transhumanism, the movement that seeks to enhance human beings through technology. Her argument is that the gender movement is not an ordinary human rights movement, but is driven by wealthy funders and companies in the pharmaceutical and technology sectors. In her view, this turns human sex into a commodity, at the expense of women and their rights.
Reception and criticism
The book is controversial. Bilek’s work is frequently cited in gender-critical circles, but critics describe her reasoning about financial flows as a conspiracy theory unsupported by evidence. Anyone reading the book would do well to compare its claims with other sources. It is included as an example of a strongly stated position within the critical perspectives on gender and society.
Structure and central thesis
The collection contains 27 articles and is available as a paperback and an e-book. The publisher summarises the thesis as follows: Bilek describes how, in her view, transsexualism developed from a personal fetish into an industry that turns human sex, and womanhood in particular, into a commodity. The pieces examine the technological and financial aspects of what she calls gender ideology and its connection with ideas about a posthuman future. A recurring figure in her work is entrepreneur and lawyer Martine Rothblatt, who is herself transgender and presents herself as a transhumanist. For Bilek, people like this illustrate the connection between the three concepts in the title.
Recommendations and place in the debate
The publisher’s page features recommendations from like-minded figures, including Heather Brunskell-Evans and physician Miriam Grossman. We have not found independent reviews in major newspapers. In 2026, Spinifex Press also published the English edition of the Dutch collection Gender Rebels. The claim about funders also plays a role in discussions of other books. For example, after her book Trans, Helen Joyce was accused of repeating claims about billionaires behind the trans movement, which one critic called antisemitic; Joyce subsequently wrote a rebuttal. This site features a discussion of lgbtdatabase.com concerning financial flows between major employers and LGBT organisations. Bilek’s book is about financial flows and ideas, not the medical questions themselves. For those, the pages under medical and the overview of international developments are more suitable.