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Kelsey Bolar

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Kelsey Bolar is the Director of IW Features and a Senior Policy Analyst at Independent Women’s Forum.

She is also a senior Blankley Fellow at The Steamboat Institute. Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Newsweek, The Daily Mail, Fox News, National Review, The Washington Examiner, and more.

Bolar appears frequently in radio and TV outlets across the country and is a regular guest on the Fox News and Fox Business channels.

Before joining IWF, Bolar worked for The Heritage Foundation as a senior writer and producer. There, she co-hosted the weekly podcast, “Problematic Women,” produced videos that received millions of views, and regularly appeared on radio and TV.

A Connecticut native, Bolar graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., and lives in northern Virginia with her husband and three children.

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Stories by Kelsey

Singer and detransitioner Cat Cattinson Documentary

Detransitioner Loses Natural Singing Voice After ‘Gender Affirming’ Care

Cat started testosterone after it was prescribed by Planned Parenthood, but soon it was…

Daisy Strongin, detransitioner Documentary

After ‘Top Surgery’ & Hormones, Female Detransitioner Decided She Wanted to Be A Mom

Three years into her “transition,” Daisy Strongin was committed to being “trans until I…

Vera Lindner, California mother speaking out against gender ideology Documentary

Mom Accuses Educators, Therapist of Driving Her Autistic, Gender Confused Child Into ‘Catastrophic Ruin’

Vera Lindner says educators and a therapist drove her high-functioning autistic, gender-confused daughter into…

Susie, mother of a transgender-identifying daughter Documentary

Public School, Mental Health Professionals Deceive Mom To Secretly Affirm Daughter

This mother of two young daughters came face-to-face with the growing phenomenon of adolescent…

Child standing alone atop a cliff side Documentary

After Identifying as Trans, a Male Teacher Asked Her 11-Year-Old Daughter to Sleep In the Boy’s Cabin

At the beginning of the school year in 2019, Jennifer received an email from…

Jeannette Cooper with a photo of her daughter Documentary

Chicago Mother Loses Custody of Her Daughter—For Insisting That Her Daughter Is A Girl

Jeannette is speaking out to warn parents how gender ideology has become the latest…

Chasing Work | Kristin Genis-Lund Profile

Kristin’s Story | Classical Soprano Refuses to Allow AB5 to Silence Her Voice

Classical soprano Kristin Genis-Lund says mid-tier opera companies are in jeopardy with AB5.

Parents helping their children with homework at home Commentary

Survey: Majority Of Moms And Dads Prefer Flexible Work

Many moms and dads discovered the joys of spending more time with their children,…

Cynthia Monteleone on the track Commentary

Biden Administration’s New Title IX Guidance Solidifies Threat To Girls’ Sports

The Department of Education has taken steps to erase sex-protected spaces for women, standing…

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