Nick Timothy in the Telegraph on the GRR

Gosh, isn't it a good feeling being able to write this on MN without deletion?

'Autogynephilia, the feeling of sexual arousal some men feel as they pretend to be women, is according to some researchers behind many or even most cases of gender dysphoria among those born as men.'

Autogynephilia, the feeling of sexual arousal some men feel as they pretend to be women, is according to some researchers behind many or even most cases of gender dysphoria among those born as men.

We should respect the few people who are genuinely diagnosed as gender dysphoric. We may choose to recognise them, through tightly defined laws, by their acquired gender. But we should ignore the radical activists pushing for more and instead listen to women. A society that tolerates misogyny, violence and threats is suffering a sickness – and only a heavy dose of reality will cure us.

It comes as a great relief that someone has actually said these things openly in a mainstream newspaper.

@MrsOvertonsWindow - why didn't the tories put a stop to this?

It just makes me so angry that women are fighting like mad to stop this nonsense whilst those in power are only just admitting to the shit show!

Does he explain why the fuck he didn't stop his prime minister Theresa May being radicalised by some of her own MPs? (Miller, Mordaunt, Blunt etc.) (And Stonewall of course.)

He have must have seen the political damage coming down the pipe?

Or is this all a face-saving retrospective performance?

Anyone post up the non paywall version?

TRAs have been very keen to shout “Transphobia!” when this is mentioned (look how posters here have been deleted for it) as they know this sort of info needs to go under the radar. It’s quite possible that Nick Timothy and Theresa May were mislead on this in the past. Mind you, if they had half a brain they should have connected this with the fact that Stonewall put cross dressers under the trans umbrella.

What a relief to see this written in the mainstream press:
"Autogynephilia, the feeling of sexual arousal some men feel as they pretend to be women, is according to some researchers behind many or even most cases of gender dysphoria among those born as men. It is legitimate to ask whether non-consenting women ought to be participants in such sexual fantasies"

And as LizzieSiddal asks - why didn't the tories put a stop to this?

It's brilliant to see so many people (especially men) finally confronting what women have been talking about for years - the threats, violence, sexual threats, undermining safeguarding, outright lies and complete dismissal of over 50% of the population.

I know imagine seeing

Autogynephilia, the feeling of sexual arousal some men feel as they pretend to be women, is according to some researchers behind many or even most cases of gender dysphoria among those born as men.

Appearing in a newspaper article affected all these years of being told to shut up about it.

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen AGP mentioned in a mainstream media article before. I may well be wrong.

Autogynephilia, the feeling of sexual arousal some men feel as they pretend to be women, is according to some researchers behind many or even most cases of gender dysphoria among those born as men.

I feel this needs to be in every article about gender law reform, never mind most vulnerable etc.

Why the heck didn’t he put a stop to it when he was in his very powerful job!

We should respect the few people who are genuinely diagnosed as gender dysphoric. We may choose to recognise them, through tightly defined laws, by their acquired gender. But we should ignore the radical activists pushing for more and instead listen to women. A society that tolerates misogyny, violence and threats is suffering a sickness – and only a heavy dose of reality will cure us.

that is a fantastic article.