I’d like to know who is paying to keep this stuff out of the press.
There may be some very rich, powerful and well connected people providing all sorts of funding behind the scenes.
Some may be focused on their own trans leanings.
Others may share non-specifically trans interests with David.
The public's belief that children are not equipped to know the ramifications of their own needs/wants, nor consent to potentially much regretted, undoable choices is being chipped away.
There are potentially people - with no specific interest in transgender issues - who would perceived that as a chink in the gen pub's "protect the kids" armour.
A chink that they might not be averse to sticking a crowbar in.
A chink so attractive they might invest rather a lot of cash and political arm twisting, to fund and smooth the path of the creation of the chink.
Cui bono ? As always when considering that, it is worth looking beyond the initial, more obvious features. Worth considering what precedents and new norms it creates. And who might perceive that new normal as exploitable for their own interests.
I promise I am not a conspiracy theorist. I am not saying I know of a shadowy group, who have a special batsymbol hidden in our money or anything.
But something doesn't add up in my gut. Not with this huge, wide spread degree of political bending over and the volume of resources. That does not mesh with the tiny minority status of a special interest group. Albeit it a minority with the odd billionaire in the ranks.
But what the tiny minority, if aided, could create with the erosion of the belief that children/tweens/early teens should have their ability to consent carefully limited, - that might be of interest to a much, much, much bigger group.
No evidence to offer. Just gut. I may have lived in Thailand too long for my own good. It's a place with specific industries and an exposure to the deeply unrepentant, that can destroy a lot of your belief in humanity.